Of silver and black dragons.

[Indemaijinj]

This is an example on how two bits of (somewhat) common D&D lore gives a rather suprising result.

We all know cromatic and metallic dragons. Great fantastic beasts and the figureheads of the Dungeons and Dragons game.

This thread is about their hides. Not the protective quality of their hides, but their colour and how it changes as the dragon matures.

A general thing about the hide of metallic dragons is that it behaves much like the metal it resembles. Over age it acquires patina and changes colour. A copper dragon, for example, is gleaming reddish-brown when it emerges from the egg. As it ages it will gain greenish tinges on it's scales. A copper great wurm has almost nothing left of it's original colour, being almost completely green.

The colour of chromatic dragons also change over time, though less drastic. Their colour will generally lighten, and become more mottled giving the dragon better camouflage. A wyrmling red dragon, for example, has fiery crimson scales while an aged red would be rust-coloured.

Now let's take the silver and the black. A hatchling silver dragon has gleaming white scales, while a hatchling black dragon is jet black.

But what about a silver great wurm and a black ditto? Whose scales would have the darkest hue? The answer might not be what you first thought.

[Atrayu]

Bronze I would say, acid spitters and very dangerous!

[/)eathKiller]

hmmm and what of Dragon Liches?

[Atrayu]

I haven't ever heard of that type. But you know Dragons are magical in nature, you just don't know. Transforming themselves into all different shapes

[Indemaijinj]

Erm just to sum up: The question is:

Which of these two has the darkest scales:

A great wurm black dragon or a great wurm silver dragon.

[Melusine]

Originally posted by Atrayu: Bronze I would say, acid spitters and very dangerous!

You haven't even read the post have you?
You're not answering the question mate... he's asking something about the colours of Black and Silver Dragon's Scales....

[Atrayu]

I did but I was - aww sorry, silver then between the 2, just a guess.

[Grojlach]

Originally posted by Indemaijinj: But what about a silver great wurm and a black ditto? Whose scales would have the darkest hue? The answer might not be what you first thought.

If you put the case like that, I think everyone will immediately say "silver". On the other hand, that's what you'd expect people to say now after making that last remark. And in that case, our first thought would be immediately correct, which is not what you were after. So, in order to keep the surprise effect, it's the black dragon who's got the darkest hue in its scales.

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Yeah yeah, I know it's wrong... [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[ 01-25-2003, 04:11 AM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]

[Vedran]

My first guess would be Shadow Dragon, but let's say Black.
BTW, ain't it wyrm, instead of wurm?

[Vaskez]

Originally posted by Grojlach: quote: Originally posted by Indemaijinj: But what about a silver great wurm and a black ditto? Whose scales would have the darkest hue? The answer might not be what you first thought.

If you put the case like that, I think everyone will immediately say "silver". On the other hand, that's what you'd expect people to say now after making that last remark. And in that case, our first thought would be immediately correct, which is not what you were after. So, in order to keep the surprise effect, it's the black dragon who's got the darkest hue in its scales.

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Yeah yeah, I know it's wrong... [img]tongue.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]Hehe just what I was gonna say.

Vedran - yep