Lizardfolk and the Elemental Planes
by HåvardCab's thread inspired me to revisit some things I have been looking at regarding Lizardfolk and other reptilian and amphibious races.
| ELEMENT | CREATURE |
| AIR | Thunderhead, Cloud Turtle* |
| EARTH | Basilisk |
| FIRE | Flame Salamander |
| WATER | Frost Salamander |
*=Creature from my campaign
One thing I am interested in is how various races relate to the Inner and Outer Planes. I also like that Frost Salamanders are an iconic Mystara creature that only appeared outside of BECMI/Mystara with 3E. It was interesting to see if the Flame/Frost Salamander creatures could have corresponding creatures for the other elemental planes. The Basilisk is an obvious choice for Earth and again we are talking about the Earth Elemental Basilisk form which is also unique to BECMI. Air was more tricky, but I was toying with the idea that Thunderheads (see AC9) could also have earth elemental forms.
Could there be deeper implication about these reptile-like elemental creatures being connected to Mystara's reptile races? For instance, could these be creatures that Lizardman shamans like to summon? Moreover, could there be examples of Lizardfolk trying to explore the elemental planes? I could definitely see them wanting to open gates to the plane of Water to create more swamplands. Desert varieties might try to create such lands with gates to the planes of Fire and Earth.