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This idea was inspired by a conversation on discord. I was chatting with someone who criticized the backstory about how the Saurians awakened the Kaïm by creating the Black Moon. His argument was that it took agency and focus away from the title characters of the game. So that was his justification for removing the Saurians entirely. I disagreed, so I quickly thought of a way to reconcile our opposing viewpoints. What if the Saurians were actually a type of Nephilim? A type of Onirim dragon? This would allow them to stay, while putting the focus back on the Nephilim. So my idea is that Saurians were an early evolution of Kaïm, specifically the old race of dragons: lunar dragons. They had a pentacle of five Ka-elements, but Moon-Ka was hypertrophied and eclipsed the other branches, a ka-imbalance typical of dragons. This meant it was easy to confuse them as beings of purely Moon-Ka, even while they manipulated all the magic fields to create their civilization. The Saurians were the firs...

Under 5e, all Metamorphoses have  10 Transformations . Instead of being rated individually, the Nephilim gains a permanent Transformation as their occult development progresses. However, only a limited number of Metamorphs from prior editions were officially converted. In a fanbook for the French 5e titled Liber Metamorphosis , many of these were unofficially converted including the Ophidians.  In  a prior post  I shared my conversions of the Ophidians from earlier editions of the French version, long before reading Liber Metamorphosis . As an addendum to my last post  on Ophidians, I'd like to recap the transformations from Liber Metamorphosis and adapt that to the US version's Emotional Metamorphosis rules. Note: I've renamed the Chimera and Naga to the Sandman and Fractal Elf. I felt their original French names were inappropriate as it lacked any link between their metamorphosis and inspirational folklore. As always, your mileage may vary. "Moon God" ...

In the French version, all the Onirim metamorphs were variations of the Snake ("Serpent" in French) collectively named “ Ophidians .” These were the Chimera, Lamia, Medusa, and Naga. In 4th and 5th edition, a generic Onirim and Ophidian metamorphosis was introduced. What follows is some my ideas for adapting them to the US version and Chronicle of the Awakenings . In the French Here's an overview of the French version, excerpted and translated from the books: All other Metamorphoses are variations of the Snake , accentuating this or that aspect of the lunatic humor. Beyond the mood itself, the Ophidians all have one or more reptilian aspects in common, a mark of the influence of the Black Moon.  The Chimera is the embodiment of the dream and its infinite variations. For the Chimera, dream and nightmare are the two facets of a marvelous deleterious seduction, and all means are good to yield to it and make others discover it. Transformations : White hair and black eyes, B...