Ferrous Dragons
- * Chromium Dragon
- * Cobalt Dragon
- * Nickel Dragon
- * Steel Dragon
- * Tungsten Dragon
Ferrous Dragons are a lesser family of dragon in Dungeons & Dragons. Introduced in an article for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in Dragon Magazine #170, they are a branch off of the Metallic Dragon tree, defined by both their deriving from "baser" metals and their not being inherently Good like Metallic Dragons are. In AD&D, they covered an array of alignments, predominantly Neutral and Evil, but in 3rd edition, were changed to be defined by their strong adherence to the Lawful alignment instead of the Goodly alignments. The demigod-like ruler of the Ferrous Dragons is Gruaghlothor.
Ferrous Dragons (other than Steel) were later updated for 3rd edition in issue #356 of Dragon Magazine. Aside from the lack of any mention of Gruaghlothor, and some key alignment changes, they remained pretty much identical to their AD&D selves. The Cobalt, Iron and Steel Dragons would later be promoted to full-fledged members of the Metallic Dragons in D&D 4th edition. Check the Metallics page for info on the 4e rendition of those dragons.
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