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Forgotten Realms Official Game Accessory: Draconomicon
Dragons, those fabulous creatures of lore and legend, come alive in this long-out-of-print accessory. Learn the myths surrounding the dragons, discover their secrets, and unlock the mysteries that surround these grand monsters. Presented as a compilation of notes and stories by dragon-hunting adventurers, Draconomicon features details on roleplaying dragons for DMs, statistics for infamous dragons including Tiamat, new dragon species, dragon magic, and four short adventures involving the great wyrms.
128 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1990
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Nigel Findley
68 books44 followersNigel D Findley (July 22, 1959 – February 19, 1995[1]) was a game designer, editor, and an author of science fiction and fantasy novels and role-playing games (RPGs). Findley died suddenly on February 19, 1995, at his home in Vancouver, British Columbia. He suffered a heart attack at the age of 35.
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November 4, 2014
One of many books dedicated to Dragons
30 August 2013
I could say that this book is about a bunch of dragons sitting in cafes getting drunk, but if I did then I would be wrong because Findlay doesn't write about people sitting in cafes getting drunk, even if those people are dragons. Anyway, you can tell that it is getting late and that I am getting tired (but I am not drunk, because the only cafe I went to today was in the morning and that was to have a coffee) because I am now getting really, really, silly.
What I can say is that this book is about dragons, and I like dragons because dragons are big, powerful, and simply really, really cool. Anyway, the first monster book in Dungeons and Dragons had to be about dragons because Dungeons and Dragons is about crawling through dungeons and killing dragons. Okay, granted, there was a heap of modules written early on where there were no dragons, and people began to complain – like saying 'how can you publish a game called Dungeons and Dragons, and have no dragons in it?' So, the first thing they did was release a series of modules called Dragonlance which was based around, guess, what, dragons.
They then went on to produce more modules with dragons, and even produced this book, which is about dragons. However everybody's idea of a dragon is different. In Robort Jordan's books, the dragon is the name of a prophetic human. In the Bible the dragon is another name for a serpent, which is another name for Satan. In other books, dragons are simply mindless reptiles that run around burning things and flying. In Dungeons and Dragons, they are very intelligent reptiles that run around burning things, and flying.
Anyway, I can't finish off this commentary without having a picture of a dragon, so here it is:
30 August 2013
I could say that this book is about a bunch of dragons sitting in cafes getting drunk, but if I did then I would be wrong because Findlay doesn't write about people sitting in cafes getting drunk, even if those people are dragons. Anyway, you can tell that it is getting late and that I am getting tired (but I am not drunk, because the only cafe I went to today was in the morning and that was to have a coffee) because I am now getting really, really, silly.
What I can say is that this book is about dragons, and I like dragons because dragons are big, powerful, and simply really, really cool. Anyway, the first monster book in Dungeons and Dragons had to be about dragons because Dungeons and Dragons is about crawling through dungeons and killing dragons. Okay, granted, there was a heap of modules written early on where there were no dragons, and people began to complain – like saying 'how can you publish a game called Dungeons and Dragons, and have no dragons in it?' So, the first thing they did was release a series of modules called Dragonlance which was based around, guess, what, dragons.
They then went on to produce more modules with dragons, and even produced this book, which is about dragons. However everybody's idea of a dragon is different. In Robort Jordan's books, the dragon is the name of a prophetic human. In the Bible the dragon is another name for a serpent, which is another name for Satan. In other books, dragons are simply mindless reptiles that run around burning things and flying. In Dungeons and Dragons, they are very intelligent reptiles that run around burning things, and flying.
Anyway, I can't finish off this commentary without having a picture of a dragon, so here it is:
January 25, 2024
Just like 90% of other early D&D material this one is misogynistic, racist and yet it managed to surprise me because it hit me with ableism too.
That aside this book introduces evolutionary reasons for dragons (and how evolution affects dragons) in the Forgotten Realms and since it's very much based on real life evolution, I'll say that it spreads debunked myths and erroneous ideas (already debunked at the time this was written) of how it works and it's just close enough to real life for it to be very bothersome to read. If he wanted it to be realistic he could have consulted a scientific journal or two... If he wanted it to be fantastical well he should have made it so.
The descriptions of the dragons themselves were all eh, I didn't feel like the grandiosity of dragons was properly described in these pages. It all just felt very arbitrary and just like with the evolution parts, way too close to reality and not even an interesting reality no just a let us imagine a white man and a white woman (who is a charicature of what men think women are).
All and all it gets at least one star because YAYYYY BAHAMUT 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
That aside this book introduces evolutionary reasons for dragons (and how evolution affects dragons) in the Forgotten Realms and since it's very much based on real life evolution, I'll say that it spreads debunked myths and erroneous ideas (already debunked at the time this was written) of how it works and it's just close enough to real life for it to be very bothersome to read. If he wanted it to be realistic he could have consulted a scientific journal or two... If he wanted it to be fantastical well he should have made it so.
The descriptions of the dragons themselves were all eh, I didn't feel like the grandiosity of dragons was properly described in these pages. It all just felt very arbitrary and just like with the evolution parts, way too close to reality and not even an interesting reality no just a let us imagine a white man and a white woman (who is a charicature of what men think women are).
All and all it gets at least one star because YAYYYY BAHAMUT 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
September 7, 2018
A very interesting suplement on DnD's most iconic creature: the dragon... In the Forgotten Realms. It seriously is a nice addition to any 2nd game, as it is so full of information of dragons, rules, magical items, etc, that a DM can get some material for his or her campaign, even if not all of it is of the best quality or pertinant.
October 23, 2025
Everything you have ever wanted to know about AD&D dragons: all the chromatic and metallic dragons' alleged evolutionary history, their social behaviours, their mating habits and family dynamics and even the dragon gods they worship. Okay, there may be more in this book than you were looking for. The pseudo-scholarship is strong here and very enjoyable.
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