Editing Dragon Turtle

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'''Dragon Turtles''' are species of monsters in the worlds of [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. Distant relatives of the dragon family, like the [[wyvern]] or the [[dragonne]], these giant sea-dwelling monsters resemble enormous sea turtles with clawed flippers, long draconic tails, and a vaguely dragon-like head, although from 2e on their art depicts them more or less as giant snapping turtles. Dragon Turtles are to the seas what the [[Chromatic Dragon]]s are to the land; avaricious bullying brutes who use their immense strength and their superheated steam breath weapon to terrorize shipping lanes, sinking anyone who can't bribe them with treasure for their hoards.

The dragon turtle was based on a mythical Chinese creature of a much more benevolent nature, a spirit symbolizing courage, determination, fertility, longevity, power, success, and support. D&D promptly gave this a nod by creating the "Oriental Sea Dragon", an [[Oriental Dragon]] equivalent to the Dragon Turtle. the Dragon Turtle also fills a similar nitch as the [[Zaratan]] as being Gargantuan island turtles, with Dragon Turtle winning out as being the great sea turtle while the Zaratan became an [[Elemental#Elder Elementals|elder elemental]] of the earth (it can still swim).

Dragon turtles have been around in D&D for a '''long''' time. Their very first appearance was as an illustration on page 40 of the 1974 rule booklet Dungeons & Dragons, Volume 2: Monsters & Treasure, and soon afterward they gained their own profile as a monster on page 34 of Dungeons & Dragons, Volume 3: The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures. Dragon turtles made the jump to both Advanced D&D (AD&D 1e Monster Manual, AD&D 2e's Monstrous Compendium Volume 1 & Monstrous Manual) and to Basic D&D (Expert Set, Companion Rules Set, Rules Cyclopedia, the modules The War Rafts of Kron and Duchy of Ten). They were present in both versions of the Monster Manual for 3e, and whilst they were absent in 4e for some strange reason, they made a triumphant return in 5th edition, once more taking pride of their place in the Monster Manual. As OGl content, they appeared in the first [[Pathfinder]] bestiary. The only notable non-system-wide change is they lost Snatch for Awesome Blow.

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Dragon turtle ODD2.png|Original D&D
Dragon turtle MM 1e.jpg|1e
Dragon turtle MCV1.jpg|2e
Dragon turtle MM 2e.png
Dragon turtle 3e.jpg|3e
Dragon turtle Stormwrack.jpg
Dragon turtle ToA.jpg|5e
Dragon turtle PF.png|Pathfinder
Dragon turtle PF 2e.png|Pathfinder 2e
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