Sample file Table Of Contents 1 Proto-Dragons 1.1 The Theory of Proto-Dragons 1.1.1 Eodraco 1.2 After the Eodracos 1.2.1 Ignidraco 1.2.2 Eodraco orientalis 1.3 Inficedraco & Ferrodracos 1.3.1 Inficedraco 1.3.2 Ferrodraco 1.4 Scrutiny 1.4.1 The Gap of Mythology & History

2 General Statistics

3 Eodraco 3.1 Refresher

4 Eodraco luminare 4.1 Refresher 4.2 Double Split

5 Eodraco orientalis 5.1 Refresher

6 Ignidracos 6.1 Refresher 6.2 Ferrodraco 6.2.1 Refresher 6.3 Inficedraco 6.3.1 Refresher 6.4 Commonground

7 Multi-Headed Eodracos 7.1 Refresher

8 Primal Wyverns 8.1 Refresher

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PROTO-DRAGONS | TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Proto-Dragons roto-Dragons were not one species, in fact there are several different species which are referred After the Eodracos to as Proto-Dragons. Nonetheless, each of these It is believed that Eodracos lead to the evolution of two main different species had a few distinct genera of dragons, and many smaller ones, though one went commonalities such as appearing like extinct during the Days of Thunder and then other went to prehistoric reptilian creatures. Today scholars become known as Ignidracos. Pfrom every corner of the multiverse believe that The other genera that the Eodraco gave way to was the Proto-Dragons have evolved into of today and Eodraco orientalis, multi-headed dragons (such as hydras), much more. wyverns, and lesser dragons (which had two notable sub- branches; one of which became drakes and the other became The Theory of Proto- faerie dragons and psuedo-dragons). Dragons Ignidraco It is widely believed that Proto-Dragons lived around the time Ignidraco were the first dragons that were able to breathe out of the dinosaurs and were likely related to them in some form blasts of fire, likely because their digestive tract had evolved or another. This theory is supported by the fact that certain to allow them to regurgitate intestinal gas and ignite it with dragons and dinosaurs can bear half-dinosaur / half-dragon an enzymatic, hypergolic reaction in the back of their throats. offspring. It is believed that the first Proto-Dragons were With enough time, Ignidraco were able to modify their known as Eodracos, wyvern-like creatures that weren't digestive tracts to produce other effects as well such as intelligent, yet smarter than the average animal. When the exhaling acid, lightning, poison, and a cold white beam. end of the era of dinosaurs came, Eodracos survived the Furthermore, they were much more intelligent than that of calamity and went on to start an evolutionary process that a normal Eodraco and they are infact attributed to being lasted thousands of years. users of the Draconic language, albeit a very rudimentairy and archaic form of it. Scholars, do not have a timeframe for it, but at some point Eodraco Ignidracos evovled into two primary new subspecies the Eodracos, also known as "Dawn Dragons" from languages of ferrodracos and inficedracos, (also a subspecies which the past, were the first Proto-Dragon genus. They generally evolved into planar dragons). The ferrodracos are the measured 35 feet in length with a 50 foot wingspan, with a ancestors of modern Metallic Dragons and the Inficedracos portion of their length leading into a tail-like stinger similar to are the ancestors of modern Chromatic Dragons. This make wyverns today. Fossil records show that their skull was the Ignidraco the first member of the species we refer to smaller than that of a wyvern yet larger than that of a today as true dragons. dinosaur which makes their level of intelligence slightly ahead of their time. Furthermore, they were shorter than most other dinosaurs which might have contributed to their Eodraco orientalis ability to survive the cataclysm which ended the era of the Eodraco orientalis is another species, like the Ignidraco, dinosaurs, which many speculate to be the Tearfall. Even which evolved from the Eodraco. Strangely enough, this though they survived, with the warped climate of Toril the subspecies doesn't have enough evidence to prove their Eodracos had to diversify and evolve to survive. Some of actual existence which is a major problem. The problem lies these species became the ancestors of wyverns, drakes, and in the fact that if this species did not exist, then Lung psuedo-dragons. Other fossil evidence suggests that there dragons, who supposedly descended from them, could not has been multi-headed winged Eodracos which may have exist either. Some scholars believe this branch of the tree was evolved into the hydras. and other multi-headed reptiles, of made up by apologists to fill in holes in the proto-dragon today. theory. However, what we do know is that Lung dragons are in fact true dragons - so there must be some connection to that of Ignidracos, perhaps they had another briefly lived Other Problems in the Dragon common ancestor earlier in time before they split. Family Tree Magic is such an interesting and fun part of the fantasical realms of D&D. From, the Forgotten An Aging Fiasco! Realms to , , , Theros, and Like any creature, Proto-Dragons obviously aged much more, magic exists everywhere. The problem and today we have defintive brackets to tell the is that with genetic and fossil records, it is approximate age of a dragon, usually used to impossible to tell if Proto-Dragons used many form measure their approximate power. Well, it is of magic, however primal it may have been. So unknown if Proto-Dragons even lived for the same EoSampledraco may have been casters, though their brain amount of time or if they gafileined power as they size suggests otherwise, but we can't say for sure. aged like the dragons of today.

PROTO-DRAGONS | LORE 2 Ferrodraco Inficedraco & Ferrodracos Ferrodraco were an evolution of the ignidraco, who took a Inficedraco very different approach than that of Inficedraco, they favored intellectual and social behavior. Due to this approach, their Inficedraco were an evolution of the ignidraco who were level of intelligence soared beyond that of the Inficedracos. more ferocious and more intelligent than their ancestors. Around -10,000 DR Ferrodraco had fully evolved into the Around, -10,000 DR Inficedraco had fully evolved into the metallic dragons of today. Similar, to Inficedraco many chromatic dragons of today. However, extra speculation scholars believe that ferrous dragons also descended from surrounds this group as the fact that they may have also been this group due to their close tie with metallic dragons. the predecessors to Gem Dragons as well yet, there is nothing to suggest this is the truth. Scrutiny Many scholars believe there are far too many inconsistencies in the theory of proto-dragons, though the fossil record simply doesn't lie. One of the inconsistencies they point to is that Linnorm dragons do not fit into this theory and Gem Dragons as well as Ferrous Dragons do not fit in snuggly either. Then the whole branch of Eodraco orientalis may or may not be fabricated as well. Many opponents to the evolutionist theory believe that the gods created the mortal races and that simply science cannot explain everything. Again, this argument was countered with the fossil record showing that Proto-Dragons existed beyond Toril and have been found in other planes of existence such as and Eberron, and these Proto-Dragons are almost identical to the fossils of Torilian Proto-Dragons. The Gap of Mythology & History Another big problem that the theory of Proto-Dragons faced is where the gods fit into the equation as while mythology might be rooted in history accounts of these divine beings do have merit. Gods such as Bahamut (The God of Metallic Dragons), Gruaghlothor (The God of Ferrous Dragons), Sardior (The God of Gem Dragons), and Tiamat (The Goddess of Chromatic Dragons) must have come from somewhere and with good reason. Would the humanoids who currently inhabit the realms realistically dream of an evil dragon god sealed within the Abyss, ever clawing for freedom just to destroy them? Probably not, especially when they have evidence that these dieties exist and have exercised their power on the material planes before. So some scholars have looked to bridge the gap and find the general commonground between both theories to find a definitive truth thats lies somewhere in the middle.

The Most Prevalent Theory Of these middle ground theories, there is one that rises above the rest, or several different variations of one. Whenever a dragon genus was on the verge of a split, the "founder" of the new branch would take the title of their god. This is hard to envision so the example that follows will be of that and Bahamut and Tiamat, however there are several theories on who parented them anyways. The most widely accepted theory is that Bahamut and Tiamat were born from the sundered corpse of Io, who was also known as Asgorath. In the case of the Ignidraco evolving to become the Inficedraco and Ferrodraco, it is possible to believe that the final Ignidraco was some sort of body that Io or Asgorath used for a temporary time. After his death, the two siblings became the founders of two new distinctive branches of dragons and after their mortal passing they became godly. However, this theory has its own scrutiny as it works better with Tiamat then Bahamut as Tiamat, having features of all chromatic dragons, could have easily been the original amalgamation of them all whereas Bahamut, is a platinum dragon and no other Metallic Dragon is platinum in the slightest. This leads to a subtheory, that sometimes when a certain genus of dragons originally came into existence six familes would form. In the case of the Metallic Dragons: Brass, Bronze, Copper, Gold, Platinum, Silver. The less stronger varieties would cannibalize the strongest and leave them as their god. However, this is very out-there behavior for Metallic Dragons and even that of Gem Dragons which follow a similar structure: Amethyst, Crystal, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, and Topaz; with Ruby being the strongest. Yet, this theory further fumbles with dragons that don't fit within these rigid boundaries such as the literal "black sheep" of the Gem Dragons, the Obsidian Dragon. In fact, the above theory doesn't work in the case of Chromatic Dragons when Purple (also known as Deep) Dragons and Gray (also known as Fang) Dragons are thrown in on top of Yellow and Orange Dragons. Furthermore, this theory doesn't work for many other dragon gods who aren't gods of a specific general classification of dragons such as: Astilabor, Garyx, Hlal, Kereska, Kuyutha, Lendys, Null, Tamara, Task, and Zorquan.

The Truth With how dragons are currently organized and classified, it will be hard to ever have a rigid structure which allows for us to have an intricate map to their whole history, especially with their family being so vast and their history having almost no documentation on behalf of humanoids. And who really cares where they came from, we should really worry about how to keep the dangerous ones aSampleway and how to build great relationships with the ones who are willing to work with us. file

PROTO-DRAGONS | LORE 3 General Statistics ll the monsters in this supplement that follow Proficiency Bonus by Age Category the traditional Dragon Age Categories, share Age Category Proficiency Bonus the Proficiency Bonus assigned to them by the Proficiency Bonus by Age Category table. Ancient +7 Adult +5 A Young +3 Wyrmling +2 Eodraco Refresher Eodraco are the founders of dragonkind and are more akin to Ancient Eodraco wyvern than the dragons of today. Additionally, even though Gargantuan beast, unaligned these are the founder of dragonkind, they don't meet most of the qualifications of a dracon and fit the qualifications of a Armor Class 20 (natural armor) Hit Points 177 (13d20 + 40) beast much closer as they are more similar to dinosaurs than Speed 20 ft., fly 80 ft. other dragons.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 19 (+4) 10 (+0) 18 (+4) 5 (-3) 14 (+2) 8 (-1)

Skills Perception +9 Senses 60 ft., passive Perception 19 Languages — Challenge 10 (5,900 XP)

Flyby. The eodraco doesn't provoke opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy's reach. Pack Tactics. The eodraco has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the eodraco's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated. Actions Multiattack. The eodraco makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its stinger. While flying, it can use its claws in place of one other attack. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 15 ft., one creature. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) slashing damage. Stinger. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 10 ft., one creature. Hit: 15 (3d6 + 4) piercing damage. The target must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw, taking 35 (10d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on Samplea successful one. file

PROTO-DRAGONS | STATISTICS 4 Adult Eodraco Young Eodraco Huge beast, unaligned Large beast, unaligned

Armor Class 18 (natural armor) Armor Class 15 (natural armor) Hit Points 102 (11d12 + 30) Hit Points 50 (9d10 + 20) Speed 20 ft., fly 80 ft. Speed 10 ft., fly 60 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 19 (+4) 10 (+0) 18 (+4) 5 (-3) 12 (+1) 6 (-2) 19 (+4) 10 (+0) 16 (+3) 5 (-3) 12 (+1) 6 (-2)

Skills Perception +7 Skills Perception +5 Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 16 Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14 Languages — Languages — Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)

Flyby. The eodraco doesn't provoke opportunity Pack Tactics. The eodraco has advantage on an attacks when it flies out of an enemy's reach. attack roll against a creature if at least one of the eodraco's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and Pack Tactics. The eodraco has advantage on an the ally isn't incapacitated. attack roll against a creature if at least one of the eodraco's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated. Actions Multiattack. The eodraco makes two attacks: one Actions with its bite and one with its stinger. While flying, it can use its claws in place of one other attack. Multiattack. The eodraco makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its stinger. While flying, it Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., can use its claws in place of one other attack. one creature. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage. one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) slashing damage. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., Stinger. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) slashing damage. one creature. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage. The target must make a DC 16 Constitution saving Stinger. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10 throw, taking 18 (5d6) poison damage on a failed ft., one creature. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing save, or half as much damage on a successful one. damage. The target must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw, taking 24 (7d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Eodraco Wyrmling Pack Tactics. The eodraco has advantage on an attack Medium beast, unaligned roll against a creature if at least one of the eodraco's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't Armor Class 18 (natural armor) incapacitated. Hit Points 42 (7d8 + 10) Speed 5 ft., fly 50 ft. Actions Multiattack. The eodraco makes two attacks: one with STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA its bite and one with its stinger. 17 (+3) 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 5 (-3) 12 (+1) 6 (-2) Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft., one creature. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) piercing damage. Skills Perception +4 Senses darkvision 30 ft., passive Perception 13 Stinger. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., Languages — one creature. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage. ChSampleallenge 2 (450 XP) file

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