Editing Phoenix

''If you are looking for the Eldar ground attack aircraft, see [[Phoenix Aircraft]].''

The '''Phoenix''' is a creature from Greco-Roman mythology, a fiery bird with metaphysical connections to the sun said to live in Arabia. Its most famous trait is its immortality, which it achieves by ceremonially immolating itself when it grows old and feeble, only to be reincarnated as a chick from the ashes.

==Roleplaying Games==
In fantasy gaming, like most mythological monsters and as popularized by [[Dungeons & Dragons]], Phoenixes tend to be a species rather than a single individual. Like the [[Unicorn]], they have been generally associated with the Good branch of [[alignment]], mostly because of their adoption as a Christ-figure in Christianity and their long association with healing, life, renewal, and immortality in general, Traits are likely taken from A similar asein creature called a Fenghuang or Hō-ō and are often conflated, likely way Phoenixes tend to be placed in the celestial good catagory. They tend to be significantly more badass, often given both [[element]]al control over fire and/or allowed to resurrect themselves in combat.

in D&D 5e, likely realizeing Phoenixes and Fenghuang were two different birds, it was reclassified from its traditional good outsider to a special type of fire [[elemental]], hellbent on burninating everything (still a neutral aligned creature though).

===Gallery===
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Phoenix 1e.jpg|1e
Phoenix MC8.jpg|2e
Phoenix MM 2e.png
Phoenix 3e.jpg|3e
Phoenix 5e.jpg|5e
Phoenix B1.png|Pathfinder
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== Monstergirls ==
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Phoenixes as a kind of fiery [[harpy]] [[sorcerer]] are actually surprisingly popular, although the powers associated with the actual monster means that phoenix-girls are often seen as rather [[Mary Sue]], even by monstergirls fans.

[[Category: Monsters]]

[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]]

[[Category:Greek Mythology]]