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0:00 Build a Dragon Intro
2:10 Step 1: Dragon Concept
4:55 Step 2: Lore and History
6:54 Step 3: Dragon Power
9:20 Dragonsight
11:58 Step 4: Dragon Stat Block
15:19 Step 5: Draconic Features
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you should check out @PopCross studios . he's done some really amazing art for a variety of things including dragons and you might find it very inspiring.
@Josh Kirk glad to help and that campaign sounds epic.
Double breath weapon black hole and white hole. With an enhanced Goodberry through it's white hole. Cosmic Dragon, specifically Gravity Dragon. Is a psychic. Meaning two way telepathy. Only as affected by gravity as it wants to be. Has an enhanced healing capability. Scales that fall off regrow almost instantly.
Breath weapon: black hole can drag any thing closer to its source. Activated when using breath weapon to inhale.
Breath weapon: white hole can provide the body with all needed energy and nutrients to both survive and grow. Can also be used to unleash deadly torrents of energy. Weaponized use activates when exhaling with breath weapon. Can shapeshift into one specific form built into its DNA. A human form that doesn't age past 18 years of age. Original Is completely immortal. Others are not so immortal. Original reproduces through magical means but it's offspring reproduce through natural means.
"There should be a platinum dragon."
That's Bahamut, lol.
That aside, I was already kinda doing this when making dragon enemies, so that's cool! Great minds, eh?
Love hearing when great minds think alike!! lol
And YES I KNOW about Bahamut lol! I have a mini on my shelf in every video!
I mean like a race of dragons like there are gold without there being ONLY ONE platinum :P
@@TheDungeonCoach lol just picking on ya, Coach! Thanks for all the great content you put out! Once I finish up my new paladin Oath, I'll send it to ya along with my warlock Patron.
I took a celestial gold dragon and inserted his soul into a knight's sword for a paladin once.
Whenever I make dragons, I like to pay homage to classical mythology where they had soft underbellies while also working it into their ability to fly. What I came up with is that their bellies are soft and tender because they have the ability to change their colour much like a cuttlefish. So from above, they would match the colour of the sky and gain advantage on stealth checks against creatures viewing them from the ground.
Before the Gem Dragons were added I homebrewed the Brass Dragon into a thunder dragon since I always thought it was unfair that Chromatic Dragons all had one unique elemental affinity but in the Metallic group, the Gold and Brass Dragons shared fire. I had the idea of making Brass a thunder dragon when I read a bit about them and found out they love to talk to adventurers and hear stories. So I came up with the idea that Brass Dragons would be sort of the Bards of the dragons. And I also had the idea that their roars sound like brass instruments. A hatchling would sound like a flute, a wyrmling would sound like a trumpet, a young sounds like a French horn, an adult sounds like a trombone and finally the ancient brass dragon would sound like a tuba.
I even had a game where the party encountered a village that was woken up every morning by the sounds of a nearby dragon, every morning singing a new song. And the village had been living with this dragon for decades so the eldest villagers remember when the dragon was younger and it's roar was higher pitch then it is now
Wow I love your dragon tweaks! they make so much sense!
That is so awesome.
I love it!
I just might steal it :P
I'll at minimum screenshot this genius idea.
@@Menzobarrenza TAKE IT. Spread it around. Make it pseudo-canon in DnD. That way I will have succeeded
@@elmsigreen Thank you 😁
I'll do my best!
The brass dragon is shared right? I make that one a poison breathing dragon.
Path of the Scales barbarian already in the making Let's go! I feel this one is gonna be awesome as always!
Can't wait! Get out there and start SLAYING!
This totally reminded me that when I was in middle school, my brother and I started writing the rules for a dragon fighting game in which you spent points to buy different features for your dragon - barbed iron claws, armored scales, laser breath, and multiple heads. It was super fun just coming up with idea, and I had completely forgotten about it until now!
WOW, thanks for the shout-out coach!!
I think you were right, I'm obsessed with this video 😂 Always amazed by the quality of content you put out. Can't wait to dive into the Patreon PDF!!
Any time! You have a great mind when it comes to creativity bro!
Had a pink dragon from the feywild portion of my campaign. It had two breath weapons; trapping bubbles - a dex save to avoid or get trapped in a bubble that rises until it reaches a certain height then pops causing fall damage, then the second breath weapon was a prismatic spray (rainbows!) as the spell.
Force Dragons already exist. They're one of the two most powerful dragons that exist, right alongside Prismatic Dragons.
There already is a Platinum Dragon, too.
For a long while I've been thinking of a dragon fight for my players against a blue dragon. One thing I know for sure I want the dragon to do is to use a storm as cover, dive down and strike the ground with an AOE lightning strike, then thunder step back up into the sky.
This is phenomenal! Can I steal this idea for my own campaign?
@@theguardians7779 Of course! Make your dragons awesome!
There IS (or at least there was in 4th edition D&D) a platinum dragon: Bahamut, the (lawful good) King (and god) Dragons, with a retinue of 4 ancient gold dragons. And I remember reading that they would sometimes test the goodness/kindness of mortals by disguising themselves as elderly human travelers.
I am going to use this to make a Vampiric Dragon. Because Strahd should definitely be able to turn into something better than a mist or bat.
I made a honey dragon with bee breath that acts like Infestation and a sticky honey bomb that has a chance to charm them into eating it...polymorphing them into 1 HP bees that work for the dragon
I also love to play around with dragons. I had 2 dragon fights. First was as a classic Green dragon as you can get (he only had more CHA so better sopells and frightening presence). But the second time that was a bulbous necrotic dragon-cadaver that used friendly NPC (silver dragon in humanoid form) as a battery. He had four breath weapons (wall of darkness, ice tomb, poison fireball and paralysing), couldn't move or fly because of his size, and used his wings to give himself cover from attacks. That thing was easilly the hardest soul wrenching boss I ever made.
Your version of dragon sight is interesting, but if it is limited to only great wyrms, then the chances of any player encountering a dragon are slim to none. I think dragon sight should come online at adult. Great video!
So excited for this!!
First comment! Nice!
@@TheDungeonCoach thanks! Love this vid!! Really cool ideas for dragons!!
Really liking the Dragon Site idea for showing how dragon increase in strength as they age.
I think ALL dragons should have innate "spell-casting" abilities. Not actually casting really, but creating those effects.
Being able to speak Draconic and maybe even Common should be a given. being as long lived as they are, I would also allow additional languages up to the INT mod until they hit Ancient. By that time any dragon should be able to speak any language they have come in contact with.
Lastly. think of the classic Dragon Mag cover of the party gathered around the tiny little dragon hanging in the tree. To me, that should be how tough dragon actually are. It would have taken all of them to take out that little guy while maybe losing someone in the process. Fighting an Adult or older dragon should be EPIC and Deadly for any party.
I am going to loop 3:43 - #:45 and use it to either fall asleep, or to hypnotize others into the Dungeon Crew. Maybe both.
Hhahahahah I went back and watched it too!
I had a new player join my pirate campaign last session, and I got to do some cool draconic stuff as an introduction.
I asked her to find 3 items in the new Vault Of Magic book, and she chose the Cloak of Squirrels as one of them. So her introduction to the campaign was that she had stolen this cloak from a Elder Drake's hoard. I use a good amount of dragonkin within the world to make it a little more draconic :)
She was being chased by this Drake for its item back, and she came across the ship the rest of the part was on. As it was a water/lightning drake I gave it a breath weapon that sent lightning bubbles that blew out and created 2d4 minion lightning crabs that dealt 2 taser like lightning damage if they hit. It had a lightning ball ability that would start at 4D6 and then would pinball between enemies if they failed the save losing 1d6 each hit until there was a success save or it hit 4 enemies. It also had a sweeping attack with its tail.
It focused on the new character and was speaking in draconic that it wanted its item back. After having been hit with an overwhelming barrage it was not expecting from the PCs and having its leg chopped off, it fled with the promise that it will track them down and be prepared for them.
It was a fun elemental draconic fight that rocked the group fairly well and they are now worried about the future implications. Also the new player loved the introduction haha.
I just want to say Thank You to the dungeon coach, these videos always get me excited to buckle down and write entire adventures in one sitting
Let’s goooooo! Thank YOU for that comment!
"I'm gonna thank Fizban's for givin me the opportunity to improve on dragons...." Not gonna lie, I chuckled. Too cute.
This video got me some VERY good ideas for some variations on Black Dragons.
I'm stealing the poisonous claws and mist breath idea for a Decay Dragon, and the Power Breath Pain for a Torture Dragon.
Fun!
Reminds me of the (very) old Dragon magazine article “Self defense for Dragons” (1981 Issue 50 so I was bound to recall seeing it). And by the way don’t forget when making your dragon to think about dragon tactics. After all you don’t live to 590 without a few nice dirty tricks to let rid of those annoying mammals and there friends ;)
I kickstarted the cosmic dragon breviary and that really helped me create ommen, daughter of a void dragon and the villain of my campaign, a colossal gold dragon
I'm not sure if you're familiar but there is a purple dragon already introduced in dragon magazine some time ago. It had the same growth sizes as red dragons, the largest, and had a force breath weapon that could manifest in a burst, or a line. It was published in the Dragon Compendium later as well. Definitely worth taking a look at.
For a claw attack, add on a grapple. They are game changers and quite underutilized. The dragon could raise the grappled creature up to their breath attack. The dragon could fly up in the air with them and throw them. The dragon could grapple an unconscious player and use them as a hostage to end the fight early, in their favor of course. Even adding an action to crush a grappled creature, where the dragon uses both hands for massive damage.
I liked the look of that stat blocked showed to really give off a unique look to the dragons with a huge number of combinations. That's a great idea!
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Hey, Mrs. Coach!
This playbook is gonna spice up my Ancient Gold Dragon hiding within society ^_^
OMG you even just saying that sounds so cool!
Dragon Warlock is a fantastic idea!
I love your version of dragon sight and it’s what I thought was gonna be described when I first heard of it. Feels much more grounded in classic fantasy with a BBEG greatwyrm being able to “see danger coming” with the party coming after it. Or maybe dragonsight could even let it see through the eyes of small animals that are it’s servants, or through other minions… would be SO cool
I love your philosophy to homebrewing!
Good timing. I need more dragon ideas for an encounter with a homebrewed dragon. The dragons as multiversal entities in Fizbans is interesting flavor but not easy for mere mortals to understand. I've allowed it to creep into my game, leaving it a mystery until I can figure out what it means mechanically.
This is everything I could have wanted for dragons. I definitely can't wait to use this in my next session.
I built like a Mind Flair type dragon whose breath weapon was a mist that creates a phantasmal version of the character's worst fears (I asked what their character's worst fears were at the beginning of the campaign). The fight was going on inside a connected dream they were forced into. The whole feel was super good, it all made sense, I loved it and the players loved it. Of course, I probably wouldn't have the confidence and certainty to build it without a video like this, so, thanks!
yeah get hyped for the Dragon Coach!
I did this a bunch of times, and led to me to creating the dreaded defense dragon. A crap ton of hit points, high ac, no immunities, but a all the resistances. Very low damage output however. It literally just sat there getting hit, throwing out debuffs and annoying stuff like paralysis, etc. The players learned their lesson that day.
A) don't just rush into a fight against an elder dragon coz you wanna kill something
B) listen to the dm when he warns you that he has something truly annoying lined up
C) don't ever forget to get snacks for the dm.
8:15 I've had a number of times where I take a Dragon at the desired CR but change its color and breath to the one I actually want.
The power system is based of there biology from what I understand. Red & Gold Dragons (and presumably Amethyst) are enormous in comparison to other Dragons of their kind. Also they are the pinnacle of their race in from a mental and physical standpoint, even their stats reflect this.
I personally like the power dynamic but to each their own
Awesome, thank you! Purple Wyrm, I now have more ideas on how to confuse my players.
Not me sweating over here at the mention of magic school based dragons because one of my world's pantheon is called the Dracomages and they're literally the pantheon for wizards/mages in the world and are all dragon deities since arcane magic is very draconic in nature in my book with the draconic language being the basis of all runes and magical writing
On another note, my players are about to be traveling past an area of the wild that has had some arcane nudging of evolution due to pollution from the crossway of two major airship routes. This has resulted in things like bramble wolves, thistle wyverns, and nettleborn (think a humanoid cyborg, but with plants instead of machines). Can't wait to apply this system to come up with the thorn dragons present there!
With the sun dragon, I think that it would have solar flares were ribbons of fire can randomly burst out of its body, as well as a fire based breath that's more of a sun beam than fire cone, when it dies it goes supernova (explodes with massive damage) depending on the colour depends on what remains. As a stars size changes its colour changes as well, and different colour stars when they go supernova they leave behind a smaller star that's super strong, some have magnetic fields so strong can rip the iron out of your blood.
Up to the black hole, and we all know how rediculously powerful they are.
I think tying the concept of dragon sight into the revised creation myth where dragons were at the heart of everything enhances the concept in practice. It really wouldn’t come up unless you were trying to run a campaign that dealt with deities or multiple dimensions but if you are it’s a totally fresh take
I have a few non-standard types of dragons within my Celestia setting. Namely forest dragons (kind of like Green Dragons, but neutral in alignment and tied to nature), Shield Dragons (Dragons which don't fly, but are incredibly armored), and Bestial Dragons (which have low intelligence and more brute power). With several kinds of Dragon-kin as well. So far my players haven't really encountered more than a newborn White Dragon (which nearly killed them) & a Young Black Dragon (which I had to scale back a bit), so I haven't thrown them at anyone yet.
You make a valid point. I might not like your idea about whatever, but you made me think about it, and then I have an idea, and that deepens my game. And anyway, I like your ideas about Dragons, and about having Dragon-based subclasses for everybody. DM's should always feel free to be creative with how they use their monsters, and even how their monsters are designed or modded. It makes their game unique and keeps it healthy.
I immediately started following along making a desert themed dragon whose hoard is the grains of sand. This dragon made the desert by gathering sand.
That block you had with 5 tiers of adult dragon, aside from the HP, it was actually 3 tiers, given the progression. If the increases were more varied, it might make sense to have 5, but seems like you could more easily condense it into 3.
I have done a lot to rebuild dragons to their former glory, including giving them better spellcasting (and expanded options too) better defenses, a little bit of an ability to call on their connections to their ancestral dragons to make Arcana, History, Nature and Religion checks if they fail them, a limited ability to re recharge their breath, a huge bank of languages, magical claws that critical easier
I didn't know about dragon sight and I'm going to use this to open my campaign. A red dragon transformed into a human(unknown but hinted to the players) who used dragon sight to see the heroes he needs to fight against a dracolich that is going to rise again and try to conquer the prime material plane. And I can use this dragon to guide the players through the campaign because he's twisting reality to work in his favor.
Second, enormous old dragons use magic to levitate and flap their wings out of habit and have to make a concentration saving throws to stay airborne when attacked but on the ground they lose the airborne advantage and gain more focus to expend their magic.
I'm currently literally building a Dragon Race/Class combo for players to play (no it's not balanced towards regular D&D 5e play)
It's in very early development at this point, too early to share details, just wanted to let people know considering the topic of this video.
I want to make a homebrew Lemure Dragon.
From the Greek: Lemures may represent the wandering and vengeful spirits of those not afforded proper burial.
If a group Murderhobos, the innocent blood cries out for vengeance. Their final moments, corpses, and emotions eventually coalesce into a Lemure Dragon.
For each murderhobo, the dragon gains a Legendary Action. With each hobo murdered (in varying multiples), the dragon gains additional HP, AC, stats/saves, and attacks/damage. It has truesight, blindsight, and can move through air, water, and earth. It can also sense those who wronged its spirits, and follow them across the singular plane or find a portal, similar to a Jabberwock. If the party/murderhobo repeatedly uses a type of damage, the Dragon gets damage reduction, then resistance, then immunity, and finally heals off said type.
In addition to a Necrotic breath weapon, one person it sees or are within 40’ make a wisdom save or be paralyzed; either way they see the last moments of a person they killed.
Behaviorally, the Lemure Dragon only targets those who murderhobo. If it runs out of last moments for a player, said player will stop taking damage or effects from its breath and sight/presence, but can still be targeted by fang, tail, and claw.
If a player makes an honest apology, or rolls high on persuasion against its Expertise Insight, the Dragon will use (and lose) a Legendary Action, which will brand the player character. The dragon will ignore those branded, they take no more damage, and will leave if all Murderhobos are dead or branded. This brand will protect the innocents, causing disadvantage on attacks and deal equal damage to the offender on a hit. Should a branded player(s) kill an innocent, the dragon will respawn at full strength (possibly boosted further) and attack the offender(s).
I used some 3.5 Draconomicon to customize my dragons. As I believe each dragon should be unique individuals. The Meta Breaths alone make for good variation.
On draconic features, Matt Colville has a great video on stealing stuff from 4e for that. Creatures have more of those powers and features there that can definitely at least give some inspiration.
Like always DC... amazing video 👍👍👍
Thank you so much 😀 I really try and make an impact in some facet of someones game
I had this idea for a dragon. There is some work to do still.
Black Arrow Dragon
Large dragon, chaotic evil
Armor Class 22 (EC 20 AR 12)
Hit Points 150
Speed 30 ft., fly 100
STR 8 (−1)
DEX 30 (+10)
CON 12 (+1)
INT 14 (+2)
WIS 12 (+1)
CHA 16 (+3)
Saving Throws Dex +17, Cha +10
Skills Acrobatics +24, Stealth +24
Damage Vulnerabilities: bludgeoning, force
Damage Resistances: cold
Damage Immunities: piercing
Condition Immunities: charmed
Senses: truesight 120 ft, passive Perception 11
Languages: Common, Draconic
Challenge 22
Savage Assault: Once per turn, attack twice.
Shifty: You can Disengage as a bonus action.
Actions
Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +14 to Hit reach 5 ft. Hit (2d10) slashing damage.
Raining Arrows. Range Attack: +14 to hit reach 60ft. Hit (2d12+8)
Arrow Breath (Recharge 5-6). 3 sets of 20 Arrows fly into the air landing in 4x5 square dealing 5d6 damage to anyone within the area. Make a DC 15 dex save.
Reactions
Arrow Burst. When hit by a bludgeoning weapon, the dragon deals 2d4 damage in a 15ft radius. Anyone in the area must make a dc 20 dex save or become vulnerable to the dragons next attack.
Legendary Actions
You can take 3 legendary action(s), choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. You regain spent legendary actions at the start of your turn.
Wing Strike (Cost 3 Actions). The dragon beats. Each creature within 40ft must make a Dex save 20 or take 2d6 peircing damage and take 3d12 bleeding damage at the start of each turn for 3 turns.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 18 (losing initiative ties), you may take a lair action to trigger one of the following effects. You can't use the same effect two rounds in a row.
Arrows Volley. Only after using Raining Arrows or Arrow Breath, the arrows come to life and attack anyone within 20ft of them dealing Xd8 damage on the dragons next turn. X equals the number of arrows attacking one person, the arrows then disappear. Creatures within range must make a Dex save 18. Anyone hit by the arrows take 2d10 bleeding damage at the start of each turn for two turns
Vulnerable Terrain. The dragon fires arrows into the air covering the land within 50ft of it. While on the ground in the area, all creatures except the dragon become vulnerable to all attacks.
You gave me an idea - I've had fae courts tied to the wheel of the year, with great lords and ladies associated with seasons, and the top tier representing the light and dark half of the year. The same could be done with dragons - imagine a Samhain dragon or Beltaine dragon, the next tier up including the Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn Dragons, and the top tier (the equivalent of Bahamut and Tiamat) being the Gloaming Dragon and the Gleaming Dragon.
Those last 2 titles are really good.
Very evocative.
Turn any spell into a breath weapon? Thats a cool idea! *randomizes spells* lets see what dragon breath this one has.... Breath of true strike.... o.o
At one point I created at least two unique dragons for both metallic and chromatic kinds, for some even more. I hope it at least inspires someone who decides to brave this wall of text.
It went something like this:
- White
The Rune Dragon - a Frost giant rune carver whose husband is the chief that was cursed into a dragon form in hopes her husband mistakenly kills her, it didn't happen they worked it out and now she covered in giant runes head to tail
The Ice Jaws - this is simply a shark inspired version of the dragon that can swim through snow and ice
- Black
The Fungal Tyrant - The dragon hatched in a myconid colony and was infested since then, he devoured the sovereign and became it, traveling through Underdark he found a titanic cave with ancient stone giants from times before death still holding it up. He promptly covered them in spores and now listens to their suffering via the raport spores.
Time runs out dragon - this one learned chronomancy in order to lengthen the suffering of people or speed up some disease or decay it inflicted them with. Lair in a giant half sunken but still working clock is a must with this one.
- Green(by far the most ideas were here but I chose two of my favorites)
Hag Dragon - This one decided that she wants a piece of the hag business and established herself a the great grandmother in feywild. She wears a gigantic hat featuring dangling cages, sewn in live elves, and many other things. Big cauldron tons of kobold goblin hybrids, koboblins if you will and other wacky stuff. She could grab a kobold, chew them up and spit out somewhere for a redcap to grow out of.
The Stitcher Dragon - mad scientist Frankenstein type, he lost his limbs to dark elves and lived in disgrace until a wealthy artificer bought him, he learned from him and of course betrayed but now he has mechanical limbs and his wings are this sort of skeletal medical tool canopy that descends on his victims. He could mutate/stich up people in combat with some weird limbs and such.
- Blue
The Empress of Storms - inspired a bit by Iymrith from SKT, this dragon ate so many storm giants that she can now change into one and also kicked out the giant king from his storm which she absorbed. So now she is the top of the storm food chain and governs a country inspired by Greece and spiced up with tesla motives because of the prevalence of lightning and electricity.
Sandstorm Dragon - This one is true to its name having mastered some wind magic and now using it to blackmail cities and caravans, also using its breath of some lightning elemental effect to add glass shards to the already brutal winds.
- Red
Forge King - a dragon fascinated by the act of creation which he decided to master. Somehow successful he went around conquering and kidnapping the greatest smiths to teach him more and now he sits under his volcano forging away and causing earthquakes. He has a full set of adamantine armor and a gigantic hammer he also utilizes.
The Dynasty Head - this is heavily inspired by Chinese fiction as I could really picture a red dragon feeling great in this fantasy martial arts society of strength. And so maybe shape shifted this one has established a clan of its own and trains people in the way of the dragon and schemes against the other clan leaders.
-Gold
Mouse Archmage - a dragon so old he went senile and decided he'll live as a mouse and did. But a dragon can't stop being a dragon so he stumbled his way through awakening other mice, teaching them magic and creating a community of secret mouse wizards. In dragon form he wears a special harness with many pockets from which his apprentices can bombard the enemy with spells.
The Judge - Divine aid empowered this is law incarnate, it could announce that in this area "within reason and backed by protocol" magic is forbidden and it would be. But it has to be justified.
- Silver
Th Good Lady - a paladin dragon that established many orders and flies into battle with her trusted rider companion with banners fluttering behind her wings and blessings spewing from her mouth.
Mirror Dragon - this one crossed over to the mirror dimension and lives almost exclusively in there. The fight would be based around reflective surfaces since it could make the physical suffer what the reflection did.
- Bronze
The Pirate and The Admiral - estranged mated pair dragons one becoming the pirate ruler the other the admiral and both fighting for their ideals. The admiral could teleport ships and the pirate could control the beasts of the sea.
- Copper
Labyrinth Maker - ultimate obstacle course, ninja warrior enthusiast this one lives for creating ever more complicated traps. From harmless to deadly the ground is not on your side when fighting this one.
- Brass
Merchant - in order to meet as many people and talk as much as it can this one set up a extradimensional bazaar that appears in random places to trade and exchange stories, angles, devil, demon, mortal, everyone is welcome as long as they bring something to barter and a good attitude. Try causing trouble though, the army of animated objects and clutter golems will sort you right out.
Oasis Dragon - this one guards and creates oases for travellers by breathing water and then magically growing plants around it.
Hybrid dragons (wolf dragons, bear dragons, tiger dragons, etc) would be super cool! This allows some interesting abilities to slap onto dragons like Pack Tactics. This could be a similar idea to half-dragons and draconic bloodline sorcerers. Definitely seeing a certain giant weapon in their maw that they craft and use would be super interesting (wolf with a greatsword, tiger with a katana/long sword, bear with a greataxe, etc). Just a weird idea I thought of.
Another dragon idea was Nazriphael, Wrath of the Sky. A silver scaled storm wyvern i created as the Apex monster of Book of Storms, a microcampaign in my 6 part campaign. My players get themselves washed ashore after delving into a storm system on a ship. Now on an island system called The Stormborn Isles, surrounded by viking-like dwarven clans and beast rider tribes in the wilds, they have to broker diplomacy between them to get to the bottom of a storm system keeping the Islands prisoner, brewing tensions and denying the dwarves access to pirate the seas. Eventually the players work with these factions to piece together a time line of when and why these storms began to occur and that they were caused by a single apex predator. Climbing to the top of a massive spire (sort of like valstrax from monster hunter) my players challenge the sky, and Nazriphael shoots down WITH the lightning. Then it becomes a battle against the wildest force of nature as Nazriphael (merely a huge wyvern so not very large as far as dragons go), attacks often with lightning arc claw attacks almost feral-like, brings lightning down on the players, channels lightning durectly into the ground with an ability called "Charged Earth" that gives it more movement options and slightly increases damage as long as it is in this area. Movement ability "Ride the Lightning" is exactly what it sounds like, where Nazriphael basically teleports around as a bolt of lightning using legendary actions, causing damage upon landing near the players when it hits the ground. The crown jewel of it's abilities is a Lightning Particle Beam breath weapon that is literally just a line as far as the dragon can see, no range limit. This beam causes lightning damage in the line, but anyone caught within 5 feet of this line also recieves force damage and gets knocked back(Similar to how beam attacks in games and anime usually score things around the beam). Nazriphael is the idea that lightning is fast and powerful, its ruthless combo attacks and speed make it a tough fight for my players, making them think they're fighting an unstoppable force of nature rather than a big dragon health pool. Making a theme before the monster is always so rewarding, and it makes for epic encounters.
All the dragons in my world are natural sorceress with all metamagic options with double the points also can just learn magic like a wizard they are deadly in my world
I was the 1k like... looking forward to that video on fang dragons!
A boss monster dragon with a haste breath weapon it uses on its minions.
I was thinking of doing a hybrid dragon being a mix of green and black turning the poison cloud breath into an acid cloud, but I was actually going to make a social path with the encounter in case they try to talk to it
Hag riding a bog dragon, I am in 😈
the reason there isn't a platinum dragon is that Bahamut is "THE Platinum dragon" which would mean that if there was more then one then Bahamut would be worthless as a god of the metalic. but if you don't have him in your setting you could have a platinum dragon above gold in power. only 8:00 into the video but i felt like i had to say it.
Im plannin on running a steampunk canpaign an a clockwork Dragon is cool thanks for the help
Right now I'm redesigning red dragons to be able to stand on 2 legs for a limited time with the ancients having that ability fully developed so they can use their front claws more effectively
One idea is a claw that makes you more vulnerable to the breath weapon.
Currently putting an ancient storm dragon into my home world.
I like vreath weapons that are continous and change per round kinda like shin godzillas breath weapon
Ah yes, the mighty purple dragon, his hoard is operational information. He speaks in encrypted riddles and serves the God Otar.
almost 1k
lets gooo
I'd like Dragons to be more like "realistic" creatures that evolved in a certain way because of environment, prey, predators, rivals, etc...So rather than linking them to a color, or to a concept, develop them in a more "natural" way considering various elements in their life and home. And that's what I'm trying to do for my future setting.
Part of the lore of dragons is that their magic shapes the land, rather than the land shaping the dragon. This why ice dragons live in cold when it doesn’t make much sense evolutionarily for something that deals cold damage to live where everything it eats is resistant to cold.
I never allplied evolutionary concepts to dragon regions... .wow I love that thought!
I love the Ecological approach you have, could lead to breaking many expectations and players really excited to see how they work!
@@TrueLimeyhoney ye, ofc that would subvert the lore. I thought since we are homebrewing…
@@MrReset94 It would make some pretty interesting results.
If taking to it's logical conclusion, it would probably lead to White Dragons dealing Fire damage, or Thunder damage (sound travels really well in Arctic regions, my memory tells me), instead of the mostly useless Cold damage, but still being immune to Cold damage.
I might not play Dungeons & Dragons but I can't wait for someone to make a wish dragon based on the Chinese dragon
Cloud Dragons.
Do you stream any of your game session?
I'm trying homebrew a Cobra Dragon. Would it make sense to replace breath weapon with a long ranged venomous strike considering it will have a long neck? Or would that fall under bite attack and I should figure something else out for breath weapon?
sick BotW reference
"Dragons should ..."
proceeds to list about 8 things dragons already do
Oh boy, that's a whole lot of work to invent the dragon stat blocks from the Monster Manual.
Is there a diamond dragon or mithral. Adamantine dragons?
What if, when a dragon used its Breath Weapon, it had a chance to create Animated Breath that the players now have to fight?
For my Storm Kings Thunder game I'm going to have Iymrith summon 2 statues with the mage apprentice statblock from volos with some more flavorful lightning spells(she is known as the dragon of statues because of her unique statue magic) and have a lair action that summons 2 animated lightning breaths
when will we be aable to buy Alkander's Almanac of All Things on PDF ? or is this never gona be an option?
O no no that will 100% be an option ASAP, but I am estimating March/April
@@TheDungeonCoach thanks ill be waiting :D
There actually is a platinum dragon, but he is a god. Bahamut, the god of metallic dragons in forgotten realms is a platinum dragon.
Lets get these thousand likes bitch! I needa see these Dragons!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
was just thinking about a beholder eye dragon a beholder eye in its chest and the eye storks on its head thinking is made by wizzard same one that made a olwbear
Or that time I dreamt.
I dreamt of fire in my blood.
I dreamt that I was not perfection anymore. I dreamt that I was a dragon with ten heads. Each head wore a single eye and they glared at my foes as i felled them.
From my breast I gazed at them powerfully as they withered in a cone of flame that dispelled their Magics as it burned their bodies away.
I dream sometimes…. I dream sometimes that I am less than perfection- that my tyranny is tainted in swirling orange and red.
I behold perfection and I behold my dreams incarnate.
I …Tyrant.
Ooooo love that idea!!
I decided for my Campaign, that my would would have What are called Wild Dragons! A Dragon Subspecies that became Cursed with Feralness, Rage, Degradation, and Ignorance. They would become shells of what True Dragons were, as they aren't of Mind to cast Magic but have Innate/Instinctual Strengths and power! They exist to Explain why Lesser Drakes, Wyverns, Hydras, and Sea Serpents Exists.
Cause you have to wonder, Why are their so many D&D Worlds (and Pathfinder) where True Dragons tend to Exist everywhere, From Chromatic Dragons, Metallic Dragons, Gem, And God-like Dragons are able to thrive, speak to other races, and live among them. While also existing in the same world with Dumber, Aggressive, if not Incredibly Violent Dragon-like variations of themselves. That has to Offend Dragons to some Extent!
So I why not have TRUE DRAGONS be a rarity in the World? Creatures that have survived using their intelligence, while these Wild Dragons are the ones going around causing problems? It would make so much more sense in that regard.
Cause while True Dragons are Legit Threats, Wild/Feral Dragons are an inconvenience, They can be Huge, creatures that pose Incredible Dangers, viciously attacking other life-forms either out of need for food, being Territorial, Being overly Protective of their Environment, or maybe something much worse. Being used as a tool by some other force that desires utilize. Wild Dragons Have an Equal number of Functions that True Dragons have, the Age not being as much of a factor this time since regardless of their age, they are 100% Dangerous, and nobody wants to be around a One that could Tear a Whole Village apart!
I created a boss for the end of a microcampaign (part 5 of my 6 part full campaign im homebrewing completely from scratch) where my players investigate the holy city of a religion at the request of a "discgraced" ArchDeacon, who says corruption has begun to seed itself in the city. Paladins and clerics are breaking oaths, darkness seems to infect people's minds and hearts, and creatures of light are showing a strange purple light and going feral. My players will eventually investigate the high echelon of the clergy who had removed the NPC archdeacon from power, specifically the high soveriegn of the city who doubles as the Cardinal of the church and speaker of god. Once my players make it to the highest spire in the city that climbs to the sky, the Illuminant Sanctum, they eventually meet this god. A radiant attribute dragon called Zadkiel, Zenith of Radiance who has kept his existence hidden for thousands of years of the church. Eventually my players would discover that he's been seduced by a dark power and has been converting his very being to accept its gift, hence the darklight corruption around the city my players have been foreshadowed about and experienced. They fight him during the final stage of his metamorphosis, when he is still all radiant damage. I wanted the fight to be a battle against brilliance itself, so instead of the usual dragon claw and bite attacks, his claws can actually do smite damage like paladins, he fires radiant projectiles (sort of like bahamut from FF16)and rains light from the sky, fires particle light beams instead of using a traditional breath weapon as well as using radiant attribute spells, showing my players what it truly means to challenge a god. Once the players clear that phase does Zadkiel change to a darklight form once his metamorphosis is complete. Now facing Zaphkiel, Darklight Eminence do my players realize how challenging a hybrid Dark/light damage Dragon will test their resistances while being immune or having resistance to more of their damage. Using now necrotic and radiant damage spells and attacks, his light bathed in a purple hue giving life to the Darklight fantasy that this battle is, my dragon will show my players the cost of their sin against a self proclaimed god. Now im a relatively new DM, just half a year, and a month more as a player. Im fresh to this game but have a fit writers mind, and am an avid gamer. Hundreds of hours of boss fights and a writer's creativity, i hope my players enjoy the things i create for them. I know i do.
You say fizbans then you says purple dragon then make me remember how they butchered the deep dragon
Funny how the toy company Safari LTD sells so many types of dragons from Haze, to Smoke, to Mountain, to Forest, to Desert, to Sea (and so on), yet Dungeons and Dragons seems so limiting with their game design.
There IS a platinum dragon. Only one. His name is Bahamut.
what about hybrid dragons????
"Where's the platnium dragon?"
Umm... He's God? Same reason there aren't ruby dragons wandering around.