Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Dragon Gods

[@AJPickett]

This video counts as a short rest.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

AJ Pickett Sweet. I get my Ki points back at the end. I’ve been spending them to dodge Corona as a bonus action.

[@christophermzdenek]

Nice, all my patron spells ack. Great for keeping folks 6'/2M away!

[@kody_dryden-conway]

Thanks I got my channel divinity back

[@CptnLukky]

Yay, my EVERYTHING is recharged! (Laughs in fighter)

[@Dustin-j3k]

Lol got a chuckle out of me

[@dragonballtalk8527]

The length of it alone made me grin...the video I mean

[@AJPickett]

I GET WHAT YOU MEANT lol

[@robinsearles5771]

I guess that I'm guilty of puerile simplicity. My first fantasy novels were the Dragonlance Chronicles. There is Paladine, and there is Takhisis. Water is wet, the sun is hot, Paladine is impossibly good, and Takhisis is impossibly evil. It made sense to my young mind. As I've grown, read more from many more sources, played dungeons and dragons, immersed myself in the exquisite pleasure of Krynnish and Forgotten Realms draconic lore - I can't say that I've evolved with the content. Water is wet, the sun is hot, Paladine/Bahamut is impossibly good, and Takhisis/Tiamat is impossibly evil. It's limiting, but it's soothing. I've only ever enjoyed playing good-aligned characters; thus, I'm team Platinum for life! Thank you, AJ Pickett - this is a GORGEOUS exploration into those OTHER draconic deities. 100/100. Brilliant.

[@madmalone6616]

Our party had to seek out Bahumat for aid in stopping Tiamat's DRAGON FLIGHT (portals open up to the 9 hells & chromatic dragons plus Tiamat's avatar pour out) from taking PLACE in our game's world. We received a riddle of "seek him behind the North wind". We're like OK that really helps, how do you go behind the North Wind?. After some time & a few divination spells we discovered a tavern in our homebrew's capital called "The North Wind"... Bahumat was chill in the back. DM got a real kick out of that. 😅😅😅😅

[@brianc8821]

I love watching AJs videos with my beverage.

[@9148H2]

I love Dragons. They are my favorite fantasy creature. And since so many fantasy books, movies, and games inspired me to write my own Fantasy material. I always saw Dragons as beings that don't need Gods, because they are so immensely powerful and wise throughout the ages. In how I see Dragons is the older a Dragon gets the more one with the primordial forces of the cosmos they become with. Not only do they get bigger with age, but the more powerful the older they get as well, and even the more omniscient they become because they are made out of the fundamental forces of the cosmos. So if a Dragon is billions of years old they are much larger than a planet and can challenge and kill even a God.

[@oathlords7989]

In Oathlords the dragons are minions of the Erðfaðir. They come from the earth and hoard metals because their scales transmute into an alloy based on what they collect. So of course the greatest is the mithril dragon... whose rivals are those of iron and bronze... but there are also more numerous lesser drakes of silver, gold, copper, etc. They spread wings and climb to peaks because, like humans, they're striving to harness the power of the ether... the opposite of earth... which is unnatural and breaks the world. So I like seeing them as elemental and semi-divine beings as well... with a destructively selfish purpose.

[@liciarogers136]

i have been playing since the late 70's. your wisdom is deep and sound! well done, sir!

[@thevoicej2511]

I really like how the Dragon religion uses language that subtly reflects them, like IO ‘breathing’ life into universe. Great job AJ!

[@alexplaysgames_2]

Thanks for uploading. I plan to run a campaign in a setting that’s completely ruled by dragons and where Io is the de facto leader of the pantheon.

[@tatsusama3192]

Alright, today was a good day. Lots of stuff got done and I'm exhausted. Oh a new video from professor Pickett. I'll just watch this before I go to be- 56:35?!" I'm saving this for the morning but commenting now😋

[@mew5170]

Thank you for providing some content to watch during the quarantine

[@AJPickett]

I'm doing my part! *salutes*

[@Taylor1989s]

Good golly this was a treat I live these videos a bright moment in my busy day

[@AJPickett]

Apply video for 1d4 points of healing.

[@deltazeta5506]

My Kobold alchemist is one who prays to Aio not so much to gain power but to help retain his balanced chaotic nature. As a result he is very quick witted and if pissed off will cause so much verbal pain you might die from that over the arrows of his crossbow.

[@nullvoid4063]

Thanks AJ, great video as always! This will help in my current game where I got the rare and coveted opportunity to reach 17th level as a wizard and promptly used true polymorph to become an adult gold dragon. So, question for AJ and the great community here: How can I, as a player, effectively role play being a dragon? I’ve already started work excavating a lair near a city I like, started calculating how much gold is needed for a comfortable bed, and hired a bard to start spreading tales of my exploits. Any more ideas?

[@AJPickett]

You will need to fill your lair with wondrous magical items and exquisite works of art.

[@Greenscyth22]

Finally got around to seeing the whole video. Work at the hospital has been a mess, so thanks for the oasis of nerdy calm in my day. Seems like Tiamat is just as conniving and scheming as Glasya. I wonder if one has ever tried to make a power play on the other? I don’t see Asmodeus caring either way as he clearly respects both his daughter and the Dragon queen.

[@AmigoRoberto]

Thanks for working bud. It may not feel like it bit you are appreciated and important.

[@nickycocaine]

Stay safe bro, thank you for working through this.

[@Banchoking]

Thanks for your hard work.

[@stephenrussell5710]

I'm running a campaign where my players are young bronze and copper dragons. Tiamat has risen defeated the avatar of Bahamut in the prime material plane and has ruled half the planet all metallic dragons seeing the fall of their king fled to another realm. Only thing from stopping her from ruling it all is a prismatic dragon telling her the rest is his. They have to gather the artifacts and summon Bahamut to fight tiamat again.

[@st4ne4rmthevill63]

That sounds like fun

[@spriggan9999]

Hey @aj Pickett just want to send out a thank you and a keep it up. I'm not in a place to send a bunch of financial support at this time but I just want you to know that I appreciate the countless hours you spend bringing all this luscious lore to life. When the time comes and it will come. I'll not forget to buy the merch and support the cause because, my word, your amazing. Also(all this flattering talk not withstanding) would love to see a video from you regarding the World Serpent Inn. Nobody else has done one and I think your the best so you get to be hassled by me. Sorry, not sorry lol

[@AJPickett]

Hmmm! OK, its going on the list.

[@silvanusasher446]

I'm currently writing my own OC campaign for 5e, and this video gave me more dragon gods than I could actually hope to use! Thank you for the buffet of dragonic deities! I'll choose the best ones for my purposes, again thank you

[@AJPickett]

my pleasure.

[@dethledr]

@AJ Pickett All these negative comments below are a little disheartening! It sounds like people are upset because the D&D lore has expanded so much beyond the original, which is inevitable for any popular cultural phenomenon. And sometimes people take that expansion a little too far or err a bit on the ridiculous side. There are many examples of this: Lovecraft, Star Wars (and how Disney defiled it), Star Trek (and how JJ Abrams and the current spin-offs have defiled it), etc. That's certainly not your doing. You're giving us the complete history of the lore -- the good, the bad and the ugly. And you do a damn fine job in your videos too. Your channel is my favorite among the channels with D&D content. Please don't be disheartened by the negative comments from disenfranchised D&D fans. You're doing a great job, and I hope you keep it up. Have a good one, AJ!

[@genobreaker1054]

Thank you for the shout out to the Stellar Dragons, my favorite variety of dragon and one that is all too often overlooked!

[@TerrariaGolem]

Yes. Good content for the Dragon Queen's Hoard!

[@MasterofMistakes]

MTG fan here, Progenitor of Dragons is "The Ur-Dragon" best described as an enormous being who's existence is to spread dragon kind threw the multiverses. Not saying its better just throwing another marble into the bag of ideas to talk about, its fun as a new fan of D&D to imagine how they would all get along, is it all serious like 40K or would they be more laid-back with each other in an almost Disney way. Whatever it may be its fun to learn, thank you for your great work!

[@MasterofMistakes]

@Airock the Great If that was an 'intended' pun by "Wizards of the Coast" creative team I love it! Thank you for this info.

[@AJPickett]

Check out my video on Nico Bolas

[@necro6767676]

I mean you can totally make mtg real in your world and planeswalkers are just people able to move through the phlogiston without the need of spells or spelljammers. Ravnica has been converted. The ur dragon could just be another name of Io.

[@draxthemsklonst]

@@necro6767676 Agreed on the Ur Dragon just being another name for Asgorath/Io. The phlogiston (Blind Eternities in MtG) is still inhospitable to planeswalkers that lurk there for any length of time. They all pass through it quickly, like a teleportation of sorts. Venser had to make a special type of globes that could allow an extended journey through the Blind Eternities. Otherwise, per canon, only beings like the eldrazi can just hang out there, without using some sort of special ability, spell, item, vehicle...something. Obviously, there are rules so there must be exceptions of some sort (like Venser's orbs or a ship). Your game, your rules...I'm just saying what the official lore states.

[@necro6767676]

@@draxthemsklonst yeah that makes sense. Planeswalkers can skip the phlogiston instead of surviving it. I mean sparks and the phlogiston don't mix.

[@zmishiymishi5349]

Oh damn. Thats more gods than i expected and damn powerfull as well

[@tatsusama3192]

Glad I slept before watching this. Lots of cool and interesting information I wouldn't have been able to retain😀

[@ArkatChannel]

Still dying to see an episode about Adamantine Dragons.

[@AJPickett]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5eTpGasZruHg8U I have talked about them before, but yes, they will be getting a full video about them soon.

[@ArkatChannel]

@@AJPickett Looking forward to it.

[@hazbinhotelsuperfan3383]

@@AJPickett Thank you. Also how powerful do you think a Adamantine Half-Dragon would be?

[@dragonlord498]

Im wanting videos about the lessor known chromatics and metallics such as adamantine as well since sadly they don't get the attention they should in many cases compared to their more covered cousins so also hard for some to get info on them

[@MrKlotzi123]

I love the Heroes 3 Dragon in the Window at the Start! Thanks, keep the Content coming!

[@gamerdodo8581]

I like the thought of Paladine being bahumts humanoid avatar.

[@cornuschristi1814]

That's an interesting idea! How would you go about executing that? Would you do this in a more vanilla setting, like Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk? Or would you do this somewhere bit different, like Dragonlance or even your own homebrew setting? How do Bahamut's Draconic followers view the human worshippers of Paladine, and vice-versa? Do these groups know they're the same God, and if not, why don't they know and how does that affect the relationship between the two religions?

[@jacksonbova9923]

I tried to do this kinda thing with my first ever character!!!! I the campaign kinda fizzled but this was basically my idea! He was a brass dragon paladin! I was trying to figure out how he would’ve been raised as a soldier and how he covered his face

[@iezarigarrard3673]

Draco Paladine that is

[@justice4most]

So bahamut is a reverse furry?

[@Jeremycook_]

@Austin Titus *dispell bot* Edit: holy shit it worked lol

[@nyxborne1786]

The avatar of Falazur is actually the BBEG for my world I also have a white scaled, winged kobold named Gyx who worships Hlal. So the dragon pantheon and kobold lore are VERY dear to my heart

[@Kopeksi]

If you have the time, I would really like some tellings of adventures from your campaingns.

[@hermionesydneygoldmanphynn498]

Important information for when I play Kobold druid. Praising neutral or good dragon deities and the hating all gnome deities.

[@That80sGuy1972]

Marduk in my campaigns is a humanoid aspect of Bahamut. Then again, I have my own stuff that I birthed in 1986. I adapted a lot of it, over and over again, to not clash with AD&D stuff that I got later. And WOAH! AJ, you covered a LOT of dragon gods I was not even remotely aware of. Kudos, bro.

[@Gnomeious]

My head cannon for why we dont have any of the dragon gods in 5e is cause when the spell plague happened they all become mortal and a bunch of 4e adventures killed them all

[@TheBlidget]

Here to pour one out for all the Dragon Gods post Fizban. Respect.

[@danielfleck8065]

Asgorath: *Lays down to take a nap* Civilization: *haha, I'm in danger"

[@redfaux74]

Bahamut and Tiamat need their own videos. The reality is.... each of the 6 canaries of Bahamut need their own video. I'm continually disappointed at how great beings don't have unique spells, weapons, defensive items and powers. A "fireball" or breath weapon of a unique greater power should be incredibly destructive and almost a guaranteed kill if it's a direct hit without creative and specific defenses.

[@FathersUnited-fu]

You're the DM make it up.

[@SPB___]

​@@FathersUnited-fureally annoying comment, just don't respond next time

[@FathersUnited-fu]

@SPB___ it's the truth tho 🤷🏿‍♂️ I do it all the time. I agree with the original comment but the fact is, the Wizards of the Coast don't do that too often but you as the DM can. I had an Amnizu devil be the BBEG of one campaign. He was like hedonism bot from Futurama. I gave him an ability where he could sense the desires of a person & offer it to them. If they failed a charisma save they would fight for him for 1 round & attack their friends, believing it would help them get their desires. Listen to Naddpod or Dungeons & Daddies, the DMs on there are excellent at making up cool random powers their badass characters have. There's also some resources online that can be Googled to give you an idea. So as I said, you're the DM. Make it up.

[@Enixon869]

@@FathersUnited-fu I swear this strange disdain people have developed against homebrew in recent years is mind boggling

[@Enixon869]

@@SPB___ Take your own advice. His was a perfectly appropriate response and something that more DM's SHOULD be doing, unlike your response which added nothing but more belly aching

[@doof2630]

With all those hordes, I'm wondering if there are any dragon accountants to keep track of them all.

[@TheScandinavien]

Wholesome intro is wholesome.

[@mickc.4992]

Well, I know what I'm watching tonight, thanks AJ :)

[@TheDarkZeroGame]

Null was one of my favourite dragon god. Im pretty sad they never expended anything related to that deity since 3e...especially when he is the brother of Bahamut and Tiamat....which are pretty big name deities.

[@zacharygadzinski3147]

They'll probably expand on him in the current edition. Wouldn't be surprised if he pops up in Critical Role where he has dragonborn worshippers.

[@zionthedragon8866]

He isn't there brother, as this video points out, and he is kind of overrated IMO. Also, almost all the dragon gods are tiamat's and bahamut's brother and sisters....

[@LostSoulNexus]

Isn't he thier uncle?

[@LostSoulNexus]

Isn't he thier uncle?

[@gamercore5216]

Same i love Null and his 2 smaller forms

[@sirsir9665]

You can tell Elder Scrolls Skyrim took a lot of ideas from DnD Dragon lore. Akatosh being the dragon god of time and is the beginning and end of time, who stops and restarts the kalpa ( the birth, life and death of a world). It's really cool to see lore and mythology connect across games, writings, movies and artistic creations.

[@derigel9783]

No art is truely original. But across cultures and time, sometimes it can happen that something gets invented again. A billion apes typing William Shakespear and Lao Zu and Siegmund Freud and Hannah Arend.

[@ne0nmancer]

Yep, i was an Elder Scrolls Lore nerd before getting into D&D and i see so many similarities, though i'd say that of the fantasy series that we know are based mainly in D&D, Elder Scrolls is probably the one that mixes things up the most, thanks to some amazing writers like Michael Kirkbride.

[@sirsir9665]

@@ne0nmancer I like when people use each others ideas for stuff. Makes it feel connected in some way or another

[@danielbroome5690]

Makes sense, Elder scrolls was literally based upon a D&D game the creators played back in the day. But honestly, Elder scrolls lore imo WAY surpassed D&D lore. ES Lore gets batshit insane in places.

[@derigel9783]

@@danielbroome5690 Thanks to Michael Kirchbright, the main loorwriter for The Elder Scrolls. What most people don't know is, that a main inspiration for him was hinduism. The konzepts of kalpa, the godhead and apohheosis of Vivek are some examples.

[@linguisticallyoversight8685]

Ah The great Dragon game I was just reading about that the other day

[@AM-hf9kk]

47:00 Sardior is what I came for and was disappointed that he has such a short section. I'm running a game with a Red Dragonborn that decided to change to Ruby (Crystal) when Fizban's came out. He's in for a wild ride...

[@AJPickett]

Sardior is really not that big of a deal by way of Dragon gods.

[@FathersUnited-fu]

​@AJPickett he's gonna be in my current campaign. All Dragons are. Bcz Dragons are badass.

[@Ieatpaste23]

wotc on their website had a huge section dedicated to Sardior for 3rd edition in mind's eye. His myth, stats, thanes. A unique gem dragon the served him as a sort of scientist. It had a prestige class, and several psionic abilities as well. Even talked about his church.

[@adamholcomb1906]

The dragon god beings scream for WOTC to make a dragon warlock subclass👍🏼👍🏼💯

[@destonlee2838]

I am interested in the Ptah/Io/Asgorath speculative trinity.

[@harris734]

Added a Like to it before I even was 10 seconds in!

[@AmigoRoberto]

7 views 5 likes. I love this community

[@Taylor1989s]

As do we all good sir

[@AJPickett]

Legends all!

[@dragonballtalk8527]

@@AmigoRoberto Schenectady ny

[@michaelbohnisch4166]

Gotta be faster mate he had me at 8 and a half.

[@DkKombo]

So a DnD nerd is basically a dragon in their beliefs. Neat. Dont touch my lore.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

All nerds, in all fields, get like this really. If there is enough knowledge on a subject, the experts will begin to hord it. And then the dragon madness sets in... 🤓⏱😵📚🐉💰

[@michaelkelligan7931]

I'm Abacromby Nash,God of Necromancy and Death and I approve of this message! 💀

[@Mew-yu1xj]

This is perfect thank you so much for your work!

[@GreasyOaf]

i have never played dnd but these videos are super entertaining!

[@ashardalondragnipurake]

its not narcissisms if your right

[@lunamaria1048]

This has rekindled my long lost desire for role playing.. My once favorite GM lost his way and is stuck in routines, where every game i a clone of the last... I have started running games before i took a break from role playing, so think running a game myself, is the solution to give my imagination the exercise it needs and indulge my desire to play a good game! Thanks!

[@AJPickett]

Go for it, DMing is awesome.

[@millerdiamond708]

i wonder what a draconic spacecraft would look like dragons are very smart so they would have a advance technology for space travel with very scary warships like battleships with alot of guns on them the draconic empire will rule the galaxy or let it burn

[@jeremiahgriffin9521]

Not to detract from how Awsome this video is; but I really liked how you credited all the artists. That was really cool imho. But you didn't list the name of the artist on the image of the arcane master and his adept. As someone who plays a dragon worshiping fire wizard who constantly mentions how his various apprentices have met their ends in tragic accidents, I really wanted to find this one for my collection! Can you help me out?

[@AJPickett]

Artist Andre Bdois www.artstation.com/artwork/VaR2n

[@thedm8873]

Hey another AJ picket video, oh wow a video about the dragon gods I would've never guessed.. Lol I kid love the vids AJ keep it up!

[@tomkerruish2982]

I find it interesting that nonhumans each have single pantheons, while humans have multiple. Of course, the real-world explanation ('Doylist') is that, historically, we have a great many human pantheons to use as inspiration for the gods of fantasy humans, while nonhuman deities must be created from whole cloth, a decidedly more difficult task. (Occasionally, they can be adapted from real-world beliefs, e.g. Surtur, Thrym, and Tiamat.) Does anyone have a good in-universe ('Watsonian') explanation?

[@kaseyboles30]

Humans are typically portrayed as the most versatile and varied race. Makes sense it would also apply to their pantheons.

[@draxthemsklonst]

Elves, dwarves, gnomes and halflings are all "humans." They all can interbreed with one another without magical assistance or shenanigans.

[@craigray7519]

I'M GETTING DEEPLY NERDY DURING THE QUARANTINE!!

[@linguisticallyoversight8685]

Lord Chronepsis Dragon God of Prophecy foresaw this vid

[@ernestlam5632]

There was story of Vorel brother dragon to Tiamat and Bahamut that Tiamat killed. He was a beautiful but simple minded. I want resurrect him as the a Dragon God of cuteness. Protecting cute beings by making them basically Nilbog-Revenants that can get enact justice on there abusers. Working out his own trauma through them.

[@stevenredpath9332]

Tiamat has a history going all the way back to our earliest civilisations and mythology. She was, originally, a water dragon goddess in proto indo-European mythology.

[@AJPickett]

Yep, even earlier.

[@cerberouse1]

29:00 How good is that symblism; "Everything has to be balanced at the end point" xD

[@st4ne4rmthevill63]

Had a campaign once where Dragons were the Supreme power in the world bcz the Gods had went to war. Tiamat discovered she could harvest "divine essence" from other Dieties & become stronger. She started knocking off Draconic God's, to combat her the Good aligned draconic God's offered their power to Bahamut making them both effectively the strongest God's in existence. Good gods lined up with Bahamut, evil with Tiamat & big war pops off. World splits in two, Tiamat is banished & dragons vanish from the world. Story compounded over 2 campaigns. 1 campaign centered around "The World Pillars" two massive pillars that Bahamut had created to hold the two world halves together & apart. The Cult of Tiamat were trying to destroy the pillars, bring the world's back together & return Tiamat to the material plane. The 1st campaign ended with the pillars falling, the second ended with the players going DEEP underground to discover a giant opening that dropped into the sky. It was the top of the World Pillars. Pillars broke, world's collided, realities collapsed & everything coalesce into one prime reality. The Blood War, the Gith & Flayer War etc, every conflict known spilt onto this new singular realm while the War of the God's raged. Their characters were brought before an aspect of Bahamut, told they'd been chosen & they had to pick between their two characters from both campaigns on who would live, the other "sacrificing" themselves to empower the surviving. 3rd campaign was their characters tasked with gathering Divine Essence, become God's & to help Bahamut challenge Tiamat for the final time. In the end Bahamut split his essence between the party, they became God's, fought Tiamat & then reshaped reality back to normal before becoming the New God's of that reality. We all sat down & created the new world together that we still play in to this day. Took like 3yrs but it was worth it in the end. It was amazing. For anybody wondering the God's the characters became were: Tikleberry Coppecog (Tik) - Gnomish God of Thieves & Arcane Tricksters Lia - Water Genasi Goddess of Magic & Hope Ronyn - Centaur Goddess of Nature & The Hunt Dovah - Aasimar turned God of Batttle & Protection Oyama Sin Laden - Tiefling God of Lies & Deception

[@malikevans634]

I jealously dream of days where I can make adventures like this. XP

[@myweapons8445]

Dude, this is wonderful :)

[@PurpleDragon1995]

This was greatly enlightening. For the longest time, I've only known about Bahamut, Tiamat, Tamara, Lendys, and Io/Asgorath. I never imagined that the draconic pantheon would be so wide! Seriously, a Draconic goddess of HUMOR? Who could have POSSIBLY seen that coming!? This just gives me even more ideas for Dragonborn characters....

[@ecivedsusagep]

Copper dragons. Copper dragons saw that coming

[@zenithmaiden2109]

@@ecivedsusagep Brass too, to some extent. Many dragons have a sense of humor, but they don't care if they're the only ones laughing when it comes to the punch line.

[@umagon6226]

Love your stuff! I know it's a lot of work, but would you consider reorganizing your videos into specific playlists? All dragon videos in one playlist, for example

[@robinmcgee9277]

THANK YOU!!! Glad to finally hear this one come out. Gave me a few ideas to work with still sticking with the primary idea.

[@kevinobill4818]

Yes, thank you. Can you remaster the videos of each Dragon species, both Chromatics and Metallics?

[@AJPickett]

That is the plan

[@mlkdude1873]

Found out about Tamara and wish we got more on the dragon pantheons. Perfect god for a Cleric of a character

[@martschingmadness8918]

Shes the patron for my very first character. White dragonborn paladin on an oath of Redemption quest

[@2o7o7dragon]

This video could really use a family tree graphic

[@kishinasura1989]

I've been working on some lore for my world. Made you a God called the Lore Master a wizard who transcended to God Hood through emerging himself in the weave of magic and the pursuit of lore.

[@irvenman]

Perfect deity for the Knowledge Domain cleric.

[@kjfdsjknfjknafknsdlfnla7908]

so our real world is a part of your setting where the Lore Master is a KZbinr?

[@kishinasura1989]

@@irvenman correct wizards and knowledge clerics are his main followers a few warlocks and sorcerers any caster type really just keep in mind that even though he is Neutral Good he doesn't really interfere with other dieties he just seeks lore and knowledge for his Grand archives witch is to hold all knowledge in the Multiverse

[@shellknight1323]

This is the moment that I *SUBSCRIBED* for!!!!

[@zionthedragon8866]

Yes, garyx flame dragon.... Sardior psionic dragon..... And other dragon gods..... Yes!

[@jorgeb1015]

Love it, AJ. Great job. And thanks for listening our prays. It is very complete and detailed. :)

[@AKNeal81]

I know you're quite fond of your Fire Giant video but I propose that this may be your finest video yet! Would love a downloadable file of the artwork if legally viable.

[@AJPickett]

That is not legally viable.

[@AKNeal81]

Figured as much but had to ask! Kudos to all of those fantastic artists!

[@seamusfish7009]

Here wuz Seamus! Seamus is keeping well in quarantine. How is everyone holding up? Is everyone ok?

[@declanglover4752]

47:02 Sardior!

[@nickmagrick7702]

didn't know there was so many dragon gods

[@macguyverbond7480]

Gonna have to watch this one a few times, for sure.

[@backroomgaming3305]

Like usual artfully done and very very informative......I must say I NEED MORE !!!!

[@coreyshorter8526]

In in one of the games I played my dm allowed me to play a shadow dragonborn grave domain cleric my god was null.

[@mmardh799]

thank you very much! definetly I'm taking some ideas for my pc, npc and ideas for adventures

[@AstralMarmot]

One of the ways I know I love your channel is because just listening to you gives me exciting new ideas for my campaign. As always thank you AJ - and yes, please do Eberron! If you could find time during your remaster to cover Steel Dragons I would really appreciate it too; they're one the most underutilized and underappreciated dragons and I would love to hear what you dig up!

[@JanusHoW]

Tiamat is not only the final boss of the _Tyranny of Dragons_ storyline, but can also play a major role in the _Descent Into Avernus_ adventure. INCOMING SPOILERS. If I were to ever run this adventure, I'd have an encounter with Tiamat as they ride across Avernus in their infernal war machines, since she has essentially free reign of the layer. She would swoop down and accost the adventurers, demanding that they do something to amuse her, because she is bored. If they succeed at a Perform check of some kind, she lets them go. If they beat the DC by 5 or more (or roll a natural 20), she is especially pleased, and offers to do them a favor somewhere down the line if it suits her. If they fail the check, Tiamat is displeased, but decides that she has better things to do, and flies off in a huff. Interestingly, if they roll a natural 1 on the check, the performance goes so badly that Tiamat starts laughing uncontrollably, and ends up feeling the same way as if they had beat the Perform check DC by 5+ or rolled a natural 20. This would potentially come into play later, when the PCs need to acquire some of Tiamat's blood for a polymorphed empyrean (who happens to be the son of the fire giant god Surtur) to spill. The source, the PCs may have been told, is a reliquary held by an evil dragonborn paladin of Tiamat called Arkhan the Cruel, who somehow got his hands on nothing less than the _Hand of Vecna_ . While the empyrean gave the PCs an _orb of dragonkind_ to offer as trade for the reliquary, Arkhan wants something more than the orb - the life of a celestial creature...which, in a party with a good cleric or paladin, would be considered an evil act and immediately make them lose their class abilities. However, if the PCs greatly amused Tiamat, she butts in by suddenly taking over Arkhan and speaking through him. She agrees to exchange the _orb_ for the reliquary.

[@capealio]

You are the definitve guide to all things Dungeons and Dragons

[@AJPickett]

Thank you

[@reeping5038]

I love these, you do such a great job. Thank you

[@AJPickett]

Spread the word :)

[@adamholcomb1906]

FR Dragons have my greatest interest 👍🏼👍🏼😎💯

[@vorpalinferno9711]

17:19 Hey thats supposed to be Ancalagon.

[@disarmed4762]

This god has a lot of different names

[@andrewpowell2730]

Digging the HoMM3 green dragon in the window.

[@ryderma1]

Gonna be another one I put on repeat, until I absorb most of it😁 Fantastic as always😈😈

[@Tovish1988]

So if you say goodbye to Tiamat and Bahamut, get on a spelljamer, fly to Krynnspace, and say hello to Takhisis and Paladine . . . Do they remember you from when you just said goodbye to them under different names?

[@AJPickett]

Yes

[@Tovish1988]

@@AJPickett That makes the Dragonlance Age of Mortals, where Takhisis is permanently destroyed and Paladine permanently locked in a low-power avatar form, a bit strange. Takhisis lived in the abyss and was NE in Dragonlance, and I'm pretty sure Krynn shares the same outer planes right? Like someone who goes from Krynn to the Nine Hells or from Toril to the Nine Hells, is it the same nine Hells? Does the Krynn guy just not see Tiamat there because his version of her died? I'm gonna have to hash all this out for something I'm writing . . .

[@Ariemius]

@@Tovish1988 OK so here's my two cents. AJ can correct me as needed. Ok so starting with seeing a god in the Outer Planes. They would probably manifest as their aspect you are most familiar with for the ease of the mortal. They are much more powerful in the outer planes, (my guess is the sum total of all their aspects) but the aspects on each crystal sphere have individual powers and restrictions based on local factors. They are inherently confusing as multiversal beings to be honest, because of things like this. They can be losing a fight on one world and winning a fight elsewhere and they do this across the infinite worlds of the prime material. Edit because i forgot a question. They all share the same outer planes. Except for I believe the feywild and shadowfell as those are reflections of the prime instead of being true outer planes.

[@AJPickett]

@@Tovish1988 Think of the Prime material worlds as "The desert of the real" and the outer planes as the 'Matrix', including the Nine Hells. When going to the outer planes, a mortal is plugging into the matrix and experiencing a reality created from the thoughts and beliefs of all living beings. When the powers (Programs) of the outer planes manifest (project) into the Prime Material (The Real) they are drawing heavily on the belief of the living beings of that local zone of the Prime.

[@AJPickett]

@@Ariemius Correct, they all share the same outer planes (these are collective projections into the astral plane, one step higher into a spectrum of locations based on the ethical and behavioral types of living beings). The Shadowfel and Feywild are Parallel dimensions that bridge this gap in another way. They feywild is more like an outer plane that connects to fairy tales and thus, also connects to planes with similar mythical figures. The shadowfel is a plane of horror and hopelessness, it has a strong association with entropy, undeath and the negative plane, as well as planes like Hades and Pandemonium and the Abyss, so both those parallel planes exist alongside specific prime material worlds, and act a bit like a transitive plane as well.

[@jakecrichton562]

That was epic. Thanks AJ.

[@nicholasjonas2505]

So if there's a dragon god of justice that activately enforces law and honor, how the hell do evil chromatic dragons even survive?

[@AJPickett]

Draconic law and draconic honor.

[@nicholasjonas2505]

@@AJPickett Thank you for answering. By off chance could you please make a video covering draconic laws and honor? Like is a dragon legally allowed to kill another or be a follower of Tiamat? I'm just a little confused at the moment. And hey, if you don't want to, you don't have to. It's your channel, not mine. Have a nice day!

[@AJPickett]

@@nicholasjonas2505 seems like a great topic

[@VerityAran]

Yes! What a great topic. Holy crud can you even imagine a darconic law firm… im putting that in my game now. Multiversal corporate draconic law-firm.

[@2g33ksgamingttv3]

To answer your question. Lendys was known as the God of Harsh justice. Lendys' brand of justice only dictated dragonkind so evil dragons could still be evil and unless they committed an egregious crime against dragonkind itself Lendys would turn a blind eye "As arbiter of dragonkind, Lendys served as judge, jury, and executioner. When a dragon committed an injustice against all dragons, Lendys or one of his great wyrm followers went to dispatch appropriate justice."

[@emperorxander666]

Being a dragonborn paladin of Zorquan is hard seeing this video has all the info I can get out of it.

[@davidfletcher6703]

Sound like Lindus is the dragon equivalent of the Norse god Tyr

[@davidfletcher6703]

So Landus is pretty much the draconic equivalent of the Norse god Tyr?

[@AJPickett]

Yes

[@purplehaze2358]

I don’t think it’s possible to explain the dragons’ view of Io without sounding like a cult leader or a hippy.

[@CONTINGENCY_sys]

I'm always up for sharing lore and discovered hidden ties among ttrpg creations within fantasy. D&D especially. I'm one to read and absorb vast pages all inclusive. Always a fan, and I completely agree. Share your gathered lore. I know I have been over nearly 30yrs now, private and public. When you host weekly public play for over 200 players and multitudes of groups, you need new and wide resource to spin tales. Always a pleasure. Love all you do. ✌

[@AJPickett]

Make no mistake Joshua, you are a hero.

[@chetbrayton5173]

You have a very nice voice and write well. Keep it up! I also like your banner art.

[@jeremiahconstant6443]

This was informative and entertaining, I loved every second

[@benstiebel2851]

Please do orc god Shargaas

[@nathanaelthomas9243]

What’s the approximate power level difference between an Ancient Dragon and Bahamut and between Bahamut and Azgorath? I’m just trying to wrap my head around how easy it would be for the higher tiers to defeat the lower ones.

[@joshuaneves6323]

I wish someone answered you

[@King_gilgamesh123]

Asgaroth is pretty much limitlessly stronger than every dragon

[@TheCoulsonlax]

Where does this fall in the Dragonlance realm? That was my first foray into the setting as a kid and I’m just wondering how that fits now.

[@Kingdomkey123678]

Chris Coulson This is only forgotten realms, no dragonlance