Online galleries for the preview books?

[Derren]

The Adamatnine and Iron dragon will replace the Bronze and Brass one. So you will still have 5 metallics and 5 chromatics. Bronze and Brass might be added by some later book.
Or not.

 

[The Little Raven]

The Adamatnine and Iron dragon will replace the Bronze and Brass one. So you will still have 5 metallics and 5 chromatics. Bronze and Brass might be added by some later book.

This is one of the few times I can actually say this.

Derren is right. The MM1 will feature 5 metallics and 5 chromatics, with brass/bronze replaced by iron/adamantine. Wizards has stated that brass/bronze dragons will be dealt with later, either by Insider material or in a future book.

 

[Desdichado]

Thanks, nitpickety patrol! The point is, it's still new, and therefore automatically more interesting than the status quo, which I've been bored with and ignored for years.

 

[Campbell]

Would it be immature for me to say that I think the Admantine Dragon looks badass. Because it does. It's a dinosaur with wings. How metal is that?

 

[Stogoe]

Man, that adamantine dragon picture is sweet. Love it. Is there a picture of the iron dragon in W&M? If so, can you describe it? Is it at least a little rust-ish?

 

[Conjurer]

How metal is that?

Not to be adamant about it, but I doubt we can actually make the dragon step on a scale.

Seriously though, The Adamantium Dragon does look... awe-inspiring. I'd still would have held on to the Bronze Dragon, though, and gotten rid of the Copper one, which looks goofy and has a terrible fluff, IMO.

 

[The Little Raven]

Seriously though, The Adamantium Dragon does look... awe-inspiring. I'd still would have held on to the Bronze Dragon, though, and gotten rid of the Copper one, which looks goofy and has a terrible fluff, IMO.

The reason brass and bronze were removed is because they're alloys. All other dragons are primordial beings, composed of base elements like gold and silver and copper... then we have dragons that are based on technology (alloys)? Hm.

 

[Desdichado]

The reason brass and bronze were removed is because they're alloys. All other dragons are primordial beings, composed of base elements like gold and silver and copper... then we have dragons that are based on technology (alloys)? Hm.

Really? I didn't know that. But I only flipped through the preview book, not read it exhaustively.

See, that is interesting.

 

[Conjurer]

The reason brass and bronze were removed is because they're alloys. All other dragons are primordial beings, composed of base elements like gold and silver and copper... then we have dragons that are based on technology (alloys)? Hm.

Still, I feel Bronze Dragons are superior both in fluff and graphic design to some of the other metallics that are staying (As with anything so subjective, YMMV I suppose).

As far as the name, though... It's a man-given name for the species because of the coloration of the sclaes, not because they were made of actual metal... and aren't most campaign settings, technologically speaking, past the point of Bronze weapons & Armor? (Except, I believe, Darksun)

 

[Cadfan]

As far as the name, though... It's a man-given name for the species because of the coloration of the sclaes, not because they were made of actual metal...

That's essentially why I hate chromatic and metalic dragons. The fact that the color came first in terms of design, and legacy effects guaranteed that all dragons, from now until doomsday, have only one color. No patterns. We'll never see a dragon with poison green tiger strips on a black field. We'll never see a dragon with brown spots over a lava red undercoat. The MOST elaborate color scheme we will ever get is going to be different shades of blue on a blue field.