Editing Gem Dragon (section)

==Publication History==
The "True" Gem Dragons debuted in [[Dragon Magazine]] #37, alongside [[Sardior]]. They subsequently appeared in the Monstrous Manual and Council of Wyrms for AD&D 2e, the Psionics Handbook for 3e, and on WotC's website for 3.5. After a tease in [[Unearthed Arcana]], they were officially announced as migrating into 5th edition in Fizban's Treasury of Dragons in October 2021.

Mystaran Gem Dragons debuted in the Masters book, and subsequently reappeared in the Rules Cyclopedia, also for BECMI. They appeared for AD&D in the Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix.

Neutral Dragons were surprising additions. The Jacinth, Jade and Pearl dragons specifically debuted in issue #158 of [[Dragon Magazine]], and subsequently made their way into the first volume of the Monstrous Compendium Annual. In comparison, the Moonstone Dragon and the Amber Dragon were invented solely for the subsequent MCAnnual volumes (#2 for the Moonstone, #3 for the Amber) by somebody who decided that the Neutral Dragons were interesting enough to deserve being a quintet in their own right.