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== Dragon classification ==
The third edition of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' classifies dragon as a type of creature, simply defined as "a reptilelike creature, usually winged, with magical or unusual abilities"<ref>Andy Collins, Skip Williams, and James Wyatt. ''Monster Manual'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).</ref>. The dragon type is broken down into several classifications. True dragons are dragons which increase in power by age categories (wyrmling to great wyrm). Lesser dragons do not improve in age categories and may lack all of the abilities of true dragons. Examples of lesser dragons include [[Dragon Turtle|dragon turtles]] and [[wyvern]]s. Other creatures with the dragon type include drakes, felldrakes, elemental drakes, landwyrms, [[Lindworm|linnormslinnorm]] s and wurms.
In the second edition of ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'', dragons were completely reworked from their first edition counterparts, and were much more powerful. For example, they had magic resistance, could no longer be subdued, and had physical attack forms besides just claws and bites.<ref name="D&Dfaq">{{cite web| url = http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDArchives_FAQ.asp| title = ''Dungeons & Dragons'' FAQ| accessdate = 2008-10-03| publisher = [[Wizards of the Coast]]| archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wizards.com%2Fdnd%2FDnDArchives_FAQ.asp&date=2008-10-03| archivedate = 2008-10-03}}</ref>
=== Council of Wyrms setting ===
The [[Council of Wyrms]] [[campaign setting]] is the only one that allows for dragon player characters in its base rules. (The ''Draconomicon'' introduces rules for dragon PCs in standard Dungeons & Dragons.) The setting is based around a society of dragons and their servitors and uses the standard D&D dragon races and dragon gods. It has detailed rules for creating and playing dragon PCs and NPCs, including various draconic [[Character ClassesClass|character classes]].
=== Eberron setting ===
