I vaguely recall orange dragons (and maybe even purple dragons?) in a way-old issue of Dragon. Can anyone verify this with an issue number? Or were they in something else?
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I vaguely recall orange dragons (and maybe even purple dragons?) in a way-old issue of Dragon. Can anyone verify this with an issue number? Or were they in something else?
Verified. You're not crazy. Well, not this time anyway... ;D
Created by Richard Alan Lloyd, "The Missing Dragons," Dragon #65, September 1982.
Revised for Second Edition by Richard Alan Lloyd, "The Return of the Missing Dragons," Dragon #248, June 1998.
There have been dragons of every color printed in a whole slew of different areas. I know that the old Monster's Compendium had a bunch of non common dragon colors. I remember Brown and I think Paisley...Seemed like for a while Dragon Magazine did have a new dragon flavor of the month.
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There have been dragons of every color printed in a whole slew of different areas. I know that the old Monster's Compendium had a bunch of non common dragon colors. I remember Brown and I think Paisley...Seemed like for a while Dragon Magazine did have a new dragon flavor of the month.
ASEO out
I recall the mauve/puce/chartreuse reticulated wyrm a particular low point in Dragon's history.
Hmm... I noticed that you didn't cross off the chartreuse reticulated wyrm. I think I know what's in next June's issue...
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Seemed like for a while Dragon Magazine did have a new dragon flavor of the month.
If we're talking flavors I vote for strawberry...
And a moment of silence for the those brave adventurers who ended up the "tasted" instead of the "tasters"
Hmm... I noticed that you didn't cross off the chartreuse reticulated wyrm. I think I know what's in next June's issue...Well, you know... nostalgia...
My hope would be Gem Dragon progressions like the previous two years. Pretty Please?
- Neomorte
i heard a rumor about orange (and yellow and purple) dragons appearing in some upcoming hardcover book or another... if only i could remember which book that was going to be. ;)
The yellow dragon and the mercury dragon were both great dragons to appear in the old 2nd edition Monster Manual. The yellow dragon's replacement in 3rd ed. is the sand dragon in Sandstorm, but I have not seen the mercury dragon anywhere.
Didn't the purple dragon motif, heraldry of Cormyr come from a dragon called the purple dragon? Was that just a dark colored red dragon, or something else? I recall purple dragons as being the offspring of red and blue dragons. Is this correct? I just can't remember.
All of this does raise the question about what happens if dragons of different colors or metallic hues mate. I think this was covered in 2nd ed, but it hasn't been covered in 3rd ed. A pity, since it would be interesting to see what a half-green dragon/half-blue dragon would look like, etc.
How about Greyhawk dragons (or steel dragons, as they were called)? Is there any 3rd ed. stats for them?
The purple dragon in Cormyrian heraldry represents a very ancient black dragon that claimed the region as its persional dominion before humans settled and the dragon was killed (by an Obaskyr if I recall correctly). It was purple because the black had dulled with age.
...I'm a nerd.
i heard a rumor about orange (and yellow and purple) dragons appearing in some upcoming hardcover book or another... if only i could remember which book that was going to be. ;)I would hazard that is the upcoming Dragon Compendium. A good selection for it, I must say. :)
ooh, that might just be what i thought i heard! ;)
The yellow dragon and the mercury dragon were both great dragons to appear in the old 2nd edition Monster Manual. The yellow dragon's replacement in 3rd ed. is the sand dragon in Sandstorm, but I have not seen the mercury dragon anywhere.
Didn't the purple dragon motif, heraldry of Cormyr come from a dragon called the purple dragon? Was that just a dark colored red dragon, or something else? I recall purple dragons as being the offspring of red and blue dragons. Is this correct? I just can't remember.
All of this does raise the question about what happens if dragons of different colors or metallic hues mate. I think this was covered in 2nd ed, but it hasn't been covered in 3rd ed. A pity, since it would be interesting to see what a half-green dragon/half-blue dragon would look like, etc.
How about Greyhawk dragons (or steel dragons, as they were called)? Is there any 3rd ed. stats for them?
lol, those sound so corny... I think I saw the Mercuary Dragon and a Steel Dragon on a WoTC.com article download. Type it on the search and i bet it will pop up.
No - Thauglorimorgus (I think that's the spelling) wasn't killed. Cormyrians believe that if "The" purple dragon is slain, Cormyr will fall. Last I checked, he wasn't dead, but he was wounded badly when an elf shoved a magical staff down his throat (which prompty exploded). Check it out in "Cormyr: A Novel" (by Ed Greenwood & Jeff Grubb).
...I'm a nerd too, but my campaign's set in Cormyr. Thought it would be relevant to check The Purple Dragon out. :-D
The purple dragon in Cormyrian heraldry represents a very ancient black dragon that claimed the region as its persional dominion before humans settled and the dragon was killed (by an Obaskyr if I recall correctly). It was purple because the black had dulled with age.
...I'm a nerd.
I do believe that they were mentioned specifically in Dungeon #125, in the editor's column. I'm at work, so I don't have the magazine in front of me, but I believe they were mentioned for the Compendium.
ooh, that might just be what i thought i heard! ;)i heard a rumor about orange (and yellow and purple) dragons appearing in some upcoming hardcover book or another... if only i could remember which book that was going to be. ;)I would hazard that is the upcoming Dragon Compendium. A good selection for it, I must say. :)
i know, i've just been being sarcastic. :)
Orange Dragons? What's next... Plad Dragons?!?
Orange Dragons? What's next... Plad Dragons?!?
plaid is what happens when different colored dragons mate!
Orange Dragons? What's next... Plad Dragons?!?plaid is what happens when different colored dragons mate!
I think the Hackmaster system has mottled dragons or some nonsense that is exactly that (a dragon hybrid). of course Im not sure if its called a mottled dragon or something else (can't find my hack books at the moment).
Back in 2nd Edition Steel dragons and weredragons were both dragons that were generally neutral and liked to live in cities and do some people watching. In the 3rd Edition Forgotten Realms Monsters of Faerun we go the Song Dragon, which is essentially all of these dragons presented for 3rd edition.