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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 3207643" data-attributes="member: 2067">It's because the dragon shaman isn't trying to be a dragon, he's just using the dragon's power. Dragons may be proud and solitary, but the dragon shaman definately isn't -- he's a social beast, at his best when he's with a team of allies.Dragon shamans *use* a dragon's power by giving it to others (and himself). Energy resistance, keen senses, physical power, impressive presence, impenetrable hide, and ancient longevity are all traits of D&D dragons that the dragon shaman imparts to others through his aura. In many ways, he's kind of the flip side of the Dragonfire Adept class from Dragon Magic -- Dragonfire Adepts are "selfish classes" with self-interested abilities that rarely help the rest of the party. The focus is on *them* becoming like a dragon. Dragon shamans are "generous classes" with group-focused abilties that also help themselves. The focus is on using the powers of a dragon. Bards and clerics and marshalls are all very generous classes. I think the classic image of the dragon shaman is when you have some tribe, say a clan of dwarves, living with a close relationship with a dragon, say, a silver dragon. Dragon Shamans arise among the dwarves honoring the traits that make Silver Dragons (including their own) neat. They use the power of the Silver Dragons to enhance their whole tribe, and the Silver Dragon that watches over their community lets them know that they truly do have power. The Dragon Shaman is something of a liason between the dragon's world (being able to tap the same powers that make the dragon itself long-lived and powerful) and the mortal's world (being a social, mortal creature).</blockquote>

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