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<blockquote data-quote="BB Shockwave" data-source="post: 9726642" data-attributes="member: 6799257">I am mostly a 2E purist, but I like the Topaz, heck I like all the Gem Dragons. WotC never gave us minis of any of them, despite them existing in some 3E books, so I am thankful for&nbsp; Fizban to reintroduce them and Wizkids to make minis of them![ATTACH=full]414057[/ATTACH]The new design is rather faithful to the old one - keeping the bat-like ear fins, and elaborating on the segmented scales of the body and tail. The 5E design makes this into almost into lamellated armor plating that encircles the Dragon. I can also see that the backwards wings probably came from this artwork - you can see that on the 2E art, the spike/prong that is the finger-claw on the wing bones points backwards, unlike on most Dragons! Would be hard to ignore by a DM considering the miniature to be used look like that...Weirdly though, the Wyrmlings have properly aligned wings. Maybe it turns around during their development? (or the designer forgot it...?)[ATTACH=full]414056[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BB Shockwave, post: 9726642, member: 6799257"] I am mostly a 2E purist, but I like the Topaz, heck I like all the Gem Dragons. WotC never gave us minis of any of them, despite them existing in some 3E books, so I am thankful for Fizban to reintroduce them and Wizkids to make minis of them! [ATTACH=full]414057[/ATTACH] The new design is rather faithful to the old one - keeping the bat-like ear fins, and elaborating on the segmented scales of the body and tail. The 5E design makes this into almost into lamellated armor plating that encircles the Dragon. I can also see that the backwards wings probably came from this artwork - you can see that on the 2E art, the spike/prong that is the finger-claw on the wing bones points backwards, unlike on most Dragons! Would be hard to ignore by a DM considering the miniature to be used look like that... Weirdly though, the Wyrmlings have properly aligned wings. Maybe it turns around during their development? (or the designer forgot it...?) [ATTACH=full]414056[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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