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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 5069982" data-attributes="member: 3586"><p>Dragons. There have been many words written about them in D&D over the years, but I thought it would be interesting to discuss how they should be represented in D&D.</p><p></p><p>The poll relates to their stats, but feel free to jump in with anything relevant you like. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>At present, I'm very happy with their representation in 4E: that is, with their main features being:</p><p>* They attack with bite and claw</p><p>* They fly</p><p>* They have a deadly breath weapon</p><p>* They emanate a aura of fear</p><p>* They occasionally have other powers (spells).</p><p></p><p>During the Age of Worms, I had occasion to run some high-level 3e dragons, and it seemed a bit wrong that their best attacks would often be spells rather than their "natural" claw/bite/breath weapons. Others may not agree there. I'm just wondering where you stand.</p><p></p><p>Or maybe you like your dragons a bit more "barebone". Claws, bite & wings... and that's it?</p><p></p><p>Alignment-wise, I'm very fond of the good/evil divide between the dragons; even if it restricts the usefulness of the metallics somewhat, it made up for it by providing the players with strength-from-worldbuilding. That is, you could make decisions based on the world described by the books, rather than waiting to see if the DM was trying to trick you or not.</p><p></p><p>(The fear* option above is optional with spell-use).</p><p></p><p>A related poll - that might be worth setting up - would discuss how easy dragons are to slay! In AD&D, they weren't as "scary" as later editions (especially 2e). Would you prefer that?</p><p></p><p>Oh, and if you don't like the options here (fair enough) why don't you <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/271175-dragons-part-2-what-should-they.html" target="_blank">build your own dragon?</a></p><p></p><p>Cheers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 5069982, member: 3586"] Dragons. There have been many words written about them in D&D over the years, but I thought it would be interesting to discuss how they should be represented in D&D. The poll relates to their stats, but feel free to jump in with anything relevant you like. :) At present, I'm very happy with their representation in 4E: that is, with their main features being: * They attack with bite and claw * They fly * They have a deadly breath weapon * They emanate a aura of fear * They occasionally have other powers (spells). During the Age of Worms, I had occasion to run some high-level 3e dragons, and it seemed a bit wrong that their best attacks would often be spells rather than their "natural" claw/bite/breath weapons. Others may not agree there. I'm just wondering where you stand. Or maybe you like your dragons a bit more "barebone". Claws, bite & wings... and that's it? Alignment-wise, I'm very fond of the good/evil divide between the dragons; even if it restricts the usefulness of the metallics somewhat, it made up for it by providing the players with strength-from-worldbuilding. That is, you could make decisions based on the world described by the books, rather than waiting to see if the DM was trying to trick you or not. (The fear* option above is optional with spell-use). A related poll - that might be worth setting up - would discuss how easy dragons are to slay! In AD&D, they weren't as "scary" as later editions (especially 2e). Would you prefer that? Oh, and if you don't like the options here (fair enough) why don't you [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/271175-dragons-part-2-what-should-they.html]build your own dragon?[/url] Cheers! [/QUOTE]
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