Hey everyone. I'm am glad you all are enjoying the story so far. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask (however, I can't give away spoilers just yet, sorry). I will admit that I think this story is my finest work so far, and I'm confident that you will love the epic saga of Onyxia. As always, a big shout out to AllThingsDnD for making this narration possible. :)
Since I don't have much experience with long DnD Campaigns yet (mostly one shots to try it out, still looking for a group that accepts beginners) how does all this downtime works? Is the whole group sitting around the table and you play your Downtime with the DM while the others are listening and when you're done, it's the next group members turn, or how does that work? And if so: how did the other players react to witnessing that story first hand?
@Sinlesssoul-- masterful piece of character development so far for Onyxia. Without giving anything away, did she "Turn out" the way you hoped she would?
@@lymboxx Downtime really depends on what your players are wanting to do. For this campaign, our DM gave the entire party a lot of solo-sessions for our individual businesses, but we also occasionally got together to help each other out as needed. When it came time to adventure again, our DM quickly summed up everything we accomplished during the downtime, and carefully weaved it into the story. There were also a few occasions where the DM just went around the table and asked each player what they would do during their downtime, and while that player interacted with the DM, the rest of us either listened or took a break to eat and such.
@@johnnysizemore5797 I'm glad you enjoyed the story of Onyxia. I'm afraid I can't give anything away about Onyxia just yet, but I can promise you this: this is the most memorable DnD/Pathfinder story that I have ever been a part of, and I am confident that it will be greatly loved by this community.
DM: Black dragons are not very nice. Player: I don't care I am going to raise it. DM: it literally is naturally evil from birth. Player: Did I stutter?
I love the nature vrs nurture thing. If something alignment is set in stone at birth then it is not their fault, but the fault of those able to change it, but wont.
@@sinlesssoul Before trust seemed to be gained is when that clawing happened But you get my point. Either way, having her watch the mourning mate is a *very* effective punishment. Black dragons may have psychotic tendencies...but they are not psychopathic, especially the fledglings/hatchlings (whichever term you prefer)
This story was a pleasant and interesting one. Can a dragon who's nature is evil and destructive be raised and become a good being through discipline, experience, and self reflection? Reminds me of Paarthurnax! "What is better, to be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?" -Paarthurnax, Skyrim
PlacidDirge The Unexpectables got Tarask the blue dragon they raising and within their homebrew a red dragon ascended to becoming a celestial. Honestly kinda depends on the homebrew world building and how hard you want to try.
Yeah that’s actually a character idea I had. To play as a very you get blue who’s morphed to be an adventure and he’s looking for the group of villins( hero’s) that killed his family. And from there he would basically join a party to get stronger to take revenge but also question himself as him and the party grew.
Well it'd be best to start when they hatch. If you can harness those destructive urges towards more benevolent causes. I don't see why you couldn't succeed.
@@Boyoyoable was about to comment about Tarusk! that was such a beautiful moment for Task. to quote the Silver King: "Can you accept in your new family, that which deprived you of your old one?"
OH boy I just realized the heat season, he'll have to chain her up with diamonds or something to stop her from using her breath attack to escape to the closet man ready to do the do with...….wait, do dragons even have a heat season?
Idk as a parent of 4 raising a special needs child is similar to raising a chromatic dragon. I'm curious to discover how onyixa is taught what being strong really means.
Especially a chromatic (or a metalic if you're in an evil campaign). But a lot of that can also depend on how the DM handles alignment. If a DM implements inherent alignment as something set-in-stone, it's an exercise in futility. If they ignore inherent alignment altogether, it's not nearly as difficult. But it gets most interesting when inherent alignment is primarily observed as simply natural tendencies.
“What is better? To be born Lawful Good? Or to overcome one’s Chaotic Evil nature through great effort?” Grandpappy Paarthurnax would be proud! Any chance we’ll get a future Way of the Thu’um subplot here? :D
I've never been keen on anything being labeled as inherently "good" or "evil." While accept that certain creatures are inclined towards certain behaviors and natures, but I take umbrage with something being evil just because it exists. While I understand that this is a game/narrative, real life is rarely so clear cut, so seeing an "evil" creature being raised to be something besides what its instincts want it to be is a refreshing change of pace.
I’ve had a concept for years that I’ve wanted to play. A red dragon wyrmling raised to be a ‘good girl’ by a first man and his wife after he confronted a silver about killing innocent red dragon eggs. There was only one left and the silver challenged him to raise it. She’s not QUITE the best daughter. She struggles with her instincts, often seeing fire as a perfectly reasonable solution for anything and everything. She feels very CG. She tries to do good, but all these laws and rules and stuff are just so...stupid.
With chromatic dragons the problem isn't so much being born evil it's more of being born with vastly different though processes depending on the color.
i like it good story this is the kind of thing that should be in a good d&d story of course the question is how she will deal with other dragons when she meets them- a story about a elf raising a female dragon and having to deal with a male dragon making advances would be quite funny
@@sinlesssoul well there are many ways this could go, if we are doing the daddy long legs scenario i wouldn't be surprised as dragons can polymorph, but i think him dealing with a large male black dragon who wants his daughter would be funny as one thing i saw a while back said "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup"
Onyxia was a hell of a lot harder to deal with than my character's 'daughter'. My character was present when an ice dragon hatched, and she just imprinted on my character like a duckling. She was ultimately named Névé.
He's already having a hard enough time raising this dragon and wonder how it will be when it gets a few years older. A teenager is bad enough I couldn't imagine having to raise a dragon when they get into what would be equivalent to be their teenage years... Can't wait to see what happens in part 2
subzero1456 that would make logical sense. Who knows though, maybe by the time that happens he'll have taught her well enough that she'll deny her inborn nature.
My lvl 14 cavalier is a master of animals. He trained all the wild horses and dogs in our kingdom during some downtime. Now they are all combat trained with riders they see as their master. He is also courting a Great Red wyrm in human form who finds him both comely and interesting...for now. This video gave me a new plan for General Kyras Equitas's retirement (he is borderline on venerable age category, which the red dragon magically keeps from affecting his... physicality.)
@@dragb9284 oh no... he's far too debonair to be a bard lol j/k. Actually...I said 14 cavalier, because his multiclassing is synergistic. But he actually is Bard 1, Cavalier 7, and 6 Battle Herald. We joke that my horse companion is the real character, cause when I started the build, I just wanted to make a decent, mounted general type. But by now, my Horse, Fulgar, can move 800 ft per turn for 10 minutes a day, has a 6-7 intelligence, magic barding, several wonderous items, perma magic fang and acid maw. His shoes are magical weapons and either silver or adamantine for purposes of damage reduction...it's stupid how much my actual character just buffs the horse and party members...then just charges or plinks until he finds someone to challenge and go ham on. His secondary build is around sundering. Adamantine Lance, improved...all that jazz. He just breaks your shit, makes you demoralized, and charms you so you thank him for not killing you and swear to join his...29 Leadership score army of followers.
Kyras has his followers set up a tea set in the neutral zone before battles between opposing armies. I have successfully talked down 3 armies now, between diplomacy, intimidate, bluff, and proper application of my few spells. All done with the character pic of Sean Connery via First Knight.
Man, that was amazing. Training a chromatic dragon to be a good dragon isn't easy. It's nice to see you take her as your daughter, but trying to tame her is really hard like all the Chromatic dragons. I'm looking forward to the next video.
I think we can all agree we need more wholesome content like this. I know it’s almost a year ago since this was posted. But plz this is the type of content that is the best. It’s dramatic, wholesome and overall great to listen too
What are the odds that I was planning on making a Chaotic Good Black Dragon Character with a homebrew dragon race of my own creation, with a backstory of being raised by humanoids instead of dragons? This was a decision I made two months ago. Then this video came out. Wow.
You can tell easily by the dragon's behavior what the DM is thinking. "This is completely broken overpowered, and a good black dragon never happens. My player had better work very hard if he wants to make this happen. He'd better earn this, and earn it well.
@@aaronimp4966 and there's also chance. The nat20 for example helped a ton. There were a couple of moments when too low a throw or a nat1 could've ruined everything. The dice gods can be dicks and even with all that effort, one could say "nope" and then stories like this fail to happen. I guess this makes them rare as players can't achieve these things with skill alone and many are skilled but still, it kind of sucks to know that luck plays such a huge role, even when you're trying to raise a dragon. It's dungeons and dragons for hell's sake, you should be allowed to befriend a dragon, every dragon
@@zawsrdtygbhjimokpl6998 there was arguably a balanced reason why a lawful good character should not raise a black dragon. Surprisingly and aganist all reasonable sense this scenario is somehow functional. Definitely odd.
Notes from a NG human idiot; Greetings from Lovely Restenford! A Foreign Noblewoman named Jane D.Hull ounce said "At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of the Parents." i like how wholesome this story is so far, what with OP teaching Onixia the differences between right/wrong, Good/Evil and Actions/Consequences. I remember reading somewhere in 3.5e D&D that, if raised differently, dragons of all types would develop an alignment based on what their taught instead of their natures. So i wish Mike the best of luck with little Onixia. As always.... May your pantheon ever favor you Baron Trevelyan of Restenford
Black Dragons are probably the hardest dragons to train/raise due to their naturally evil nature. The only dragon I see coming close to being that difficult to raise would be a Red Dragon nut even they don't kill for sport.
Not being a father, but looking after other people's kids in my church's nursery, I can say I've had moments like that when one of the kids get a little too chaotic.
I like this story so far the Dm who guided you has a great sense on what it’s like trying to teach a little girl anything mine is so strong headed I’m just glad she doesn’t have wings and the ability to breath acid hahaha
This is super cool. I love the conflict of nature and nurture. I bet the DM had a blast coming up with Onixia's personality and RPing against the nurturing, loving father figure. But of course, as history shows, true love conquers all.
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During the Sunless Citadel adventure, two of my players decided to "adopt" Meepo the Kobold and teach him to be a Pesent Warrior(they were playing a pair of Kara-Tur characters, so they reflavored Warrior to fit their needs). They eventually fully adopted him into their Clan....
true. Oh my gosh could you picture the anime of this. It would be so interesting if a little grisly. ug..forgot about the kiling things with acid part there for a moment.
I've been playing D&D for years. And the one thing I always wanted was to have my own dragon. This here is a really good idea How I can accomplish that in. A game that I hope to be joining soon.
be carfull and good luck most dragons are unfriendly to the raising prosses at least in D&D. If the chanal dedicated to D&D monster lore is anything to go on. Man Dragon culture is fascinating and Comatic ones especially the blue are curious to say the least.
I’m a mixture of both. I think I’d have made the black dragon more aggressive and territorial, but not at all “evil”. And with care, love and food theyd be more patient and relaxed. Like a tiger or lion. They might imprint on someone, but not all humans are safe then.
This is actually an astonishingly similar story to a Pathfinder game I DMed. Our Neutral-Good Oracle ended up swearing a blood oath to protect a "child" without realizing what the child in question was. Long story short, she did an incredible job, and over time, Scourge the black dragon became a full member of the party. I've even done a couple of drawings of him over time. It was a very fun surprise twist non of us - especially me, the DM - were expecting.
>.> I mean, it's cute so far. but is still Black Dragon, so not seeing how this wont end poorly, but I am absolutely interested for what happens in prt 2
i must point out that the DM of this story deserves a prize for how perfectly he developed the situation and the mind of the dragon, as well as the player.
That little "thank you" at the end made my nose burn and my eyes water up. Even though the process is taking him a very long time with his little black dragon, they're getting there
I keep coming back to this damn story it's just to good... of all the videos on DnD this and "the grey necromancer" are the best imo.. I'v listened to both several times.
So the guy tried to teach right and wrong but they killed her mother who was protecting her treasure and then once they did Kill her they took the treasure from the liar
Counter point! Black Dragons are infamous for their disdain for the lives of others. Including their own children. It's common for them to flat out abandon their eggs after laying. Although a Black Dragons lair is usually in a swamp and the eggs have to be submerged in acid during their growth which provides a natural defense for that alone. The fact this one had taken it's own lair elsewhere is unusual, especially since it had active traps since the dragon alone is often enough of a deterrent. But I chock that up to DM fiat. But the rest of the eggs had already been destroyed when they arrived. I would not be surprised if the mother was the one who crushed them, deciding she would not tolerate challengers in her territory. Not even her own kin.
I love the idea of an evil dragon going though a nature vs nurture conflict. I actually had a somewhat similar idea for a pc that was a baby blue dragon and his quest for revenge on the murders( heros) who killed them but is disguised as an adventure to not only get stronger but also to try and learn information on where his targets are. The party being more good aliened.
Oh this whole story was so damn cute. It is prime book material, would love to hear/read more! I am definitely saving this to rewarch again after a while :)
When your Dragon learns to take Human form and takes the name Katrana Prestor. *WATCH HER LIKE A HAWK AND KEEP HER AWAY FROM ANY KINDOM'S.* With a young boy king during an Orcish invasion. :P lol
Am I the only one here that think Onyxia acted like any other human child would? Anyway this is a really good story so far and I hope part 2 will be as well.
Hey everyone. I'm am glad you all are enjoying the story so far. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask (however, I can't give away spoilers just yet, sorry). I will admit that I think this story is my finest work so far, and I'm confident that you will love the epic saga of Onyxia. As always, a big shout out to AllThingsDnD for making this narration possible. :)
Since I don't have much experience with long DnD Campaigns yet (mostly one shots to try it out, still looking for a group that accepts beginners) how does all this downtime works? Is the whole group sitting around the table and you play your Downtime with the DM while the others are listening and when you're done, it's the next group members turn, or how does that work? And if so: how did the other players react to witnessing that story first hand?
@Sinlesssoul-- masterful piece of character development so far for Onyxia. Without giving anything away, did she "Turn out" the way you hoped she would?
@@lymboxx Downtime really depends on what your players are wanting to do. For this campaign, our DM gave the entire party a lot of solo-sessions for our individual businesses, but we also occasionally got together to help each other out as needed. When it came time to adventure again, our DM quickly summed up everything we accomplished during the downtime, and carefully weaved it into the story. There were also a few occasions where the DM just went around the table and asked each player what they would do during their downtime, and while that player interacted with the DM, the rest of us either listened or took a break to eat and such.
@@johnnysizemore5797 I'm glad you enjoyed the story of Onyxia. I'm afraid I can't give anything away about Onyxia just yet, but I can promise you this: this is the most memorable DnD/Pathfinder story that I have ever been a part of, and I am confident that it will be greatly loved by this community.
Hey, great story! Entertaining and engaging. I'm looking forward to the rest of it.
Dragon egg hatches.
Roll for speech check.
Nat 20.
"Hey you, you're finally awake."
More like: Role initiative, because the BABY spits acid at you.
as face melts: "you were trying to cross the border right? Walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us, and that
thief over there."
The guy laughs
The dragon laughs
We laugh
The gods laugh
Everyone laughs
@@Attaxalotl outside observers laugh
I hadn't genuinely laughed this week until I saw this comment, thanks xD
DM: Black dragons are not very nice.
Player: I don't care I am going to raise it.
DM: it literally is naturally evil from birth.
Player: Did I stutter?
"Your funeral" is what I would have said in response.
If I've learned anything from the story of the Ogre and the sword, it's that anybody can be redeemed with enough time and effort.
Shadow S. Korosu the simple nature vs nurture argument
I love the nature vrs nurture thing. If something alignment is set in stone at birth then it is not their fault, but the fault of those able to change it, but wont.
How does it differ from human babies?)
PS five younger siblings, don't trust my judgment
"This was the first time my daughter thanked me for anything."
mah heart
mah sole
That poor shoe
s o l e
BRUH *sniffles*
Those onion ninjas are back at it again it seems
r/boneappletea
"What is better? To be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?" -Paarthurnax
Ha ha :)
Was looking for this comment
A man of good tastes i see
Khajiit only wants to kill that dragon above you! Move out the way, kin!
a poetic choice
So basically Onyxia was born a rebellious teenage daughter.
Onyxia is a perfectly good male name, like Kazador!!
@@lordadorable1140 I'm getting Fallout:NV flashbacks.
Hangman 2411 I know exactly what you’re talking about. Those things are evil. The cazadors I mean.
fucking cazadors
@@imaghost2961 I solved that problem the way any man would.
Incendiary 40mm grenades.
OK...
25 minutes ago I didn't need anything...
Now I NEED the second part of this. NO, I NEED ALL OF THEM
YES NEED ALL
Preach IT! By the end, I was feeling Proud of the Dragon saying "Thank you."
SAME
More will come. Do not fear :)
Yes Please just upload them all now!!! omg
The ultimate test of nature vs nurture.
true.
lol I was thinking that just before I got to your comment
12:50 "I needed her scales to shine like obsidian... or onyx"
Me: WAIT, DON'T CALL HER...!!
"Onyxia"
Me: *Defeated sigh* This will not end well.....
Rodrigo Llanos a few years later I’m sure that dragon will take over a city
I dont agree I think it is a fine name. HOWEVER I like obsidian better maybe thats a boys name
THAT'S A 50 DKP MINUS!
WHO THE FUCK WENT INTO DA WHELP CAVE!
Ah. You know of the tales from Azeroth. I wonder how many in that player's party did.
"Why did you kill the Owl Bear?"
"I'm baby."
I burst out laughing from this.
Slimecicle, you silly youtuber, you.
Best role-playing dad ever. If any character deserved a chance to raise a black dragon, it was this guy.
I'm very flattered. Thank you so much :)
ah but what about the atheist irish elf drunk dock-working fighter who punched an evil god so hard that he ascended into godhood?
AnnieBot_45-73 only in DnD.
Only in DnD.
"I am dragon. I do not need a reason to kill. I do it for fun."
Then give a reason why you havent killed me, child.
(Couldve been a response.)
Well technically she did try to kill me already, lol, but I do enjoy your suggested dialogue :)
@@sinlesssoul Before trust seemed to be gained is when that clawing happened
But you get my point.
Either way, having her watch the mourning mate is a *very* effective punishment. Black dragons may have psychotic tendencies...but they are not psychopathic, especially the fledglings/hatchlings (whichever term you prefer)
@@Heavenlyhounds96 hehehe, well my friend, I'm confident that you will love this story. :)
@@sinlesssoul oh I certainly will.
Makes me want to do beast master ranger in 5e useless as folks claim it can be
@@sinlesssoul I need more... SOOOO MUCH MORE! do you have other stories?
This story was a pleasant and interesting one. Can a dragon who's nature is evil and destructive be raised and become a good being through discipline, experience, and self reflection? Reminds me of Paarthurnax!
"What is better, to be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?" -Paarthurnax, Skyrim
PlacidDirge The Unexpectables got Tarask the blue dragon they raising and within their homebrew a red dragon ascended to becoming a celestial. Honestly kinda depends on the homebrew world building and how hard you want to try.
Yeah that’s actually a character idea I had. To play as a very you get blue who’s morphed to be an adventure and he’s looking for the group of villins( hero’s) that killed his family. And from there he would basically join a party to get stronger to take revenge but also question himself as him and the party grew.
Well it'd be best to start when they hatch. If you can harness those destructive urges towards more benevolent causes. I don't see why you couldn't succeed.
@@Boyoyoable was about to comment about Tarusk! that was such a beautiful moment for Task. to quote the Silver King: "Can you accept in your new family, that which deprived you of your old one?"
If anyone here killed paarthunax get ready to catch these hands
Poor guy, raising a black dragon. This is so sweet.
ONLY A JOKE, DO NOT TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, It could have been beter, he could have veen raising a WHITE dragon.
@@InductionFrog i was going to say "at least it's not a kobald" but Punpun appeared, killed me, and finished this comment.
Imagine the teething phase....
He feeds his daughter in chainmail
Already born with a full set of the suckers!
Just wait till the emo phase
Since she’s a black dragon and female it’ll be crazy.
She’ll start dating a edgy rogue named darktooth or something.
Chainmail at least. You might need a brigandine over chainmail over a gambeson, with a helmet and gloves. Maybe fullplate
OH boy I just realized the heat season, he'll have to chain her up with diamonds or something to stop her from using her breath attack to escape to the closet man ready to do the do with...….wait, do dragons even have a heat season?
@@jackmack4181 It wouldn't have to be diamonds, gold and platinum doesn't corrode so you could simply have chains plated in the metals
You know raising a child is one thing but raising a dragon hatchling is a whole other challenge.
true. I have played with the idea myself with friendlier dragons out in the wilds.
Idk as a parent of 4 raising a special needs child is similar to raising a chromatic dragon. I'm curious to discover how onyixa is taught what being strong really means.
Gotta be careful you don't accidentally raise a slut dragon!
Especially a chromatic (or a metalic if you're in an evil campaign). But a lot of that can also depend on how the DM handles alignment. If a DM implements inherent alignment as something set-in-stone, it's an exercise in futility. If they ignore inherent alignment altogether, it's not nearly as difficult. But it gets most interesting when inherent alignment is primarily observed as simply natural tendencies.
Not to mention a black dragon
“What is better? To be born Lawful Good? Or to overcome one’s Chaotic Evil nature through great effort?”
Grandpappy Paarthurnax would be proud! Any chance we’ll get a future Way of the Thu’um subplot here? :D
I've never been keen on anything being labeled as inherently "good" or "evil."
While accept that certain creatures are inclined towards certain behaviors and natures, but I take umbrage with something being evil just because it exists.
While I understand that this is a game/narrative, real life is rarely so clear cut, so seeing an "evil" creature being raised to be something besides what its instincts want it to be is a refreshing change of pace.
Agreed
I’ve had a concept for years that I’ve wanted to play. A red dragon wyrmling raised to be a ‘good girl’ by a first man and his wife after he confronted a silver about killing innocent red dragon eggs. There was only one left and the silver challenged him to raise it. She’s not QUITE the best daughter. She struggles with her instincts, often seeing fire as a perfectly reasonable solution for anything and everything. She feels very CG. She tries to do good, but all these laws and rules and stuff are just so...stupid.
With chromatic dragons the problem isn't so much being born evil it's more of being born with vastly different though processes depending on the color.
@@RocRolDis "think that fire is the solution for everything" don't worry, she will be a great magician
@@luksen896 HEr father once quizzed her on math. Turns out 2 + 2 = burning the paper.
I find these stories more entertaining than the insane fights, theres something about the touching moments. Especially when they try the inevitable.
It,almost feels like the story of the orc taking the possesed sword of a paladin and turming good after learning what good and evil truly meant
All this time and garg and the moonslicer is still easily one of my favorite stories on this channel. I wish we could get another tale of garg.
@@DragonGunzDorian It'd be great if I could watch the Story of Donovan Graham done in this style. It would be epic.
Onyxia, the tsundere black dragon daughter!
I love it
Next big anime confirmed
Yessssss
@Tait Samansky Name of the anime?
@Tait Samansky Sauce?
i like it good story this is the kind of thing that should be in a good d&d story
of course the question is how she will deal with other dragons when she meets them- a story about a elf raising a female dragon and having to deal with a male dragon making advances would be quite funny
Hehe...well, you are definitely going to love where this story goes :)
What are your intentions with my daughter?
@@sinlesssoul well there are many ways this could go, if we are doing the daddy long legs scenario i wouldn't be surprised as dragons can polymorph, but i think him dealing with a large male black dragon who wants his daughter would be funny as one thing i saw a while back said
"Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup"
Andrew T the average height half-elf says to a huge confused full grown dragon
@@Chaosmage42 Best quote ever
I must admit I loved that teenage sounding tantrum (that is, actually using words, unlike a toddler lol)
Onyxia was a hell of a lot harder to deal with than my character's 'daughter'. My character was present when an ice dragon hatched, and she just imprinted on my character like a duckling. She was ultimately named Névé.
@@c.a.5042 This was a different game system so it was just 'ice'.
@@SaberusTerras Which system? Just curious...
@@chrisbreeden6242 Freeform RP on a social MMO.
He's already having a hard enough time raising this dragon and wonder how it will be when it gets a few years older. A teenager is bad enough I couldn't imagine having to raise a dragon when they get into what would be equivalent to be their teenage years... Can't wait to see what happens in part 2
I wonder if he could even live that long. Since dragons have such long lifespans I wonder how old would be considered adolescence.
@@DragonGunzDorian True didn't think about that. Wonder if the dragon will go on a rampage if/when he dies.
subzero1456 that would make logical sense. Who knows though, maybe by the time that happens he'll have taught her well enough that she'll deny her inborn nature.
@@DragonGunzDorian the PC is an elf iirc. Elves can *almost* live long enough to see a wyrmling grow to an ancient.
Kyle Stanley im pretty sure he's a half elf. Don't know how long they live but it can't be as long as a dragon.
Just as cute as the Dad DMing for his daughter. I can’t wait until part 2.
Give me more
*grabs screen*
GIVE ME MOOOOOORE!
More will come. I promise :)
GIVE MMEEEEEE MMMOOOOOOOOOORRRRREEEEE;#÷>÷ K2PEKHR
My lvl 14 cavalier is a master of animals. He trained all the wild horses and dogs in our kingdom during some downtime. Now they are all combat trained with riders they see as their master. He is also courting a Great Red wyrm in human form who finds him both comely and interesting...for now. This video gave me a new plan for General Kyras Equitas's retirement (he is borderline on venerable age category, which the red dragon magically keeps from affecting his... physicality.)
So he’s acting like a bard
@@dragb9284 oh no... he's far too debonair to be a bard lol j/k. Actually...I said 14 cavalier, because his multiclassing is synergistic. But he actually is Bard 1, Cavalier 7, and 6 Battle Herald. We joke that my horse companion is the real character, cause when I started the build, I just wanted to make a decent, mounted general type. But by now, my Horse, Fulgar, can move 800 ft per turn for 10 minutes a day, has a 6-7 intelligence, magic barding, several wonderous items, perma magic fang and acid maw. His shoes are magical weapons and either silver or adamantine for purposes of damage reduction...it's stupid how much my actual character just buffs the horse and party members...then just charges or plinks until he finds someone to challenge and go ham on. His secondary build is around sundering. Adamantine Lance, improved...all that jazz. He just breaks your shit, makes you demoralized, and charms you so you thank him for not killing you and swear to join his...29 Leadership score army of followers.
Kyras has his followers set up a tea set in the neutral zone before battles between opposing armies. I have successfully talked down 3 armies now, between diplomacy, intimidate, bluff, and proper application of my few spells. All done with the character pic of Sean Connery via First Knight.
Time for my annual rewatch of literally the best DND story ever made
That was a very heartwarming ending can't wait for part 2
Man, that was amazing. Training a chromatic dragon to be a good dragon isn't easy. It's nice to see you take her as your daughter, but trying to tame her is really hard like all the Chromatic dragons. I'm looking forward to the next video.
I think we can all agree we need more wholesome content like this. I know it’s almost a year ago since this was posted. But plz this is the type of content that is the best. It’s dramatic, wholesome and overall great to listen too
What are the odds that I was planning on making a Chaotic Good Black Dragon Character with a homebrew dragon race of my own creation, with a backstory of being raised by humanoids instead of dragons? This was a decision I made two months ago. Then this video came out. Wow.
God must have a plan, lol.
I’d be interested to hear the DM’s take on everything, very unique
he played oxynia, right? Kind of odd when you think that everything she said was said by the DM. Humans are weird
You can tell easily by the dragon's behavior what the DM is thinking. "This is completely broken overpowered, and a good black dragon never happens. My player had better work very hard if he wants to make this happen. He'd better earn this, and earn it well.
@@aaronimp4966 You are more correct than you realize ;)
@@aaronimp4966 and there's also chance. The nat20 for example helped a ton. There were a couple of moments when too low a throw or a nat1 could've ruined everything.
The dice gods can be dicks and even with all that effort, one could say "nope" and then stories like this fail to happen.
I guess this makes them rare as players can't achieve these things with skill alone and many are skilled but still, it kind of sucks to know that luck plays such a huge role, even when you're trying to raise a dragon. It's dungeons and dragons for hell's sake, you should be allowed to befriend a dragon, every dragon
@@zawsrdtygbhjimokpl6998 there was arguably a balanced reason why a lawful good character should not raise a black dragon. Surprisingly and aganist all reasonable sense this scenario is somehow functional. Definitely odd.
Notes from a NG human idiot;
Greetings from Lovely Restenford!
A Foreign Noblewoman named Jane D.Hull ounce said "At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of the Parents." i like how wholesome this story is so far, what with OP teaching Onixia the differences between right/wrong, Good/Evil and Actions/Consequences. I remember reading somewhere in 3.5e D&D that, if raised differently, dragons of all types would develop an alignment based on what their taught instead of their natures. So i wish Mike the best of luck with little Onixia. As always....
May your pantheon ever favor you
Baron Trevelyan of Restenford
Black Dragons are probably the hardest dragons to train/raise due to their naturally evil nature. The only dragon I see coming close to being that difficult to raise would be a Red Dragon nut even they don't kill for sport.
You are correct good sir: redeemed red dragons are all but unheard of, but black dragons are a VERY close second. :)
"This one is noisy, I go kill it now!" 😆
That's some problem solving skills right there!
Dang. This is almost as great as the lich PC story
I do hope that Onyxia will become a legend on this channel, right along with Abrum and a certain legendary necromancer :P
Indeed. Hail to The Grey Necromancer. Hail to Astoshan, founder of the city of Undeath.
This story shows promise. That is true.
Yee
Aw, man. I'm currently rolling a bard/dragon disciple who's trying to resurrect an old fossil of a dragon egg, and this hit way too close to home.
Not being a father, but looking after other people's kids in my church's nursery, I can say I've had moments like that when one of the kids get a little too chaotic.
This would make for an excellent plot theme: the argument of nature vs nurture.
I like this story so far the Dm who guided you has a great sense on what it’s like trying to teach a little girl anything mine is so strong headed I’m just glad she doesn’t have wings and the ability to breath acid hahaha
I love this it show that even evil creatures can become good this brings memories of my current campaign
‘She is my precious little girl.’
Me: lies on the floor dying of cuteness
This is super cool. I love the conflict of nature and nurture. I bet the DM had a blast coming up with Onixia's personality and RPing against the nurturing, loving father figure. But of course, as history shows, true love conquers all.
maybe not by the end considering its a black dragon of all things and a D&D dragon too, but I'm rooting for the man that he can do it.
2:05 “I soon began setting my sights on capturing a new type of animal: *A Rock* “
To be fair, selling a rock is almost always a profit.
Giant kudos to the DM that played that Dragon... and the Player for getting him/her into that! :D
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I LOVE IT i love every thing about dnd dragons
During the Sunless Citadel adventure, two of my players decided to "adopt" Meepo the Kobold and teach him to be a Pesent Warrior(they were playing a pair of Kara-Tur characters, so they reflavored Warrior to fit their needs). They eventually fully adopted him into their Clan....
Oh thank God your doing more.
This is soooo coool.
Still can’t find the music you used, I’d there any way to listen to it other than the posted source?
This story is just as good as the tale of Astoshan the Gray, but, you know, with less dead things
Well hopefully less dead...when a dragon is involved u can only be assured of future with a chaotic outcome. Never a dull moment.
Was an awesome story, looking forward to part two.
This and other stories are perfect for creating new magic items. Astoshan's ring is the first that comes to mind.
I’m actually planning on using onyxia as an npc in my new game
@@maximumdm9612
Nice.
We need more fantasy slice of life stories like these.
true. Oh my gosh could you picture the anime of this. It would be so interesting if a little grisly. ug..forgot about the kiling things with acid part there for a moment.
His character: I have a Dragon Daughter
My Dnd Character: ..I have an abacus.. I plan to use it to look smart
This gas got to be one of the cutest things I have ever heard about a dnd campaign, and can you explain more about a summoner in a different video
Ahh, my heart. My heart! She's so freaking precious!
When she said thank you my eyes misted over and I grabbed my heart
My heart! This sort of story has been a fantasy of mine since I was little! I need to hear the rest of this story!
mine too. just you know purple. Oh my gosh I just relised how much harder a purple D&D dragon might be, oh my.
I've been playing D&D for years. And the one thing I always wanted was to have my own dragon. This here is a really good idea How I can accomplish that in. A game that I hope to be joining soon.
be carfull and good luck most dragons are unfriendly to the raising prosses at least in D&D. If the chanal dedicated to D&D monster lore is anything to go on. Man Dragon culture is fascinating and Comatic ones especially the blue are curious to say the least.
@@dranoradragonqueen1494 I recall blue dragons have water controlling abilities though unsure if in 5th ed that carried over.
@@MarkEdwardRom I thought it was lightning only. I was talking about their social structure specifically.
Any one in the Wichita ks Area open game
There's a heartwarming kids movie in here somewhere
just get rid of the acid and the killing and your good.
There is a tv series! Dexter.
I absolutely loved this story. I love how the GM didn't just brush off the infantile dragons nature. I can't wait for the next episode!!
This makes me want to go out and tame a dragon now.
While I’m a nurture rather than nature sorta DM I can see why this DM does the opposite, it’s funny.
I’m a mixture of both. I think I’d have made the black dragon more aggressive and territorial, but not at all “evil”. And with care, love and food theyd be more patient and relaxed. Like a tiger or lion. They might imprint on someone, but not all humans are safe then.
This is actually an astonishingly similar story to a Pathfinder game I DMed. Our Neutral-Good Oracle ended up swearing a blood oath to protect a "child" without realizing what the child in question was. Long story short, she did an incredible job, and over time, Scourge the black dragon became a full member of the party. I've even done a couple of drawings of him over time. It was a very fun surprise twist non of us - especially me, the DM - were expecting.
>.> I mean, it's cute so far.
but is still Black Dragon, so not seeing how this wont end poorly, but I am absolutely interested for what happens in prt 2
I know right.
"Onyxia"
*quietly remembers Deathwing's daughter*
"Oh boi"
i must point out that the DM of this story deserves a prize for how perfectly he developed the situation and the mind of the dragon, as well as the player.
I need more. My empty soul requires it.
That little "thank you" at the end made my nose burn and my eyes water up. Even though the process is taking him a very long time with his little black dragon, they're getting there
This was very heart warming, cant wait for part 2.
This is almost as fascinating as the grey necro story!
"Half elf kills a mother then forces baby into household, threatening to make it into a belt"
I keep coming back to this damn story it's just to good... of all the videos on DnD this and "the grey necromancer" are the best imo.. I'v listened to both several times.
So the guy tried to teach right and wrong but they killed her mother who was protecting her treasure and then once they did Kill her they took the treasure from the liar
Right...lol
Counter point! Black Dragons are infamous for their disdain for the lives of others. Including their own children. It's common for them to flat out abandon their eggs after laying. Although a Black Dragons lair is usually in a swamp and the eggs have to be submerged in acid during their growth which provides a natural defense for that alone. The fact this one had taken it's own lair elsewhere is unusual, especially since it had active traps since the dragon alone is often enough of a deterrent. But I chock that up to DM fiat. But the rest of the eggs had already been destroyed when they arrived. I would not be surprised if the mother was the one who crushed them, deciding she would not tolerate challengers in her territory. Not even her own kin.
@@aubreyanderson3198 good point. I remember something like that.
James Arnol-Scales dragons are evil though...
@@aubreyanderson3198 this theory makes sense. I like it
I love the idea of an evil dragon going though a nature vs nurture conflict. I actually had a somewhat similar idea for a pc that was a baby blue dragon and his quest for revenge on the murders( heros) who killed them but is disguised as an adventure to not only get stronger but also to try and learn information on where his targets are. The party being more good aliened.
I want to hear all of the story now, it’s really good thank you
Been a year since I listened to this story, I’m happy to have heard it again. Great story 👌
We need more dnd stuff like this
When I have a bad day, it's always nice to come back and rewatch these. Seriously love these characters
Absolutely loved this! Can't wait for the next part! Then again dragons are my favorite mythical creature, so I maaaaaaaay be a little biased here.
This is one of the most wholesome things I have ever seen!
So cute, can't wait for the next one.
Oh this whole story was so damn cute. It is prime book material, would love to hear/read more! I am definitely saving this to rewarch again after a while :)
ONE DAY
ONE DAY......
I too will tame a dragon
Favourite story you ever did, 10/10 can't wait for part 2
When your Dragon learns to take Human form and takes the name Katrana Prestor. *WATCH HER LIKE A HAWK AND KEEP HER AWAY FROM ANY KINDOM'S.* With a young boy king during an Orcish invasion. :P lol
This is absolutely adorable! I can’t wait until more of the story comes out. This just was too freaking wholesome. I love it.
Pls give us part 2
She is soooo cute
Adorable. I appreciate that this channel selects stories that are positive, instead of horror stories that are mostly intended to shame people.
Am I the only one here that think Onyxia acted like any other human child would? Anyway this is a really good story so far and I hope part 2 will be as well.
daamn this is so wholesome.. looking forward to part 2 XD
This is a very cool story so far, I only know one other D&D session that has a PC rising a dragon and that is the unexpectables one.
Ah yes, Task and his son Tarrusque.
At least Task has Zotira to help out... and he had a bit of a head start in getting Tarusk's trust.
2years and it's still my favorite story
Can’t wait for part 2.
Love this story so far, I can't wait for the next part!
This makes me want to raise a dragon, or at least befriend one. :3
Carful most D&D dragon are hard to befrined and even harder to raise.
You can certainly try.
My dwarf Druid has a pseudodragon companion. It’s not the same but I’m hoping it’ll come in handy in case I try to raise a dragon in that campaign
I have tamed a red dragon wyrmling and Will not treat it like a pet. That will be a hard task to make it good
I bet. It might be hard to not baby talk it but I’m sure you’ll survive 😂
I need more!!! This story is definitely worth following
The owl-bear grieving over their dead mate made me think of the "ewok death" scene in Star wars VI (RotJ). Anyone else?
This may be one of the best stories since Astoshan! Can't wait for part 2 😁👍
"That dragons where surprisingly very intelligent."
Ouch. I thought dragons were the ones who were the masters of burning. Surprisingly I was wrong.
One of my players is currently trying to tame a rust monster and this really inspired me to try and roleplay that habit more next session.