Editing Chimera (section)

==In Fantasy Gaming==
Chimeras show up in a lot of fantasy games. Thanks to D&D, pretty much all incarnations have the three heads sharing the same neck stump, a dragon head instead of a snake head, and a pair of wings giving it flight! (TSR really liked [[Manticore|adding wings to lion-based creatures]]), despite the fact that the original Chimera was landlocked and this played a huge role in its defeat.

They are particularly prominent in [[Dungeons & Dragons]] (and thusly [[Pathfinder]]), where they are capable of speech, but usually not very bright. All the ego of a Red [[Dragon]] and none of the brains, essentially. The unique awnsheigh in [[Birthright]], the Chimera, is essentially a were-creature, a half-elf who sometimes explodes into a hideous and ever-shifting monster form that goes on feral rampages.

Chimeras also appear in [[Warhammer Fantasy]] and [[Age of Sigmar]], where they are creatures of [[Chaos]] and so usually show up as mounts for the Chaos Lords.

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Chimera ODD5.png|Original D&D
Chimera 1e.jpg|1e
Chimera MCV1.jpg|2e
Chimera MM 2e.png
Chimera 3e.jpg|3e
Chimera 4e.jpg|4e
Chimera 5e.jpg|5e
Chimera B1.png|Pathfinder
Chimera DF Monsters 2.png|GURPS
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