Dragon PCs in Other Campaigns (CWS)

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Transporting dragon PCs into other AD&D campaign settings is not recommended. For a variety of reasons, dragon PCs are generally too powerful and too disruptive to be integrated smoothly into an existing campaign populated by traditional player characters. The Council of Wyrms setting was designed to hold the scale and epic grandeur of dragon PCs. In most "standard" AD&D campaign settings, dragon PCs would quickly tire of the slower pace. The years would crawl by if a dragon had to live within a human time frame. 
For instance, over the course of a single year of continuous campaigning, typical human or demihuman PCs might reach 8th or 9th level. At their rate, it would take a hatchling dragon PC at least six years to advance a single level-during which time its lesser companions could advance far into the upper levels. While a dragon may stick around for an adventure or two, it would grow weary and go off in search of activities to occupy its draconic interests. 
If a player really wants to use a character from this Campaign Option in another campaign, the half-dragon is a better way to go. Half-dragons are closer to traditional player character races, and their abilities and advantages are not overwhelmingly superior to those of elves, dwarves, gnomes, or halflings. Additionally, half-dragons can go everywhere the other PC races can-something that can't be said about dragon PCs. Still, as with any new concept, great care must be used when introducing half-dragons (or any of these rules and concepts) to an existing campaign. Introduce them slowly. Nothing will kill an established campaign more quickly than suddenly adding six half-dragon PCs to the mix. 
A guest shot by a single dragon PC could work if handled properly, but it should not be permitted to stay with an established campaign group for any length of time. The dragon PC deserves to strut its stuff in a setting worthy of its majesty and capable of handling its increasing power-such as the Council of Wyrms campaign.