Why were Emerald, Amethyst, “Crystal,” Sapphire, and Topaz chosen for the Gem Dragons’ types? The metallic dragons’ types appear to have been assigned in order of metal value = dragon’s power, with platinum, the most valuable, being reserved for the dragon god. That makes sense. And the chromatic dragons are just color-coded by element. That also makes sense. But how did the 5 gems get chosen? Emeralds, Amethysts, and Sapphires are precious gems. But Topaz is only semi-precious, and “crystal” is extremely generic, though I think it’s intended to be quartz, which isn’t precious at all. And why is Sardior the ruby dragon instead of the diamond dragon, since diamonds are the most valuable gems of all?
TLDR, Why did Emerald, Amethyst, Crystal, Sapphire and Topaz get chosen for the five gem dragon types?
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r/DnD Why were Emerald, Amethyst, “Crystal,” Sapphire, and Topaz chosen for the Gem Dragons’ types? The metallic dragons’ types appear to have been assigned in order of metal value = dragon’s power, with platinum, the most valuable, being reserved for the dragon god. That makes sense. And the chromatic dragons are just color-coded by element. That also makes sense. But how did the 5 gems get chosen? Emeralds, Amethysts, and Sapphires are precious gems. But Topaz is only semi-precious, and “crystal” is extremely generic, though I think it’s intended to be quartz, which isn’t precious at all. And why is Sardior the ruby dragon instead of the diamond dragon, since diamonds are the most valuable gems of all? TLDR, Why did Emerald, Amethyst, Crystal, Sapphire and Topaz get chosen for the five gem dragon types? submitted by /u/LunaMoonracer72 [link] [comments]
Why were Emerald, Amethyst, “Crystal,” Sapphire, and Topaz chosen for the Gem Dragons’ types? The metallic dragons’ types appear to have been assigned in order of metal value = dragon’s power, with platinum, the most valuable, being reserved for the dragon god. That makes sense. And the chromatic dragons are just color-coded by element. That also makes sense. But how did the 5 gems get chosen? Emeralds, Amethysts, and Sapphires are precious gems. But Topaz is only semi-precious, and “crystal” is extremely generic, though I think it’s intended to be quartz, which isn’t precious at all. And why is Sardior the ruby dragon instead of the diamond dragon, since diamonds are the most valuable gems of all?
TLDR, Why did Emerald, Amethyst, Crystal, Sapphire and Topaz get chosen for the five gem dragon types?
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