Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Thieran 04-21-07, 07:01 AM	While it is stated that shadow dragons have ties to the Plane of Shadow, it seems open to interpretation what that means exactly. A question that arose in our campaign is whether shadow dragons exist simultaneously on Faerūn and on the Plane of Shadow; f.e., can a character facing a shadow dragon escape this threat by casting shadow walk (I know that older shadow dragons can cast this spell as well, but what about younger ones)? Thank you for your help, Thieran
Shemeska the Marauder 04-21-07, 07:15 PM	They don't exist on both planes at the same time. You could evade a shadow dragon on the prime material by going to the Shadow plane, but the dragon could also shadow walk, or planeshift, etc and follow you there.
Faraer 04-21-07, 07:30 PM	See Gary Gygax's novel City of Hawks to see a shadow dragon in the Plane of Shadow, as conceived by the man who invented both.
Lord Karsus 04-21-07, 08:20 PM	-Their "ties" to the Plane of Shadows is that they originally hail from there.
Thieran 04-22-07, 07:29 AM	First of all, thank you very much for your help! I also think that they do not exist on both planes, or else the ability of older dragons to cast shadow walk would make no sense.
Lord Karsus 04-22-07, 06:33 PM	I also think that they do not exist on both planes, or else the ability of older dragons to cast shadow walk would make no sense. -They do exist on multiple planes (Lets just use the Plane of Shadow and the Prime Material Plane as an example). The same Dragon does not, however, exist simultaneously on both planes at once.
Thieran 04-24-07, 01:19 AM	That's what I meant but ambiguously wrote - thank you for the clarification!