WotC has shared some new art of Takhisis, Dragonlance’s 5-headed dragon queen.
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Easy. the body types are all the same. At least AD&D had variation in body types, ranging from muscular, to sleek, to fat. The above are all weightlifter on too much steroids. They also all went crazy with the jaggedness. They are all spiny. And almost all modern dragon illios have tattered wings. To me, modern dragons look a lot more similar to each other than the older versions did.Yeah the Modern ones look way better. How some of you can say the ones below look similar compared to the old ones is beyond me.
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So I don't really get how you can look at that and think this. Also none of the ones from 1e were sleek. They also don't look overly muscled too me at all.Easy. the body types are all the same. At least AD&D had variation in body types, ranging from muscular, to sleek, to fat. The above are all weightlifter on too much steroids. They also all went crazy with the jaggedness. They are all spiny. And almost all modern dragon illios have tattered wings. To me, modern dragons look a lot more similar to each other than the older versions did.
Kinda like fashion. In the 80s, you had spandex, Member's Only jackets, sweaters, preppies, madonna emulation, power suits, punk, stonewashed jeans, R&B, etc. all as unique fashion statements. Since 2000, there has been....what? Athleisure and hipster?
So I don't really get how you can look at that and think this.
Sleek means smooth (and glossy). I think these qualify.Also none of the ones from 1e were sleek.
I think the goal was to write one module featuring each of the dragons in the 1e Monster Manual so as those two were in it they got included.I wonder why they picked a Tiamat and Bahamut clone for their opposing dragon gods. Have they ever said?
Not that I know of, but since the whole adventure path was supposed to revolve around getting more use out of dragons, pulling in the existing dragon gods and making it a war between the two seems logical (this was before Io, btw).I wonder why they picked a Tiamat and Bahamut clone for their opposing dragon gods. Have they ever said?
Heresy! Didn't you color in your B&W D&D books back then??? (I did mine with colored pencils...)There's that old gag about the golden age of science fiction being thirteen. It may also be true for dragon illustrations. (I'm fond of the earlier edition images myself, but I have to admit there's greater technical accomplishment in the later ones, if only because a color Monster Manual would have broken the bank in 1st edition.)
Then why make them "not" those dragons?Not that I know of, but since the whole adventure path was supposed to revolve around getting more use out of dragons, pulling in the existing dragon gods and making it a war between the two seems logical (this was before Io, btw).
It would be interesting if the re-evisioned had pulled in Io and the neutral/gemstone dragons.
I believe the names of the DL deities came from one of the TSR designers existing campaigns (Jeff Grubb? - can't find the source), they probably took the two high gods and assigned them to Tiamat for the evil one and Bahumat for the good one. Besides, you can't copywrite Tiamat and Big B., but you can Takhisis & Palandine.Then why make them "not" those dragons?
This is a prequel adventure. It doesn't advance the metaplot.I thought she completely died after the War of the Souls Trilogy.![]()
Some of those are dragons in 5e (as in the dragon type), just not “true” dragons. I think there is room for all of them.(Sorry, tangent) I must confess that I find the classic color-coded feline-reptilian dragons a little bland. I think creatures such as Behir, Coaltl, Wyvern, Lung, Jormugandr, Sky Whales, Hydras etc could make more interesting and distinct dragons. I feel the difference between a blue dragon and a green dragon should be more than a color and breath type (and a different horn shape).
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They picked their primary gods before the Chromatic and Platinum Dragon where even named. Back when started the original campaign the Monster Manual for AD&D had not released. They based the two primary gods on the Dragon King the Platinum Dragon and Dragon Queen the Chromatic Dragon who did not have names in their original appearance, so Paladine and Takhisis were made up for them. When the Monster Manual came out, the creators did not fell like changing their original names for the two.I wonder why they picked a Tiamat and Bahamut clone for their opposing dragon gods. Have they ever said?