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17-637: The Draconomicon , the first book for Dungeons & Dragons by this title, was designed by Nigel Findley for the 2nd edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons , with four adventures designed by Christopher Kubasik , Carl Sargent , John Terra , and William Tracy . It was released in 1990 as a Forgotten Realms sourcebook. The book features cover art by Jeff Easley (uncredited), and interior illustrations by Brom , David Dorman , Keith Parkinson , Terry Dykstra , Fred Fields , Robin Raab, Valerie Valusek , and Karl Waller . Shannon Appelcline commented that of

34-691: A Wizards of the Coast logo is included in latter. The 3rd edition version of the Draconomicon , named Draconomicon (The Book of Dragons) specifically, contains information about dragon physiology and psychology, along with new dragon-only feats, spells, and prestige classes. There are also additional rules regarding aerial combat and breath weapons. Players can find new feats, spells, magic items, and prestige classes for use against dragons in this book. There are various types of new dragons and dragon-related creatures, along with sample statistics blocks for dragons of all

51-494: A big pile of treasure, the writers try to flesh out these magnificent beasts. The book treats them as characters first and foremost, participants in the story, and in fact there are guidelines for using them as PCs, NPCs, forces of nature, or just the stuff of legend that dominates an area's history. They can be friend or foe, mentors, or part of the party." Viktor Coble listed Draconomicon as #4 on CBR 's 2021 "D&D: 10 Best Supplemental Handbooks" list, stating that "It's such

68-414: A few questions about dragons in space. Less successful are the adventures, four rather routine excursions that feature promising plots but suffer from a lack of development; one or two longer adventures would have been preferable to four short ones." The reviewer from Pyramid commented on the third edition Draconomicon : "Rather than see the dragon as the huge pile of hit points standing between you and

85-440: A fun read that it feels less like a part of a game and more like a fantasy novel. What's the most fun is how there are tables for the language of dragons, giving an even deeper layer to one of the game's namesakes." Nigel Findley Nigel D. Findley (July 22, 1959 – February 19, 1995 ) was a Canadian game designer, editor, and an author of science fiction and fantasy novels and role-playing games (RPGs). Nigel Findley

102-453: A look for anyone who likes dragons. Overall, he rated it a 4 out of a possible 5. Rick Swan reviewed the original Draconomicon for Dragon magazine #180 (April 1992). He calls the book an "entertaining collection of draconic odds and ends". According to Swan, "The fanciful essays discussing behavior and customs [...] makes for a delightful read, while the Spelljammer material clears up

119-552: The Draconomicon is the name of a two books covering dragons. The first book is Draconomicon: Chromatic Dragons , released in November 2008. Written by Bruce R. Cordell , Logan Bonner , Ari Marmell , and Robert J. Schwalb , it is a 288-page hardcover that contains various information, including sample treasure hoards and monsters, including three types of true dragons new to 4th edition: brown, gray and purple dragons, known as desert, fang and deep dragons in earlier editions. Cover art

136-520: The Forgotten Realms relating to dragons, dragon psychology, advice on role-playing dragons, along with new dragon species, a "hall of fame" of important dragons, new magic for dragons, a "hunter's guide", and four short adventures featuring dragons. The book was released again in September 1999 by Wizards of the Coast with new cover artwork. Both editions of the book contain the same information but

153-428: The beginnings of the idea for this book: "I remember talking about this project as early as 2001 or so, during our regular "What are we going to write next?" meetings. At one point, it was tentatively slated as a full-blown coffee table book with only minimal game material. We eventually realized that that wasn't our strong point, but the notion that this book should be art-intensive stuck around." In 4th edition D&D,

170-601: The changes to the Forgotten Realms publications in the early 1990s, "The biggest change was that the geographical setting books had faded away starting in the early '90s. They were replaced by a number of other lines. The "FOR" books instead looked at organization in the Realms—much like the splatbooks of White Wolf and others. They ran from FOR1: Draconomicon (1990) to Giantcraft (1995)." The book includes new dragons, among them steel, mercury, and yellow dragons. It contains general reference information about dragons, geography in

187-654: The chromatic and metallic varieties of all ages. The Draconomicon for 3rd edition D&D was designed by Andy Collins , Skip Williams , and James Wyatt , and published in November 2003. Cover art was by Todd Lockwood , with interior art by Wayne England , Emily Fiegenschuh , Lars Grant-West , Rebecca Guay-Mitchell , David Hudnut , Jeremy Jarvis , Ginger Kubic , John and Laura Lakey , Todd Lockwood, David Martin , Dennis Crabapple-McClain , Matt Mitchell , Mark Nelson , Steve Prescott , Vinod Rams , Richard Sardinha , Ron Spencer , Stephen Tappin , Joel Thomas , Ben Thompson , and Sam Wood . Andy Collins talks about

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204-470: The design of Greyhawk Adventures and Fate of Istus , and wrote the whole of Greyspace . He was also part of the original core of Shadowrun RPG writers and designers, and has sole writing credit on both sourcebooks and Shadowrun world novels. Findley died at home on February 19, 1995, in Vancouver, British Columbia , at the age of 35 from a sudden heart attack. The Nigel D. Findley Memorial Award

221-559: Was also the name of a 1997 expansion pack for the Spellfire collectible card game . It was released shortly before the buyout of TSR, Inc. by Wizards of the Coast . John Setzer reviewed the original Draconomicon in the February 1992 issue of White Wolf Magazine . He stated that "all in all, this book is a must if you play in the Forgotten Realms", noting that it would be useful for any Advanced Dungeons & Dragons player and worth

238-720: Was born in Venezuela in 1959 to Canadian parents, and lived in Spain , Nigeria , the United States , and England before moving with his family to Vancouver in 1969. He got his start as a role-playing game author in the mid 1980s during his business career. By 1990 he had become a full-time writer, and had authored or coauthored over one hundred books, and twelve novels. He wrote for many game companies, including TSR , and for FASA 's Shadowrun supplements and fiction. Findley's adventure The Universal Brotherhood (1990) for Shadowrun

255-466: Was by Todd Lockwood , with interior art by Devon Caddy-Lee , Miguel Coimbra , Eric Deschamps , Vincent Dutrait , Emily Fiegenschuh , Tomás Giorello , Lars Grant-West , Warren Mahy , Lee Moyer , Andrew Murray , Steve Prescott , Vinod Rams , Tara Rueping , Rick Sardinha , Ron Spears , Ron Spencer , Joel Thomas , Francis Tsai , Franz Vohwinkel , Eva Widermann , Sam Wood , and James Zhang . The second book, Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons ,

272-461: Was well received. He got his start writing for Dungeons & Dragons , and won a 1992 Origins Award for GURPS Illuminati . In 1994 he was inducted into the Origins Awards Hall of Fame. His body of work also included supplements for Mayfair 's Role Aids line, Wizards of the Coast's The Primal Order , West End Games , and White Wolf Publishing . He is credited with parts of

289-544: Was written by Bruce R. Cordell and Ari Marmell and was released in November 2009. It introduced the new cobalt, mercury, mithral, orium, and steel dragons. The front cover illustration is by Todd Lockwood and the back cover illustration is by Chippy , with interior illustrations by Dave Allsop , Kerem Beyit , Zoltan Boros and Gabor Szikszai , Chippy, Wayne England , Jason A. Engle , Tomás Giorello , Lars Grant-West , Ralph Horsley , Howard Lyon , William O'Connor , Chris Seaman , and Franz Vohwinkel . Draconomicon

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