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Have green dragons ever dealt fire damage rather than poison?

If I understand your question correctly, you are asking whether, as a matter of D&D canon, green dragons have ever dealt fire rather than poison damage with their breath weapons. No, not with their b …
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Searching for a lore-backed mineral that generates heat

There's (potentially) a lore-backed mineral that generates heat right in the 5e PHB. The Trinkets table, p. 151 of the Fifth Edition PHB, contains a reference to the following: A shard of obsidia …
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Are there rules and/or lore in any edition of D&D for managing time-travel paradoxes?

Try AD&D 2e's obscure product Chronomancer. This product (which is long out-of-print but purchasable in PDF form) includes rules for time manipulation, paradoxes, etc. It includes spells explicitly de …
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Are there any Chosen left in Faerûn following the Second Sundering?

Throughout Toril's history, its various deities have engaged in a practice of vesting mortals with power and purpose. Those mortals are sometimes called Chosen. The Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide cont …
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How long is an Elvish generation?

According to the most recent official lore, elves probably bear children mostly between ages 100 and 300. The latest official publication on 5e elves is Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes, which has an enti …
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How has the Holy Avenger (or Holy Sword, or similar “holy” weapons meant for paladins) chang...

A follow-up on this Q&A regarding the origins of the Holy Avenger and similar "holy" weapons in the Forgotten Realms, and in D&D more generally. As noted there, the Realms have experienced several in- …
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What was the first published appearance of the Holy Avenger (or Holy Sword, or similar "holy...

Anyone who has ever played D&D surely knows of the holy avenger, the mighty magical sword whose true power manifests only in the hands of a paladin. For purposes of a campaign to be set in the Forgot …
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Do external, non-innate methods exist in Faerûn circa 1489 DR to situationally alter the eff...

Prior to D&D5e, Forgotten Realms lore included situational methods and circumstances that could change the way spells and spellcasting worked. For example, the 1e product Volos' Guide to All Things Ma …
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