Editing Chromatic Dragon (section)

===Purple Dragon===
There are two distinct kinds of Purple Dragon - three, if one considers the [[Deep Dragon]] to be the [[Forgotten Realms]] version of the Purple Dragon. Which is a reasonable assumption to make, considering... but we'll get to that.

The Purple Dragon first debuted in [[Dragon Magazine]] #65 alongside the Yellow and Orange Dragons in the article "The Missing Dragons" for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 1st edition. In this source, the Purple Dragon was described as a "secondary chromatic", a subspecies of dragon created by the crossbreeding of Red and Blue Dragons. As these were the two most powerful Chromatic Dragons, the Purple Dragon was the most powerful of the secondary chromatics. Very little lore is actually presented about this prototype Purple Dragon, save that they breath an explosive plasma blast (a hybrid of the fire and lightning breaths of their ancestors), and they tend to favor deep cavern lairs, including in what would become the [[Underdark]].

This purple dragon was subsequently updated to AD&D 2nd edition in [[Dragon Magazine]] #248: "The Return of the Missing Dragons". Now also known as "Energy Dragons", they were still suspected to be the product of Red and Blue Dragon crossbreeding, but they also gained a new potential origin as the children of a lost member of the [[Dragon Gods]], a sister to [[Tiamat]] whom she destroyed. This version of the purple dragon has a lot more fluff than its 1e predecessor. Energy dragons are characterized as the most sinister, evil and sadistic of all the Chromatics. Favoring deep cavern and [[Underdark]] lairs, they prefer to emerge from the depths to hunt prairies, plains, and low foothills, preferably at night and/or in the middle of a fierce thunderstorm - not because they have any sensitivity to light, but because these dark conditions amplify the terror of their raids. They favor meat, but will begrudgingly supplement their diet with tuberous vegetables such as potatoes, onions and carrots if they must, but this makes them even meaner. They still spit plasma, but now they can do so in three forms; a diffuse cloud, a more focused conical blast, or a tightly focused scything "blade" of energy. It also appears in the dragon compendium.

In the [[Nentir Vale]], a different kind of purple dragon can be found, invented for [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]] and appearing in the Chromatic [[Draconomicon]]. This version, however, is largely based on the [[Deep Dragon]] of the [[Forgotten Realms]], being an [[Underdark]]-dwelling serpentine species rarely seen on the surface. However, it also has its own unique quirks; the [[World Axis]] purple dragon is an inveterate explorer and loves nothing more than to spelunk into new territories - wandering around the Underdark and exploring new places is a genuine delight for them, and they are notably less sadistic and manipulative than their counterparts from other planes and editions. They possess a breath weapon unique to them; clouds of psychotropic venom that cause Psychic damage, and also have the unique ability to turn into insubstantial shadows. 

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====Deathmask Dragon====
A Deathmask dragon is a purple dragon from the abyss that grows strong by assimilating the body and soul of its slain victims.  They have long, slender bodies with many legs like a centipede, wings that somehow let them fly despite looking too small, and they are covered in the moaning faces of everyone they have killed.  They can use psychic attacks and their bite and breath both do necrotic damage, and the breath can also cause blindness.

====Wretch Dragon====
A variant of the Nentir Vale purple dragon that been raised by the [[Fomorian]]s.  They are fatter and much uglier than purple dragons.  Their breath weapon does psychic damage and teleports victims that fail their save.  They can release bursts of filth from the growths on their bodies that inflict psychic and necrotic damage.