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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7103444" data-attributes="member: 4937">Interesting.&nbsp; I hadn't given much thought to making all five of the iconic dragon species the same size, and while I can see some merit to the idea, it works against so much history of the game that I don't think I will go that way.&nbsp;&nbsp; I'm not entirely sure why the different dragon species were divided by size, but I don't think it is exactly what you think it is, since the combination of size and age category meant that each dragon largely overlapped the other sort of dragon in danger for different combinations of age and size.&nbsp; That's most easily seen in interpretations in 2e and 3e, where clearly, the older dragons of the smaller race are far more dangerous than the younger sorts of the larger races.&nbsp; Also, even in 1e, the larger sorts of dragons of one race, could be more formidable than smaller sorts of another.&nbsp; For example, a huge black is statistically stronger than a small green and equal to a small blue.&nbsp; It could be simply that Gygax liked variety more than he liked symmetry, and in particular by having asymmetry it gives the red variety a certain mystique it would not otherwise have.My approach here is to retain the historic progression, but to give some of the smaller species particular areas that they excel in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7103444, member: 4937"] Interesting. I hadn't given much thought to making all five of the iconic dragon species the same size, and while I can see some merit to the idea, it works against so much history of the game that I don't think I will go that way. I'm not entirely sure why the different dragon species were divided by size, but I don't think it is exactly what you think it is, since the combination of size and age category meant that each dragon largely overlapped the other sort of dragon in danger for different combinations of age and size. That's most easily seen in interpretations in 2e and 3e, where clearly, the older dragons of the smaller race are far more dangerous than the younger sorts of the larger races. Also, even in 1e, the larger sorts of dragons of one race, could be more formidable than smaller sorts of another. For example, a huge black is statistically stronger than a small green and equal to a small blue. It could be simply that Gygax liked variety more than he liked symmetry, and in particular by having asymmetry it gives the red variety a certain mystique it would not otherwise have. My approach here is to retain the historic progression, but to give some of the smaller species particular areas that they excel in. [/QUOTE]

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