>bronze dragons breathe lightning
>blue dragons breathe ice
>green dragons breathe poison
Where did this autism come from and why won't it go away?
Dragons breathe FIRE damn it.
>>46063778
Well, the poison thing is supported by the mythology, plenty of dragons spat venom instead of flames. As for the lightning and ice and other variant types, I think it's just an attempt to add some variety to the genre.
>>46063778
Dragons breath Fyre, not Fire.
>>46063778
Blue dragons breathe lightning, you dumb motherfucker.
>>46063778
>Where did this autism come from and why won't it go away?
Game mechanics and presumption of game balance (often poorly implemented, but still). The point is if every dragon breather fire, stacking fire resistances would make for overpowered dragon hunter that can take on any dragon. When they each attack with different element dragon hunter needs to diversify.
>>46063962
Fafnir/Tolkien's dragons breathed fire and they were still poisonous, what with their toxic blood and stench. Breathing poison is just a redundant downgrade.
And how the fuck does something breathe lightning?
>>46063778
Gods... another ''purple fire thread''
as products of imagination in a imaginary world dragons like everything else is completely free to be use as one wishes
soo stop this faggotry, everything goes
>>46063778
>>46064035
Blue dragon = best dragon
>>46063982
Dragyns breath Fyre, not Dragons.
>>46064134
>>46063778
>Where did this autism come from and why won't it go away?
It came from autism, anon. Just like you said. Same reason it won't go away.
Autists like to have everything divided up into neat little categories with distinct properties. They also like to churn out rulesets and lore for games. Thus in the world of /tg/-related, the two often come together in an unholy union and are why we have so much shitty, contrived, artificial-feeling world-building.
>>46064187
>>46063778
And you breathe cock.
>>46064249
no you do
>>46064205
>
Autists like to have everything divided up into neat little categories with distinct properties. They also like to churn out rulesets and lore for games. Thus in the world of /tg/-related, the two often come together in an unholy union and are why we have so much shitty, contrived, artificial-feeling world-building.
this is so true I'm going to save this
Okay, but what the fuck is a yellow dragon?
>>46064653
There are no yellow dragons. Only bronze.
>>46064653
Dammit. I have an image for this but I'm on my phone.
>>46064653
>dare you enter my magical realm.jpg
>>46063778
That picture is oddly familiar
>>46064835
Journeyman memester, with shitty opinions.
I thought greens used chlorine gas? Did it really get downgraded to generic poison?
>>46064775
>>46064805
>>46064810
>>46063778
>Dragons breathe FIRE damn it.
>fire
>Not scorching hot plasma
What a shitty dragon you have OP.
>yellow dragons live in the desert
>white dragons live in the snow
>green dragons live in the jungle
>black dragons live underground
GAG ME WITH A SPOON ALREADY FUCK
What's with these banal categories everything has to be forced into?
>>46064205
>Autists like to have everything divided up into neat little categories with distinct properties. They also like to churn out rulesets and lore for games. Thus in the world of /tg/-related, the two often come together in an unholy union and are why we have so much shitty, contrived, artificial-feeling world-building.
Yes I suppose that is why.
>>46064653
This guy, this guy gets it.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17120844/
>>46063778
>Dragons breathe FIRE damn it
But you just listed all of those examples of dragons that don't.
That's not a very good argument.
>>46065185
>yellow dragons live in the desert
What the fuck are yellow dragons? Blue dragons live in desert.
>>46063778
>Asian humans eat rice
>Black humans eat jerk chicken
>Brown humans eat curry
Where did this autism come from and why won't it go away?
Humans eat WAFFLES damn it.
>>46064109
It ate a telsa coil.
>>46065116
Holy fuck my sides.
>rubies can only be red, while all other colors of corundum are called sapphires.
What kind of defective fucking Blue Dragons have you been exposed to OP?
>>46063778
They are loosely based on real life lizards and there are millions of those.
>chameleon dragon, flightless
>can cameoflage, walk on any surface and stick to it, 360 degree vision and spits a sticky tongue to suck prey into its mouth
>eel dragon, snake dragon (flightless, limbless)
>can store large amounts of salt and water, can generate electricity, can shoot out jets of electrified salt water
just get a little creative and google some weird real life animals. Fucking vampire lamprey dragons man
>dungeons and DRAGONS
>surprised when the developers bullshit reasons to run in to dragons in every kind of environment instead of making it a quest to find the dragons hoard in the mountains every time
>>46065486
That's not the problem. The problem is with their cookie cutter taxonomy and mannerisms.
Oh and the breath thing too because that's stupid.
>>46065275
Brown Dragons are my preferred desert dragons desu
>>46065116
That tl;dr sage post is the perfect finish
>>46065426
>They are loosely based on real life lizards and there are millions of those.
Loosely sounds like the key word there. Lizards generally breathe stanky-ass dead cricket breath.
'cept monitors that breathe even stankier rotting meat breath.
>>46063778
What do purple dragons breathe?
>>46066228
dank memes
>>46066248
So a Purple Dragon's initial breath attack deals CALL NINE ONE ONE NOW to its target with an AoE of MOM GET THE CAMERA to all characters within a 420/69 foot radius (reflex halves).
>>46066228
degeneracy
I'm saying this as a liberal Coloradan with long hair and a beard. Fucking stoners.
>>46065486
>tries to be a smartass
>isn't smart and misses the point entirely
Unlucky.
>>46066287
With each flap of its wings the wind whispers a muffled chorus of "Green and Purple".
>>46064109
The same way it "breathes" fire - it uses a specialized organ that shoots out the projectile at a high speed. It's much closer to spitting than breathing.
One could "shoot" lightning by shooting out an extremely conductive liquid that is then charged or ignited at an extremely high temperature through ferromagnetic materials, or discharges its own naturally-produced electrical charge down this highly-conductive pathway through specialized glands in the mouth.
Alternatively, they use magic, because they're a fucking magical creature that can't even exist in their fantastical form in real life.
>>46063778
Not really.
The Dragon in Beowulf didn't breath fire, it had an incredibly venomous bite.
The idea of dragons breathing fire comes from medieval illustrators copying illustrations of African Monitor lizards over and over again. None of them had ever actually seen this animal so they kept making it bigger and bigger and adding more forks to its tongue. Eventually, the tongue got so many forks that it looked like a stream of fire, so the next illustrator assumed that it was.
>>46066365
Dragons don't spit fire, retard
>>46066397
What kind of asshole would see a drawing depicting an animal they have never seen and say
>A forked tongue? That's stupid, it should have 4 forks.
>>46066228
Lean, my nigga
>>46066228
4e has Underdark-dweling purple dragons with Psionic (or was it Necrotic?) breath weapons.
And not a fuck was given because 4e.
>>46064835
But it does depend on the setting.
>>46066398
You've clearly never been to the Forgotten Realms open mic night.
>Pink Dwagons breathe gum
>Green Dwagons breathe toxic gas
>Blue Dwagons breathe electricity
>Yellow Dwagons battlecrap
>>46066601
I remember those. Were they really not around til 4e? I'd presumed that they'd been in some 2e supplement at some point or another. AD&D was around long enough to have some some pretty wild crap in terms of monsters.
>>46065185
Black Dragons live in the swamp.
Blue Dragons live in the desert. Or stormy coastlines, if 4E is to be believed.
>>46066450
>They have the hair of a buffalo and feet like an elephant's. They have a single large black horn in the middle of the forehead... They have a head like a wild boar's… They spend their time by preference wallowing in mud and slime. They are very ugly brutes to look at. They are not at all such as we describe them when we relate that they let themselves be captured by virgins, but clean contrary to our notions.
Ye olde biologists only existed to disappoint people.
>>46066601
Say what you will about 4e, they actually did have some neat new types of Dragons.
Also, Purple dragons indeed had Psychic breath. They also died in sunlight, like vampires.
>>46067330
Shadows Dragons were always of the Underdark in 3.5 and always had a negative energy breathweapon you either fort saved or lost characters levels from.
I had a con-fiend Kobold dragon shaman with a Shadow Dragon totem and the Metabreath feat that allowed me to raise the difficulty to save against it by my con bonus.
It was quite evil.
>>46067362
I think it's describing a rhino, but I don't think rhinos have hair like a buffalo.
Uh an elephant? No, the trunk is a pretty big deal.
Hippo? Hippos don't have horns.
>>46063778
>Black breath lines of Acid
>Blue breath Lightning Bolts.
>Green breath cones of Acidic Gas
>Red breath cones of fire.
>White breath cones of frost.
>Brass breath lines of fire and cones of sleep.
>Bronze breath lines of lightning and cones of repulsion gas.
>Copper breath lines of acid and cones of slow gas.
>Gold breath cones of fire and cones of weakening gas.
>Silver breath cones of cold and cones of paralyzing gas.
If you're going to bitch about the impossible, mythical entities being varied and interesting, please get the details right you chump.
>>46067206
This nigga right here. But you forgot:
>Purple Dwagons breath sonic blasts.
>>46067425
It's Marco Polo describing a rhino that he mistakenly thought was a unicorn due to having only one horn.
>>46066365
Wrong. The correct answer is "magic", optionally followed by "motherfucker".
dragon fire?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0j0Bjy6hFc
>>46067441
Rhinos are unicorns. They just became fat and really let themselves go.
The radiate magical rage.
>>46065296
But anon im a brown asian.
>>46067944
brown asian like cambodian or brown asian like turkish?
>>46067330
They were around, just not mentioned very often, and usually called Deep Dragons.
>>46064249
Apple user?
>>46063778
>Where did this autism come from and why won't it go away?
I imagine from Chinese loongs. Those things breathe fucking anything.
>>46065127
Im not that good with my physics, but im pretty sure fire is plasma.
>>46063778
There are several kinds of autism, OP.
Theirs is giving each color of dragon its own kind of breath weapon.
Yours is insisting on dragons only breathing fire.Mine is wondering what golem dragons breathe.
>>46063778
Magic, motherfucker.
>>46071177
[spoilers]More golems
>>46071246Wouldn't those come out the other end?
it depends on the setting
Has someone saved the car-dragons?
This thread needs car-dragons
I don't give a shit about dragons not breathing fire. Giving a shit would be unbearably autistic.
What I hate is the neat little divisions, like others said. It utterly stifles creativity. It completely ruins any mystical feel dragons might have had. You're reducing great mythical beasts to the level of -- giraffes, or hawks. Animals we know and scientifically study. Animals that are in no way fantastic.
I don't want my dragons to be explained. I don't want them taxonomically detailed. I want them like medieval bestiaries. I want them shrouded in myth and legend, I want them each unique in their own predictably unpredictable way, I want them made with *effort*. Not just some shitty exercise in getting a template and swapping words.
____ dragons breath ____ and live in the ____. Their personalities are ____ and their weakness is ____.
>>46063778
The great serpents of Austrialian myth breathed lightning, as did some of those from Sweden.
Poison is common: Fafnir, the basilisk, cockatrice (which were considered forms of dragons), etc.
Acid is actually an attribute of their blood about half the time, the other half granting benefits such and impervious skin or great wisdom.
So, yeah, you're n uneducated dumbfuck.
>>46064653
>>46064775
>>46064805
>>46065116
>>46065194
>>46065275
This meme would be a lot funnier if there wasn't an actual fucking yellow dragon statline. They breathe a cone of salt. No seriously, look it up.
>>46066287
>>46066228
They breathe either FUCK YOU BEAMS or literally grow a laser blade out of their mouths. I could not make this shit up if I tried.
>>46072862
This is what happens when autists run out of ideas.
Although salt is actually really cool.
>>46072862
"A purple dragon's breath weapon can take on three different forms. It can manifest as a cone of searing energy, a burst of blinding power, or a deadly blade of pure energy."
Zap, flash or chop, take your pick.
What kind of breath does an Irish dragon have? And I'm not talking about whiskey breath.
Its'foyer breath.
>>46073015
What?
>>46073059
Say it in an Irish accent.
>>46073150
Foi-ae?
>>46066478
>>46066478
We have a fucking winner!
Purple Dragon have a slow aura instead of frightful presence.
>>46063982
Angie Sage go home
>>46064315
sick burn
>>46073455
No, he breaths cock not fire. That's OP's point.
>>46064835
Cool, so it's just an autist
A surprising number of people ITT don't seem to have read many D&D monster books.
Trust me, most colours of dragon have been done. Much like your mum.
>>46065185
>>yellow dragons live in the desert
>>white dragons live in the snow
>>green dragons live in the jungle
>>black dragons live underground
>>fat dragons live in america
>>46065185
>>Different species don't live in environments to which they are adapted
>>46064653
It barfs salt and has an absurdly high AC for its CR
So basically a race of massive fucking scrubs
>>46076483
i thought black dragons lived in the jungle
>>46067152
Kek
>>46076924
Carlos!
>>46065022
Greens confirmed for Nazis.
Alternatively, all dragons "breath" electricity
>"Fire" dragons spit highly pressurized flammable gas that they set on fire with a single spark. Many uses per week
>"Lightning" dragons spit highly pressurized and highly conductive gas. They add way more power behind the spark so the gas becomes plasma and, for a moment, looks like lighting before dissipating into normal fire. Very few uses per week
>"Poison" dragons breath lower conductivity stomach liquids that serve as conductors for a moderate amount of electricity. The effects are a heavy (for a smaller being) shock, electic burn marks that seem like they trace the veins of the body and a long-term debilitating condition caused by being electrocuted. Most dragons of this group only attack on self-defense, hence why many people live to suffer the long-term effects. Many uses per week. Other than that the acidic fluids can be used more other on their own and do decent damage.
>"Death" dragons use their many spiked tongues to attack and give a devastating shock while doing so. The shape of their tongues align perfectly with the location of the spinal cord ib many vertebrates, which then uses as rudimentary puppets to attract more prey to its hiding hole. Attacking the "puppet" may sever the tongue and cause the dragon to attack more actively. The tongues normally carry deadly pathogens should they break the skin. Many uses per week.
>"Salt" dragons live in salt-saturated waters, and as such, their bodies tend to accumulate the stuff. Their method of self-defense, and sometimes prey, is to "cough" the salt at land-bound and then ignite the crystals with electricity, causing a medium-sized explosion of plasma. Few uses per week
>"Greater" dragons, despite common belief, are not elder Fire dragons, but a species of their own. They are able to mix viscous snot with highly volatile stomach acids to spit a napalm-like substance as a defense mechanism. Very few uses per week.
>>46065185
>Black dragons live underground
>still have wings
>>46065562
What is up with that things giant sphincter in the middle of its body?
>>46066358
It only speaks like little Jon by saying nothing but "yeah, what, okay"
>>46066397
>The Dragon in Beowulf didn't breath fire, it had an incredibly venomous bite.
Yes it god damn did.
>First came his breath, a flickering fire
>Then in coiling in flames it came slithering forth
>the barrow guard grew more savage, spewed deadly fire
>Enveloped in flames he who earlier had ruled his people felt keen pain
>saw his liege-lord tortured by the heat
Have you actually read Beowulf?
>>46063778
what if i told you green dragons breathe fire that does poison damage?
>>46077058
legs.
>>46063778
My Dragons breath bullets.
>>46067206
>yellow dwagons battlecrap
>>46076483
>bad dragons live in japan
>>46077757
>baddragons live on your night stand
>>46064109
I figure it belches an ionized gas cloud, then generates a high voltage current in a manner similar to an electric eel
>>46077841
Try in a chest filled with leathers chains and other accoutrements that your ex stole.
>>46076483
So black dragons are hipsters?
>>46063778
>Where did this autism come from?
Dungeons & Dragons. They thought dragons sell well, so they put them in the name and came up with excuses to have lots of variants of dragons and things with dragon in the name.
> Why won't it go away?
The D&D people were right, people love dragons. Elemental themed colored dragons is an excuse for more dragons.
Personally, I remember being 8 and reading my first D&D book and being annoyed that I can't have a green dragon that breathes fire. You can have all the technicolor variant dragons you want, just don't mess up the core thing.
>>46064205
>Autists like to have everything divided up into neat little categories with distinct properties.
Ah, like when anon NEEDS dragons to only ever breathe fire because dragons breath fire because they're DRAGONS!
It all makes sense now.
>>46071776
I need answers dammit!
![Oh+hey%252C+sis%252C+that+cloud+does+look+like+a+duck[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/lXshLyh.png "Oh+hey%252C+sis%252C+that+cloud+does+look+like+a+duck[1].png")
>no mention of pink dragon's top tier breath
>>46064062
/thread
>>46067441
no that can't be correct, because rhino's don't have hair.
>>46071498
what
he wasn't even asking what a thing in a setting does
he was asking where an idea came from
setting real life
>>46084526
Do they breath cotton candy?
>>46077048
Have you SEEN that underground? It has caverns big enough to fit entire cities into.
Sure it's not everywhere, but there IS space to stretch them wings.
>>46071177
>Mine is wondering what golem dragons breathe.
It's a golem, so it breathes whatever the wizard put into it.
Extra crafty wizards paint their dragolems one colour and give them breath of a different colour dragon.
>>46071994
The purpose of monster manual to give you some basic foundation.
And anyway it's better than having ONE AND ONLY ONE option like OP wants.
>Dragons breath fire and live in the mountains. Their personalities are arrogant and their weakness is their greed for gold.
>>46063778
also, wyverns=dragons, regardless of number of legs
