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In the [[role-playing game]] ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', '''dragons''' are an iconic [[Creature type|creature]] used as either enemies or allies of [[player character]]s. Dragons are often depicted as having many different races, each usually based on a particular color of their scales or an affinity with an [[element]].<ref>Andy Collins, Skip Williams, and James Wyatt. ''{{Cite_Pub|Draconomicon'' (Wizards of the Coast, 20033.5e).}}</ref> This classification has been used in a great deal of modern [[Wikipedia:Fantasy|fantasy]] [[Wikipedia:Fiction|fiction]].
== Dragon classification ==
The third edition of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' classifies dragon as a type of creature, simply defined as "a reptilelike creature, usually winged, with magical or unusual abilities"<ref>Andy Collins, Skip Williams, and James Wyatt. ''{{Cite_Pub|Monster Manual'' (Wizards of the Coast, 20003e).}}</ref>. The dragon type is broken down into several classifications. True dragons are dragons which increase in power by age categories (wyrmling to great wyrm). Lesser dragons do not improve in age categories and may lack all of the abilities of true dragons. Examples of lesser dragons include [[Dragon Turtle|dragon turtles]] and [[wyvern]]s. Other creatures with the dragon type include drakes, felldrakes, elemental drakes, landwyrms, [[linnorm]]s and wurms.
In the second edition of ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'', dragons were completely reworked from their first edition counterparts, and were much more powerful. For example, they had magic resistance, could no longer be subdued, and had physical attack forms besides just claws and bites.<ref name="D&Dfaq">{{cite web| url = http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDArchives_FAQ.asp| title = ''Dungeons & Dragons'' FAQ| accessdate = 2008-10-03| publisher = [[Wizards of the Coast]]| archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wizards.com%2Fdnd%2FDnDArchives_FAQ.asp&date=2008-10-03| archivedate = 2008-10-03}}</ref>
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* '''Maximum Height:''' 22 feet
* '''Maximum Weight:''' 1,280,000 pounds<ref name="pgtd">{{cite book | last = Trumbauer | first = Lisa| title = [[A Practical Guide to Dragons]]| publisher = Mirrorstone| date = 2006-09-26| location = Washington| pages = 80| url = http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Guide-Dragons-Lisa-Trumbauer/dp/0786941642/| isbn = 0786941642 }}</ref>
* '''Maximum Wingspan:''' 135 feet
*[[Felldrakes]]
*[[Landwyrm]]
*'''Linnorms''' – Ancient, primeval cousins of dragons. Linnorms lack wings and hind legs, making them more serpentine than true dragons. All known linnorms are evil and cruel. Linnorms are sometimes referred to as "Norse dragons". There are many subtypes of linnorms.<ref>Bonny, Ed, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, [[Skip Williams]], and Steve Winter. ''[[{{Cite_Pub|Monster Manual II]]'' ([[Wizards of the Coast]], 2002)}}. Frazier, Jacob. "The Ecology of the Linnorm." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #356 ([[Paizo Publishing]], [[2007]]). Rabe, Jean. "The Vikings' Dragons Part 1." ''Dragon'' #182 (TSR, [[1992]]). Rabe, Jean. "The Vikings' Dragons Part 2." ''Dragon'' #183 (TSR, [[1992]]). Wise, David, et al. [[Monster Manual#2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons|Monstrous Compendium Annual 1]] ([[TSR, Inc.|TSR]], 1994).</ref>
*[[Pseudodragon]]s
*[[Spiretop Dragons]]
