Vaalingrade
Legend
Does anyone else find it weird that only the 'good guy' dragons are naturally capable of infiltrating humanoid society?
It goes back to 1e IIRC. All the good dragons where also stronger than the evil ones back then too.Does anyone else find it weird that only the 'good guy' dragons are naturally capable of infiltrating humanoid society?
Some adults do as well. At least in the MM stat blocks.In DnD Beyond all ancient metallics have the change shape action. I haven't checked my book to see if it is the same in the MM. Here is the brass dragon:
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and here is the lore from the MM:
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Yeah. I hadn't noticed the absence in chromatics since I don't use many dragons, preferring them to be rare and super impactful when they show up, but I will certainly be adding the ability to them if/when I use one of the appropriate age.Does anyone else find it weird that only the 'good guy' dragons are naturally capable of infiltrating humanoid society?
It "forces" evil dragons to have minions/lackeys to stuff for them, and this is an possible avenue to adventure?Does anyone else find it weird that only the 'good guy' dragons are naturally capable of infiltrating humanoid society?
Easier to have lackeys when you're approachable by the downtrodden folks that get forced into the role and can actually meet with them instead of being a gigantic terror lizard hermit living so far away no one is going to visit and is too fat to enter a back alley.It "forces" evil dragons to have minions/lackeys to stuff for them, and this is an possible avenue to adventure?
it's a throwback to the oriental dragons. The metallic dragons were loosley designed on oriental dragons serving the heavens and the chromatic dragons are loosely designed on being the children of Tiamat the destroyer. I've always wished they'd done a bit more to make them more similar. It's basically sumerian dragons vs oriental dragons .Does anyone else find it weird that only the 'good guy' dragons are naturally capable of infiltrating humanoid society?
I think the idea was always that the evil dragons felt mortals were so far beneath them that taking thier form was disgusting and a sign of weakness.Easier to have lackeys when you're approachable by the downtrodden folks that get forced into the role and can actually meet with them instead of being a gigantic terror lizard hermit living so far away no one is going to visit and is too fat to enter a back alley.
Likely, but that's a throwback to Haye Code logic where villains always have to be bad at their jobs to show the kiddos that evil is self-destructive. Which I think is a bad lesson vs Good cooperates and improves itself... which is denied by things like how the Big Good dragons (and gods) basically don't do anything and wait for the party to do stuff.I think the idea was always that the evil dragons felt mortals were so far beneath them that taking thier form was disgusting and a sign of weakness.