D&D (2024) Rename Purple Dragon Knight to just Dragon Knight?

[mellored]

With the changes to the subclass being about having a dragon, should the subclass name also change?

This could also open things up to riding Emerald, Silver, Sapphire, Gold, dragons. Which seems like an easy and fun add.

You can still have the Forgotten Realms order be "Purple Dragon Knight".

 

[bedir than]

Or disconnect it from gem-ish dragons entirely.

 

[Charlaquin]

Provided that along with the name change, the pet also gets made more flexible so it can represent dragons of various types. Ideally, I’d like all gem and metallic options, but if that’s too many, just gem or just metallic is fine.

 

[Maxperson]

Or disconnect it from gem-ish dragons entirely.

Purple dragons are not gem dragons. Amethyst dragons are the purple gem dragon.

 

[mellored]

Or disconnect it from gem-ish dragons entirely.

Provided that along with the name change, the pet also gets made more flexible so it can represent dragons of various types. Ideally, I’d like all gem and metallic options, but if that’s too many, just gem or just metallic is fine.

Yea, needs metallic too.

Probably not chromatic.

 

[Yaarel]

Purple dragons are not gem dragons. Amethyst dragons are the purple gem dragon.

Heh, maybe the next group are the "fabric dye" dragons. Purpura, Crimson, Indigo, Saffron, and Bleach.

 

[Charlaquin]

Heh, maybe the next group are the "fabric dye" dragons. Purpura, Crimson, Indigo, Saffron, and Bleach.

What, no cochineal?

 

[Yaarel]

What, no cochineal?

Heh, beware the dread Shades of Red Dragons!

 

[J-H]

If they're serious about maintaining compatibility between 5th edition and 5.24, they need to do this. It's not an update of the PDK/Banneret but a whole replacement with entirely different theming and abilities.

 

[Yaarel]

While they are "dragon knights", lower case letters, WotC might want a more IP defensible name, like "Drakers" or "Dracnids" or "Dracous" or whatever.