Editing Salamander (section)

==Dungeons & Dragons==
In [[Dungeons & Dragons]], Salamanders are a species of [[elemental]]-kin (elementals who aren't just masses of animate elemental substance) native to the [[Elemental Planes]] of Fire, Magma, Smoke and Ash, though mostly they're associated with Fire. D&D Salamanders resemble [[serpentfolk]], having the lower torsos of giant snakes and the upper bodies of humans with flaming hair, webbed elven ears, and deer-like antlers, with the whole thing being covered in mottled copper, orange, yellow and black scales. Making things even weirder, salamanders begin their existences as fiery-scaled but otherwise normal-looking ''snakes'' called "fire snakes" (yeah, real imaginative).

There are known to be two types of salamander; the common, or "Lesser", Salamander, and the very rare and deadly Noble Salamander, who is vastly stronger - even shaking off the normal salamander vulnerability to cold - and possesses potent fiery magic. Their absolute killer ability is their innate ability to dispel fire resistance, which, given where they live, can usually end a battle before it begins.

Their default lore in the Monster Manual states that you have roughly an 80% chance of encountering a male salamander and a 20% chance of encountering their [[monstergirls|female counterparts]]. Whether this represents their actual gender ratio or the males are just more likely to come to the [[Prime Material]] is unknown.

They're mostly known for being immense assholes, respecting only power and relishing the agonizing death of "weaker" creatures in their burning grips or the flames they live in. Their Nobles aren't much better, being tyrants who cruelly enslave and dominate everything around them. 5e added an intense hatred of [[azer|azers]] to this, to the point where the enslaved salamanders in the [[Princes of the Apocalypse]] module will start attacking the other enslaved azers [[derp|instead of attacking the cultists who enslaved them]].

Salamander ichor is a valuable reagent for crafting Potions of Fire Resistance, whilst their metallic spears can be reforged and created into Rings of Fire Resistance.
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===Frost Salamander===
Because D&D has always liked its grid-filling, there's actually a species of Ice Elemental Kin doppelgangers to the Salamander, the oh-so-imaginatively named "Frost Salamanders". Originating from [[Mystara]], only the oldest of [[neckbeard]]s or the most devout of [[Planescape]] fans will remember them as being anything more than the palette-swapped salamanders you fought in the first [[Icewind Dale]] CRPG. A "true" Frost Salamander is a six-limbed barely sapient reptilian creature that exudes an aura of extreme cold, and which preys upon other creatures like an animal. This version of the frost salamander would be updated to 3.5 in the Monster Manual 2 in what was pretty much a one-to-one conversion; still a dim-witted brutish creature mostly concerned with eating and mating. It was later updated for 5e in Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes as an elemental.
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