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Reptilians of
Legend
Saurians and Serpent Folk
by Alex Greene
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Contents
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Introduction 3
Strengths and Weaknesses 4
Saurians: Former Lords of Earth 5
Serpentines: Snakes In Long Grass 23
Reptilians In The Game 28
Inspirational Reading 33
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Introduction
Cold Blood
A staple of the fantasy genre, reptilians are enthralling and terrifying at the same time.
Ancient and alien, patient and implacable, reptilian antagonists have been used to
symbolise the plex at the back of our own brains, the brainstem mind that
blinks rarely, lies in wait, strikes with ruthlessness and exists without a conscience.
The allure of reptilians is exotic and undeniable; serpents symbolise the unleashing of
sexual power, the uncoiling Kundalini serpent. In mystical terms, serpents are survivors,
teachers and guides as much as they are fearsome predators and monsters lurking in the
recesses of bad dreams.
Skin, Dry and Scaly
This article presents some ideas for Saurians and Serpentines – those reptilian species
derived from lizards and dinosaurs, and those sage sorcerers derived from snakes. As
individual species, they are presented as different takes and tropes, different ways of
viewing reptilians. Games Masters may choose to use one or many of these different
kinds of reptilians, but you are under no obligation to use all of them.
Optionally, the reptilian species are presented in a way that can allow players to create
player character reptilians, with the Games Master's permission.
Bright, Feathered Splendour
Current palaeontological research has revealed that some saurian species were actually
feathered. Current research indicates that birds evolved from those dinosaurs which
evolved feathers initially for display and insulation and, eventually, for flight. Thus, this
article thus presents some feathered species of Saurians.
Poikilotherms in Play
The last section of this book details ways in which the Games Master can bring
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