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<blockquote data-quote="Cheesegreetings" data-source="post: 6230934" data-attributes="member: 49257"><p><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>Thanks again, Cleon.</p><p></p><p>I've read that it's more complete and accurate than Sulerin. I downloaded it but I'm still absorbing the dragon entries.</p><p></p><p>I had assumed that all the BECMI "gem" dragons were Mystaran.</p><p></p><p>It makes sense to me that the Purple and Orange are crossbreeds, but the Yellows are pretty awkward. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/ponder.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hmm:" title="Hmmm :hmm:" data-shortname=":hmm:" /> A true Chromatic should have wings, but when I compared the converted versions for the Salt-Yellow, Faerunian-Yellow, and Orange, the Salt-Yellow seemed a more likely progenitor for the Orange:</p><p></p><p>1. Orange and Salt-Yellow share an affinity for water and marshes.</p><p>2. The Orange "napalm" breath weapon seems more likely to come from fire plus acidic salt, rather than fire plus sand.</p><p>3. Reds are CE and Oranges are NE. Salt-Yellows are LE, but Faerunian Yellows are CE like Reds.</p><p>4. Oranges and Salt-Yellows appear to have the same HD advancement. Both have fewer HD than Faerunian Yellows. Reds are resumably huge, so crossing one with a Faerunian Yellow should result in a dragon in-between.</p><p>5. Oranges and Salt-Yellows have 3 SLAs in common.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps the 2E artist made the mistake in not giving Salt-Yellows wings, sort of like the 2E Gold has no wings and the 2E Shadow has only 2 legs. It seems possible the author of the article in Dragon #65 intended the Salt-Yellow to be the Yellow ancestor to the Sodium-Orange, and then the 2E and 3E converters forgot or didn't agree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cheesegreetings, post: 6230934, member: 49257"] :) Thanks again, Cleon. I've read that it's more complete and accurate than Sulerin. I downloaded it but I'm still absorbing the dragon entries. I had assumed that all the BECMI "gem" dragons were Mystaran. It makes sense to me that the Purple and Orange are crossbreeds, but the Yellows are pretty awkward. :hmm: A true Chromatic should have wings, but when I compared the converted versions for the Salt-Yellow, Faerunian-Yellow, and Orange, the Salt-Yellow seemed a more likely progenitor for the Orange: 1. Orange and Salt-Yellow share an affinity for water and marshes. 2. The Orange "napalm" breath weapon seems more likely to come from fire plus acidic salt, rather than fire plus sand. 3. Reds are CE and Oranges are NE. Salt-Yellows are LE, but Faerunian Yellows are CE like Reds. 4. Oranges and Salt-Yellows appear to have the same HD advancement. Both have fewer HD than Faerunian Yellows. Reds are resumably huge, so crossing one with a Faerunian Yellow should result in a dragon in-between. 5. Oranges and Salt-Yellows have 3 SLAs in common. Perhaps the 2E artist made the mistake in not giving Salt-Yellows wings, sort of like the 2E Gold has no wings and the 2E Shadow has only 2 legs. It seems possible the author of the article in Dragon #65 intended the Salt-Yellow to be the Yellow ancestor to the Sodium-Orange, and then the 2E and 3E converters forgot or didn't agree. [/QUOTE]
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