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I had a silver dragon as a emperor who's castle had his lair in it. His two sons also where silver dragons. Was pretty sweet to watch the party's reaction to them turning into their dragon forms to help out a war effort.

i liked my interbreeding of a black dragon and a red dragon...suddenly.....NAPALM DRAGON

You gave the best idea for a sidquest ever. A Hatchling Protection Agency sends the PCs on a quest to rescue a Topaz dragon baby and its egg sibling. .... Have a sub, just for that.

I really like the idea behind the silver dragon. They are smart enough to make their disguise work and they could act as a mentor figure and caller for adventure for the majority of he campaign just to eventually show his true form and fight with them aginst a thread even he can't beat alone. You can even give slight hints about his true identity like a feint smell of ozone when he is near.

One of my favourite items I ever had as a character was called The Blade of the Bronze... gave the wielder immunity to Lightning damage and could fire a lightning bolt... it contained the soul of a dying bronze dragon who wanted to have his soul crafted into a mighty weapon so he could fight until the end of a particularly nasty war. Unfortunately he had be made into a short sword which he took as a great a front and used to attract our enemies to us by shouting to them...

A ruby dragon does exist (within this fictional reality): Sardior, the God of Gem Dragons.

Going alongside green dragons using chlorine breath to create hydrochloric acid, what if green dragons made lairs only slightly bigger than they are? They just collect a knee-deep layer of water inside and their natural chlorine breath makes it acidic. It slowly increases in potency as the dragon ages, starting with a cramped boss fight in skin-irritating water against a youngling but becoming a massive lair dripping with deadly flesh-eating acid as the dragon grows. The dragon, being born and raised in acid, enjoys using its own lair as a torture chamber where it basically dunks its prey in the hyper-concentrated acid until what's left begs for mercy. The fumes radiating off the cave drive wildlife away and eat at the very stone of the entrance, making the whole cave look unnaturally smooth and tainted with sickly colors. (it defies the RAW saying they have no resistance to acid, but chlorine is poisonous AND acidic so I'd rather fudge them to resist corrosion but not deal it with their breath. That way players still know it as a poison dragon but it can survive in its own caustic lair.)

Reading through the Bronze dragon section in the 5e MM, it got me thinking about making it a banker. I've been thinking about dragons controlling banks - even before _Kill Six Billion Demons_ did it and made it awesome - but I specifically would use a Bronze dragon because of their connection to the sea. My idea is to have a Venetian style trade empire, and the canal-filled city (naturally the underwater parts are populated and maintained by Tritons and other merfolk) has this prosperous bank. And the owner of the bank is secretly (or not-so-secretly) a Bronze dragon. The dragon can polymorph into a humanoid, so he can deal with paperwork and sit on the council of merchants that controls the state. Maybe when the Bronze dragon has kids, he sends them off to head branches of the bank in other trade cities controlled by the state.

Okay, I have to just say: I've just recently come across your channel, but I've been kinda binge-watching your content these last couple of days. And MAN have I been pleasantly surprised at your ability to make "educational" videos that are, at the same time, super entertaining and casual in all the right ways. Ty so much guys!

I had never considered eating a dragon but... I bet some gourmet chef would pay a lot of money for dragon meat

I wish you'd gone into more detail, possibly made an entire series talking about all the different dragons of D&D, but this was helpful. I've never really been exposed to the dragons of D&D, only the more bestial dragons of common fantasy, like they are in Magic: the Gathering. As a relatively new DM, and with one of my players being a DM himself, I feel like there's a certain expectation for how the dragons of D&D are supposed to be.

You also missed Turtle Dragons, which are weird anyways. Also, nice to see the minis are back! Yay! This is a very helpful video, especially all the underdark dragons that can be added with the Out of the Abyss adventure. Also, really good adventure ideas with the giants and the eggs!

I love how Jim just sounds so indignant about the various dragon eccentricities

Brass dragons are good bois. Whenever I’ve had a campaign with one they’ve always ended up being good allies. One young brass dragon named Aetra was captured by a hobgoblin/Orc alliance and bound and used as a cannon. My party killed all the hobgoblins and we freed the dragon, he was so thankful he flew the party back to the island two of our characters were from and guarded the island. Aetra is a mate. 10/10 good dude

Great stuff guys! Been playing (DM) since 1978 and our team here in Los Angeles plays 2.5 edition every Friday night forever. Players are all ad execs and entertainment peeps!Your take on Dragons is excellent. It would be great to discuss even deeper how to parlay, combat or even what buffs to use against dracos. Love the ecology too. Keep up the great work!

You forgot Force and Prismatic Dragons. They're epic level dragons with some pretty insane power.

I have had a long-time love of Silver dragons, they seem like the coolest, plus I like that they can spend a lot of time in other forms.

My favorite episode right here!

Greetings from Sweden! Love your videos guys! :)

"There's no such thing as a ruby dragon." This makes me sad.

Very impressive knowledge of dragons!

Maybe the reason there are so many dragons out in the desert is because that it feels warm for dragons there or is an ideal place to raise young. I mean, red dragon eggs have to be kept in open flame for over two years before they even hatch, so a hot environment may be necessary for a lot of dragon species.

"I'm going to kill you until you leave." is now my new way to intimidate enemies.

Well that was geeky! As a 5e newcomer, thanks for the lore overview. This made me pre-hype for the eventual MM2.

What is JD on in this video? HE'S HILAREOUS!! Also the Pruitt reaction shots are money. Nice work guys. COVID-19 can suck it.

Saw a cool random table online somewhere for generating your own dragons with weird breath weapons including knives. Literally breathing a cone of daggers. Also kudos to Kobold Press for putting a bunch of wicked cool drakes in their Creature Codex, including the nightmare fuel that is the 8-legged/eyed spider drake with web attack. Luckily it doesn’t breath a cloud of spiders… Also also Matt Coleville’s Strongholds and Followers book includes gem dragons of his own flavor for 5e. The psionics are a little complex, but ruby dragons are among them.

Can we get an entire episode about Dracoliches since you missed them :)

This needs to be renamed to alll dragons because of all the different dragons. This is by far the most impressive little bio for all dragons keep it up guys :). I will be for sure coming back here to relearn the different dragons for my future games.

The gold dragon is like the LG paladin.

Its nice and warm in the desert, if dragons are cold blooded theyd love to be there

Sorry if i sound green, but GEM Dragons? Oh sweet mystery of life at long last I've found thee. I haven't played anything prior to 3.5 so I had no idea Gem Dragons even existed. I love gemstones and dragons have been awesome forever. Have either of you ever played a game with a distinctly memorable encounter with a Gem Dragon? I'm kind of bummed the Emerald Dragons sound so "weak" for lack of a better word.

Neat! I'm making my world some new dragons!

:O Im so glad I found your videos!!

Jim is on point in this one. Hilarious!

Cloud Dragon in a cloud dungeon...yep, living up to the name XD

holy shit the crystal dragon is adorable!

Nice capsule summary of the dragons. But I'll join the others in missing mention of Force and Prismatic dragons.

Love to see the Conan books on your shelf.

As I recall Orange Dragons do exist, but I think they were a Dragon Magazine creation, as I've only been able to find mention of them in the 3.5 Dragon Compendium. They seem to be these sort of weird looking flightless dragons, much like Brown Dragons, except they live in forests. Oh, and their breath weapon is particularly bizarre: they breath an oily, sticky compound that reacts explosively with water and air, and so explodes once the oil evaporates (which takes about 2 rounds).

There are Orange Dragons. You can find stats in the Dragon Compendium Vol. 1 and it appears in the module Under the Storm Giant's Castle. Breath weapon is an explosive compound, terrain forest, alignment NE.

There actually are orange dragons in an issue of dragon from however long ago, plus grey, the version of yellow that lived in water and were like sea snakes, and some of the more exotic metallic ones from the 4th ed. draconomicon 2 (adamantine, orium whatever that's supposed to be, and mithral I think?) Good video either way.

my favorite metallic is the bronze.. sinking ships for fun and going into war because they love it. I like fighting myself and making people look stupid in real life, so I like em

A red dragon and a blue dragon crossbreed and create a purple dragon that breathes gigantic showers of sparks at the party.

"Because who's going to come take adragon away" My two players who decided trying to rain a black dragon was a great idea: we'll take your intre stock

There is a ruby dragon actually, he's the God of the gem dragons

Gem dragons were always my favorite.

0:53 black 1:11 blue 1:34 white 1:52 green 2:53 godzilla 3:11 brass 3:38 bronze 4:15 copper 4:57 silver 5:31 gold 6:06 amethyst 6:21 crystal 6:44 emerald 7:13 sapphire 7:32 topaz 8:08 brown 8:37 cloud 9:08 deep 9:37 mercury 10:02 mist 10:38 shadow 11:10 steel 11:37 yellow 12:20 fang 12:27 rust

Great video

I once fought a young adult sand dragon as a 15th lvl fighter in 3.5e and it died in 4 hits and I was a little disappointed but it was still fun for my first dragon😂

Have the white dragon polymorph into the mysterious sage/wizard quest giver who rolls into the tavern to find intrepid adventurers.

Never... deal... with a Dragon!!!

In 3.5 Dragon Magazine Compendium there are the orange and purple dragons with the yellow dragon in that same book.

When you mentioned the brown dragons and why blue wouldn't kill them I imagined Godzilla from earlier in the episode

In my mind, the topaz's cone of dehydration is like a diesel-powered de-humidifier. BTW, what is your resource for these? 5e Monster Manual or a compilation of all editions?

I remember a Orange dragon in one 3.5 book. Sent it on my players. It breathes black gunk that explodes the round after for ridiculusly ammount of dmg.

Ohhhhhh Gem dragons. I get it now

No mention of the Dragon Turtle?

I added a breath weapon to the terrasque that was a beam of force and radiance because this episode

I can't believe how you just skimmed over the most awesome dragon. fang. you could do an entire video on just those.

Very cool, though you forgot the Dragon Turtle.

I like the idea of green dragonshaving an additional breath weapon but i think it'd have to be saltwater to work

Orange dragons are a thing. They are masters of stealth, they somehow can hide in rivers and have napalm breath.

There are two Ruby dragons, a Mystaran one and Sardior, who lives on the "red moon" which is actually a giant floating palace made of rubies. Also the Amethyst's breath weapon mentioned isn't what it has in 3rd edition, which is a beam of concussive force. And, again, there are TWO orange dragons, one that is a crossbreed between a red and yellow dragon, although not the same yellow dragon mentioned in this video (there are three different kinds of yellow dragon) and another one which can change its color like a chameleon that only appeared once in Dragon #62 for 1st edition. Also that's ABSOLUTELY not it. There are literally hundreds of dragons in d&d and you haven't even scratched the surface. Whole entire families went unmentioned here; no planar dragons (too many to list), no ferrous dragons(iron, cobalt, nickel, tungsten, chromium, lodestone, 6 others that are extinct, and an unknown unique that after dying possesses the bodies of great wyrm iron dragons), no chinese/lung dragons (t'ien, pan, shen, lung wang, li lung, chiang ling, tun mi lung, and yu lung which is the immature stage of all lung dragons), no linnorms/norse/scourge dragons (corpse tearer, midgard, dread, grey, frost, flame, forest, rain, sea, and land), no catastrophic dragons (volcano, blizzard, earthquake, wildfire, avalanche, typhoon, tornado), etc. etc. etc... Then there's the rest of the chromatics which no one mentioned, including multiple versions of yellow, orange, purple, brown, and grey, a pink dragon, crossbred chromatic dragons, and of course "chromatic dragons" which in standard d&d there is only one individual of. Then you've got song/were, rain, dzalmaus, brainstealer, a couple different night dragons, electrum, orichalcum, the different space dragons like sun, moon, and an air dragon that just resembles a floating diamond, mithril which was a space dragon and became a metallic dragon in 4e, faerie dragons which started as true dragons, became dragonets, then went back to being true dragons when they were made planar, a couple of obsidian dragons, some breeds only found on Krynn like sea, brine, amphi, and spider, the Mystaran dragons who have share the same colors as some of the other dragons but are totally different, all the extra gem dragons published in Dragon magazine as sequels to the original neutral dragon article which includes pearl, jade, jacinth, amber, moonstone, and beljuril, all the weird new planar dragons in 4e like the deathmask dragon and wretched dragon... Really just a totally pathetic attempt all around. F - - I'm disappointed, see me after class :/

ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I want ALL THE BOOKS YOU HAVE D:

Missing platinum(although sometimes Bhamut or Paladine are the only one), the purple dragon of cormanther, dragon turtles. Than there are Asian dragons/serpents. Half dragons and Draconians are also worth mentioning.

forgot that fang dragons r basically without a breath weapon and r poor flyers but r super strong physically and every part of their body is like a weapon, their bite, like that of a vampire but do to it's size can steal someone's soul on a critical hit, there fangs being used as powder in the making of the nine lives stealer sword, and grey dragons r fang dragons that Tiamat upgraded by giving them an acid breath weapon and sent out supposedly on a witch hunt to kill the few fang dragons that exist so only the improved grey dragons remain

1. Something with 2 wings and 2 legs isnt a pure dragon, it is a wyvern. 2. There are so many dragons in the desert because dragons are lizards, lizards fucking LOVE the heat and the sand. Sand helps clean and polish scales!

Missed my favorite dragon; MAGMA DRAGON!!

Not to be insulting or anything, but I find your informative videos to be WAAAAAAAAAY more entertaining than your actual gaming ones for some reason.

If at any point I want to TPK I am summoning a Tarrasque with wings and a huge spike in int and wis. I am calling him Tarrazilla and it breaths force fire lines.

I love you guys, I wish I could play with you!

I love your guy's content, any chance you have considered coming back and doing a longer video on dragons? Something like what you did with Hags and Aboleths I loved those and they have helped me so much with working out ideas.

what about the Beast Dragons from the Beastlands?

Gem dragons!

Can you do the Asian Dragons? ie Tien Lung, Shen Lung etc... I think they were in Fiend Folio? It would be cool to see a separate video for the Gold Dragon like you guys did for the Red Dragon. I always found it interesting that the Golds were depicted as Asian Dragons in 1st and 2nd edition and then were changed into a more western look in following editions. Their 3rd edition look was always my fav.

Orange Dragons exist. Dragon Magazine #65 and #248

There should be swamp dragons that are able to spit sticky tar like goo the slows down and limits the movements of enemies.

Tiamat, when the rainbow tastes you

No Force or Prismatic?! :P Good ep.

Fight and kill you until you leave? "You are dead now, please leave"

there was a funny moment in a d&d game where a mist dragon almost got one shot and it died in the next turn....but not after taking the elvish ranger with him

I can feel my cloaca moisten

I thought there used to be an onyx dragon too. But I must have imagined it.

I made a cactus dragon. It spits up thousands of needles at you and can throw large javelin length needle at you from a distance

Would love to see your opinions on half dragon templates for pc's

Oh who's better than that gold dragon. That silver dragon over there

I imagine an Orange dragon would be red and yellow babies. So either the perfect hybrid can breathe shards of glass... or the ones of the shittiest combination die because the scorching sand + fire just makes a clump of glass in their throat.

Can you do an entire episode on the faerie dragon :D

I would love to see a Jade Dragon.

You guys should invest in selling some custom web dm dice sets! Id love to buy some.

What about the only ruby dragon and the rest of the ferrous dragons?

My DM gave me the power to transform into a dragon.

I'm so offended you didn't mention Force or Prismatic dragons.

There is so an orange dragon; it's in Dragon Compendium.

how about Fey Dragons, and those Mind Flayer dragons?

Was waiting for Dracolich...

What about pruple dragons? Or Prismatic ones?

Web DM if its possible I want a more detailed explanation of this topic don't get me wrong this the perfect mix of information and entertainment but I would want more structured conversion of this with timestamps of each explanation of dragon like I would LOVE to see an hour long version of this I know it isn't exactly an easy task but I would appreciate it so much

I thought Jim was named Scott for some reason. Just listened to the intro. I’ve watched 50+ episodes...