![]() Behavior of Catastrophic DragonsĬatastrophic dragons once wanted to dominate all life in the multiverse. If one of these gatekeeper chromatic dragon should die before it can pass the responsibility onto another, the catastrophic dragon can leave the plane of its imprisonment and wreak havoc on the world. Those who did not die were shaped by elemental forces and remade into catastrophic dragons.Įach trapped catastrophic dragon has its imprisonment tied to the soul of a chromatic dragon on the material plane. For hundreds of years these rebellious chromatic dragons were locked in seas of fire, ice, wind, and stone. They banished their radical kin to the elemental planes. The other chromatic dragons did not like this sudden interest in the affairs of lesser beings and so with greater numbers they did come together. These dragons tried to convince their brethren to leave their caves and make the humanoids submit to their will. Any thought other than this was impractical and stupid. Power is a far greater reward than any material possession and as the smartest and strongest in the land, dragons deserved to be in charge. For while others stole and hid from the humanoids over whom they claimed superiority, these dragons knew that all other life in the multiverse should be bowing to their will. The History of Catastrophic DragonsĬatastrophic dragons were once chromatic dragons who desired more than a hoard and a lair. It was around this time monsters got really great in fourth edition. My idea for a story is below, which borrows from the original tale above. This includes the world of Exploration Age, which has no Dawn War in its history. It’s a good story, but not all campaign settings fit that mold so I want something that can work a little more generally. They hate pretty much everything that isn’t an elemental and want to watch the world be torn apart by these forces. Those gods are selfish and weak.” These dragons went to the side of the primordials, seeking protection from the chromatic and metallic dragons who were all, “Say what? Now you gots to die for talking smack about our gods.” The primordials hid away these naysayer dragons in the furthest reaches of the Elemental Chaos, where they were reforged in elemental forces and became the catastrophic dragons. Essentially once Io died, some chromatic dragons were all like, “Tiamat’s my jam!” and the metallics were all righteous and like, “Bahamut’s the shiz, brah.” Some dragons, though, were like, “Both ya’ll cray. When you look at the catastrophic dragons description in the Monster Manual 3 for fourth edition, you learn these beasts are tied to primordials and the Dawn War. Now I know by races John means PC races, but I’m going to write about a few new races of dragons! I want to use these baddies in my Exploration Age campaign, so here I’ve given them a story that should work in most game worlds in case you want to use them in yours too. I probably wouldn’t be writing this post if it weren’t for this month’s RPG Blog Carnival theme of races, chosen by John Four over at Roleplaying Tips. ![]() Once I’m happy with it and after reading your feedback, I’ll put these bad mamma jammas on the Free Game Resources section of this site! But First, a Shoutout! Well I thought I’d share my version of the catastrophic dragons with you over the next week or so for feedback and use in your own game. Still, you know what the great thing about TRPGs is? We can, nay, we are encouraged to create things on our own for our games. The book already has over thirty pages of draconic goodness between the chromatic and metallic dragons. It’s no surprise we didn’t see the blizzard, earthquake, and volcanic dragons in the fifth edition Monster Manual. ![]() While that edition has been panned for many worthy and unworthy reasons, it created some of my favorite beasties ever – the catastrophic dragons. The balance, the monster stat blocks, the warlord class, the shardmind race, and more. I loved a lot of things in fourth edition Dungeons and Dragons. UPDATE: The statistics for these catastrophic dragons have been moved, but fear not! You can now grab them in a totally awesome Pay What You Want PDF on the DMs Guild.
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