Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Hellfire Wyrm

Native to the desolate wastes of Avernus, the Baatorian dragons known as the Hellfire Wyrms are descended mainly from Red Dragons of the Prime material plane. Well versed in dark sorcery and gifted with the power to summon devils, the Hellfire Wyrms have another special trait that sets them apart from all other Chromatic dragons.
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[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Given their high Int and general tactical aptitude, I wouldn't give them a single Fire Damage spell for a very specific reason....Fire is relatively ineffective in Hell. I think they're smart enough to know that and load up on spells with damage types that would actually hurt its rivals and any adventurers that have come to Hell(which they seem to do with great frequency). Your partys going to Hell, you load up on potions and magic items that give Fire resistance/immunity, you encounter the Dragon, you're feeling confident, and then it drops a God damned whirlwind on your heads and hits you with chain lightning on the next turn.

[@catominor7306]

I like the idea of a hellfire dragon coming to the material realm as a kind of evangelist for Tiamat, or Asmodeus. Starting a cult or taking over several small cults and using it to take over a nation from behind the current.

[@moonringXD]

The real reason they added the polymorph to it is so someone could have a devil and dragon waifu at the same time! didn't they Aj! You can't hide the truth!

[@BlindRambler]

It's a trope that is as old as time.

[@jgr7487]

Race: PHB Tiefling Class: Draconic Sorcerer (Red) Background: Charlatan Backstory: you're a Hellfire Wyrm that was cursed to live as your disguise until you prove yourself by getting to the Lv = your original CR.

[@chrishardy559]

thank you for my next character build

[@jgr7487]

@@chrishardy559 enjoy it!

[@Scream_Lord]

D&D Dev when designing Hellfire Wyrms: Is the dragon on fire? D&D Dev 2: It could be more on fire

[@lysander9957]

Now whats really scary is a Hellfire Wyrm that hangs out with Mephistopheles and learns to turn their breath weapon into legit hellfire, scaring the bejesus out of normal red dragons.

[@samueldale1974]

When your claim to fame is living down the street from Tiamat.

[@AmigoRoberto]

When you mentioned Baator's endless curvature, but stated circumnavigation was impossible, I immediately pictured hell as the universe's most terrifying fibonacci spiral down to Asmodeus. And I love it

[@joshdavis4438]

That's not to far off... the serpents coil being a fibonacci spiral... hmmmm... mathematical and lawful... any ties to Mechanis?

[@knightghaleon]

This makes me want to create a warlock who thought he contacted a devil but actually summoned a humanoid form Hellfire Wyrm. Can multiclass dragon sorcerer for flavor

[@mushroomwizard1175]

He did it again ladies and gents. Another midnight post. One that fits well with the season and for the time of posting.

[@shakescan]

It's 3 o'clock in the morning ima try to get some Sleep! XD

[@cornuschristi1814]

Iirc it's like 9am in Australia.

[@Meun]

He's great with timing so hey

[@mushroomwizard1175]

@@Meun I’m not being criticizing to his time of posting but I’m just awake more at night than the day so it’s more convenient for me. Besides when people post during the day it’s an annoying to have several notifications on my computer or phone about it. So in summary I like his posting time but I’m friendly tapping it with a joke.

[@Meun]

@@mushroomwizard1175 wasn't saying or implying that you were

[@nullvoid4063]

Fascinating. What a fun way to take a famous monster and take it up to 11! I’m taking some notes for how to make dragon fights even more unforgettable. Thanks AJ!

[@arcticdino1650]

I like the idea of a devil being summoned in, being like "don't worry, I got you", hands them a health potion, then leaving.

[@AJPickett]

Hands the dragon a towel, tells them how the betting is going on the fight back at the office.

[@michaelbeal1400]

And now these are the mounts of my nastiest duthka'gith. Thanks AJ

[@ethren3344]

When I was a little kid and going through the Monster Manual 2, I always LOVED reading about this monster!

[@TheHornedKing]

I don't think I can imagine how wicked a black dragon that is born and raised in Baator would be.

[@BaneRain]

Deathwing lol

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

I want to see this. It might actually auto convert into a lich, and be the most literal Skull Dragon you've seen in a while.

[@animefan3794]

Screw how wicked it is, I don’t want to imagine how downright evil it’s breath weapon would be. Acid plus he’llfire? No thank you!

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

@@animefan3794 Honestly, the heat will kill you long before your ashes are redendered nonexistant. The true worst combination would be if he could turn it into boiling acid. Yes, it fills the entire area in a massive, corrosive cloud, that is quickly cooling down. Filthy brown acid rain pouring down like egg chowmein. Hmm, I think I need to take it easy on my musical humor. This is really getting obscure.

[@TheHornedKing]

@@TheKing-qz9wd Ferngully reference? I see you're a man of culture as well.

[@trajanfidelis]

nice video AJ! Personal opinion is that Chromatic dragons should be a distinct class and fiendish dragons be their own instead of just an amalgam of the two. being born/raised in hell will make you much more different than being born/raised in the prime material planes.

[@AJPickett]

A planar template, something like that? It did cross my mind. 3rd edition was all about the templates.

[@joshdavis4438]

@@AJPickett Yes 3.5 was all about that. Though it's not a terrible idea... *looks at 5e shadow dragon template*

[@linguisticallyoversight8685]

A child between Asmodeus and Tiamat that manifests on the prime material plane as a Hellfire worm there's a concept for you

[@Mare_Man]

This makes me wonder about what an awe-inspiring paragon of virtue a Gold Dragon born and raised on Mount Celestia would be

[@blackgriffinxx]

that dragon is already freaking OP. At that point . It would be a demigod. It already the Number one dragon you don't want to fight. Me DMing Murder hobos : Ok that it time to pay for your crimes. Gold dragon appears with backup

[@Harrowed2TheMind]

@@blackgriffinxx Being a Lawful Good Dragon, they could always plead for mercy. Granted, their desire for redemption must be honest and the price will definitely be steep - most likely requesting challenges up to a full redemption arc via the spell Geas/Quest or similar - knowing them, but better than certain death, is it? XD

[@purplehaze2358]

Within the context of what hell is in D&D, I actually don’t understand why hellfire is a thing. Fire is inherently chaotic in nature, arguably not even chaotic evil since it has the possibility to help people as well. So fire in a place that’s lawful evil is thematically confusing.

[@momomomocensoredbyyoutube9085]

Fire is inherently destructive, not chaotic. Fire follows the laws of physics making it lawful. Hellfire does not follow the laws of physics, making it chaotic.

[@AJPickett]

Chaotic fire consumes and spreads according to air, fuel, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics and many other factors interacting in a universe where entropic randomness is built in. Hellfire overrides random variables and the fire consumes the fuel more efficiently and predictably, if there is a random chance the fire will set off the fuel tanks.. hellfire WILL set off the fuel tanks.

[@momomomocensoredbyyoutube9085]

@@AJPickett thanks for agreeing with me... in more words

[@joshdavis4438]

Short version: Yes it doesn't make sense, but there is a very purposeful reason by some big players in the D&D multiverse. @@momomomocensoredbyyoutube9085 You might be intrested in the origins of hellfire. Who proclaims to be the inventor of the school of Hellfire magic.... and who it actually comes from. It's a bit humorous if you find out why the "inventor" researched into discovering it.

[@VictorianTimeTraveler]

I think some of these teflings are persuading me to their lawful evil thighdeology

[@blurootz]

These dragons should be dominating the Nine Hells.

[@couragew6260]

As cool as that sounds, if they could do that, then it wouldn’t be the Nine Hells. Hell, in almost all variations throughout mythology and fantasy, is a place of torment where creatures are sent there for a very GOOD reason, and the monsters that call their variations of Hell, home, are even worse than the creatures that are sent there. Time is not an issue because eternal life is a thing for most of them. Hellfire Wyrms are just a piece of sand in a giant burning desert covering a glass floor. Any move you make may have been predicted and you could’ve even been manipulated somehow without ever realizing it because the one who manipulated you is millions of miles on another plane of existence working on a bigger project with your entire campaign being a small piece of their project.

[@st4ne4rmthevill63]

Na man. The Lords of the 9 are powerful af. That's why I think Tiamat hasn't tried taking over Avernus & just kicks it there.

[@donaldsmeed5653]

YES! The full heavy metal dragon!

[@kadoj]

A grand total of one naysayer. I hope they’re happy, all alone in their corner over there...good work AJ a pleasure as always. Best thing to see a new post from you when I’m stuck awake and can’t get to sleep, thanks buddy.

[@kadoj]

@Ian Robertson gods forbid your spite damages aj’s numbers and aside from thinking that’s very petty of you does very little to me. So maybe you think before you get your knickers in a bunch next time. Should have just disliked my comment, that would have been an appropriate response.

[@Hektols]

Another important detail of the Hellfire's breath weapon is that half of the damage it causes is necrotic damage, meaning that fire protection items and spell only would be half useful against them and would give them a serious advantage against other creatures inmune to fire.

[@swxqt6826]

The adult red dragon has a 60-foot cone fire breath, that's an area of 1,800 square feet. The adult hellfire wyrm has a 50-foot cone hellfire breath, that's an area of 1,250 square feet. That means the adult red dragon’s breath weapon area is 69% larger. This CAN’T be a coincidence.

[@AJPickett]

Totally is dude.

[@stephenclements6158]

Nice

[@plankthereturn]

Hellfire Wyrm Dracolich. Let that sink in.

[@thearchitect2112]

Hellfire Shadow Wyrm Dracolich, the ultimate force of draconic evil.

[@joshdavis4438]

Both wonderful and truly evil ideas! Will use later on. Enough time in any playing can also influence a dragons type. So if you spend too long in the 9 hells you can become this type of dragon. Don't look to nervously at the Astral plane, or think about a dragon growing as big as a moon with the Advanced dragon rules (growing bigger and gaining virtual size and age categories). Though I think both of you would love the Pyroclastic dragon's save or die ionizing breath weapon.

[@avenshil]

I swear every time you make a video about a dragon...it’s like a sweet sweet wine 🍷 🐉

[@JohnA...]

I thought that chromatic COULD shape shift like metallic, its more that they choose not to because they are far more proud and consider being any other species as degrading (or something similar). That they only do so when it is highly in their favor to do so for their goals.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Dragon : Gates in a Devil 60 ft above itself. Devil: Pops in with a culdron of acid. Dragon: Launches adventurer. Devil: Holds out cauldron and turns it over so the adventurer has to fly through acid rain, hit the inside of the cauldron like Elmer Fudd, and then fall into a puddle of acid below. Adventurer: FML!

[@AJPickett]

This is the way.

[@zennyblades]

When hell becomes looney toons.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

@@zennyblades Looney Toons are Elmer Fudd's hell. He was a poacher. Now he's the prey to a devious bunny and a psychopathic duck for all of eternity. Except for when the duck and bunny are fighting, then he's a tool.

[@Chaos-Devil51]

6:40 8:41… Oh I'm sorry what were you saying.

[@sircastic959]

He´s saying "This baby will quite handily achieve a TPK" Or at least seriously spook even a Tier 4 party.

[@BaneRain]

I was just reading the sort of lackluster wiki article for hellfire dragons. Funny to see this pop up

[@davidpower5710]

I wonder if there is a celestial Equivalent to this dragon like a heavens light silver dragon

[@AmigoRoberto]

^this^

[@AJPickett]

You mean aside from Coatl?

[@davidpower5710]

@@AJPickett something like a silver dragon rise in mouth celestia would it have a change like how the red dragon change in the 9 hells

[@embodying8moth82]

power there is now. My players will hate me when they need to fight it (they are all evil)

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Devine Wind Dragon? Make it based on the Lung dragon, mix in a bit of Shenron and Reyquaza and give it a bit of a "I AM THE ALPHA AND OMEGA" opinion of itself.

[@jacenjediknight89]

Thanks AJ appreciate this lore video! 👍🏼

[@Fyre19]

Maybe its just me but i feel like instead of them summoning demons to fight they make hellfire zombies with there fire breath it makes more sense to me

[@dakotacouch5642]

So my players have recently traveled to candlekeep and have met lore master Pickett and as long as they're at candlekeep they can watch your videos and meta game knowledge checks on things covered by your videos. Keep up the good work!

[@AJPickett]

Lore master Pickett will recommend the crab cakes and mead. He currently has a summoned Quasit named "Twit-Ler".

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

From Ice to Hellfire. Nice.

[@victorvaldez8869]

Considering your recent video about Ice Devils, I can easily imagine one the Lords Of The Nine Hells doing the same experiment with White Dragons. Is there a version written up for Canian Ice Wyrms or something of that sort? If so I can imagine them having the same Polymorph ability & a habit of playing the LONG game when it comes to manipulations, why corrupt a single King when you can turn the entire Populace into a culture as Lawful Evil as the Lemures they will soon be?

[@Decado1628]

I had never heard of this dragon before. It is very interesting and I am already thinking of ways to add one to my campaign. Thanks for the video and inspiration!

[@augustgremaud2738]

Just what I needed to keep me warm on this chilly autumn night 🔥🐉😈

[@hazbinhotelsuperfan3383]

Great job as always. I love your videos. Keep up the good work and make Asgorath/Io proud😁

[@TheMerryMenPubCrawl]

This is my FAVORITE dragon. Of all time

[@NitzscheDragon]

Good Mr. Pickett i dont get the spellplague could you dedicate video to it? Thank you for all your hard work

[@moonringXD]

1:08 why do I have the feeling the Ixitxachitls video will just be the realm of Dreams video in disguise?🤔 probably because the Ixitxachitls video will always be in my dreams.😔 Jk I know you wouldn't be that cruel, right demon lord of cheese?.....right? Also excellent video I didn't even know these dragons existed!👍

[@That80sGuy1972]

Nice one, AJ. I have a similar homebrew (made in the 90s) for all evil dragons in that plane, usually serving around Tiamat. Now, I have something to replace my homebrew with. These are less OP but make more sense.

[@rabaldern]

I just woke up, time for some lore, thank you!

[@SuperGamefreak18]

Lovely my group's current chapter boss is a dragon king who turned himself into this creature interesting

[@flibbernodgets7018]

I remember half their breath damage used to be negative energy, not fire. Is that still the case? I guess it would be necrotic now?

[@AJPickett]

Not as far as I could see.

[@dboot8886]

Ah he hellfire wyrm... CR was higher an Aspect of Asmodeus back in 3.5 if I remember correctly.

[@DIEGhostfish]

Was it? I have Fiendish Codex 2 here but not... MM2 that the Hellfire Wyrm was in.

[@staticcharm3808]

@ because they were too high. They got so ridiculous in 3.5ed that you couldn't kill anything. So the solution was to give epic levels to the PCs which broke the game

[@goolabbolshevish1t651]

@@staticcharm3808 to be fair there should be things that no mortal being should be expected to be able to beat without the direct aid of deities, devil lords, outsiders etc... or at least their artifacts which would debuff or counter said beings. A good DM would do that instead of just adding epic levels.

[@rzgaming5678]

Was actually brewing one of these bad boys up for my next dnd.. A little back log: the dragon was birthed in the hells, kinda kept out of most long binding agreements but most certainly partook of the politics Avernus (politics being the bloodwar) and would oft track and hunt adventurers who found their way into the hells uninvited, eventually getting to know the right devils, got ahold of info on how to ascend as a great wyrm, and has since been a warlock patron to the current bbeg of my game (whom is in the material plane travelling with the party looking for something particular for the dragon) that would basically get her free of avernus to take over, through might or sleight, a generous chunk of my homebrew world map. The dragon has long sense grown tired of the law and nuances of the devils, and wishes to exercise her powers as chaotically as red dragons are want to, with a band of followers and a plethora of infernal favors. Now though, thanks to this video, i can fully realize the beast ive created lol

[@zmishiymishi5349]

Oh yes, devil just appearing and giving you a weapone is so badass!

[@KS-PNW]

An excellent addition to this series. Thanks!

[@kevinmccool741]

Best one makes me want to play my hellfire wyrm again with a bit more knowledge

[@terrainaholic]

I'm working on a hell palace at the moment. Perfect topic for the build:)!

[@mrl9418]

Subtle Cultural Differences Otaku: Hatsune Miku is my Waifu. Yours? D&D player : TIAMAT

[@couragew6260]

I’m having trouble imagining Tiamat as Waifu Material. Think you can elaborate

[@charlottewalnut3118]

@@couragew6260 Look at her and fate stay night and you’ll understand

[@couragew6260]

@@charlottewalnut3118 Thx... also typical

[@Taylor1989s]

Holy cow made it loved it and can not fault you on anything keep up the good work

[@AJPickett]

Roger that!

[@lotoazure]

Man, I hope you do a video on Witchlight Marauders one day AJ. It would be great to see the lore you could dig up on them. Your videos are always great!

[@archam777]

Hmmmmm ....... Hellfire wurm > Abyssal drake??? Doing a "road trip of the planes", just curious between these 2 which will ruin my adventuring parties day more 🤔🥴😁

[@Zer0Dakilla]

If this is what happens when you hatch a red dragon in Avernus what happens if you hatch a blue or green dragon in the Abyss?

[@WeyleaderMry]

or a white or black dragon?

[@benthomason3307]

or a gold dragon in arborea, or a copper dragon in celestia?

[@devilsadvocate1380]

Presumably the result would be the same: the hell-aligned energies would override any preexisting conditions the Dragon might have had.

[@charlottewalnut3118]

@@devilsadvocate1380 I imagine a green dragon would have a press attack if it lived in hell that is more similar to some of the nastier magical poison weapons that you see in movies and anime at the gas used by Cesar clown that turns people into stone statues as for a blue lightning that also deals necrotic damage and the white dragon Perhaps spheres of ice and paint you to the ground and begin to freeze you solid if you don’t make a constitution saving throw

[@devilsadvocate1380]

​@@charlottewalnut3118 That is a possibility, however since it seems as if at least a part of what makes a dragon take on a color is being "Connected a type of energy from an elemental plane" then being connected to a plane like Avernus could quite possibly remove any such heritages and result in a "Normal" Hellfire Wyrm. It would really depend on how invasive Avernus is, how resistant/vulnerable dragons are, and how resilient their genetic heritages are.

[@coreyshorter8526]

Consider themselves master of both the living and dead realms? would love to see what a shadow dragon may have to say about that.

[@lorekeeper685]

imagine what would great wyrm time dragons think

[@charlottewalnut3118]

@@lorekeeper685 Probably something like get off my lawn you bunch of brats

[@eliwallace4540]

Hi AJ. So I have a Intrigue for you. I was reading about The Codex of Names and it reminded me of the Tome of Leadership and Influence. That got me thinking is this like a whole subclass of magic items and artifacts? If it is I would like a video on the topic please. Thanks for your time. : )

[@AJPickett]

Noted!

[@coreyeaston6823]

That's a spicy meatball!

[@stevewinkleburg5300]

Alrighty here's a question. When other dragons die, their soul doesn't go anywhere right? There elemental energy just discharges within the surrounding area, making it much more infused with that element. What about a Hellfire Wyrm? If they died in the prime material would it make a little pocket of hell? Or would it just be fire? Would there spirit go back to hell and they would become a devil?

[@joshdavis4438]

For your 1st? That usually happens unless if they perform a certain ritual during their twilight years. Involves consuming their hoard than they can go to dragon after life. To answer your other?s they are not considered true dragons according to the book that AJ quoted. So they'll go back to the 9 hell's assumingly. UNLESS killed in a certain way that would bring out their true death. Which yes it could discharge the 9 Hell energy into the material plane. What exactly happens to that energy I'd say is up to DM's ruling... but I like where you're going with this.

[@ryderma1]

Shadow Hellfire Wyrm? Great vid to go along with my Morning coffee. Thanks😈

[@dragonrenver]

probably, two supernatural forms don't stack aftar all, if dragon becomes the shadow there is no fire left

[@AJPickett]

@@dragonrenver invisible fire 🔥🔥🔥 *runs around screaming*

[@ryderma1]

@@AJPickett The Great Nyxfiend rose from the gloom to unleash her Ebon Flame Breath. The flames burned cold as a Lich's kiss 😈😈

[@glorbojibbins2485]

Is there vampire dragons? That would be sick

[@frostdragonking5336]

Yes, apparently they do exist, just look for search for 3e Vampiric Dragon. Edit note: it's 3e not 5e sorry!

[@glorbojibbins2485]

@@frostdragonking5336 hope we get a video 🦄

[@mrl9418]

Yes to many types of undead dragons, even !

[@paulh3892]

Damn these guys seem nasty!

[@CL30]

20th level spellcaster?! lol yep I'm out. Not that any other part of the hellfire wyrm is less intimidating, but the extra oomph from their spells is a huge NOPE!

[@czcrossman]

Very cool video I’ve never heard of Hellfire Wyrms until now!! Thanks AJ :)

[@PrimordialAnnihilator]

There must be other chromatic variants in the Baator i would be very interested to learn about them aswell maybe even metallic variants

[@chris_2413]

Looking forward to the weredragon video mentioned awhile back

[@AJPickett]

Song dragon video. Also, rare dragon breeds video.

[@chris_2413]

@@AJPickett thank you good sir. Could of sworn I watched both of those.

[@alexbreeze4978]

In Fizbans Treasury of Dragons there was added lore about the creation of greatwyrms, dragons who absorb their variants from other material worlds from the other editions. Hellfire dragons are born in the nine hells and evolved from red dragons. Is there a version of the nine hells for each material plane so a Hellfire Greatwyrm could exist or is there one shared among them meaning there is only one version of the dragon and this no ability to become a greatwyrm.

[@AJPickett]

Fizbans is optional

[@alexbreeze4978]

@@AJPickett true, I was working from it. I was just curious if each version of the material plane had it's own version of the nine hells but seeing as Sardior created dragons "echoes" in the material planethat wouldn't work. My other thought was to have a mage like Sammaster create Simulacra of the dragon to feed on souls to become fully formed beings like the simulacrum of Acererak near the soul monger. Are there other ways this could be done like the soulmonger?

[@dustinlake1101]

@alexbreeze4978 there's only one hell for the multiverse, but each layer of that hell is infinite. Same with other outerplanes, abyys, heaven,hades, etc

[@benthomason3307]

Damn. when you said that tiefling was charismatic, you weren't lying.

[@adrianithhenwood6771]

Another wonderful video, I am rather enjoying our journey into the nine circles.

[@denewst01]

20th level spellcaster... giving them class levels as a sorcerer would be kind of the default I guess but considering their role & that they'd be working for a superior having them set up as a warlock seems more appropriate, or potentially a favoured soul could be very, very nasty

[@AJPickett]

Quite possible that they would be Warlocks in pacts with the Lords of the Nine Hells.

[@gabrieladerre2862]

@@AJPickett I'd find some way to give them some very potent ice magic. Which is a trick that I worked in to a couple of Red Dragons that I created, for fun.. Maybe through a pact with Levistus? Or any number of other chilly entities! I'd think that it'd be common for highly intelligent dragons, to have some suprises waiting for any challengers. Hell! Why not have an few adult (or older,) White Dragons, subdued, and acting as sentries for a Red Dragon? If Frost Giants can bully White Dragons in to serving them, then a Red Dragon certainly could.

[@julzshooter]

Awesome videos mate! Could you do a video on loulaum the lich elder brain?

[@stevewinkleburg5300]

Two things; What would happen with other species of dragons should they be raised in hell, like a blue dragon, or hell, a silver dragon, which are usually good? Second, I imagine this could be done for all the other planes of existence as well. I think I found my next dragon project!

[@ChayComas]

Compare the red dragon to the hellfire, and subtract the similarities. Apply what's left over to any other dragon type, and use your best judgement to flavor it correctly... then consider the alignment difference and personality differences, and use your best judgement to fix any glaring contradictions. That should get you pretty close.

[@ChayComas]

When considering good dragons for this, I would look at the evolution of nightmares from pegasi, and apply the characteristic differences to your dragons personality, considering how the evolution might be different for such a powerful apex creature.

[@zacharyhawley1693]

I made a counterpart back in the day the Blessed Rain Wyrm. haha it was an epic dragon surrounded by a constant downpour that shut down fire damage within its radius and did constant damage to evil beings within the aura's area so in its presence evil quite literally washed away. Still noting will compare to the prismatic dragon. Ahaha.

[@Ryal89]

Solid video. This wyrm is an absolute unit. Thanks again

[@just70hq]

Hell yeah! My favorite dragon, keep up the good work

[@RichardVarnegan]

Question, is it possible for a mortal being to love battle so much, they willingly sign there soul off to become a devil to fight in an eternal blood war?

[@AJPickett]

Yes

[@aragon619]

Doesn't even has to be a devil, get creative.

[@qwertyman321]

I keep forgetting that you live in Kirkland when you post in late night.

[@VictorianTimeTraveler]

I can only teleport to places I've already been and even then only one place that I've anchored myself to you so I don't know if it goes on forever or not

[@youthinasia4103]

It’s 140 here in Kansas, should be heading to bed but......DND

[@youthinasia4103]

Thank you Sir

[@chriscalvin5083]

Good video AJ

[@drizzo4669]

Ive been curious about these, I sort of half threatened my group with one when they were in hell a while back but all I really had on these were the stats. Now I might use one again, armed with this info.

[@hazbinhotelsuperfan3383]

Can you please do Abyssal dragons or deathmask dragons

[@humanshtpost8256]

Great video right before work!

[@kevinobill4818]

Hellfire sounds terrifying and is this a Red Dragon or a subspecies?

[@AJPickett]

Sub-type

[@mrotola28]

What would be the stat block of a great wrym hellfire dragon?

[@Joseph_memelord]

So, basically a red dragon turned into a warlock

[@thashadowspawn]

I asked you to make this video, you liked the idea and boom you made it! Thank you brotha! Thank you! ✊🏽🍻🥳🍻✊🏽

[@thashadowspawn]

AJ when my Graphic Novel is nearly finished I'm going to give you a shout out in the back of the book just because you did this video man. Your the 1st person to so a video on my favorite Dragon which will be in the book series. Mahalo Aloha and keep the dice rolling my friend.

[@DIEGhostfish]

I remember in 3.0 or early 3.5 before Fiendish Codex 2, Hellfire Wyrm hellfire breath was half fire damage half typeless hell damage, FC 2 seemed to say all hellfire's 100% typeless.

[@joshdavis4438]

Typeless/profane/divine damage? I think there might have been a DMZ about them, or the Dragonomicon? I know the damage ignored fire resistant, and fire immunity.

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@joshdavis4438 Yeah.

[@joshdavis4438]

@@DIEGhostfish kinda miss that feature.. ngl

[@goolabbolshevish1t651]

@@joshdavis4438 I miss a ton of stuff from 3.5 Dragonblood subraces, Dragon magic, draconic feats, prestige classes, duskblade, not having to choose between stat increases and feats.

[@joshdavis4438]

@@goolabbolshevish1t651 and so many more dragons...

[@cameronpearce5943]

I wanna throw some of these in to Decent into Avernus

[@dbensdrawinvids8390]

And here I was just thinking what my campaign really needed was an Infernal shapeshifting sleeper agent...

[@luciany.6542]

What would happen if another type of dragon was hatched in the nine hell's? Green Dragon appears to be more fitting than red dragon. on that topic, what would happen if a hybrid hatched there and was mutated like the hellfire wyrm? Or what about one of the metallic dragons?

[@AJPickett]

The ecologies of the different layers of the nine hells are quite suitable for a wide range of dragons, anyway, green dragons can live where red dragons do, quite right, they just prefer forests, they don't absolutely need them to survive.

[@soulfulnihilist]

More, ty aj 💓

[@infinitemind3719]

Very late question, if a Hellfire wyrm was killed on the material plane. Would it stay dead and its body remains. Or would it respond in the 9 hells like any other devil?

[@AJPickett]

it would stay dead

[@infinitemind3719]

@@AJPickett Interesting, any particular reason for it or was it already mentioned in the video?

[@MrCSeay]

Great video

[@secondarytrollaccount]

What would happen if you hatch a dragon egg in the abyss?

[@AJPickett]

Everyone dies.

[@ObsidianAmeth]

@@AJPickett hahaha good one

[@anastasijahabarova1533]

Nice, just in time for me to fall asleep to!

[@wittvantinkel3113]

Thank you soooooooooooo much! I had requested this video awhile back and just became a member only to find this. You are the best! May the power of Vecna be with you always.🍀👊