Dragon

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, dragons are an iconic creature used as either enemies or allies of player characters. 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. This classification has been used in a great deal of modern fantasy fiction. The white dragon, black dragon, green dragon, blue dragon, red dragon, and golden drag... more

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Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D; or DnD) is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TSR). The game is currently published by Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro. It was derived...
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