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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 1681732" data-attributes="member: 871">Hello,One of the things I'm working on for a D&D campaign is creating new varieties of dragons.  I'm having a bit of difficulty trying to determine how I'll design the dragons, so I thought I'd bring up the issue here & get a bit of feedback on the matter.First, some background data:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">My campaign world has most of the different types fo dragons mentioned in the Monster Manuals & the Draconomicon: all the chromatics, metallics, & gem dragons, plus other varieties like the shadow, force, brown, fang, & other sorts.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">However, many of these species of dragons are on the decline--too much competition over the barely-enough resources to really thrive.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">As a result, some species of dragons are starting to intermingle, creating new species from these unions.  These new breeds are proving to be much more formidable/capable than either of the "parent" species.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In addition, a few new species of dragon have appeared due to magical experimentation/breeding (think of dragons going through a program similar to the one used by Saruman for orcs in order to produce Uruk-Hai.  They're much worse than anything natural.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eventually, the new species of dragons will totally supplant the standard/existing ones.  (By this timeline, the existing species of dragons are all but extinct, with a tiny grouping of each still around).</li> </ul>Basically, I'm trying to decrease the different kinds of dragons out there, & create something new that players wouldn't have knowledge of (by researching stats in the MM, etc.).  So far, I've only had 2 approaches.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1 Color, 1 Dragon: Basically, dragons of similar colors interbred, creating a new variety of dragon: Blue dragons & Sapphire dragons; Emerald dragons & Green dragons;  Gold dragons and brass dragons; etc.  It's still a fair # of dragons, overall, but it'll have enough variety to make things a bit unpredicable.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Elemental-themed/Energy-themed Dragons.  The dragons will be built around mastery/immunity to a particular element/type of energy: Fire dragons; Earth/Acid dragons; Air/Electricity dragons; Water/Cold dragons; Sonic dragons; Force dragons; etc.  I could keep the color-based theme/labels for the different breeds, but it's not necessary.  Besides, with these dragons, it may be cool to have a wide variety of appearances for them (so PCs can't automatically guess the dragon type by appearance).</li> </ul>Any other possible ideas would be appreciated, as would any elaboration on the stuff I've had so far.  Also, I'd appreciate any info/advice/experience on your experiences with using newly-created types of dragons, too.</blockquote>

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