Perhaps it's time to stop the dracophilia

[maggot]

Uh, the game's called Dungeons & Dragons?

Endless tedious supplements? I count 3: Draconomicon, Races of the Dragon, and Dragon Magic. The last two aren't great, I grant you.

I disagree: Dragon Magic was quite good, albeit with limited audience. I enjoyed it and read it cover to cover and wanted to start a campaign using it (or at least a character using it).

Race of the Dragon on the other hand was quite weak. Three might be one too many books (one for the DM and one for PCs) but I'm glad they did three so they could get to Dragon Magic for the good stuff.

 

[Ranger REG]

Ok so there's some pretty cool nostalgia about the hero slaying the dragon and saving the damsel in distress, but do we really need to have every iota of dragon information printed in the form of endless tedious supplements?

Why not?

If WotC were doing Tunnels & Trolls, we'd have truckloads of troll books.

 

[Ranger REG]

No, I'm pretty sure we have Weis, Hickman, and McCaffery to thank for that one.

You might as well add Naomi Novik to the list.

Although the fact that you have not mentioned Tolkien apalls me.

 

[Hussar]

You might as well add Naomi Novik to the list.

Although the fact that you have not mentioned Tolkien apalls me.

More a sign of the times I think. Tolkein's appeal has been largely overrated and I'm willing to bet that McCaffery is at least as widely read as Tolkein. And far more iconic for dragons.

 

[Schmoe]

Dragons are very cool. Much like ninjas, dragons flip out and kill people, all the time.

 

[theredrobedwizard]

... McCaffery ...

Who?

Personally, I don't like dragons all that much, but there are things I want expunged from D&D before them.

1)Drow
2)The Forgotten Realms
3)The new Prestige Class format.

-TRRW

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

3)The new Prestige Class format.

Bwah? I missed that one.

Dragons... they're fine. I likes 'em smart. I likes my metabreath feats from Draconomicon. I likes my "uninspiring" art from said book.

If you don't likes 'em, plenty of other monsters to use instead.

 

[Hussar]

Who?

Personally, I don't like dragons all that much, but there are things I want expunged from D&D before them.

1)Drow
2)The Forgotten Realms
3)The new Prestige Class format.

-TRRW

Yeah, but, drow don't feature in almost every supplement published. FR gets its own books that don't cross over into general supplements. And, well, the new PrC format is a personal taste.

But, good grief, how many bloody dragon types do we really need? Considing most games end around the low double digit levels, the vast majority of dragons are almost never used. We have this glut of practically useless monster statblocks clogging book after book.

Heck, even on the WOTC site, they've spent the last several months on "How to fight dragons" articles. And that's just for core dragons.

 

[Aus_Snow]

(. . .) I'm willing to bet that McCaffery is at least as widely read as Tolkein.

Not a particularly safe bet, that one. To put it mildly.

I'm also, FWIW, completely unimpressed with the Draconomicon. It isn't a book I would consider buying, no matter if the next campaign I was to run happened to feature mostly dragons and dragon-related stuff.

 

[thedungeondelver]

Not a particularly safe bet, that one. To put it mildly.

I'm also, FWIW, completely unimpressed with the Draconomicon. It isn't a book I would consider buying, no matter if the next campaign I was to run happened to feature mostly dragons and dragon-related stuff.

Mccaffrey != Tolkien, QFT.

Also, THE SLAYER'S GUIDE TO DRAGONS is your better book on those treasure-hoarding fire breathing lizards!