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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8847354" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>For my own work (unrelated to the game I'm currently running), I wanted to make metallic and chromatic dragons line up more cleanly. So I ended up with the following:</p><p></p><p>Gold: As standard in D&D, linked to fire.</p><p>Silver: As standard in D&D, linked to cold.</p><p>Copper: As standard in D&D, linked to acid.</p><p>Iron: Lightning damage.</p><p>Cobalt: Thunder damage.</p><p>Wolfram: Radiant damage.</p><p>Tyrium: Psychic damage.</p><p></p><p>The Chromatics would originally have been the <em>Prismatic</em> dragons, gemstones.</p><p></p><p>Ruby => Red</p><p>Diamond => White</p><p>Emerald => Green</p><p>Onyx => Black</p><p>Sapphire => Blue</p><p>Topaz => Yellow (essentially unknown to mankind)</p><p>Amethyst => Purple (essentially unknown to mankind)</p><p></p><p>This allows both an element-to-element matchup and a separate color-to-color matchup (Gold/Yellow, Silver/White, Wolfram/Green, etc.) for interesting thematic parallels. With seven colors, there's slightly more variety outside of the black/white distinction. As noted, Yellow and Purple dragons are essentially unknown in this framework, and there haven't been any Prismatic dragons for so long, most people don't know they ever existed. Tiamat (I use a different name in this setup) is the corrupted, fallen version of the <em>original</em> ruler of all dragonkind, chosen by Io (again, different name) as their intended successor; Tiamat only has five heads, matching the five kinds of generally-known Chromatic dragons. For complicated plot reasons, that successor fell, leaving Bahamut (again, different name) to rule alone. The fall of Tiamat partially damaged reality, and Bahamut can't fix it on their own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8847354, member: 6790260"] For my own work (unrelated to the game I'm currently running), I wanted to make metallic and chromatic dragons line up more cleanly. So I ended up with the following: Gold: As standard in D&D, linked to fire. Silver: As standard in D&D, linked to cold. Copper: As standard in D&D, linked to acid. Iron: Lightning damage. Cobalt: Thunder damage. Wolfram: Radiant damage. Tyrium: Psychic damage. The Chromatics would originally have been the [I]Prismatic[/I] dragons, gemstones. Ruby => Red Diamond => White Emerald => Green Onyx => Black Sapphire => Blue Topaz => Yellow (essentially unknown to mankind) Amethyst => Purple (essentially unknown to mankind) This allows both an element-to-element matchup and a separate color-to-color matchup (Gold/Yellow, Silver/White, Wolfram/Green, etc.) for interesting thematic parallels. With seven colors, there's slightly more variety outside of the black/white distinction. As noted, Yellow and Purple dragons are essentially unknown in this framework, and there haven't been any Prismatic dragons for so long, most people don't know they ever existed. Tiamat (I use a different name in this setup) is the corrupted, fallen version of the [I]original[/I] ruler of all dragonkind, chosen by Io (again, different name) as their intended successor; Tiamat only has five heads, matching the five kinds of generally-known Chromatic dragons. For complicated plot reasons, that successor fell, leaving Bahamut (again, different name) to rule alone. The fall of Tiamat partially damaged reality, and Bahamut can't fix it on their own. [/QUOTE]
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