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Dragon-Dogs
Publisher: CAGED DRAGON GAMES
by Peter I. [Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 02/15/2013 14:00:11

Dragon-Dogs is a 24 page pdf product that presents 9 new breeds of dragon-dog - rare and valuable creatures formed from the union between dragons and different kinds of dog-like animals. The product is neatly presented with adequate artwork and flavourful descriptions of the various dragon-dogs. This product is suitable for the Pathfinder RPG.

Dragon-Dogs presents a good variety of different dragon-dogs, from the elven dragon-dogs bred from fairy dragons, to the necrotic dragon-dog, a sinister breed conjured by the mind of undead sorcerers, and the dragolf, a massive dragon-dog bred by giants from dragons and dire wolves. I enjoyed reading the descriptions of the origins of these various breeds, and some of the background history. There is some good material here, giving some useful flavour to each of the nine breeds presented. The product even includes some additional details on dragon-dog eggs and their resale value.

I couldn't help but feel,though, that there was something missing from this product. While the descriptions mention that these creatures are bred from dragons, they don't have very dragon-like characteristics other than in appearance (some have wings, for example, but can't use them). In other words, they take on more of the characteristics of the other base creature as opposed to that of a dragon. The terran dragon-dog has tremorsense, for example, while dragerine (dire wolverine) have a greater rage ability. Maybe I was expecting something a little more dragon-like, but then one would've thought that the half-dragon template would be more than sufficient for that. One has to assume that the aim was to not give them dragon-like characteristics (i.e. half-dragon) but rather just make bigger dogs with characteristics of other animal/creature breed. Still, I'm wondering whether a template wouldn't have been a better idea here, as most of these creatures do seem to be based on other creatures combined into a canine form.

I think this is a decent product, but the mechanical implementation left something to be desired, and the concept is perhaps not strongly supported in mechanics through the flavour text. There seems to be little connection between the two. I think these are useful creatures, but I'm not sure I would call them dragon-dogs, as opposed to larger dogs more akin to magical beasts. These creature are good alternatives to some standard creatures, and I can certainly see these used in campaigns as animal companions or other allies in adventures. Decent product.



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