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Star Crossed Dragons

April 9, 2010 by guest

Dragons are one of the most feared creatures within any fantasy setting. Their thick scales, razor sharp talons, brilliant minds and feared breath abilities make them one of the greatest threats to groups of adventurers and kingdoms alike. With this fearsome persona it is easy to forget that these cunning and sometimes sinister creatures are also capable of love.

Filed Under: Featured, Flavour Feast, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Crossbreed, D&D, dnd, dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, monster, Roleplaying Games, Unique

Preview: “Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons”

October 22, 2009 by Dave

In previous editions, metallic dragons were good aligned, meaning that a DM would have to either create reasons that that the dragons were violently opposed to the PCs, or just ignore the “Always Lawful Good” and similar alignments. This default assumption has changed a bit, tossing many of the metallic dragons squarely into the Unaligned category. Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons provides a variety of motivations for metallic dragons and gives you some new metallics for good measure.

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, draconomicon, dragons

Review: “Draconomicon”

November 27, 2008 by Dave

Draconomicon is the newest sourcebook for 4e DMs, focusing on the Chromatic Dragon family. The book contains background and ecology for all the chromatic dragons (including several dragons reconcepted into the chromatic family), new rules for draconic lairs, new dragon-themed artifacts and rituals, draconic encounters, new dragon monster write-ups, famous dragons (including stats for Tiamat herself), and other dragon-related monsters.

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, draconomicon, dragons

Inq. of the Week: Who’s your Dragon?

March 31, 2008 by Bartoneus

Inspired by our recent X-Box LANfest, Dave asked everyone what they would do in the event of a Zombie Attack / infestation / outbreak / brunch.  Mmmm, Zombie-brunch.  45% of you said you would gladly grab a weapon and start killing – everyone you ever knew, loved, or cared about – because really they’re trying […]

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