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-----=====Earth's Dreamlands=====-----
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(313)558-5024 {14.4} - (313)558-5517
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A BBS for text file junkies
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RPGNet GM File Archive Site
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Dragon Lords. These are NOT character classes. Instead, it is a select
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group that a character may become (it is usually recomened at most only one
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character become a dragon lord). There are 11 members of the group, one for
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each true color or metal dragon (brass, green, gold, red, etc..) and one for a
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pseudo dragon (NOT Tiamat or Bahamut). They represent (to the best of my
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understanding) a human
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representative in the dragon world. ?Each one gets a staff (or possibly other
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weapon) that is extremely powerful, utilizing many of the abilities of the
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dragon they represent (The pseudodragon staff has various defensive illusion
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spells-most dealing with color and shifting patterns). The dragon lords are
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immune to attack from each other and any true dragon. (The true dragons are the
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color, metal, and pseudo dragons). The pseudo dragon is included because it
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represent the fulcrom between the two type (good/evil) as a neutral dragon. The
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dragon lords duties include watching over the birth of any true dragon (In the
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world I play, dragons can only become extremely powerful (i.e. huge/ancient) if
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they are born from Bahamut (father) and Tiamat (Mother). There is a 10% chance
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for any of the dragon type from this lineage). The dragon lords are there to
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make sure no dragon intereferes with the mating or the birth (i.e. a blue
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dragon might try to kill the baby if he saw it was a color it disliked). The
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dragon lords also have access to a plane all their own. No time passes outside
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while they are on this plane, although time passess normally for them. They can
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not bring anyone else to this plane. In my world, a gnome illusionist companion
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of mine is the pseudodragon dragon lord. His staff can take over the
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concetration of any illusion spell for him, is intelligent, can change shape to
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become a wooden pseudodragon familiar, gets the pseudodragon tail sting when it
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is used in melee, and as one of its various effects it acts as a robe of
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scintilating colors (disco gnome). That is all I remember right now. Just
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remember, while the dragon lords are forbidden to attack each other, that does
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not mean they can't attack other party members, or use minions to get at another
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dragon lord.
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Dragon Lord Concept created by Walker White
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From: Finn of Roses <TWILIGHT@KSUVM.BITNET>
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Subject: DragonLords...
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Given all the various comments regarding DragonLords, I thought I'd
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speak up and offer a slightly differing view... I've had people called
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DragonLords in my campaign for a long time (long before DragonLance even),
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and, although the idea has evolved a little bit and become something
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original within the campaign, it's roots actually come from Ursula LeGuin's
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Wizard of Earthsea Trilogy....
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In essence, 'DragonLord' is not a class, nor a specific position... nor has
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it ever been limited to a specific number of people nor does it have specific
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rights and responsibilities....
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rather, DragonLord is a title, earnable by extremely outstanding adventurers
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(class doesn't matter, but power usually does...), usually granted by the
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Dragons themselves, but still sometimes claimed by mortals and then accepted
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by Dragons anyways...
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In my world, Dragons (being highly intelligent creatures) do have a society of
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their own, customs and traditions of their own, etc... and, naturally, see
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almost all other creatures as being inferior to dragonkind... This being the
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case Dragons do NOT respect most lesser beings....
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A DragonLord is the title given to anyone whom the Dragons treat with the same
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respect that they would treat another dragon with... Nothing more, nothing less
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than the incredible (in dragon's eyes) respect of effectively being named an
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Honorary Dragon (or at least being accepted as an Honorary Dragon)... As
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previously noted, this respect is usually earned by raw power (one of the few
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things that most dragons universally respect) and/or ability to defeat dragons
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in combat (I have always made dragons as nasty as is now standard in 2nd ed,
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anyways), usually combined with respect for dragon customs and traditions...
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That is what makes a DragonLord, and what a DragonLord is in my campaigns...
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@>-->--Finn of Roses (Scarlet and Black)--<--<@
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"Never Surrender, Never Forget"
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