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Old 04-09-2001, 08:00 PM   #6
Sazerac
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Actually, I think the "color coding" of the dragons in AD&D was an easy way to have adventurers remember what type of attack they were going to lead with. In actual folk lore, most drakes breathed fire. The hydra of Greek legend and the Medusa breathed poison, but they weren't dragons.

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