Spirit dragons, sometimes called song dragons, are powerful dragons whose powers stem from the magic and history of fallen realms.
Some of the changes are good and I do like the Spirit Dragons, but I feel like they missed two of the biggest features of a Song Dragon.
Song Dragon Features old:
metallic Dragons with silver scales and the physical traits of a copper dragon. (theorized they were a mix of copper and silver dragons, also theorized a goddess turned a human women into the first of their kind)
Usually Chaotic Good sometimes Chaotic Nuetral.
Lived in human settlements usually cities
dislikes other dragons
Always human shapedshifted unless some unavoidable forced them to show their true form as a Dragon.
Their human shapeshift was always as a human women.
Mysterious herstory and breeding but had something to do with Moonshae Isles
Protectors of the natural world as well.
True Sight
Electric Gas Breat weapon.
Spirit Dragons:
When a dragon egg is found buried among ancient rubble and given the right conditions, a spirit dragon wyrmling might hatch from the egg. Left to its own devices, a wyrmling wanders the ruins that the dragon originated from.
I think this is a good addition to their lore, keeps the mystery of their origin, also gives us a full range of stats from wyrmling to ancient. also roll a d6 to determin which ancient ruins. Which has a couple options that had settlements around North Faerûn, specifically Netheril, Ostoria, and Myth Drannor (Now Cormyr).
Their lairs also are wierd, but can fit with an urban dragon, musical advantage and long lives for all within a mile of a spirit dragon.
Now for my issues.
Alignment: Neutral
Look:
Green Dragon with mythical elk horns with reddish brown hints and brown wings.
Art: New Spirit aka Song Dragon
Old Song Dragon
Sure the alignment may seem minor, and as I low key hate alignment it's a problem because these are not evil dragons, they are metalic dragons.
Which is why the art is while nice looking is terrible. The color is wrong in a setting where a dragons color means everything.
Also they changed the breath weapon from an electrical gas to necrotic and a time warp.
This may seem a tiny nit pick, but I feel it is off putting as I like the inclusion of my favorite species of Dragon, but it's like they made a dragon and then attached song dragon as an after thought. It's like someone was watch Dungeon Dad and realized they missed a dragon just before publishing so they added a half line to another creature.
A quote from the new book:
Some of the changes are good and I do like the Spirit Dragons, but I feel like they missed two of the biggest features of a Song Dragon.
Song Dragon Features old:
Spirit Dragons:
I think this is a good addition to their lore, keeps the mystery of their origin, also gives us a full range of stats from wyrmling to ancient. also roll a d6 to determin which ancient ruins. Which has a couple options that had settlements around North Faerûn, specifically Netheril, Ostoria, and Myth Drannor (Now Cormyr).
Their lairs also are wierd, but can fit with an urban dragon, musical advantage and long lives for all within a mile of a spirit dragon.
Now for my issues.
Alignment: Neutral
Look:
Green Dragon with mythical elk horns with reddish brown hints and brown wings.
Art: New Spirit aka Song Dragon
Old Song Dragon
Sure the alignment may seem minor, and as I low key hate alignment it's a problem because these are not evil dragons, they are metalic dragons.
Which is why the art is while nice looking is terrible. The color is wrong in a setting where a dragons color means everything.
Also they changed the breath weapon from an electrical gas to necrotic and a time warp.
This may seem a tiny nit pick, but I feel it is off putting as I like the inclusion of my favorite species of Dragon, but it's like they made a dragon and then attached song dragon as an after thought. It's like someone was watch Dungeon Dad and realized they missed a dragon just before publishing so they added a half line to another creature.
Also no true sight...