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<blockquote data-quote="Dagredhel" data-source="post: 375803" data-attributes="member: 3421">What I wonder is, if the chromatic, chrystaline, and metallic dragons are specialized subtypes, then what would the ancestral stock they derived from be like, the primordial undifferentiated common stock?I imagine that you could come up with a basic archetype, a single race that once gave rise to the different strains now prevalent. Individuals of this breed needn't be as alike to one another as are 'modern' dragons of the same type.&nbsp; They could start out the same as hatchlings, but then progress in radically different directions as they aged, according to their individual personalities and habits.&nbsp; This could be represented in game terms through the selection of 'dragon feats'.For instance, all 'primordial' dragons would start as firebreathers, but could alter their breath weapon or add an alternative by selecting a feat, in the manner that sorcerers and wizards can gain a feat to alter the energy type of their damage dealing spells.&nbsp; Likewise, a primordial dragon could acquire an elemental subtype through feat selection, perhaps with an appropriate breath weapon as a prerequisite--- or vice versa.&nbsp; The primordial dragon would be eminently customizable!&nbsp; In this manner, a dragon's predilections and choice of lifestyle and habitat could shape its abilities as it ages.&nbsp; These choices might also be expressed in the dragon's appearance as well.&nbsp; As a dragon aged, its outward form would reflect more and more its chosen powers and environment.Over the course of millenia, these variations, once individual to each dragon, could culminate in the racial subtypes common in D&amp;D, if one were too assume that dragons of common temperament and similar abilities, choosing to live in the same habitat, would be more likely to breed, and that this would increase the likelihood that their offspring would make similar choices.Sound good?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dagredhel, post: 375803, member: 3421"] What I wonder is, if the chromatic, chrystaline, and metallic dragons are specialized subtypes, then what would the ancestral stock they derived from be like, the primordial undifferentiated common stock? I imagine that you could come up with a basic archetype, a single race that once gave rise to the different strains now prevalent. Individuals of this breed needn't be as alike to one another as are 'modern' dragons of the same type. They could start out the same as hatchlings, but then progress in radically different directions as they aged, according to their individual personalities and habits. This could be represented in game terms through the selection of 'dragon feats'. For instance, all 'primordial' dragons would start as firebreathers, but could alter their breath weapon or add an alternative by selecting a feat, in the manner that sorcerers and wizards can gain a feat to alter the energy type of their damage dealing spells. Likewise, a primordial dragon could acquire an elemental subtype through feat selection, perhaps with an appropriate breath weapon as a prerequisite--- or vice versa. The primordial dragon would be eminently customizable! In this manner, a dragon's predilections and choice of lifestyle and habitat could shape its abilities as it ages. These choices might also be expressed in the dragon's appearance as well. As a dragon aged, its outward form would reflect more and more its chosen powers and environment. Over the course of millenia, these variations, once individual to each dragon, could culminate in the racial subtypes common in D&D, if one were too assume that dragons of common temperament and similar abilities, choosing to live in the same habitat, would be more likely to breed, and that this would increase the likelihood that their offspring would make similar choices. Sound good? [/QUOTE]

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