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	==Faerunian Draconomicon==		==Faerunian Draconomicon==
	[[File:FOR1 cover.jpg\|thumb]]		[[File:FOR1 cover.jpg\|thumb]]
	The [[Forgotten Realms]] Draconomicon was, like its predecessors, basically a Big Book o' Dragons for DMs, but with a ~~lense~~ specifically on the dragons of ~~faerun~~, rather than the more setting neutral stance that its first successor would take.		The [[Forgotten Realms]] Draconomicon was, like its predecessors, basically a Big Book o' Dragons for DMs, but with a lens specifically on the dragons of Faerun, rather than the more setting neutral stance that its first successor would take.

	This Draconomicon was divided into nine chapters.		This Draconomicon was divided into nine chapters.
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	* Unholy Ravager of [[Tiamat]]		* Unholy Ravager of [[Tiamat]]

	Naturally, this means that Chapter 3 is '''The Player's Perspective'''; advice on battling dragons, new feats, new spells, new magic items. It includes the new [[Cleric ~~Domains~~]] Domination, Dragon, Glory, Greed and Wealth, and an assortment of new [[Prestige Classes]], detailed below. The final segment examines the various ways of including dragons in an adventuring party, examining their advantages & disadvantages before discussing them as mounts, cohorts, special mounts and familiars before touching upon them as player characters. Surprisingly, this book does ''not'' contain rules for using dragon races-as-classes; that kind of awesomeness was relegated to [[Dragon Magazine]], with issue #320 having rules for [[Metallic Dragon]]s and being followed up by rules for [[Chromatic Dragon]] PCs in issue #332.		Naturally, this means that Chapter 3 is '''The Player's Perspective'''; advice on battling dragons, new feats, new spells, new magic items. It includes the new [[Cleric Domain]]s Domination, Dragon, Glory, Greed and Wealth, and an assortment of new [[Prestige Classes]], detailed below. The final segment examines the various ways of including dragons in an adventuring party, examining their advantages & disadvantages before discussing them as mounts, cohorts, special mounts and familiars before touching upon them as player characters. Surprisingly, this book does ''not'' contain rules for using dragon races-as-classes; that kind of awesomeness was relegated to [[Dragon Magazine]], with issue #320 having rules for [[Metallic Dragon]]s and being followed up by rules for [[Chromatic Dragon]] PCs in issue #332.
	* Dracolyte		* Dracolyte
	* Dragonkith		* Dragonkith

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	* Illthuviel's Blackened Heart		* Illthuviel's Blackened Heart
	* ~~BLue~~ Orb of Dragonkind		* Blue Orb of Dragonkind
	* Spear of Urrok the Brave		* Spear of Urrok the Brave
	* Unconquered Standard of [[Arkhosia]]		* Unconquered Standard of [[Arkhosia]]

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	The '''Draconomicon''' can refer to one of four sourcebooks for [[Dungeons & Dragons]] which, as the title suggests, focus on examining the [[Dragon]]s of D&D. The first Draconomicon was a [[Forgotten Realms]] splatbook for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] - in fact, it was literally the first book to be published with the FOR coding. The second Draconomicon was printed for [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]]. In [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]], the Draconomicon was revived as a series of [[splatbook]]s; two volumes were printed, focusing first on the [[Chromatic Dragon]]s and then on the [[Metallic Dragon]]s. It's possible that the [[Catastrophic Dragon]]s and [[Linnorm\|Scourge Dragons]] may have had their own Draconomicon (either shared or one for each of them), but if it was planned, it was cancelled when Mearls took over as leader of D&D and slowly scrapped 4e to bring out [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]]. As a result, Catastrophic Dragons are only detailed in the [[Monster Manual]] 3 and in a pair of articles in [[Dragon Magazine]] issues #424 and #425, whilst the Scourge Dragons have never seen the light of day.		The '''Draconomicon''' can refer to one of four sourcebooks for [[Dungeons & Dragons]] which, as the title suggests, focus on examining the [[Dragon]]s of D&D. The first Draconomicon was a [[Forgotten Realms]] splatbook for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] - in fact, it was literally the first book to be published with the FOR coding. The second Draconomicon was printed for [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]]. In [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]], the Draconomicon was revived as a series of [[splatbook]]s; two volumes were printed, focusing first on the [[Chromatic Dragon]]s and then on the [[Metallic Dragon]]s. It's possible that the [[Catastrophic Dragon]]s and [[Linnorm\|Scourge Dragons]] may have had their own Draconomicon (either shared or one for each of them), but if it was planned, it was cancelled when Mearls took over as leader of D&D and slowly scrapped 4e to bring out [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]]. As a result, Catastrophic Dragons are only detailed in the [[Monster Manual]] 3 and in a pair of articles in [[Dragon Magazine]] issues #424 and #425, whilst the Scourge Dragons have never seen the light of day.

	==Faerunian Draconomicon==		==Faerunian Draconomicon==
			[[File:FOR1 cover.jpg\|thumb]]
	The [[Forgotten Realms]] Draconomicon was, like its predecessors, basically a Big Book o' Dragons for DMs, but with a lense specifically on the dragons of faerun, rather than the more setting neutral stance that its first successor would take.		The [[Forgotten Realms]] Draconomicon was, like its predecessors, basically a Big Book o' Dragons for DMs, but with a lense specifically on the dragons of faerun, rather than the more setting neutral stance that its first successor would take.

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	==3e Draconomicon==		==3e Draconomicon==
			[[File:Draconomicon 3e.jpg\|thumb]]
	This version of the Draconomicon is broken up into 5 chapters and 2 appendixes. Like many 3e [[splatbook]]s, it's useful to both DMs and players.		This version of the Draconomicon is broken up into 5 chapters and 2 appendixes. Like many 3e [[splatbook]]s, it's useful to both DMs and players.

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	===Chromatic Draconomicon===		===Chromatic Draconomicon===
			[[File:Draconomicon chromatic.jpg\|thumb]]
	Chapter 1 is '''Dragon Lore''', and like its namesake in 3rd edition, it's essentially a biology textbook on dragons. It covers draconic origins within the [[World Axis]] cosmology, anatomy, psychology, sociology, language and religion, as well as taking an in-depth look the distinct sub-breeds of the book's focus dragon family. This means that whilst the basic points are repeated between the Chromatic and Metallic Draconomicons, the precise execution differs, since each family has distinctive psychological traits and an outlook on society, religion, etcetera. One thing that both share in particular is that the Religion sub-chapter doesn't convert the [[Dragon Gods]] to 4e; that kind of hyper-focused deity goes against 4e's design style. Instead, it examines their relationship with the gods of the [[Dawn War]] pantheon... although some of the old Dragon Gods do slip in as dragon-focused Exarches. This Draconomicon restores [[Aasterinian]], [[Astilabor]], [[Chronepsis]] and [[Falazure]].		Chapter 1 is '''Dragon Lore''', and like its namesake in 3rd edition, it's essentially a biology textbook on dragons. It covers draconic origins within the [[World Axis]] cosmology, anatomy, psychology, sociology, language and religion, as well as taking an in-depth look the distinct sub-breeds of the book's focus dragon family. This means that whilst the basic points are repeated between the Chromatic and Metallic Draconomicons, the precise execution differs, since each family has distinctive psychological traits and an outlook on society, religion, etcetera. One thing that both share in particular is that the Religion sub-chapter doesn't convert the [[Dragon Gods]] to 4e; that kind of hyper-focused deity goes against 4e's design style. Instead, it examines their relationship with the gods of the [[Dawn War]] pantheon... although some of the old Dragon Gods do slip in as dragon-focused Exarches. This Draconomicon restores [[Aasterinian]], [[Astilabor]], [[Chronepsis]] and [[Falazure]].

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	===Metallic Draconomicon===		===Metallic Draconomicon===
			[[File:Draconomicon metallic.jpg\|thumb]]
	Chapter 1 is '''Dragon Lore''', and like its namesake in 3rd edition, it's essentially a biology textbook on dragons. It covers draconic origins within the [[World Axis]] cosmology, anatomy, psychology, sociology, language and religion, as well as taking an in-depth look the distinct sub-breeds of the book's focus dragon family. This means that whilst the basic points are repeated between the Chromatic and Metallic Draconomicons, the precise execution differs, since each family has distinctive psychological traits and an outlook on society, religion, etcetera. One thing that both share in particular is that the Religion sub-chapter doesn't convert the [[Dragon Gods]] to 4e; that kind of hyper-focused deity goes against 4e's design style. Instead, it examines their relationship with the gods of the [[Dawn War]] pantheon... although this one does have some new "Dragon Gods", which are dragon-focused Exarches; Athearsauriv, Edarmirrik, Thurkeavaeri, and Vivexkepsek		Chapter 1 is '''Dragon Lore''', and like its namesake in 3rd edition, it's essentially a biology textbook on dragons. It covers draconic origins within the [[World Axis]] cosmology, anatomy, psychology, sociology, language and religion, as well as taking an in-depth look the distinct sub-breeds of the book's focus dragon family. This means that whilst the basic points are repeated between the Chromatic and Metallic Draconomicons, the precise execution differs, since each family has distinctive psychological traits and an outlook on society, religion, etcetera. One thing that both share in particular is that the Religion sub-chapter doesn't convert the [[Dragon Gods]] to 4e; that kind of hyper-focused deity goes against 4e's design style. Instead, it examines their relationship with the gods of the [[Dawn War]] pantheon... although this one does have some new "Dragon Gods", which are dragon-focused Exarches; Athearsauriv, Edarmirrik, Thurkeavaeri, and Vivexkepsek

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	The '''Draconomicon''' can refer to one of four sourcebooks for [[Dungeons & Dragons]] which, as the title suggests, focus on examining the [[Dragon]]s of D&D. The first Draconomicon was a [[Forgotten Realms]] splatbook for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] - in fact, it was literally the first book to be published with the FOR coding. The second Draconomicon was printed for [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]]. In [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]], the Draconomicon was revived as a series of [[splatbook]]s; two volumes were printed, focusing first on the [[Chromatic Dragon]]s and then on the [[Metallic Dragon]]s. It's possible that the [[Catastrophic Dragon]]s and [[Linnorm\|Scourge Dragons]] may have had their own Draconomicon (either shared or one for each of them), but if it was planned, it was cancelled when Mearls took over as leader of D&D and slowly scrapped 4e to bring out [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]]. As a result, Catastrophic Dragons are only detailed in the [[Monster Manual]] 3 and in a pair of articles in [[Dragon Magazine]] issues #424 and #425, whilst the Scourge Dragons have never seen the light of day.		The '''Draconomicon''' can refer to one of four sourcebooks for [[Dungeons & Dragons]] which, as the title suggests, focus on examining the [[Dragon]]s of D&D. The first Draconomicon was a [[Forgotten Realms]] splatbook for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] - in fact, it was literally the first book to be published with the FOR coding. The second Draconomicon was printed for [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]]. In [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]], the Draconomicon was revived as a series of [[splatbook]]s; two volumes were printed, focusing first on the [[Chromatic Dragon]]s and then on the [[Metallic Dragon]]s. It's possible that the [[Catastrophic Dragon]]s and [[Linnorm\|Scourge Dragons]] may have had their own Draconomicon (either shared or one for each of them), but if it was planned, it was cancelled when Mearls took over as leader of D&D and slowly scrapped 4e to bring out [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]]. As a result, Catastrophic Dragons are only detailed in the [[Monster Manual]] 3 and in a pair of articles in [[Dragon Magazine]] issues #424 and #425, whilst the Scourge Dragons have never seen the light of day.

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	The '''Draconomicon''' can refer to one of ~~three~~ sourcebooks for [[Dungeons & Dragons]] which, as the title suggests, focus on examining the [[Dragon]]s of D&D. The first Draconomicon was printed for [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]]. In [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]], the Draconomicon was revived as a series of [[splatbook]]s; two volumes were printed, focusing first on the [[Chromatic Dragon]]s and then on the [[Metallic Dragon]]s. It's possible that the [[Catastrophic Dragon]]s and [[Linnorm\|Scourge Dragons]] may have had their own Draconomicon (either shared or one for each of them), but if it was planned, it was cancelled when Mearls took over as leader of D&D and slowly scrapped 4e to bring out [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]]. As a result, Catastrophic Dragons are only detailed in the [[Monster Manual]] 3 and in a pair of articles in [[Dragon Magazine]] issues #424 and #425, whilst the Scourge Dragons have never seen the light of day.		The '''Draconomicon''' can refer to one of four sourcebooks for [[Dungeons & Dragons]] which, as the title suggests, focus on examining the [[Dragon]]s of D&D. The first Draconomicon was a [[Forgotten Realms]] splatbook for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] - in fact, it was literally the first book to be published with the FOR coding. The second Draconomicon was printed for [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]]. In [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]], the Draconomicon was revived as a series of [[splatbook]]s; two volumes were printed, focusing first on the [[Chromatic Dragon]]s and then on the [[Metallic Dragon]]s. It's possible that the [[Catastrophic Dragon]]s and [[Linnorm\|Scourge Dragons]] may have had their own Draconomicon (either shared or one for each of them), but if it was planned, it was cancelled when Mearls took over as leader of D&D and slowly scrapped 4e to bring out [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]]. As a result, Catastrophic Dragons are only detailed in the [[Monster Manual]] 3 and in a pair of articles in [[Dragon Magazine]] issues #424 and #425, whilst the Scourge Dragons have never seen the light of day.

			==Faerunian Draconomicon==
			The [[Forgotten Realms]] Draconomicon was, like its predecessors, basically a Big Book o' Dragons for DMs, but with a lense specifically on the dragons of faerun, rather than the more setting neutral stance that its first successor would take.

			This Draconomicon was divided into nine chapters.

			'''Chapter 1''' is titled "Reference". This chapter talks about various aspects of dragon-dom within Faerun; the list is ''long'' and covers many different sub-topics:
			* Debates on the origin of dragons.
			* Theories of draconic evolution and a draconic evolutionary family tree.
			* Dragon interactions with magic.
			* Future developments of draconic evolution.
			* Draconic history.
			* Customs and social mores based on species.
			* Interspecies relationships.
			* Religion, including a detailed list of the [[Dragon Gods]] in the Forgotten Realms.
			* The history of draconic holy wars.
			* The dragon belief in the Twilight of their Gods.
			* The phenomena of dragons being worshipped by other races.

			'''Chapter 2''' is titled "Geography". It's basically a "where do dragons live?" chapter, examining each species' general preferences and the specific regions of the Realms where those dragons have been reputedly sighted.

			'''Chapter 3''' is where the focus of each chapter starts getting obvious. Titled "Dragon Psychology", it's all about the quirky aspects of the dragon mentality; hoard-gathering, reproduction, activity cycles, "rogues" (dragons of non-standard alignment), the draconic influence on the ecosystem, the Ptarian Code of Honor (plus the Talons of Justice, a silver dragon organization dedicated to living by that code), and a brief summary of dragon/humanoid relations.

			'''Chapter 4''' is all about "Roleplaying Dragons". Despite this name, it's actually focused more on dragons from a mechanical perspective. Aging, disease, food requirements, breeding, the trials of trying to raise dragon hatchlings, and so forth.

			'''Chapter 5''' covers the Faerunian "Dragon Hall of Fame".

			'''Chapter 6''' is all about "New Dragon Species". It covers chromatic dragon crossbreeds, mercury dragons, dracohydras, steel dragons, and yellow dragons.

			'''Chapter 7''' is all about "Magic", specifically covering spells and magic items used by draconic spellcasters

			'''Chapter 8''' is the "Hunter's Guide". It's simple basic advice presented as an in-universe guide to hunting dragons.

			Finally, '''Chapter 9''' is titled simply "Miscellaneous Information". It covers the draconic afterlife, dragons traveling to other [[plane]]s, [[Spelljammer\|spelljamming dragons]], and the Draconomicon as an in-universe magical grimoire.

			This book concludes with four dragon-centric adventures; "The Millennium Dragon", "Invitation to a Robbery", "The Servants of the Verdant Cloud", and "Draco Holy Wars".

	==3e Draconomicon==		==3e Draconomicon==

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