Meta:Dragon

Retcons and legacy content

Tiamat and draconic origins

Tiamat was retroactively removed from the Pathfinder campaign setting with the release of Pathfinder Second Edition (see Meta:Tiamat), and chromatic and metallic dragons became legacy content with the Pathfinder Second Edition Remaster Project.

The following creation myth from Pathfinder First Edition's Gods and Magic and expanded upon in Inner Sea Faiths was accordingly removed from the article due to its reliance on these three removed or deprecated concepts, and a new myth that does not mention Tiamat was included in the Age of Ashes Adventure Path and per James Jacobs was intended to replace the previous myth.

The evil god Dahak initially created the metallic dragons to hunt for sport, shaping them from the shattered remnants of his divine siblings. Apsu entered the Universe in order to end Dahak's reign of terror. Tiamat saw Dahak as a son and wanted him spared. In a deal to save Dahak, Tiamat healed some of the wounded metallic dragons, creating the original chromatic dragons.

For the version of this article prior to this removal, see revision 477949. -Oznogon (talk) 16:48, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Chromatic and metallic dragons replaced

Due to issues with the Open Game License, the Pathfinder Second Edition Remaster Project that began in 2023 retroactively replaced the designations of true, chromatic, and metallic dragons and their related dragon types with newly created magical dragons based on magical traditions.

Additionally, the type of esoteric dragons formerly known as occult dragons have been moved to occult dragon (legacy) to make way for a new and seemingly unrelated family of dragons, such as conspirator dragons, that are now known as occult dragons. The term "draconic sept" might also have been replaced by the term "draconic family".

New canon information and types of dragons are detailed in Monster Core, but explicit conversions of individual dragons depends on those dragons being mentioned after the Remaster, and the full canon ramifications of these changes are not yet fully known as of July 2024. See also Meta:True dragon, Meta:Chromatic dragon, and Meta:Metallic dragon.

For the version of this page prior to these revisions, see revision 494616. -Oznogon (talk) 17:58, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Unincorporated sources

• Dragonslayer's Handbook - major resource about dragons --Fleanetha (talk) 17:48, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
• Occult Mysteries 8, 48 --Fleanetha (talk) 12:27, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
• Monster Hunter's Handbook 20 --Fleanetha (talk) 16:45, 31 March 2017 (UTC)