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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RealAlHazred" data-source="post: 9159652" data-attributes="member: 25818">For people who don't care to look up the "new" dragons:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Adamantine Dragon: from the 4E Draconomicon II: Metallic Dragons (2008). Haughty and imperious, these are the tacticians of the Metallic Dragons. Their breath weapon is "thunder energy" which also creates aftershocks.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cobalt Dragon: from the 4E Draconomicon II: Metallic Dragons (2008). There was one created for the Ferrous Dragons group in 3.5E, but I guess this one was specifically a Metallic in 4E, though it's neutrally aligned (Unaligned in 4E). Brooding and reclusive, they live in the far north and breathe freezing vapors.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Electrum Dragon: from the article "The electrum dragon" by Ed Greenwood for 1E, from Dragon #74 (June 1983). Solitary, highly magical dragons, they have impressive spellcasting abilities. Philosophical and peaceful by nature, they seem to me to be the draconic version of Elminster.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Iron Dragon: from the 4E Draconomicon II: Metallic Dragons (2008). There was one created for the Ferrous Dragons group in 3.5E, but I guess this one was specifically a Metallic in 4E, though it's neutrally aligned (Unaligned in 4E); it was kind of a replacement (challenge-wise) for the Bronze and Brass Dragons which were absent in 4E.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mercury Dragon: from the 2E Monstrous Manual (1993) and probably one of the Monstrous Compendium Appendices before it; there was a 4E version in Draconomicon II: Metallic Dragons (2008) which is similar in temperament, but has a different breath weapon. Whimsical (mercurial, one might say), this dragon has strong illusory powers. Its breath weapon is either a beam of bright yellow light that causes heat damage (2E) or a cloud of poison gas that makes the dragon invisible to those affected by the poison (4E).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mithral Dragon: from the 4E Draconomicon II: Metallic Dragons (2008). These are more powerful than even the Gold Dragons, and are typically devoted to the causes of deities or other powerful good entities. They can see the future and teleport, and their breath weapon does radiant damage and blinds its targets.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Orium Dragon: from the 4E Draconomicon II: Metallic Dragons (2008). Antiquarian dragons, these guys live in ancient ruins, trying to rebuild ancient glories in the modern era. Its acid breath turns into a misty serpent of poison gas and hunts the dragon's target on its own.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Steel Dragon: from the 2E Draconomicon (1990) and the 4E Draconomicon II: Metallic Dragons (2008); they're basically the same. This dragon prefers the company of humans and is most likely to be found in cities. Their breath weapon is a blast that knocks the target out briefly, such that they could be mistaken for being dead. They can change their shape from birth.</li> </ul>Anyway, I thought these guys were pretty interesting. <s>I'm sorry the Mercury Dragons were voted out already, they were cool dudes to use as a DM!</s> I am so very tired...</blockquote>

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