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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Dragon turtle (''Dungeons & Dragons'')}} |
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| name = Dragon Turtle |
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| first = 1974 rule booklet '']'' |
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The '''dragon turtle''' is a fictional creature from the '']'' role-playing game. The creature is depicted as a gigantic sea predator that breathes a cloud of scalding steam, and has an armored turtle-like shell and a dragon-like head. The dragon turtle was introduced in the original ''Dungeons & Dragons'' rule booklets in 1974 and subsequently appeared in the ] game, and in the game's ] and ]. |
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==Publication history== |
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The dragon turtle first appeared as an illustration in the 1974 rule booklet '']'', Volume 2: Monsters & Treasure, page 40, and was detailed in '']'', Volume 3: The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures, page 34. |
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The dragon turtle later appeared in first edition ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' in the original '']'' (1977).<ref>]. '']'' (], 1977)</ref> |
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The dragon turtle appeared in the ''Dungeons & Dragons Expert Set'' (1981), and the ''Companion Rules'' set (1984), the adventure modules '']'' (1984) and '']'' (1987), and the '']'' (1991). |
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The dragon turtle appeared in second edition ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' in '']'' (1989), and reprinted in the '']'' (1993).<ref name="mm1993" /> |
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The dragon turtle appeared in third edition ''Dungeons & Dragons'' in the ''Monster Manual'' (2000),<ref name="mm2000" /> and in the 3.5 revised ''Monster Manual'' (2003). |
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==Description== |
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The dragon turtle is a gigantic sea creature with the body of a turtle and a ] head. Its massively armored shell is impervious to most weapons and is often mistaken for the reflection of heavenly bodies on the water when it surfaces, being accented with silver fringes. The shell's actual color is about the same color as the sea around it, and its limbs and neck are a lighter color, highlighted with golden fringes. An adult can surpass forty feet in length, and it breathes a cloud of scalding steam. It is one of the most feared water creatures,<ref name="mm2000">], ], ]. ''Monster Manual'' (], 2000)</ref> and is able to capsize the largest ships.<ref name="mm1993">Stewart, Doug, ed. ''Monstrous Manual'' (TSR, 1993)</ref> |
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==References== |
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