Editing Metallic Dragon (section)

==Other metallic dragons==
Whilst a few additions to the Metallic family tree have appeared here and there - mostly in the [[Forgotten Realms]] - it was [[4e|4th Edition]] that took the stance of shaking up some sacred cows. Pointing out that 1: Bronze and Brass threw off the Noble Metal theme of the "core" metallics, and 2: Bronze, Brass and Copper have always been hard for anyone except the most fanatically invested [[neckbeard]] to tell apart, they removed both Bronze and Brass, delegating them to a later appearance in the Metallic version of the Draconomicon and replacing them with new Adamantine and Iron Dragon species.

Outside of 4th edition, these "non-standard" metallic dragons have rarely been officially credited with being part of the metallic family. Ironically, the metallics actually spawned their own sub-family in the [[Ferrous Dragon]]s, who are distinguished as the ''Lawful'' Dragon Breed, contrasting Metallics as the Good Dragon Breed, [[Chromatic Dragon]]s as the Evil Dragon Breed and [[Gem Dragon]]s as the Neutral Dragon Breed.

===Adamantine Dragon===
[[File:Adamantine Dragon.png|200px|thumb|right|An adamantine dragon.]]
Adamantine Dragons are heavily-armored Metallics native to the [[Underdark]], who may arguably be more powerful than even Gold Dragons, with distinctive beak-like snouts and a breath weapon that deals thunder damage. They are essentially the Metallic analogue to the Purple Dragon, favoring the [[Underdark]] as their domicile of choice. These dragons were entirely unique to 4e; AD&D had featured an Adamanti'''t'''e Dragon, but that was a [[Planar Dragon]] native to the Twin Paradises of [[Bytopia]].
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===Electrum Dragon===
They love philosophical debates and hoard things they find beautiful. Their breath weapon is a cone of gas that causes either enfeeblement or confusion.
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===Mercury Dragon===
Fickle, whimsical and highly chaotic, the Mercury Dragon is an obscure beastie that is native to the [[Forgotten Realms]], having first appeared in the original Faerun-set [[Draconomicon]] before hitting the big leagues with a place in the AD&D Monstrous Manual, followed by 3rd edition's "Dragons of Faerun" and then the 4e Metallic Draconomicon. Traditional Mercury Dragons use laser beam breath weapons and reflection-based attacks. The 4e version is a superb shapeshifter that might as well be made of living metal - picture a draconic T-1000 Terminator - and wields a poisonous breath weapon.
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===Mithril/Mithral Dragon===
The [[Spelljammer]] splatbook ''Practical Planetology'' introduced Mithril Dragons, which are endemic to the tidally locked planet of Radole. They are Chaotic Neutral, and unlike other dragons, have no desire for hoarding treasure, instead spending their lives trying to outdo each other's sick aerial maneuvers on the molten sunward side of Radole. Their breath weapon is a beam of blinding light.
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4th edition's Mithral Dragons are the elite of the Metallic Dragon family tree, native to the [[Astral Sea]] and wielding a diverse array of powers that allow them to bend space and time to their will. In this, they could be argued as a spiritual inheritor to the original Adamantite Dragon, but their arrogant self-righteousness and desire to change the world - regardless of what the world thinks - is perhaps closer to the 4e rendition of [[Couatl]]s.

===Orium Dragon===
[[File:Orium_Dragon.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The most unique metallic dragon of 4th edition.]]
Entirely unique to 4th edition, Orium Dragons are red-gold colored dragons, with serpentine heads, necks and tails mounted on a rather feline body frame. Based on "orium", WoTC's trademarkable name for "Orichalcum", they are obsessive historians who seek out ancient ruins to maintain, preserve and restore. Their unique breath weapon is a gout of toxic vapor, which then coalesces into a snake-like construct that keeps on fighting on its own after being exhaled.
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