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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 9265845" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Well I thought it over!</p><p></p><p>The basic issue is BECMI has a different approach to dragons than AD&D.</p><p></p><p>In BECMI, there are six basic dragons, as follows (in order of power):</p><p></p><p>Mystaran Dragons</p><p> White (Neutral)</p><p> Black (Chaotic)</p><p> Green (Chaotic)</p><p> Blue (Neutral)</p><p> Red (Chaotic)</p><p> Gold (Lawful)</p><p></p><p>While AD&D has ten, divided into the Chromatics and Metallics as per the standard dragons of later editions:</p><p></p><p>Chromatic Dragons</p><p> White (Chaotic Evil)</p><p> Black (Chaotic Evil)</p><p> Green (Lawful Evil)</p><p> Blue (Lawful Evil)</p><p> Red (Chaotic Evil)</p><p>Metallic Dragons</p><p> Brass (Chaotic Good)[Neutral tendencies]</p><p> Copper (Chaotic Good)</p><p> Bronze (Lawful Good)</p><p> Silver (Lawful Good)</p><p> Gold (Lawful Good)</p><p></p><p>Apart from differences in statistics, they have significant differences in behaviour. A BECMI White Dragon has a Neutral personality, while the AD&D version is a ravening Chaotic monster.</p><p></p><p>I'm starting to think we ought to forget about doing "Metallic" Mystaran Dragonflies and do the standard "Mystaran Six," including the Gold.</p><p></p><p>If we want to have more variants, we could do Gemstone Dragonflies based on the BECMI Gemstone Dragons, namely:</p><p></p><p>Mystaran Gemstone Dragons</p><p> Crystal (Lawful), which match to White (Neutral)</p><p> Onyx (Neutral), which match to Black (Chaotic)</p><p> Jade (Neutral), which match to Green (Chaotic)</p><p> Sapphire (Lawful), which match to Blue (Neutral)</p><p> Ruby (Lawful), which match to Red (Chaotic)</p><p> Amber (Chaotic), which match to Gold (Lawful)</p><p></p><p>The Gemstone Dragons have identical statistics to the corresponding standard Dragon in BECMI (e.g. a Crystal Dragon has the same AC, HD and so forth) except it has a different Alignment and breath weapons. The Crystal, Onyx, Jade and Sapphire have the breath weapon of the corresponding standard dragon (White cold, Black acid, Green chlorine gas, Blue lightning respectively) plus a new breath weapon (crystallizing breath, darkness breath, diseased breath, vaporizing breath respectively). The Ruby has one breath weapon that does fire and melting. The Amber has the Ruby's fire and melting breath weapon plus a chlorine gas and disease breath weapon. </p><p></p><p>These breath weapons are a LOT nastier than the regular Dragons.</p><p></p><p>But we can worry about those once we finish the Standard Six.</p><p></p><p>We might have to stat up the Gemstone Dragons for Fifth Edition, and that's more work than I fancy!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 9265845, member: 57383"] Well I thought it over! The basic issue is BECMI has a different approach to dragons than AD&D. In BECMI, there are six basic dragons, as follows (in order of power): Mystaran Dragons White (Neutral) Black (Chaotic) Green (Chaotic) Blue (Neutral) Red (Chaotic) Gold (Lawful) While AD&D has ten, divided into the Chromatics and Metallics as per the standard dragons of later editions: Chromatic Dragons White (Chaotic Evil) Black (Chaotic Evil) Green (Lawful Evil) Blue (Lawful Evil) Red (Chaotic Evil) Metallic Dragons Brass (Chaotic Good)[Neutral tendencies] Copper (Chaotic Good) Bronze (Lawful Good) Silver (Lawful Good) Gold (Lawful Good) Apart from differences in statistics, they have significant differences in behaviour. A BECMI White Dragon has a Neutral personality, while the AD&D version is a ravening Chaotic monster. I'm starting to think we ought to forget about doing "Metallic" Mystaran Dragonflies and do the standard "Mystaran Six," including the Gold. If we want to have more variants, we could do Gemstone Dragonflies based on the BECMI Gemstone Dragons, namely: Mystaran Gemstone Dragons Crystal (Lawful), which match to White (Neutral) Onyx (Neutral), which match to Black (Chaotic) Jade (Neutral), which match to Green (Chaotic) Sapphire (Lawful), which match to Blue (Neutral) Ruby (Lawful), which match to Red (Chaotic) Amber (Chaotic), which match to Gold (Lawful) The Gemstone Dragons have identical statistics to the corresponding standard Dragon in BECMI (e.g. a Crystal Dragon has the same AC, HD and so forth) except it has a different Alignment and breath weapons. The Crystal, Onyx, Jade and Sapphire have the breath weapon of the corresponding standard dragon (White cold, Black acid, Green chlorine gas, Blue lightning respectively) plus a new breath weapon (crystallizing breath, darkness breath, diseased breath, vaporizing breath respectively). The Ruby has one breath weapon that does fire and melting. The Amber has the Ruby's fire and melting breath weapon plus a chlorine gas and disease breath weapon. These breath weapons are a LOT nastier than the regular Dragons. But we can worry about those once we finish the Standard Six. We might have to stat up the Gemstone Dragons for Fifth Edition, and that's more work than I fancy! [/QUOTE]
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