Talk:Fang dragon

I'm not a member or anything, but isn't "Fang Dragon" just another name for "Grey Dragon"?

ArugulaKing


 * Yes... and no. They are the same species but are not exactly the same thing, apparently. In Forgotten Realms–specific (3e) sources, fang dragons appeared in Monster Compendium: Monsters of Faerûn and were also mentioned several times in Dragons of Faerûn. They were not considered chromatic dragons and they did not have a breath weapon. However, Draconomicon: Chromatic Dragons p. 35 says that gray dragons (which are chromatic dragons) are also called fang dragons, but gray dragons have an acid breath weapon. P. 172 in the same book explains that Tiamat changed fang dragons into gray dragons (time unclear); dragons of both varieties overlapped, but the gray dragons' goal was to eliminate fang dragons completely. This of course is information from a more recent D&D but not Realms-specific source. However, a gray dragon does appear in the Realms in The Spectral Blaze novel. I went ahead and added a redirect for gray dragon, the new 4e stats, and notes about the history and differences of fang vs. gray dragons, but at some point the article may need to be split. It would be helpful to have more information about gray dragons in the Realms, though. —Coswig (talk) 05:05, September 10, 2015 (UTC)


 * good work, Cos ~ Lhynard (talk) 06:21, September 10, 2015 (UTC)