Steel dragon
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Steel dragons, originally known as Greyhawk dragons, are a fictional race of dragon in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting. The creatures would later find their way into other settings, such as the Forgotten Realms.
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[edit] Description
Steel dragons are much like the other races of metallic dragon with one primary exception: they prefer to maintain the form of a human (or other sentient race) in order to mingle with, infiltrate and study the cultures of men and their ilk. Because of this, few people know when they are interacting with a steel dragon.
When in human form they will always have a feature which betrays their nature, though it may be carefully concealed. This may be a shock of steel-gray hair, or an eye that appears silvered over with age, or any other feature that resembles their natural complexion.
In dragon form, a steel dragon has hair-like spines around its head and a cat-like body with a vaguely human-like face. Its scales, of course, resemble steel armor.[1]
[edit] Steel dragons in the World of Greyhawk
In the World of Greyhawk setting these creatures are known as Greyhawk dragons. It is known that at least one is deeply involved in the Free City of Greyhawk's affairs.
Within the Greyhawk setting, such dragons are known to have made journeys into other material planes where they have come to be called steel dragons.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Sean K Reynolds and Skip Williams. Steel Dragon (conversion for 3.5 edition D&D). Wizards of the Coast.
- ^ Sean K. Reynolds (January 2006). "Creature Catalog IV: Campaign Classics". Dragon (339): 51–54.
[edit] References
- Brown, Richard W and Anne Brown. Falcon's Revenge (TSR 1990).
- Brown, Richard W and Anne Brown. Falconmaster (TSR 1990).
- Brown, Richard W and Anne Brown. Flames of the Falcon (TSR 1990).
- Moore, Roger E. Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (TSR, 1998).
- Moore, Roger E. Return of the Eight (TSR, 1998).
- Niles, Douglas, and Carl Sargent. The City of Greyhawk (TSR, 1989).
- Reynolds, Sean K. "Creature Catalog IV: Campaign Classics" Dragon #339 (Paizo Publishing, 2006).
- Reynolds, Sean K. "Enchiridion of the Fiend Sage." Living Greyhawk Journal #1 (Paizo Publishing, 2000).
- Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes (TSR, 1992).
- Ward, James M. Greyhawk Adventures (TSR, 1988).
