steeldragons
Steeliest of the dragons
What ever happened to the abashai? [that was their name right?] Tiamat's lil' hordes of color-coded draco-devils? Couldn't they simply be moved into the "dragonspawn" spot...if all they're supposed to be are servants/pawns/watchdogs for a dragon's lair? Heck, dragons could even birth them themselves!
Maybe only 1 in 10 dragon eggs are actual dragons. The rest are these draco-devilish (or demony or bestial, if you prefer) things that wreak havoc all around the surrounding environment. Has shades of Krynnish draconians...if playing in the Dragonlance setting, they could/would simply be replaced with draconians anyway.
But even that...all in all...I don't see a real need for dragonspawn as a creature in the first MM. Or a niche for them in the first place, there are plenty of servant/thrall/watchdog critters for dragon lairs without them. Saying, "Yeah but this dragon's lair is filled with dragony-goblin guards, not just regular ones!" [collective Oooooo's and Aaaaah's to ensue? Not likely.] is not a sufficient hook/draw, to me, to warrant a whole new type of creatures.
If they need some filler in a second or third or some other supplement material, knock themselves out.
Maybe only 1 in 10 dragon eggs are actual dragons. The rest are these draco-devilish (or demony or bestial, if you prefer) things that wreak havoc all around the surrounding environment. Has shades of Krynnish draconians...if playing in the Dragonlance setting, they could/would simply be replaced with draconians anyway.
But even that...all in all...I don't see a real need for dragonspawn as a creature in the first MM. Or a niche for them in the first place, there are plenty of servant/thrall/watchdog critters for dragon lairs without them. Saying, "Yeah but this dragon's lair is filled with dragony-goblin guards, not just regular ones!" [collective Oooooo's and Aaaaah's to ensue? Not likely.] is not a sufficient hook/draw, to me, to warrant a whole new type of creatures.
If they need some filler in a second or third or some other supplement material, knock themselves out.