Update: The egg hatched. We now have a little red dragon that called out for it's mother instantly. then a roar from the far off distant called back. the future does not look good
"When a red dragon is fighting you it is thinking about all the great loot you may have". So most players playing D&D do it with the mindset of red dragons.
You just made my day with that comment, ha! Definitely one of my top fav Scanlan Songs - I laughed way too hard when he sang it😂😂😂 Thanks for that comment.
@@adamorick2872 and in a world with no internet, and full of other murder hobos. You really have to work hard at the craft of being a murder-hobo to get that rep
Red: I have the greatest hoard in the world and anyone who claims otherwise is wrong. Slave: My lord! We have received news of another red dragon who claims his hoard is bigger. Red: Oh IT IS ON!!! Come at me, b!tch!
This gave me an incredibly stupid, but possibly a highly rewarding idea. My DM is going to regret having my sorceress learn dragon blood imbuing rituals in a previous 1 on 1 campaign. Thanks for the inspiration.
You know... a really, *really* evil Bard could just start telling stories about a Legendary Red Dragon that laid waste to far off lands, naming very specific places that it wished to strike next. Basically, manipulating the Pride of Red dragons to send a wave of destruction out.
@@darioidk2508 I just really don't think red dragons would be hopping up to be humans playthings. Their int, wis, and charisma is like 25, 15, and 22 or something, right? You really think they'd be stupid enough to fall for such an obvious trick? Edit: their int is 16 and their wis is 13 but i still really don't think they'd care about what humans are saying about them. It's about pride between red dragons. Now if a bard started singing songs about how some red dragons in the area a weak and the townspeople spread the song, yeah sure they'd probably light up some cities and villages. Not the same as a tactical nuclear strike. More like a time bomb with an explosion that was actively looking for you.
Now I'm just imagining some adventurers coming across a juvenile red dragon who follows them around while being really tsundere about not needing any help surviving.
To be fair, young red dragons are quite strong, wyrmlings are surprisingly considering they are still babies: www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/red-dragon-wyrmling A juvenile dragon is already large size, with good AC, base attack and a breath weapon able to make a lot of damage.
Absolutely building a red dragon as a PC who is juvenile and (can't use dragon form for reason x) really horny for loot and protects her party at all cost because she considers them as part of her hoard.
Grigori best boy “For the price of a single life, I shall leave this land in peace. As my "vanquisher", the duchy would bow to you. Wealth and power are sweet anodyne for heartache. You'll not gainsay my terms are more than generous. If it matters aught, the man who rules this land now won that honor through just such a bargain."
I came up with an idea for a subplot. A gold dragon which takes pleasure in stealing from a specific red dragon. Allows the red dragon to know who stole from them just to have the red dragon confront the gold dragon, either through servants or with its personal presence only then to come up with an excuse why it can't fight at that moment. Maybe has a self destructing servant to relay messages to the gold dragon. Like how spies have self destructing dossier that ignite minutes after opening.
@Mamoru Shiikuro I mean, where do you think monster hunter come from? But seriously I think it's a thing fairy tail brang to japan, that or the USA influence
Oh it's not acid reflux you have to worry about when you're food is too spicy. That last laugh comes when you're on the toilet wishing there was a toilet paper freezer next to you.
@@Sir_Bucket *Fairy Tale, not Fairy Tail. Fairy Tale/s are stories, myths and legends. Fairy Tail is an anime (which does have dragons in it including red dragons).
Cajun now hunt red dragon to make gumbo with fresh meat later complains it need more hot sauce . toilets go on strike after a string of toilets melting .
I once heard of a rare case of a neutral good aligned red dragon, which lived around the time of Myth Drannor's prime and was persuaded to defend it from invaders.
I've always had a character concept of a red dragon who is goal is to become the greatest chromatic dragon slayer to have ever existed, especially towards his own kind for reasons he never divulges.
@@SapFeaRon The reverse, I think. To my knowledge 5e only mentions two dragon gods, Bahamut and Tiamat, who lead the metallic and chromatic dragons respectively. Bear in mind that this guy is pulling stuff from the Draconomicon which I think was 3e.
*balances knife on fingertip* Me: So... Sneak in, take some treasure, sneak out? Paladin: but then the dragon will destroy the nearby EvErYtHiNg?! Me: *silently stares and thinks* so... No witnesses, no problems?
All red dragons develop the spell like ability "Locate Object" before reaching adult age, whatever you steal from a red dragon you should sell it as soon as possible.
I like the idea of the Red Dragons; despite being the most powerful of the chromatic dragons; might also be the chromatic dragons's biggest weakness. Essentially, they are super-powerful megalomaniacs with legendary anger-management issues and greed enough to make a dwarf blush. Whenever the chromatic dragons come together and gather their hoards and armies to do something, the red dragons will be gunning for the leadership position; fighting each other relentlessly and possibly even killing each other. And even when a red dragon reaches the leadership position, you'll end up with an unstable, easily-triggered tyrant with minimal to no teamworking skills who will inevitably rush off, do something stupid, kill their rivals(allies) or send their armies into some suicidal battle. Now I am just imagining the rest of the chromatic dragons sitting around, trying to enact their grand plans of world domination in secret while praying that no one tells the red dragons or that they find out.
Blue: okay so we need to send out the Lizardfolk through the eastern swamplands. Yellow: then ill send my kobolds to sabotage their sewers and collapse their rivers so they can't send enough troops there. White: *silently waiting till he can hunt* Black: White is right. We should send an ogre to the ice giants to convince them they should charge the walls. Green: and the Dragonbor- Red: *charges through the door* HELLO SHITBAGS!!!! THOUGHT OF LEAVING ME OUT OF THIS SHIT?!!!! Blue: oh gods dam it... Black: Tiamat why did you make him?
@@ceazer6857 the OP never said that. They said that the Red Dragons are so greedy that it dwarfs the greed of dwarves (who aren't even THAT greedy in DND lore)
Taimat related fun red dragon lore tidbit: The dragon goddess of chromatic dragons will have 5 ancient (possibly older) red dragon consorts. Sometimes even polymorphing them into Raven or crows when she takes on a humanoid woman form. But they, like Bahamut's ancient gold dragon guards, still retain their mental states while in that form. It would be interesting to see one or more of these consorts trying to gain more favor with Tiamat by say bringing powerful items (or enslaved heroes) as a gift to her, to even attempting (more importantly successfully) to summon her to the material plane would probably be the best way to gain her favor.
I can't help but imagine that being turned into a petty raven or crow would be utterly infuriating for a mighty red dragon, and that theirs would be an intense love-hate relationship where moments of veneration and obedience are frequently interspersed with moments of uproarious rebellions, dominance challenges and brutal fights.
@@SinerAthin Ah! But they are unable to rebel against her. Tiamat can command (and sometimes directly control) what they do, any chromatic dragon really. And in the newer lore where she was once part of Io, father to all dragons... Her power can command and control Metallics as well (though they will try to resist, but could be forced to do things they would not want to do).
That part about them using spies gave me a backstory idea. A character who joins an adventuring party as a cover for collecting information for their red dragon master, maybe even getting the party to attack Golds or at least inconvenience other dragons the master doesn't like. Maybe the Red has something or someone hostage that forces the character into following the commands, or they could just be charmed. Ooh, or maybe they feel the Red is a lesser evil that's better to be on the good side of.
Let's not forget that some Red Dragons in their youth serve as mounts for the Githyanki due to a pact the Githyanki made with Tiamat. Some even stayed with the Lich Queen (leader of the Githyanki)
Vlaakith I believe is the lich queen's name, and yeah, don't fuck with the githyanki they're led by a lich, can teleport around the battlefield, often have airships in the astral plane, can plane shift at will, and have freaking red dragon mounts. When you hear in lore that these guys favorite pastime is murdering mind flayer colonies it should be your first sign not to piss these guys off
Was hoping to hear some more about what sorts of spells Red Dragons would end up learning, obviously Fire Related Spells for destructive purpose but other spells as well since they are smart. Loved the video though.
Honestly? I would imagine they would learn many protective spells as well, Resistance or Immunity to certain energy types, for instance. While they are prideful, they're not *stupid* and using magic to make themselves immune to Frost damage or certain types of weaponry would ensure that they don't *have* to retreat from battle, particularly from Silver dragon breath weapons.
Bahamut and Tiamat videos after the dragon series would make sense. I think doing some on Pseudodragons, Faerie Dragons, Turtle Dragons, and even Kobolds would be nice to do later also.
My D&D character is actually half sun elf, half red dragon. Her father is an unusually good red dragon, who considers himself to be for the most part above the petty squabbling much of his kind participates in. His daughter (my character) is a bard, whose playstyle is fun because she has all the bard essentials (although she has Fire Bolt instead of Vicious Mockery) while also being able to fly (thanks to a feat) and breathe fire like a pure-blooded red dragon would.
my rogueis the kind of character to go to a red dragon's lair every so often and just dump all of his loot and maybe tell the dragon that another dragon was talking shit
Fun Fact : A Red Dragon of Erlkaza, Faerunl named Velcuthimmorhar (called Hephaestus by the dwarves) would trade his flame breath to help the dwarves to melt mythril in exchange for gold coins and other treasure. He was later killed by Drizzt and the Companions and was later resurrected as the Dracolich "Ghost King" during the Spell Plague.
I'd love a video about the Ancient dragons! Klauth (Old Snarl), Claugiyliamatar (Old Gnawbones and mother of Vorgansharax), Arveiaturace, and Iymrith are just among my favorite infamous dragons.
I play Pathfinder and there is a Book called In the Company of Dragons that lets you play a dragon race it gives you classes for that race they help you stay at a fairish level with your party (unless you know how to build them) so I was allowed to play a Red Dragon his back story was her parent was killed by a party of heroes and the other two eggs where crushed in the battle when they came across his egg the Orc wanted to eat it, the Gnome wanted to sell it, the Elf wanted to use it for alchemy but the dwarf (who was a cleric) decided to hatch and raise him so my Dragon Grew up in a mountain dwarf city where her "father" tried to raise her right, the greed thing was not an issue as Dwarves are almost as greedy but her destructive nature was the issue he did the best he could and she turned out a bit better then planned (CN rather then CE) she was taught how to control her rage and destructive nature and even with her in born nature she was quite sweet to him as he spent most of his life raising her so she honored his request when the childen of his friends came looking for a member to join him so she offered to join as his last wish was to go out and make him proud so she started out with this party and at times she can be, obtuse but she has at least found one person she "gets along with" that being a Half Gnome half Kobold (the player desided to use the Kobold race because in the last party the Gnome saved a Kobold from death at the hands of sum bugbears) so she and the Kobold get along well he helps her learn about dragon history she helps him stay alive in combat, it is kind of sweet
Remember red dragons just because you get to colossal size doesn't make you invincible in fact at that point it maybe better to not attack villages or Tiamat help you, you attack one a silver dragon likes or worse has human family in and then suddenly you have a dragon that seems to be crafted specifically to kill you and unlike you it keeps good ties with its family and has A LOT OF FRIENDS. Red dragons often meet there end young being to impulsive and cruel thus making everything hunt them down before they grow.
Barbarian used greataxe! -30HP to red dragon! Rogue: Nah man, you have to hit it in the reputation! Barbarian: wtf is a rebutatin. Rogue: Like this dude. Rogue used nasty rumors! Critical rumor! Red dragon was defeated! The rest of the party: *Teach us.*
Great piece. Good thing Red Dragons are too prideful to work together or they would almost be unstoppable. Do the video of all the Ancient Dragon locations in the Realms that you talked about. That would be cool!
thank you soooo much, before i watch the video i wasnt sure if the red dragon is the one i want to use for my campaign, but now after watching the video i have so much inspiration!!!
If a Red is trying to be stealthy then they know how to control their breathing enough to make sure only smoke pours out, though that can still give them away unless the area itself is full of it, such as volcanic regions and such.
Red Dragons: "I'm only afraid of Silver Dragons" Gold Dragons: "Okay then fight me" Red Dragons: "Eh, today's not a good day" Platinum Dragons: "Is it a good day to fight me?" Red Dragons: *quiver*
I've begun planning out running the Tyranny of Dragons adventures and this series has been a fresh reminder of things about the Dragons left out of the page count of the 5e Monster Manual (and my 3.5 Draconomicon is in storage). Keep 'em coming! Its helping giving me ideas to expand the campaign.
Batman adapts to situations, red dragons do not. They have a set number of strategies that they snap to and that's it. They're chaotic evil after all. Not sure why he said beholders, which are lawful evil, are less strategic and more erratic. Beholders come up with way more scenarios to prepare for and adapt much more.
@@ArvelDreth I mean to say Reds are like the alternate, usually evil Batman versions. Good batman usually bests his double because of their pride, greed or some other ability to also adapt as well as good guy Batman. I just find the allusion comedic even if it isn't strictly the truest simile.
@@KaiCalimatinus ???? Don't know what you are talking about. If you mean Batman fighting Owlman. They are two different people. Literally Owlman is Batman's brother.
"Gold dragons arent stronger then red dragons, they are just immune to theyr breath weapons and so the red dragon has less ways to harm them" change my mind
Actually its probably due to that and the gold dragons weakening breath. Since both are immune to fire they will have to fight with their claws and bites and since the gold dragons breath reduces strength to 3, this makes their attacks far weaker than the golds and thats why the gold would win. A gold dragons weakening breath is also a strength save which red dragons dont have proficiency with. An ancient red has a str mod of +10 while the dc for the gold dragons breath is 24 which mean the dragon has a 65% chance for failing and it lasts for a minute or til the red makes the save. If the red fails it attacks would deal 2d6-3 or an average or 4 damage compared to the gold's 21 damage per claw attack. So red dragons are wise to not actually face a gold in combat
@@bruh-hq9fc It's just half dmg in 5e, but that still gives the gold dragon the advantage. Also, gold dragons tend to have a lot more magic at their disposal. And speaking of magic, a sneaky gold dragon could make a secret lair within 6 miles of a red dragon's lair, and then make user of their regional effect to talk to people in their dreams to harass the red dragon in their dreams, potentially removing the need to fight them physically.
@@bruh-hq9fc when you are the DM you can modify the monsters however you want, but as written gold dragons would have the advantage in a one on one 1. Weakening breath, as mentioned 2. Polymorphing allows a gold dragon to more easily seek cover 3. Higher spell save DC if using the spellcasting variant Now against an adventuring party it depends on party composition, because red dragons do deal more damage with their fire breath (they're both immune to fire so that doesn't matter in a 1v1 but it might matter when fighting adventurers). However against each other while either side could potentially win the gold dragon has a couple of advantages and the red dragon doesn't have any advantages.
@@ADT1995 cant the red dragon just keep using it's legendary resist to nullify the weakening breath? making the use of said breath a waste of an action and limiting any potential advantage to potential spell casting of the individual dragons?
Great videos! A dragons ecosystem breakdown would be most loved! What their general fav foods are, you do it for each dragon but just one summarizing it right after your location video (because you could then also map out what they eat and where and why) would be great! A story I'm working on is gonna have a dragon ecosystem I'm trying to flush out and d&d lore helps ALOT as soon as I find a friend or two I'll play lol
Black dragons destroy civilizations and leave an undead necropolis in it's place. The reds will just burn it to the ground unless they are enslaving the population even then you can expect plenty of burned corpses
black dragons love old castles because they know the people who lived there died and that's makes them happy red dragons are just super proud attention whores, they would have love social media
This marks the last video for my dragons notes for my campaign, and Reds have TWICE the amount of pages and my hand is cramping so hard but man - great content for this whole dragon series 10/10
I mean they don’t like asking for favors, especially from each other, but for the sake of that image that was burned into my mind; what would the younger dragon learn?
It is hard to write fantasy now without being cliche.... But how about a tv series or novel with a red dragon, an old powerful one with lots of gold, as the protagonist?
A red dragon is what happens when your girlfriend gets hungry but theres no food around lmao P.s. great video ive been watching you sence your early skyrim days its awesome to see you grow so much keep up the great work
Red Dragons: You know those tales of knights dueling dragons, saving the maiden AND the town, hopping on their horse and riding off to a new adventure? Yeah, that.
I play a half-orc draconic bloodline sorcerer and this video along with the one about the orcs are very helpful and informative for the sake of roleplay. so thank you :)
I once made a red dragon that had tamed his more destructive impulses and attack magocracy city one of the city's leaders gave the dragon his half elven daughter when the dragon and half elf returned his lair the half elf actually managed to charm(not by spells) and intrigued the dragon and convinced him with the city's resources he could have a empire later after conquering several kingdoms the half elf became one of his most treasured possessions with her managing most the empire and when the players came by and killed her they found a scared half dragon boy after taking him to use him they soon came face to face with red dragon so angry the trees around him burst into flames and saying to them in a low voice "hand over my son and the one who killed my Elizabeth(the half elf)". I always try to make my villains sympathetic or relatable and dragons are one of the hardest but giving them someone that they consider their greatest treasure works pretty well.
These videos are super informative on the different types of dragon, next you should definitely talk about both Bahamut and Tiamat, seams fitting to talk about the leaders/gods of chromatic and metallic dragons
Red Dragon: *I am the most Powerful of ALL Dragonkind* Rando Slave: yes....but what about that one gold Dragon you lost to? Red Dragon: *Ha, i was only.....Pretending to lose, yes....Totally* Gold: sure Red: *.....crap*
I subbed about an hour before the 11th lv spell video and I am hooked. I need to find a group to play with, it's been years and you have made me remember the feeling D&D gives me.
balistae tipped with dispel magic, the core is chain lightning, disintergrate, level 6 fireballs etc big enough that the dispel magic tip doesnt take out the core/load this is my dragons magic piercing crossbow built for him by his firegiants he's also a level 15 transmutation wizard, a great wyrm and looking to cast wish to become immortal in his current form Charvekkallahan, the greatest red
Fun fact when talking about metallic an chromatic dragons. The lawful dragons (gold excepted because it starts off medium) all start off as small and chaotic dragons (red excepted for the same reason as the gold) all start off as tiny. The draconomicon opening pages have the lawful dragons on the right page and the chaotic are on the other page.
Rhexx, when you finish doing Dragons, would you please try to do these videos, specifically upon some of the monsters in the 5e Monster Manual that have no description at all. These pages truly frustrate me as a new DM, as with no flavor, I have no clue "who" these monsters are. Certainly I could run them regardless, but without flavor it just loses its appeal compared to creatures with more info. Thri-Kreen are also pretty cool, a video on them would get many repeat watches from me
Idea as to how red dragons can hunt being bright red, red dragons live in mountains and their normal prey would be mostly mammals. Most mammals (almost all except primates) can't see red. So red dragons would actually appear grey to most of their prey meaning they DO have camouflage its just that humans can see through it
Am I the only one that Hope's Mr. Rhexx expands into the unique dragons after he's done with the classic chromatic and metallic? Prismatic dragons, mercury dragons, purple dragons oh my! Keep up the great content!
Imagine a game where you are a dragon adventurer making your way in dragon society. There are enough interactions and dynamics between and even within dragon species to make that happen. You could be living through the life of a red dragon building your horde and reputation, conquering better perches, when you obtain rare/powerful/expensive things you might get attacked by another red dragon... etc
IIRC: The Dragonborn race is actually from another universe that bled in through rare portals between these two parallel universes. I know it sounds like I'm pulling that out of my ass, but the writers did that first. The lore is actually pretty interesting when you dig into it.
My elven bard found a red egg and no knowledge about dragons. He’s very excited to see it hatch and raise it. The rest of the group is not.
Time for a nature vs. Nurture debate where you decide if his teachings outweigh the instincts of the dragon from birth.
@@paradocks23 that's... Actually a really cool idea 👌👍
Maybe it's a copper...?
Everyone in the party dies
Update: The egg hatched. We now have a little red dragon that called out for it's mother instantly. then a roar from the far off distant called back. the future does not look good
"When a red dragon is fighting you it is thinking about all the great loot you may have". So most players playing D&D do it with the mindset of red dragons.
Or most players from any game that has loot
Depends if there's another red dragon coming looked for it
very insightfull sir, and quite clever. thank you that brought forth a chuckle.
"Thordak the Cinder King,
Had a Very Shiny Gem,
And if You Ever Saw It,
Run The F*** Away From Him." - Scanlan Shorthalt
😭☠️👻 Thordak is my favorite big bad so far on CR
I hope this gets pinned
@@robertstone3230 what episode I want to know what to look forward to
You just made my day with that comment, ha! Definitely one of my top fav Scanlan Songs - I laughed way too hard when he sang it😂😂😂 Thanks for that comment.
Yyyyeeeeeessssssss, my favorite song by sam
Steel dragons: Role playing
Red dragons: looting
They are just like players, but MORE into everything
That's actually very true.
Half-Red-Dragon Changelings: the ultimate DnD player.
They sound like most humans.
By that logic Blue Dragons are wargamers
Dragons would be better players than my players.
how to play a Red Dragon TL;DR:
play an über-mighty Murder-Hobo.
JoaoG R very accurate
But red dragons have a base. And actually, care about their rep.
@@javonyounger5107 murder hobos can have a base, and even murder hobos have a rep of murder hoboing to upkeep
@@adamorick2872 and in a world with no internet, and full of other murder hobos. You really have to work hard at the craft of being a murder-hobo to get that rep
Definitely top MMO players
Red: I have the greatest hoard in the world and anyone who claims otherwise is wrong.
Slave: My lord! We have received news of another red dragon who claims his hoard is bigger.
Red: Oh IT IS ON!!! Come at me, b!tch!
lol!!
"lets kill that red bastard and add his hoard to mine."
James Cornell //a Red who proclaims itself as a god appears// screw the money, I am a god!
Wait this is just the plot of snow white
This gave me an incredibly stupid, but possibly a highly rewarding idea. My DM is going to regret having my sorceress learn dragon blood imbuing rituals in a previous 1 on 1 campaign.
Thanks for the inspiration.
You know... a really, *really* evil Bard could just start telling stories about a Legendary Red Dragon that laid waste to far off lands, naming very specific places that it wished to strike next.
Basically, manipulating the Pride of Red dragons to send a wave of destruction out.
Story of the Madder bastard bard.
Would you go out and stomp some ant hill if i told you some ants were singing songs about how you did it?
@@killertrip10 what you said doesn't make sense. Humans are not as proud as red dragons lol, at all.
@@darioidk2508 I just really don't think red dragons would be hopping up to be humans playthings.
Their int, wis, and charisma is like 25, 15, and 22 or something, right? You really think they'd be stupid enough to fall for such an obvious trick?
Edit: their int is 16 and their wis is 13 but i still really don't think they'd care about what humans are saying about them. It's about pride between red dragons. Now if a bard started singing songs about how some red dragons in the area a weak and the townspeople spread the song, yeah sure they'd probably light up some cities and villages. Not the same as a tactical nuclear strike. More like a time bomb with an explosion that was actively looking for you.
Yup, all dragons have huge weakness that can be manipulated.
Now I'm just imagining some adventurers coming across a juvenile red dragon who follows them around while being really tsundere about not needing any help surviving.
To be fair, young red dragons are quite strong, wyrmlings are surprisingly considering they are still babies:
www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/red-dragon-wyrmling
A juvenile dragon is already large size, with good AC, base attack and a breath weapon able to make a lot of damage.
@@Hektols yeah, if one wants to play wrestle it will result in several broken bones at the very least.
B-Baka!!
@Cazador the question remains: for who?
Absolutely building a red dragon as a PC who is juvenile and (can't use dragon form for reason x) really horny for loot and protects her party at all cost because she considers them as part of her hoard.
Grigori best boy
“For the price of a single life, I shall leave this land in peace. As my "vanquisher", the duchy would bow to you. Wealth and power are sweet anodyne for heartache. You'll not gainsay my terms are more than generous. If it matters aught, the man who rules this land now won that honor through just such a bargain."
Loved Dragon's Dogma. Such a good game with a unique villian
Now thats a good godamned reference! Grigori is certainly the best red-dragon around!
Grigori to me acts more like a mix between a Red and Bronze after all he only did as he was ordered to
Bitch, that's Fournival. I don't care about him, flame on.
@Law Dorherty But not the same voice actor for Grigori or that cycle's dragon, the trailer was "Generic Dragon Voice"
I came up with an idea for a subplot. A gold dragon which takes pleasure in stealing from a specific red dragon. Allows the red dragon to know who stole from them just to have the red dragon confront the gold dragon, either through servants or with its personal presence only then to come up with an excuse why it can't fight at that moment. Maybe has a self destructing servant to relay messages to the gold dragon. Like how spies have self destructing dossier that ignite minutes after opening.
This is a message from Lord Nergal: "I await you on the Dread Isle."
"What's the matter with Grog? He's been in the outhouse all day."
"Red dragon revenge. "
Heh, Vox machina reference, haven't seen it yet, but soon i will watch it.
"400 cramps"
Holy shit
_"REVENGE!"_
My favorite is pike.and Ashley Johnson being hot helps
getting acid reflux from eating a red dragon, also known as the dragon's last laugh
But really, imagine a chief specialised in red dragons meals, with a meat that he harvest himself. Wouldn't it be the most badass NPC you ever ment?
@Mamoru Shiikuro I mean, where do you think monster hunter come from?
But seriously I think it's a thing fairy tail brang to japan, that or the USA influence
Oh it's not acid reflux you have to worry about when you're food is too spicy. That last laugh comes when you're on the toilet wishing there was a toilet paper freezer next to you.
Using this as a tavern / central location of my next campaign- thanks :3
@@Sir_Bucket *Fairy Tale, not Fairy Tail. Fairy Tale/s are stories, myths and legends. Fairy Tail is an anime (which does have dragons in it including red dragons).
Holy crap yes. Do the ancient dragon video please!
“Dragon meat is spicy.”
Mexico wants to know your location
I'm proud I'm a demon
India also wants to know your location.
Cajun now hunt red dragon to make gumbo with fresh meat later complains it need more hot sauce .
toilets go on strike after a string of toilets melting .
blackgriffinxx well that escalated quickly
Sounds tasty.
Not that I'd ever get to taste any.
I once heard of a rare case of a neutral good aligned red dragon, which lived around the time of Myth Drannor's prime and was persuaded to defend it from invaders.
Red dragons = high elfs
Damn thalmor.
Skys rim belongs to the nords.
You sure you spelt that right mate?
Thats insulting to the dragons
@@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 nords cant read or write lol
@@yourverdict5405 Hermon the great imgur.com/gallery/izcDr
I've always had a character concept of a red dragon who is goal is to become the greatest chromatic dragon slayer to have ever existed, especially towards his own kind for reasons he never divulges.
I am kind of interested in what Tiamat would have to say about red dragons being the pinnacle of dragonkind.
I was thinking the exact same thing when I got to that part of the video.
She tends to agree and often takes red dragons as consorts.
Funny thing is i remember that every red dragon worships Tiamat, not that "god" i never heard of. Is this a 5e thing?
@@SapFeaRon The reverse, I think. To my knowledge 5e only mentions two dragon gods, Bahamut and Tiamat, who lead the metallic and chromatic dragons respectively. Bear in mind that this guy is pulling stuff from the Draconomicon which I think was 3e.
She would have a split opinion about it.
just started this dragon serie yesterday, so cool to have one right now
He had made a video long ago & was talking about astral dragons, where dragon come, their typical biology, etc. I don't know if it is in a playlist.
*balances knife on fingertip*
Me: So... Sneak in, take some treasure, sneak out?
Paladin: but then the dragon will destroy the nearby EvErYtHiNg?!
Me: *silently stares and thinks* so... No witnesses, no problems?
All red dragons develop the spell like ability "Locate Object" before reaching adult age, whatever you steal from a red dragon you should sell it as soon as possible.
I like the idea of the Red Dragons; despite being the most powerful of the chromatic dragons; might also be the chromatic dragons's biggest weakness.
Essentially, they are super-powerful megalomaniacs with legendary anger-management issues and greed enough to make a dwarf blush. Whenever the chromatic dragons come together and gather their hoards and armies to do something, the red dragons will be gunning for the leadership position; fighting each other relentlessly and possibly even killing each other. And even when a red dragon reaches the leadership position, you'll end up with an unstable, easily-triggered tyrant with minimal to no teamworking skills who will inevitably rush off, do something stupid, kill their rivals(allies) or send their armies into some suicidal battle.
Now I am just imagining the rest of the chromatic dragons sitting around, trying to enact their grand plans of world domination in secret while praying that no one tells the red dragons or that they find out.
Blue: okay so we need to send out the Lizardfolk through the eastern swamplands.
Yellow: then ill send my kobolds to sabotage their sewers and collapse their rivers so they can't send enough troops there.
White: *silently waiting till he can hunt*
Black: White is right. We should send an ogre to the ice giants to convince them they should charge the walls.
Green: and the Dragonbor-
Red: *charges through the door* HELLO SHITBAGS!!!! THOUGHT OF LEAVING ME OUT OF THIS SHIT?!!!!
Blue: oh gods dam it...
Black: Tiamat why did you make him?
Dwarves aren't greedy?
@@ceazer6857 the OP never said that. They said that the Red Dragons are so greedy that it dwarfs the greed of dwarves (who aren't even THAT greedy in DND lore)
@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 But what about the Warforged attack on the Bugbears?
@@zakd2124 the what?
Taimat related fun red dragon lore tidbit:
The dragon goddess of chromatic dragons will have 5 ancient (possibly older) red dragon consorts. Sometimes even polymorphing them into Raven or crows when she takes on a humanoid woman form. But they, like Bahamut's ancient gold dragon guards, still retain their mental states while in that form.
It would be interesting to see one or more of these consorts trying to gain more favor with Tiamat by say bringing powerful items (or enslaved heroes) as a gift to her, to even attempting (more importantly successfully) to summon her to the material plane would probably be the best way to gain her favor.
I can't help but imagine that being turned into a petty raven or crow would be utterly infuriating for a mighty red dragon, and that theirs would be an intense love-hate relationship where moments of veneration and obedience are frequently interspersed with moments of uproarious rebellions, dominance challenges and brutal fights.
@@SinerAthin Ah! But they are unable to rebel against her. Tiamat can command (and sometimes directly control) what they do, any chromatic dragon really. And in the newer lore where she was once part of Io, father to all dragons... Her power can command and control Metallics as well (though they will try to resist, but could be forced to do things they would not want to do).
so in other words they go ''hold my beer''
There's a joke about a red solo cup in here, but right now I can't find it. If anyone else can I'd appreciate it.
@Tyrant Kragith sorry mate XD
No, they go "make me a beer of the highest quality, then make a better one."
😂😂😂😂😂
Ok I lied. I clicked this faster than the gold dragon video
That part about them using spies gave me a backstory idea. A character who joins an adventuring party as a cover for collecting information for their red dragon master, maybe even getting the party to attack Golds or at least inconvenience other dragons the master doesn't like. Maybe the Red has something or someone hostage that forces the character into following the commands, or they could just be charmed. Ooh, or maybe they feel the Red is a lesser evil that's better to be on the good side of.
Let's not forget that some Red Dragons in their youth serve as mounts for the Githyanki due to a pact the Githyanki made with Tiamat. Some even stayed with the Lich Queen (leader of the Githyanki)
Vlaakith I believe is the lich queen's name, and yeah, don't fuck with the githyanki they're led by a lich, can teleport around the battlefield, often have airships in the astral plane, can plane shift at will, and have freaking red dragon mounts.
When you hear in lore that these guys favorite pastime is murdering mind flayer colonies it should be your first sign not to piss these guys off
1:47 Isn't that one Gold? I mean the whiskers and all.
Definitely make that video of specific dragons and their locations!!!
Sure.. Some Red Dragons enjoy Eating the maidens. While others... Well lets just say that half dragon armies don't make themselves.
Is this true?
@@shoopi1234 If it is... I mean... these are dragons... The ones that got ate came out the luckier.
Well.bards will try seduce anything at lest.once even a red dragon
Hahahahahahahaha
*bard noises intensify*
14:53 an excellent addition to any "tragic player backstory" list.
Was hoping to hear some more about what sorts of spells Red Dragons would end up learning, obviously Fire Related Spells for destructive purpose but other spells as well since they are smart. Loved the video though.
Honestly? I would imagine they would learn many protective spells as well, Resistance or Immunity to certain energy types, for instance. While they are prideful, they're not *stupid* and using magic to make themselves immune to Frost damage or certain types of weaponry would ensure that they don't *have* to retreat from battle, particularly from Silver dragon breath weapons.
Will you do the gems dragon? they are true dragon after all even if they are not in 5e
And ferrous dragons, perhaps? They do precede other dragons, after all :P
go to AJ Pickett, he has a looong series on all types of Dragons
I was about to say the same, love that iron dragon
Actually. They will add them this year
Your voice is friggin magical
Bahamut and Tiamat videos after the dragon series would make sense. I think doing some on Pseudodragons, Faerie Dragons, Turtle Dragons, and even Kobolds would be nice to do later also.
Talks about features of a red dragon in the dark, circles the horns of a gold dragon picture. (Only gold dragons have whiskers.)
My D&D character is actually half sun elf, half red dragon. Her father is an unusually good red dragon, who considers himself to be for the most part above the petty squabbling much of his kind participates in. His daughter (my character) is a bard, whose playstyle is fun because she has all the bard essentials (although she has Fire Bolt instead of Vicious Mockery) while also being able to fly (thanks to a feat) and breathe fire like a pure-blooded red dragon would.
"How to know if it's a red dragon in the dark"
Why do you show a gold dragon, then ?
I noticed that too lol
because it's dark and you can't tell, stop meta-gaming!!! lolz ba-dum ttisssss!
I came here just to mention this.
It was a test!
Wanna know the secrets of the red dragons?
They're always angry. 3:00
my rogueis the kind of character to go to a red dragon's lair every so often and just dump all of his loot and maybe tell the dragon that another dragon was talking shit
Fun Fact : A Red Dragon of Erlkaza, Faerunl named Velcuthimmorhar (called Hephaestus by the dwarves) would trade his flame breath to help the dwarves to melt mythril in exchange for gold coins and other treasure. He was later killed by Drizzt and the Companions and was later resurrected as the Dracolich "Ghost King" during the Spell Plague.
I'd love a video about the Ancient dragons! Klauth (Old Snarl), Claugiyliamatar (Old Gnawbones and mother of Vorgansharax), Arveiaturace, and Iymrith are just among my favorite infamous dragons.
Good news buddy
I play Pathfinder and there is a Book called In the Company of Dragons that lets you play a dragon race it gives you classes for that race they help you stay at a fairish level with your party (unless you know how to build them) so I was allowed to play a Red Dragon his back story was her parent was killed by a party of heroes and the other two eggs where crushed in the battle when they came across his egg the Orc wanted to eat it, the Gnome wanted to sell it, the Elf wanted to use it for alchemy but the dwarf (who was a cleric) decided to hatch and raise him so my Dragon Grew up in a mountain dwarf city where her "father" tried to raise her right, the greed thing was not an issue as Dwarves are almost as greedy but her destructive nature was the issue he did the best he could and she turned out a bit better then planned (CN rather then CE) she was taught how to control her rage and destructive nature and even with her in born nature she was quite sweet to him as he spent most of his life raising her so she honored his request when the childen of his friends came looking for a member to join him so she offered to join as his last wish was to go out and make him proud so she started out with this party and at times she can be, obtuse but she has at least found one person she "gets along with" that being a Half Gnome half Kobold (the player desided to use the Kobold race because in the last party the Gnome saved a Kobold from death at the hands of sum bugbears) so she and the Kobold get along well he helps her learn about dragon history she helps him stay alive in combat, it is kind of sweet
Remember red dragons just because you get to colossal size doesn't make you invincible in fact at that point it maybe better to not attack villages or Tiamat help you, you attack one a silver dragon likes or worse has human family in and then suddenly you have a dragon that seems to be crafted specifically to kill you and unlike you it keeps good ties with its family and has A LOT OF FRIENDS. Red dragons often meet there end young being to impulsive and cruel thus making everything hunt them down before they grow.
Barbarian used greataxe!
-30HP to red dragon!
Rogue: Nah man, you have to hit it in the reputation!
Barbarian: wtf is a rebutatin.
Rogue: Like this dude.
Rogue used nasty rumors!
Critical rumor! Red dragon was defeated!
The rest of the party: *Teach us.*
Great piece. Good thing Red Dragons are too prideful to work together or they would almost be unstoppable. Do the video of all the Ancient Dragon locations in the Realms that you talked about. That would be cool!
thank you soooo much, before i watch the video i wasnt sure if the red dragon is the one i want to use for my campaign, but now after watching the video i have so much inspiration!!!
A red Dragon seems to have a personality like a player.
I read this right after he said "A red dragon does not like to think much during actual combat... they are pretty instinctual beasts.
@@GnarledStaff lmfao
Literally no different then the Dragonborn lmao
The red dragon reminds me of Smaug on they’re described.
**I personally love it when he says MeatyOrgeAtBest at the end of the supporters!**
in my headcannon red dragons ask for maidens knowing that some foolish lad with a sword will try to save her.
Makes sense, a brave fool goes to stop the sacrifice and loses resulting in gaining more recognition for slaying a would be hero.
Literally running a game with a Red Dragon as one of the antagonists.
This is perfect, so much extra detail!
The younger the better!
-MrRhexx 2019
11:15 reputation means everything to a Red Dragon? *laughs in Vicious Mockery*
"How to know if it's a red dragon in the dark"
pretty stupid, considering fire always comes out of their nostrils... dont ya think ?
If a Red is trying to be stealthy then they know how to control their breathing enough to make sure only smoke pours out, though that can still give them away unless the area itself is full of it, such as volcanic regions and such.
@@erickchristensen746 just roll high on stealth and make it not breathe
@@erickchristensen746 red dragons our smart,u right
BUT, what if they take an antacid tablet
Red Dragons: "I'm only afraid of Silver Dragons"
Gold Dragons: "Okay then fight me"
Red Dragons: "Eh, today's not a good day"
Platinum Dragons: "Is it a good day to fight me?"
Red Dragons: *quiver*
Platinum dragon*
As far as I know Bahamut is the only one right?
@@JesusFreak98 There are 2 others, and they are both deities
Well they don't fear Silvers. They just hate them for being "cheaters" with backup.
Asgorath is also another name for Io, the dragon Over-God
I've begun planning out running the Tyranny of Dragons adventures and this series has been a fresh reminder of things about the Dragons left out of the page count of the 5e Monster Manual (and my 3.5 Draconomicon is in storage). Keep 'em coming! Its helping giving me ideas to expand the campaign.
So Red Dragons are basically louder, angrier, bad guy Batmans.
This will be useful to me.
Batman adapts to situations, red dragons do not. They have a set number of strategies that they snap to and that's it. They're chaotic evil after all. Not sure why he said beholders, which are lawful evil, are less strategic and more erratic. Beholders come up with way more scenarios to prepare for and adapt much more.
@@ArvelDreth I mean to say Reds are like the alternate, usually evil Batman versions. Good batman usually bests his double because of their pride, greed or some other ability to also adapt as well as good guy Batman. I just find the allusion comedic even if it isn't strictly the truest simile.
@@KaiCalimatinus ???? Don't know what you are talking about. If you mean Batman fighting Owlman. They are two different people. Literally Owlman is Batman's brother.
I've teached my players this little thing 15 years ago: "You smell / see / hear a dragon? You dead!", it's still working
"Gold dragons arent stronger then red dragons, they are just immune to theyr breath weapons and so the red dragon has less ways to harm them" change my mind
Actually its probably due to that and the gold dragons weakening breath. Since both are immune to fire they will have to fight with their claws and bites and since the gold dragons breath reduces strength to 3, this makes their attacks far weaker than the golds and thats why the gold would win. A gold dragons weakening breath is also a strength save which red dragons dont have proficiency with. An ancient red has a str mod of +10 while the dc for the gold dragons breath is 24 which mean the dragon has a 65% chance for failing and it lasts for a minute or til the red makes the save. If the red fails it attacks would deal 2d6-3 or an average or 4 damage compared to the gold's 21 damage per claw attack. So red dragons are wise to not actually face a gold in combat
@@bruh-hq9fc It's just half dmg in 5e, but that still gives the gold dragon the advantage. Also, gold dragons tend to have a lot more magic at their disposal. And speaking of magic, a sneaky gold dragon could make a secret lair within 6 miles of a red dragon's lair, and then make user of their regional effect to talk to people in their dreams to harass the red dragon in their dreams, potentially removing the need to fight them physically.
@@bruh-hq9fc when you are the DM you can modify the monsters however you want, but as written gold dragons would have the advantage in a one on one
1. Weakening breath, as mentioned
2. Polymorphing allows a gold dragon to more easily seek cover
3. Higher spell save DC if using the spellcasting variant
Now against an adventuring party it depends on party composition, because red dragons do deal more damage with their fire breath (they're both immune to fire so that doesn't matter in a 1v1 but it might matter when fighting adventurers). However against each other while either side could potentially win the gold dragon has a couple of advantages and the red dragon doesn't have any advantages.
@@ADT1995 cant the red dragon just keep using it's legendary resist to nullify the weakening breath? making the use of said breath a waste of an action and limiting any potential advantage to potential spell casting of the individual dragons?
Great videos! A dragons ecosystem breakdown would be most loved! What their general fav foods are, you do it for each dragon but just one summarizing it right after your location video (because you could then also map out what they eat and where and why) would be great! A story I'm working on is gonna have a dragon ecosystem I'm trying to flush out and d&d lore helps ALOT as soon as I find a friend or two I'll play lol
The most evil of the dragons in my humble opinion MrRexx
@@Ephsy "blacks will destroy your civilization"
You might want to phrase that a bit better
@@marshroverv5632 hahahahahahahaha my chest son! Funniest comment of the year so far 👌
@@midas6753 lol and I just watched Pewdiepie read an r/AccidentalRacism subreddit.
Black dragons destroy civilizations and leave an undead necropolis in it's place. The reds will just burn it to the ground unless they are enslaving the population even then you can expect plenty of burned corpses
black dragons love old castles because they know the people who lived there died and that's makes them happy
red dragons are just super proud attention whores, they would have love social media
This marks the last video for my dragons notes for my campaign, and Reds have TWICE the amount of pages and my hand is cramping so hard but man - great content for this whole dragon series 10/10
White: Hunting is The Best
Black: Pain is The Best
Green: Cunning is the Best
Blue: Goddamn Peace and Quiet is the Best
Red: I am the Best
1) Dragons tend to search teachers
2) young female Red Dragons will look for old & reputable Reds
thus
3) Red Dragons bang their pupils
I dont like where this is going...
I feel like rule 34 has touched this subject is some stange form
I mean they don’t like asking for favors, especially from each other, but for the sake of that image that was burned into my mind; what would the younger dragon learn?
@@mutonfuton what wouldn't she?
@@jgr7487 but that also means there could be, theoretically, a female teacher and a male pupil… My domination fetish senses are tingling…
Man, these videos makes me want to play in a D&D game with you as the DM.
It is hard to write fantasy now without being cliche....
But how about a tv series or novel with a red dragon, an old powerful one with lots of gold, as the protagonist?
A red dragon is what happens when your girlfriend gets hungry but theres no food around lmao
P.s. great video ive been watching you sence your early skyrim days its awesome to see you grow so much keep up the great work
Same here. He's great.
I still sometimes rewatch his old skyrim machinima videos
Bold of you to assume women want me.
Did...
Did you girlfriend tried to burn a whole city to the ground ? You... You good ?
Red Dragons: You know those tales of knights dueling dragons, saving the maiden AND the town, hopping on their horse and riding off to a new adventure? Yeah, that.
I play a half-orc draconic bloodline sorcerer and this video along with the one about the orcs are very helpful and informative for the sake of roleplay. so thank you :)
I once made a red dragon that had tamed his more destructive impulses and attack magocracy city one of the city's leaders gave the dragon his half elven daughter when the dragon and half elf returned his lair the half elf actually managed to charm(not by spells) and intrigued the dragon and convinced him with the city's resources he could have a empire later after conquering several kingdoms the half elf became one of his most treasured possessions with her managing most the empire and when the players came by and killed her they found a scared half dragon boy after taking him to use him they soon came face to face with red dragon so angry the trees around him burst into flames and saying to them in a low voice "hand over my son and the one who killed my Elizabeth(the half elf)".
I always try to make my villains sympathetic or relatable and dragons are one of the hardest but giving them someone that they consider their greatest treasure works pretty well.
This is an awesome idea
These videos are super informative on the different types of dragon, next you should definitely talk about both Bahamut and Tiamat, seams fitting to talk about the leaders/gods of chromatic and metallic dragons
23:41 yo whats up everyone today were doing the Raw Red Dragon challenge. They say that this is the spiciest thing in existence
I did a short one shot once, and my mother's paladin PC found a just hatched red dragon hatchling and immediately adopted him 😅
Red Dragon: *I am the most Powerful of ALL Dragonkind*
Rando Slave: yes....but what about that one gold Dragon you lost to?
Red Dragon: *Ha, i was only.....Pretending to lose, yes....Totally*
Gold: sure
Red: *.....crap*
I subbed about an hour before the 11th lv spell video and I am hooked. I need to find a group to play with, it's been years and you have made me remember the feeling D&D gives me.
0 dislikes at 3,000 views? My man
I have a puzzle glued and hanging on my wall of that red dragon standing on the treasure. Such an awesome picture.
Red dragon is pretty much smaug from the hobbit
That is actually what they’re based on.
I think more like smaug is like a red dragon cuz these are the basics and smaug has his own personality with it
Fun fact smaug was actually the smallest dragon in Tolkien's mythos
I really hope you go into this much depth about more D&D monsters once you finish dragons. I very much enjoy your approach.
*dark chuckles seeing Cyan Bloodbane*
i would really love if you did a deep dive on vecna and his whole story, hes one of my fav characters in dnd lore
Skyrim bandit quotes:
"Can't wait to count out your coins!"
"You'll be so much easier to rob when you're dead!"
Red dragon mentality. Lol
balistae tipped with dispel magic, the core is chain lightning, disintergrate, level 6 fireballs etc
big enough that the dispel magic tip doesnt take out the core/load
this is my dragons magic piercing crossbow built for him by his firegiants
he's also a level 15 transmutation wizard, a great wyrm and looking to cast wish to become immortal in his current form
Charvekkallahan, the greatest red
"hmmm what will I have for dinner tonight? I know, I'll order out" -demands virgin sacrifice from nearby village.
Fun fact when talking about metallic an chromatic dragons. The lawful dragons (gold excepted because it starts off medium) all start off as small and chaotic dragons (red excepted for the same reason as the gold) all start off as tiny. The draconomicon opening pages have the lawful dragons on the right page and the chaotic are on the other page.
Great video, but plan on doing the silver dragon anytime soon?
I think he said that Silvers are next and then Whites to finish it off.
He has already done the videos.
I'm addicted to these, no other DnD creator is SO thorough!
Rhexx, when you finish doing Dragons, would you please try to do these videos, specifically upon some of the monsters in the 5e Monster Manual that have no description at all. These pages truly frustrate me as a new DM, as with no flavor, I have no clue "who" these monsters are. Certainly I could run them regardless, but without flavor it just loses its appeal compared to creatures with more info.
Thri-Kreen are also pretty cool, a video on them would get many repeat watches from me
Idea as to how red dragons can hunt being bright red, red dragons live in mountains and their normal prey would be mostly mammals. Most mammals (almost all except primates) can't see red. So red dragons would actually appear grey to most of their prey meaning they DO have camouflage its just that humans can see through it
Awesome primates.
Godspeed, D&D Steve Irwin
Am I the only one that Hope's Mr. Rhexx expands into the unique dragons after he's done with the classic chromatic and metallic? Prismatic dragons, mercury dragons, purple dragons oh my! Keep up the great content!
Cannot wait for Silver.
Did anyone notice when MrRexx called a gold dragon a red one you can tell it's good due to the wiskers golds are the only dragons with wiskers
It was a joke, it was dark in the cave.
Your videos are super cools! I hope we'll have Tiamat someday!
1:55 that's a Gold Boi. Been waiting for this video!
Looking forward for my beloved Silver Dragons :)
Man your content is really high quality! You just keep on delivering!
Can you talk about dragon turtles
Imagine a game where you are a dragon adventurer making your way in dragon society. There are enough interactions and dynamics between and even within dragon species to make that happen. You could be living through the life of a red dragon building your horde and reputation, conquering better perches, when you obtain rare/powerful/expensive things you might get attacked by another red dragon... etc
I'm still interested why we even have things like dragonborn and half dragons
Dragons poke everything and have access to shape change magic what did you think was going to happen?
Human bards.
IIRC: The Dragonborn race is actually from another universe that bled in through rare portals between these two parallel universes. I know it sounds like I'm pulling that out of my ass, but the writers did that first. The lore is actually pretty interesting when you dig into it.
@@NottaKlue well we did eventually get a dragonborn video
Dragons are sexy... That's how