Fire Tarrasque
2018-02-13, 05:58 PM
Here goes nothing.
Over the course of this thread, I am going to attempt to update (or create) a lot of dragons. A list will be provided at the bottom of this post.
The issue here is, most of these dragons are from 2nd AD&D, if they exist at all. Too an extent, this thread is for my own use, as I will be at some point running a campaign focusing mainly on dragons. But of course, I would quite enjoy both help, and anyone else wanting to use any of this nonsense. I'll be constantly revising and improving this thread for a long time too come.
With that out of the way, here is my (currently absurd) endgoal:
Priority zero: Outline the draconic lore I will be using, as I use a lore that combines the Great One lore with Bahamut and Tiamat, and an understanding of this is needed for some later elements.
Priority one:
Updating the Ferrous dragons:
Chrome, Cobalt, Nickle, Iron, Tungsten, and finally Groglathor.
Priority two: Updating the lesser known and only appearing in Dragon #100, the lesser gem dragons.
Pearl, Jacinth, Jade.
Priority three: Creating my little project, the Igneous dragons. A chaotic group too complete the set of alignments.
Amber, Ivory, Coral, Coal.
Priority four: Updating the lesser Chromatic and Metallic dragons.
Yellow, Purple/Deep, Brown, Grey, Fang, Steel, Mercury.
Priority five: Create stats for the Dragon autarchs.
Sun, moon, star, (Probably not the Great One.)
Priority six: Update the Lindworms.
Priority whenever asked: Provide people with links too all previously existing dragons, mostly found on the lomion site, and/or dragon numbers, too prove my sanity.
Well then. If anyone knows if anyone else on this site has already created any of these, I would love to see.
Coral has already been partly outlined at a homebrewery page that I have found, though the author is currently unknown, and may or may not be on this site. Link found here: http://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/ByHpEMRxZ
The original idea for the igneous dragons (If not the name) goes here: http://www.giantitp.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-161436.html
The major gem dragons were already outlined, better than I could ever hope to achieve, by Gnomes2169 here: http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?405307-Gem-dragon-conversion
With that, I transition too lore.
Like I said earlier, I have created a fusion of the Great One and Bahamut/Tiamat lores. It goes like this:
There exist, five draconic autarchs, each taking one of the alignment aspects. I'm calling them autarchs because I have no better names. They are:
The sun dragon, lord of law, autarch of the ferrous dragons. (Alternatively, replace them with Groglathor.) The moon dragon, lord of chaos and autarch of the igneous dragons, a small set of dragons I created to finish out the alignments. The star dragon, lord of neutrality and autarch of the gem dragons.
(Alternatively, replace them with Sardior.) The platinum dragon, Bahamut, lord of good and autarch of the metallic dragons. The chromatic (or titanium) dragon, Tiamat, lord of evil and autarch of chromatic dragons. But all of these dragons are subservient too one true, draconic deity: The Great One, lord of all and autarch of all dragonkind. (Statistcally, the Great One is a major deity, and the level of the autarchs doesn't much matter. I personally say they are lesser, but demigods or even more greater deities also work, if you want to pump up or down the threat level.) The interesting thing, is that these gods can die. Yes, even the Great One. After they are struck down, a new autarch/Great One is selected through a method determined by the previous autarch before their death. Bahamut and Tiamat are simply the current Platinum and Chromatic dragons. This causes a noticeable drop in the appearances of this classification of dragon for a time. The Great One competition is held among the Autarchs.
Oh, and I swapped the obsidian dragon over too the igneous section instead of gem. If you want too add some story where obsidian was exiled from the gems but joined the igneous, fine by me.
Over the course of this thread, I am going to attempt to update (or create) a lot of dragons. A list will be provided at the bottom of this post.
The issue here is, most of these dragons are from 2nd AD&D, if they exist at all. Too an extent, this thread is for my own use, as I will be at some point running a campaign focusing mainly on dragons. But of course, I would quite enjoy both help, and anyone else wanting to use any of this nonsense. I'll be constantly revising and improving this thread for a long time too come.
With that out of the way, here is my (currently absurd) endgoal:
Priority zero: Outline the draconic lore I will be using, as I use a lore that combines the Great One lore with Bahamut and Tiamat, and an understanding of this is needed for some later elements.
Priority one:
Updating the Ferrous dragons:
Chrome, Cobalt, Nickle, Iron, Tungsten, and finally Groglathor.
Priority two: Updating the lesser known and only appearing in Dragon #100, the lesser gem dragons.
Pearl, Jacinth, Jade.
Priority three: Creating my little project, the Igneous dragons. A chaotic group too complete the set of alignments.
Amber, Ivory, Coral, Coal.
Priority four: Updating the lesser Chromatic and Metallic dragons.
Yellow, Purple/Deep, Brown, Grey, Fang, Steel, Mercury.
Priority five: Create stats for the Dragon autarchs.
Sun, moon, star, (Probably not the Great One.)
Priority six: Update the Lindworms.
Priority whenever asked: Provide people with links too all previously existing dragons, mostly found on the lomion site, and/or dragon numbers, too prove my sanity.
Well then. If anyone knows if anyone else on this site has already created any of these, I would love to see.
Coral has already been partly outlined at a homebrewery page that I have found, though the author is currently unknown, and may or may not be on this site. Link found here: http://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/ByHpEMRxZ
The original idea for the igneous dragons (If not the name) goes here: http://www.giantitp.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-161436.html
The major gem dragons were already outlined, better than I could ever hope to achieve, by Gnomes2169 here: http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?405307-Gem-dragon-conversion
With that, I transition too lore.
Like I said earlier, I have created a fusion of the Great One and Bahamut/Tiamat lores. It goes like this:
There exist, five draconic autarchs, each taking one of the alignment aspects. I'm calling them autarchs because I have no better names. They are:
The sun dragon, lord of law, autarch of the ferrous dragons. (Alternatively, replace them with Groglathor.) The moon dragon, lord of chaos and autarch of the igneous dragons, a small set of dragons I created to finish out the alignments. The star dragon, lord of neutrality and autarch of the gem dragons.
(Alternatively, replace them with Sardior.) The platinum dragon, Bahamut, lord of good and autarch of the metallic dragons. The chromatic (or titanium) dragon, Tiamat, lord of evil and autarch of chromatic dragons. But all of these dragons are subservient too one true, draconic deity: The Great One, lord of all and autarch of all dragonkind. (Statistcally, the Great One is a major deity, and the level of the autarchs doesn't much matter. I personally say they are lesser, but demigods or even more greater deities also work, if you want to pump up or down the threat level.) The interesting thing, is that these gods can die. Yes, even the Great One. After they are struck down, a new autarch/Great One is selected through a method determined by the previous autarch before their death. Bahamut and Tiamat are simply the current Platinum and Chromatic dragons. This causes a noticeable drop in the appearances of this classification of dragon for a time. The Great One competition is held among the Autarchs.
Oh, and I swapped the obsidian dragon over too the igneous section instead of gem. If you want too add some story where obsidian was exiled from the gems but joined the igneous, fine by me.