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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6761183" data-attributes="member: 57383">In the case of the Amber, it seemed pretty clear the Gold Dragon's bless and sunburst SLAs weren't terribly appropriate for a BECMI Chaos-aligned monster, so we gave them SLAs that were more in keeping with that ethos. For example, rather than a glorious radiance that annihilates undead (sunburst) it produced a radiance that destroys matter in general (disintegrate). I'd have been OK keeping the Gold's quest/geas, since you can see that being used in service of malevolent Chaos.Also, we don't have the clear alignment inversion the Amber &amp; Gold dragon's had, since Golds are Lawful and benevolent in both versions. The Blue Dragon is already Lawful in AD&amp;D and 3E, albeit Evilly lawful, while it's Neutral in BECMI. Anyhow, what alternative spells would you fancy?The Blue Dragon's ventriloquism, hallucinatory terrain, veil and mirage arcana SLAs all have a clear Illusionary theme that doesn't seemed tied to the concepts of Chaos and Law as BECMI represents them.The AD&amp;D/3E Blue Dragon has a Lawful Evil alignment, so if our Azure Dragon is a &quot;good&quot; inversion of that it could have SLAs that are benevolent mirrors of the Blue's spells - maybe something that reveals the truth rather than cloaking it in illusion?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 6761183, member: 57383"] In the case of the Amber, it seemed pretty clear the Gold Dragon's [I]bless[/I] and [I]sunburst[/I] SLAs weren't terribly appropriate for a BECMI Chaos-aligned monster, so we gave them SLAs that were more in keeping with that ethos. For example, rather than a glorious radiance that annihilates undead ([I]sunburst[/I]) it produced a radiance that destroys matter in general ([I]disintegrate[/I]). I'd have been OK keeping the Gold's [I]quest/geas[/I], since you can see that being used in service of malevolent Chaos. Also, we don't have the clear alignment inversion the Amber & Gold dragon's had, since Golds are Lawful and benevolent in both versions. The Blue Dragon is [I][B]already[/B][/I] Lawful in AD&D and 3E, albeit Evilly lawful, while it's Neutral in BECMI. Anyhow, what alternative spells would you fancy? The Blue Dragon's [I]ventriloquism[/I], [I]hallucinatory terrain[/I], [I]veil[/I] and [I]mirage arcana[/I] SLAs all have a clear Illusionary theme that doesn't seemed tied to the concepts of Chaos and Law as BECMI represents them. The AD&D/3E Blue Dragon has a Lawful Evil alignment, so if our Azure Dragon is a "good" inversion of that it could have SLAs that are benevolent mirrors of the Blue's spells - maybe something that reveals the truth rather than cloaking it in illusion? [/QUOTE]

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