Purple Dragons: The Mythical D&D Apex Predator

[@DungeonDad]

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[@davidkoudelka10]

Hey Dungeon Dad, thank you for covering an Apex of the Apexes! Not to sound disrespectful, but would you ever think about converting the 2e Spelljammers monsters like the Gammaroid (based off of Gamera), the Andeloid (think John Carpenter's the Thing), or the Spirit Warriors? (You mentioned them in a previous video, and now I know why you love them!)

[@Kamaru1991]

nice you are back

[@LucanVaris]

Player: "Sure, Darkvision doesn't work, but what about my Devil's Sight, from being a Warlock?" DM: "Doesn't work. The dragon blinded your Patron." Player: "...Wait a second, don't you mean-" DM: _"I DON'T RECALL EVER STUTTERING!!!"_

[@KevinVideo]

@@davidkoudelka10 They're on the list of monsters "to be converted", so hopefully it's just a matter of time.

[@davidkoudelka10]

@@KevinVideo There is a list?

[@dr.jackbright9297]

Isn't there a story about the purple dragon knights being named after the knights that slayed an old sun bleached black dragon

[@odinulveson9101]

I wish it was just Dragon Knight class. Then.. you could choose ANY dragon to be a knight for. Any chromatic, gem and chromatic. One of the main ones or missing, yet to be expanded upon. Orange Dragon Knight, Steel Dragon Knight, Amethyst Dragon Knight etc

[@dr.jackbright9297]

@@odinulveson9101 or dip even heavier into purple dragons and change the class adding some kind of darkening effect of some kind or a plasma like damage

[@odinulveson9101]

@@dr.jackbright9297 That sounds awesome! Also could you imagine an Purple Dragonborn Dragon Knight working for a purple dragon? Imagine a Purple dragonborns breath attack and resistance, not least a Purple dragonborn sorcerers draconic bloodline of an orange? Potentiale!

[@dr.jackbright9297]

@@odinulveson9101 draconic bloodline of the orange sorcerer- the annoying orange

[@conanmaolcheann5088]

“I have seen this only one other time, it’s the ultimate tan. He is…SUN BLEACHED!”

[@nephicus339]

Re-watching for a touch up on the lore; I've suddenly decided purple dragon fire being plasma based, is near invisible in daylight, but a bright blue in the dark, like a methanol flame. I can't wait to see my players' reactions when they come across a caravan on the road blackening and charring under invisible flames. Or traveling at night, and seeing bright blue flames at the impact site, radiating into orange flames as things catch fire.

[@dragoknight589]

I don’t envy your players. Invisible fire is scary af.

[@Slavicplayer251]

so remove the whole main weapon has blinding effect due to massive amount of light

[@Ne1vaan]

How would you rule using See Invisibility or Truesight? Could you see the fire in bright daylight? Naturally you could see the obviously also under Greater Invisibility purple dragon, but what about the fire?

[@nephicus339]

@@Ne1vaan That would be up to the DM, but personally, See Invisibility wouldn't work on the fire, because like a hydrogen fire, it produces such a low level of blue light, it's over-saturated by the overall daylight. Truesight would probably allow the person/creature see the flame as a black flame; you can see what I mean, to describe it to your players, if you look up 'Black Fire Experiment.' Basically, sodium infused alcohol fires in a sodium light (these were used as street lights way back; they had an orange glow) makes the flame turn black. Obviously not how it would work in D&D, but you could use that to give yourself a visual to describe. Hope this answers your question. :)

[@marionetteking4036]

I could imagine the local lord working a deal out with a purple dragon. I could also see them making a public spectacle and selling special "safety lanterns" that could have a purple flame so that the land's "guardian" doesn't mistake you for a bandit. Raking in coin for both the noble and the dragon's coffers

[@MumboJ]

22:20 I like the idea of townsfolk mentioning the dragon's fire breath and the players being like "black dragons don't breathe fire" and just chalking it up to townsfolk not knowing any better. :)

[@hurricanemarigolds2818]

Adventures might also mistake a purple dragon for a shadow dragon. Those are black with purple inside their mouths.

[@EXC334]

Oh yeah, believe me Dingeon Dad alone has given me the inspiration to write a while new campaign, with a mix of non standard and standard monsters just to mess with my players.

[@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376]

​@@hurricanemarigolds2818 I can see that type of Black Dragon in The Spyro Series

[@mavericktitan7874]

This may be my new favorite D&D Dragon, hands down. And best of all: This is straight up "Ridley" from Metroid. A Dragon that is purple, breathes fire hotter than fire, Thrives in darkness, and amasses entire armies of non-draconic followers? Just replace the darkness of "Deep Caverns" with the darkness of "Deep Space", and you literally have Spell-Jammer Ridley! It's perfect!

[@tabletopnephilim4633]

Also replace thieves guild with space pirates. I had the same thought, it literally writes itself.

[@agentchaos9332]

Hah you're not wrong. Also I love how Fizbans was like " only these 15 types of dragons are Canon" and then right after that, Spelljammers added Sun and Moon dragons, proving that there are actually more out there.

[@_shadow_1]

Kind of reminds me of the ender dragon from Minecraft, I don't have anyone to play DND with though so I don't actually know if they are more than superficialy related.

[@universalperson]

Ridley is generally portrayed as more Chaotic Evil than the purple Dragons described here.

[@mavericktitan7874]

@@universalperson True... but they are still a huge purple dragon creature with a hyper powerful breath weapon and an army of familial loyalists and fellow boss monster level best friends at their beck and call. If you want to put a Ridley equivalent into your Spell-Jammer game, Dungeon Dad's Purple Dragon stat block is a near perfect shoe-in with little to no adjustment necessary. Just swap 'loyalists' with 'Space Pirates' and and 'best friends/family' with 'other Metroid bosses' and you are good to go.

[@jhallenberger84]

Sorry to hear about your Mom. I lost my Dad in 2019 a day it's always difficult losing a parent. Good to see you back!

[@DungeonDad]

Thanks man, sorry about your loss also. But I am definitely glad to be back making videos again.

[@shylleth]

I like the idea that the mix-up between purple dragons and deep dragons could be by design by the purple dragons taking advantage of a case of mistaken identity to spread misinformation about themselves. As devastating as they can be, being underestimated would give them an even better advantage.

[@johnsmith-fy8jo]

Dragons have too much pride for that

[@tree_alone]

@@johnsmith-fy8jo yes was gonnna say even black dragons wouldnt do that

[@MegaDragonmark]

well it depends on how you define on the object of their pride. also i like to think that dragons are prideful but not a fool. because i feel like some dragons would enjoy making the other sentient races look like fools stumbling in the dark while they give a chuckle.

[@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376]

@@tree_alone Corrupted Adult Cynder probably would due to Malefor's dark powers controlling her.

[@somedragonbastard]

Could also be the other way around, deep dragons spreading misinformation in hopes that potential enemies will be too afraid to fight them, thinking they're more powerful than they are

[@Senctia]

Purple Dragon Cosa Nostra sounds like such a fun time. Imagine a plothook that has you escorting a Purple Half Dragon to her wedding only to have to meet her Ancient Dragon parent offering you something on the day of his daughter's wedding for your services, honestly sounds like it'd a tense but fun encounter at first but could easily go disastrously if someone tries to decide to get too cozy with it.

[@leobuana7430]

"I'll make him an offer he can't refuse."

[@torazely]

"you come to me, on the day of my daughter's wedding..."

[@pewpewpandas9203]

The mention of the dragon covering a nostril to shoot in a straight line combined with the concept of it being able to attack individually has lead me to the conclusion that when Purple Dragons become royally pissed off (pun intended) at a person, they huck a plasma loogie at them, which is simultaneously hilarious and terrifying.

[@andyknightwarden9746]

Lightning Loogie!

[@korvincarry3268]

Imagine they sneeze and just blast a massive hole through their lair lmao. Im getting an idea now where a purple dragon and its family have all come down with an insanely bad draconic disease crafted by some wizard. The region would normally be thankful, but then the wizard stepped in and is being an even worse tyrant, straight up raiding peoples homes and forcing labor and being a true evil person. Yeah, while the purple dragon sucked, at least it let people kind of live their lives so long as it benefited them. Maybe they at least had a 401k plan or something for each person. Yeah, theyre still evil and unfair, but the wizards so powerful and has such a grip on the region that itd be hard to take them on. Perhaps the players can find a cure to the illness on the purple dragons, and a deal of sorts can be made with them. We help you, you get revenge on the wizard, you leave the region and never return or exercise your control over it. OR, just rule a little bit kinder. I think itd be fun

[@ericraululyeetusdelyeetus5028]

@@korvincarry3268 alternative: the disease makes them sneeze uncontrollably and often, and the wizard is *chaotic* evil

[@Allantitan]

@@ericraululyeetusdelyeetus5028 where’s the dragons are more neutral or lawful evil

[@thundererodinson1668]

*DragonHeart enters the chat*

[@BaWitda]

Normally, I'd get annoyed about the dragon/wyvern pedantry, but D&D is one of the few places where that's actually a hard and fast rule.

[@rachdarastrix5251]

A good aligned Purple Dragon can be used to forge with metals that would otherwise be impossible to melt.

[@atriumgamesmore4336]

Wouldn't even have to be good, could be they just arm their minions with the Uber Metals

[@rachdarastrix5251]

@@atriumgamesmore4336 Well yes, but then it is less likely to benefit me. That's very important.

[@atriumgamesmore4336]

@@rachdarastrix5251 HA, true.

[@thewanderers97]

​@@rachdarastrix5251loot

[@someoneawesome8717]

​@@rachdarastrix5251 not true, the better equipped their minions are, the better they protect the boss

[@DivineBanana]

I have newfound respect for Spyro after this vid

[@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376]

Divide I'm also a big fan of Spyro himself. He is my most favorite dragon

[@Mozumin]

Man. When I first watched this video I thought "Surely, since the Plasma Spear has all these added effects, then it must deal less damage than other breath weapons, right?" but then I opened up the statblock and... oh my god. This thing can absolutely disintegrate a party if it gets lucky... I kind of love it.

[@kevinmoore4916]

Aye may I have a link to that said Stat block mate? I can't find anything with it having the plasma breath.

[@MiniCerberus991]

​@@kevinmoore4916the stat block he has in the description has the breath weapon

[@_Tzer]

hybrid vigor is horrific taking the best and most horriifc aspects of each of their parents. The social and intellectual aspects of blue, the sheer power, dominance and resiliance of red. the breath weapon lightning forged by fire fire forged by lightning both are plasma and when combined, and it burns horrifically hot.

[@someepicnerd7821]

oh my god this is PERFECT for my homebrew idea. i had the idea to have vampires be created from infusing the first vampire with the blood of an infernal dragon of sorts inspired by the fact that Dracula has etymology connected with the word dragon and is literally Romanian for son of the Devil. The purple dragon works perfectly for this. hunts at night, has their lairs in the dark, manipulates others from the shadows, keeps lots of servants to fulfill its will not unlike vampire thralls, the familial connection parallels vampiric bloodlines, etc. the only thing which doesn't really connect is the plasma breath but vampires already have a lot of innate magical powers plus im pretty sure Dracula in Castlevania is able to shoot lasers from his eyes.

[@noone3216]

💁‍♂️Twilight vampires have their own unique superpowers like xmen, so I think somehow working plasma into the vampire lore can be forgiven

[@supernaturalhurricane9019]

Same! I'm running an Eberron campaign and the bbeg will be Khyber. So guess who's now a purple dragon 😂

[@AltairDhauglu]

I'm sorry for the loss of your mother. In that picture, she looks like an incredible woman. Peace on her grave and in the hearts of those who loved her.

[@demonsquidgod]

I'm also so sorry for your loss. I love my mum a bunch I know it will wreck me when she goes.

[@gizmothepiefaceman3062]

I like as humans we like to give lore to entire worlds that aren’t real but can feel so real

[@DungeonDad]

It’s one of the most fascinating parts about being human imo. The imagination is absolutely wild

[@Dyneamaeus]

I think the most interesting thing about purple dragons is that they're the most likely dragons to end up as heads of state. Properly designed castles can serve all the same purposes as caves, they're equal opportunity employers, place heavy emphasis on familial bonds, and there's no denying the usefulness of having an _actual_ army on call. Their breath weapon also has a lot of thematic potential in numerous rulership angles; 'Evil Empire,' 'Land of Storms,' and even 'Last Bastion of Light' scenarios work with minimal tweaking.

[@kris6038]

They even wear purple

[@adamm5166]

This would make a great Domain of Dread. An ancient purple dragon eternally protecting its eggs, paranoid and ruling the region through fear.

[@torazely]

That... Kinda sounds like the End from Minecraft. A dragon, eternally protecting it's one remaining egg, unable to leave for fear of it getting damaged or stolen, yet it will never hatch.

[@markbean5539]

That is an awesome idea would it be ok if I barrow this idea for a campaign

[@entropic-decay]

a personal favorite recurring dragon I have in my games is the product of the coupling of a black dragon and a purple dragon. They're a rare example of a chromatic dragon not being evil, and run numerous things that players often get involved in from the background - the most obvious example being a mage's guild that is *officially* run by an archlich, who serves the dragon.

[@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376]

Entropy And there's also Legend Spyro and Cynder who are a purple dragon and black dragon.

[@aden5122]

I appreciated the "like a fucking lazer" when talking about the breath going through armor and cover lol

[@cameronmcindoe6119]

Man these combat mechanics fit weirdly well with spyro the purple dragon, specifically the legend of Spyro trilogy. Where spyro is able to speak to all living creatures naturally, including insects. Purple dragons in that trilogy are also foretold to be the bringer of the world's destruction and by the end of the series spyro does legitimately fire plasma spears. TIL: Spyro the dragon thematically fits Dnd lore.

[@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376]

Cameron I agree I like Spyro and I can see Reignited Trilogy Spyro doing this. I'm also a big fan of The Spyro Series.

[@Igarappappa]

Any Dragonfly-esque Creatures that'd fit?

[@MunchyInTechnicolor]

Learning about all the dragons and seeing that purple dragons come from blue and red dragons (duh), and knowing their mating habits, all I can think is a red female dragon purposefully picking a blue male dragon as her mate just to piss off and damage the reputation of a red male dragon. Then once the egg is laid, she just fucks off, leaving the poor Dad Blue dragon to raise a purple wyrmling on his own. Even funnier if that purple dragon grows up to have the biggest mommy issues 😂

[@ChucktheSpicyChicken]

I like to imagen the purple dragon having a very healthy relationship with the dad tho. Makes all the funnier to me.

[@thediethrower1803]

​​@@ChucktheSpicyChickenwhich also fits blue dragons very well. They're evil but they're also highly family oriented.

[@thomaswhite3059]

All the weird incel red dragons trying to hide their search history on CornHorde for "naughty red dragon temptress *DESTROYED* by Big Blue Cloaca"

[@evetslon]

Hey, really sorry to hear about your loss. As to the video, I just want to say your editing style is really coming into it's own, recently I felt I could tell what you wanted to achieve, but the changes came with some hiccups, this video though felt really smooth, not distracting, but consistently adding to the presentation. Best of luck for the future

[@DungeonDad]

Thanks on both counts

[@ohmygoditisspider7953]

Comments like this give me a sliver of hope for humanity.

[@drakhoon]

@@DungeonDad condolences its rough but remember your not alone

[@brettwood1351]

My condolences as well.

[@Harrowed2TheMind]

@@DungeonDad My condolences to you and your family as well.

[@charlesrainey1076]

My condolences. I lost my mother to cancer as well and though it has been a year I still am sending good vibes and hoping you've weathered these adjustment into a better situation.

[@stephenvaldez6147]

Hang in there dungeon dad, dungeon grandma is now ruling the 7 heavens. I’m a huge fan so know you have us all here

[@lydiaives733]

*Ancient purple dragon, Godfather* "I'm going to make you an offer you cant refuse" "Or youll be sleepin with the fish's"

[@rubyseverinwhitworth9066]

Ok so hear me out, Purple dragon who is a crimeboss, their tunnels are used as "the sewers". They would probably be on the younger side but I think that would be quite fun. ... I wrote this super excited at the start of the video and it is literally the first plot hook suggestion

[@talion4033]

I did the exact same thing. Had it mapped out in my head and everything

[@joshuaadams4175]

Onyxia WoW

[@haylux8473]

Make the dragon different make it a good crime boss, got kicked out for their altruism the party comes to blow with it as they both seek to help people where the dragons thinking more locally while the party aims bigger. Gives an opportunity to talk your way out. Maybe you've been framed for a crime so you can fight his whole Entourage.

[@torazely]

Not just any crime boss. A mob don, considering how much they care about family

[@QuasiGame0]

Adventure Idea: Thieves guild works for the mafia of purple dragons Plot hook: Party comes across a caravan storing a purple dragon egg inside and it is being assaulted by some thieves

[@NoFame]

Really love a horror vibe with this dragon, especially taking the elements of vision off the table. A real game changer. Also that ending was pulling on the heart strings in a big way. Happy to see you back and making videos, can’t wait for the next one bud.

[@Kankan_Mahadi]

That scene of that little purple dragon hopping about in college was too cute.

[@atriumgamesmore4336]

Good to see you back at it again, been missing your content. My own mother has been fighting cancer since I was in Middle school, so I can feel the echoes of your pain. Our family's prayers will be with you

[@tommartin1223]

My mom and a lady like my mom battled cancer. Stay strong sir

[@brettcardon4552]

I lost my father to liver cancer years ago and it still hurts that he is gone. Thank you for all the good you do, your videos help me be a better player and DM. Good luck and God bless.

[@j2minerblacksands881]

To go for the obvious joke, A former prince now bard askes for help, his former kingdom is under the rule of a Purple Dragon, The party infiltrate the castle under rainstorm. (Yes, a Artist formerly known as Prince, Purple Rain Joke)

[@MikeOldani]

Joke aside, excellent job pointing out that travel during rainstorm (uncommon) would be the safest way to bypass a dragon hunting grounds.

[@robertrosas5007]

But would the rain really help to get pass a purple dragon?

[@renynzea]

Can purple dragons shapeshift? If so, maybe the bard is the purple dragon, and he's just using the party to take back the kingdom that he lost.

[@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376]

​@@renynzea It be cool to see Spyro gaining the ability to shapeshift into different creatures in The New Spyro 4.

[@professormadlad7773]

Purple dragon lineage would be fun for a Draconic bloodline sorcerer.

[@DickieCheezits]

I was JUST looking at the new starter set and thinking about how I wish you'd get to the other dragons from the Missing Dragons article after watching the Yellow Dragon video. The timing was fucking PERFECT and I'm so goddamn excited!

[@DungeonDad]

Hell yeah! Happy to be of service!

[@odinulveson9101]

Orange jungle, explosive breathing ambushers in tropicals, fastest 120f per turn winged coastal Yellows AND yes Purple dragons that explore and breathe psychic discontent agains foes while its derpy cute deep dragon cousin reads intel among SHROOMS

[@atomskShadox]

Purple dragons are one of the most messed up dragons because on top of all of their plotting and sneak attacking, there is always the risk of a bunch of dragons jumping you. Midway through a fight with an ADULT Purple dragon you hear it yell "Mom! Dad! I'm being bullied!" and then two dragons laser you from above while the adult dragon's half dozen younger siblings perch around watching.

[@williamcaldwell1448]

Thank you Dungeon Dad and we are here for you through good times and bad!

[@patrickmcathey7081]

Interesting you can really see the influence of the blue and red dragons, minions and family from blue, arrgence and suffering from red.

[@JazzyGrant]

Sorry for your loss. I'm glad you were able to take some time away and so many in the community kept supporting you. We're here for you. Thanks for always making great videos too! I've used a bunch of your monsters (Huecuva, Dullahan, Kurobozu, Bonesinger, Fermented mummy, Fetch) and my players love fighting them! My Dullahan even got to drag one player off with them into the night and the others had to go find and rescue him. Made for a great story beat!

[@luciencorsini9755]

Just discovered this channel. It is much appreciated...epic lore and entertaining! I only wish you made 3.5 statblocks lol

[@Crazor2000]

Thx for making the difference between deep and purple dragons clear. i was confused about it, because the forgotten realms wiki called them the same. i also want to thank you for making these videos. i heard you are going through a tough time, so i appriciate these videos, they do really brighten my day.

[@razzelmire2008]

It's cause the idiots at WotC added in some dumb lore of calling Deep Dragons "Purple" dragons because WotC wants to ignore 90% of the lore pre-4e

[@patrickedger2448]

I just love the idea that the reason Purples are so damn terrifying and skilled at being a nocturnal nightmare Is because their parents raised them right, and they merrily send their child off into the world knowing they will make them proud.

[@AndrewGarrett_LordTubtub]

Purple dragons were in Dragon Magazine in 1982. In 1990 my DM in Miami named Kevin introduced them. In the 90's if you did not have the book or someone you knew did not have the book then there was no lovely internet to find the info. His version was a new head that Tiamat was growing and we at 14 to 16th level in AD&D ran into one. I wish we had ran into this. This would have been less scare. It was massively huge, so strong it was burrowing through the side of a mountain to get ot us and lastly its breath weapon a line of void which was basically similar to being hit by a sphere of annihilation. FIrst time seeing you content. I really enjoyed it. Thanks!

[@fukurouyoru5929]

When you described a purple dragon with two horns and a row of spikes all the way down its back, the 90s kid in me immediately jumped up screaming 'SPYRO!'

[@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376]

Fukur I LOVE Spyro the Dragon

[@InfinityKrompt]

It's good to see you back at something that you obviously have a passion for, especially after a death. But take your time getting back into the swing of things cause it can be very rough, speaking from personal experience.

[@alexisredfox5880]

Upon hearing that purple dragons are family oriented I thought of a dragonborn warlock whose parent/grandparent is their purple dragon patron. Theres a lot of comedy potential if they're overbearing or always fretting over their "little wyrmling" but theres also so much plot stuff you can do with that. Like what if the party goes up against something to strong for them and the dragonborn dies. The party decides to deliver the news to the parent/grandparent and suddenly they have a family of Purple Dragons fighting on their side to smush whoever hurt their family. Or the dragonborn having to try and stop their family from completing some evil plan. Maybe they try and talk them down first. Maybe it works, or maybe the family can't agree and is split. Or maybe they disown the poor dragonborn and they have to fight their family. Theres a lot of fun potential. Love your vids. I'm currently falling into a bit of a D&D rabbit hole and I have no intentions of getting out for a while. Keep on doing ya cool thing dude 👍

[@noxealga]

Dragonborn are not related to dragons, they were just enslaved by them. Idk how they ended up looking like that tho😂

[@jannovy7229]

You mean half dragons, dragonborn hate dragons - geez, I'm better at lore of game I never saw played than you boys...

[@medevil8893]

Purple Dragonborn artificer. Come on basically built in plasma cutters and welders!

[@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376]

​@@medevil8893 I like Spyro and Skyrim

[@VengefulJarl]

I could see the deep dragons being decended from purple dragons but the fazerus that give drow their abilities also mutated a clutch of purple dragon eggs.

[@Ezekiel_Allium]

I like the idea, that because of the spore breath of deep dragons, that deep dragons are purple dragons that got infested with basically dragon cordyceps, and when a deep dragon dies the fungus' fruiting bodies will sprout and spew spores all over the underdark, where they'll lay in wait for potentially hundreds of years for another host.

[@agentchaos9332]

Can I just say, even though spelljamers has now released official 5e stat blocks for some of the monsters you've converted, like the Braxat, or the sun/moon dragons, I still find your stat blocks be superior( more fun to run). Also if I could request you do steel dragons one day? They have amazing lore and shouldn't be left out of 5e

[@KevinVideo]

On the discord list, but your name is added.

[@XxWindpawxX]

Yellow Dragons, Orange Dragons, and Purple Dragons are neat...but may I remind us all about the Pink Dragons, a species of Chromatic Dragons that is quite unique and I admittedly have a bit of a soft spot for because of how unique they are compared to other Chromatic Dragons.

[@id01_01]

I prefer gold and blue myself, though I might be biased

[@dakubatto]

I’m sorry to hear about your loss :( I just discovered your channel and I’m utterly fascinated by your videos on dragons from other editions, keep up the good work! Hoping to learn more about them orange dragons soon!

[@devinvia9655]

Dire Dire docks in the background and obscure dnd topics….this might be my new favorite channel

[@MonkeSeeMonkeLaugh]

Essentially an ultracharismatic supersmart hyperlethal sadistic egomaniac family-man in a dragon body.

[@RobCrowley85]

So, a draconic Trinity Killer, from Dexter, but as a dragon. Well, fuck... Let's make peace with it or just move to another continent.

[@thezombiesatemyhomework7412]

Very cool video. It gave me a lot of fun ideas... And sorry about your mom, man. Thats tough. I hope you're doing well now. It doesnt get better, but it gets easier. A whole year's gone by. Hope it was filled with good things.

[@davidhall9194]

This sounds like a evil version of toothless amped up to the max

[@brettcardon4552]

I am so using this in one of my campaigns. I'm already excited to print and paint a dragon that matches the description of a purple dragon. Great video thank you so much for sharing!

[@helarki4309]

I really like how practical your content is for DMs!

[@DungeonDad]

Thanks! I definitely do my best to actually give folks something they can use at the table.

[@Talvox]

Okay this video is actually extremely helpful for me! I kept trying to learn about purple dragons but all I ended up with was the conclusion that purple dragons were deep dragons and I was left unsatisfied - but your research and conclusions on purple dragons helped way more than you can know. Thank you so much!

[@jackgriffi7826]

Awesome vid, and as much as it can mean from a stranger on the internet, I am sorry for your lost. Purple Dragons may be my favorite dragons now.

[@DoomedPaladin]

No, thank YOU for carrying on through such trying times! Its hard to produce when you're suffering the pain of a lost loved one, regardless of whether it was foreseen or not. I look forward to your (probable) Orange Dragon video, which is my favorite after Steel dragons. Its breath weapon makes for some truly sadistic encounters in mazes, swamps, and other limited-movement areas for PCs. I hope you'll cover the other races from Dragon Compendium too, eventually. Tibbits in particular are near and dear to my heart. I'd absolutely publish my own version of them, if I didn't have to do it through DMsGuild.

[@DungeonDad]

Thank you so much for the support! I apologize for just seeing this now, but the support and the kind words. I am definitely going to cover the orange dragon before the end of the year, and I'll be sure to investigate the races from the dragon compendium, thanks for the recommendation!

[@joshuazane3210]

I've been interested in these lads since I was introduced to them by an AJ Pickett video. It's great seeing a proper deep dive about them. Nice work, mate. 👌

[@assassincharizard]

I just found this channel today. My condolences for your loss. For what it's worth, if this video is any indication of your normal content, then I regret nothing for subscribing from this video alone.

[@DungeonDad]

Thank you very much, and welcome to the channel!

[@kizeranimations5943]

Thank you so much! Dragons are the best, and more dragon types are some of my favorite videos!

[@cjsaurus4120]

Now im just picturing a purple dragon couple going to one of there kids lairs just to see the grandkids. Also love how you added Godzilla to the video

[@martinalbertomoraleslopez3786]

Welcome back. I love the flavor of this dragon. As you, I count Solar and Lunar Dragons from Spelljammer 5e as different of the Sun and Moon Dragons you created for 5e. P.D.: Please, talk about the scalamagdrion.

[@KevinVideo]

It is added to the list.

[@martinalbertomoraleslopez3786]

@@KevinVideoList? Where O:?

[@kaskando]

Absolutely incredible video! As usual! Gave me so many great idea. I am such a fan of your work. Thank you so so much for making such great content and Goodluck with the Kickstarter. So so sorry to hear about everything that has happened, do not worry about us, just thank You for being such a fantastic artist uwu

[@madseb7746]

Thank you for this. I have used a purple dragon in my Forgotten Realms campaign a while back. Now I have brought her back and she is trapped in the realm of Theros with new players in a female human form. Cheers!

[@StormTheOnigiri]

i'm so glad i clicked this video. this would make the PERFECT final boss for my campaign. i only just started the campaign, but lore wise, action wise, AND map wise, a Purple Dragon being behind everything makes perfect sense. i even have a world map that has part of it blacked out which is were the cult that worships it would be. so of course the cult would be near the dragon's lair.

[@travisterry2200]

The yellow dragon video is definitely worth watching.

[@theargonaught44]

"You suddenly can't see anything." "I have dar." "I SAID! YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING!"

[@Starspire5]

Glad to see you back!

[@sinclaire5479]

i feel that i just lost my grandmother to terminal emphysema on thanks giving and one of my best friends to cancer in september as well. my heart goes out to you. i love your channel it gives me tons of ideas for my campaigns. take the time that you need there is no rushing grief, and no shame if you need help with it. you seem like an awesome guy to know and sit down at a table to game with. keep fighting the good fight and take it one step at a time. cheers as much as possible from east coast usa. blessed yule

[@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376]

What's cool is that we have Spyro who is a purple dragon himself. Spyro the Dragon is one of my favorite dragons and videogame characters and videogame series.

[@Grave_of_the_Sea]

Losing family is one of the worst things to go through, stay strong man, your videos are some of the BEST DnD content around and I don't even play DnD (no one I know plays it)

[@rollingking7976]

I can't help but imagine how horrifying a great wyrm version would be.

[@ultranecrozma7449]

I NEED to see that statblock

[@coolgreenbug7551]

Godzilla, it’s Godzilla. What it would be is Godzilla. You aren’t surviving because it’s Godzilla

[@snakeatwar]

12:20 Did you seriously use the most nostalgically infuriating video game music of all time to use in a rant of pedantry? I LOVE IT! Subscribing now.

[@roserichards1460]

Well now we know why Spyro is such a beast.

[@shawnwolf5961]

I found your channel randomly and I am enjoying each and every one of them. Thank you for just giving away your stat conversions too, rather than charging for them in these videos. I am going to be using the Pale Night, and the Purple Dragon will fit in as well in my post apocalyptic Faerun setting.

[@god-kingpohg3226]

I think it's funny that the alignment is 'typically' CN on the Ancient Purple Dragon, though I assume this sort of hearkens back to Black Dragon Fathers who are at risk of becoming good due to their parental instincts, but instead its either parent within Purple Dragons. I imagine there are good lineages of Purple Dragons because of this, making a split of sorts where it's just a bunch of bad eggs giving them a bad name.

[@thediethrower1803]

Wait there's lore about parental instinct making Black Dragons good? Also, I'd say I'm surprised it doesn't happen to blue dragons since they also love their family - but they're also aristocrats which isn't exactly the path of good.

[@god-kingpohg3226]

@@thediethrower1803 Yeah, there is, it was in older editions, Black Dragons see the Father's raising the hatchlings and doing a -damn- good job at it, so much so that their love for their children end up turning their evilness upon its head. To say the least, Male Black Dragons can become good dragons if they let it happen, their sense of responsibility and care far surpasses their Female counterparts which up and leave after laying the eggs, I believe its even why Black Dragon Males try not to have children for as long as possible... lest they open that path early on.

[@benjaminmadden4524]

I mixed some other home brew stuff together and gave my purple dragon a psionic shout ability that deals force damage and possibly stuns, however I am having it be on a longer recharge (d8 or d12 depending) or once per day. Feels like a proper ability that would be used for hunting that wouldn't immediately kill the prey but allows the dragon to play with it's food by stunning it and stalking it further

[@cobaltlance18]

Deep Dragons are a Purple Dragon Sub Species. The Underdark is very changing to the things that live in it. And with how long any 1 dragon lives. The Underdark has plenty of time to do what it does best. Especially with the difference in time between Editions. So while Proper Purple Dragons do exist still in 5Es timeline. Deep Dragons have more of less replaced them. Making them even more rare.

[@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376]

Cobalt Spyro is how I discovered Purple Dragons.

[@Fibirdnacci-sequence]

Good to see you back and at it. My condolences again for your loss

[@thatweirdojohn1450]

Your editing skills deserve way more subs

[@DungeonDad]

I appreciate that!

[@demonblood8841]

Okay how have I only just found your channel this stuff is amazing subbed

[@DungeonDad]

Welcome to the channel!

[@gapeape3895]

plasma breath weapon is such a cool idea, cannot believe 5e didnt bring that over.

[@Carbadonia]

Thank you very much for making a video on these devious and beautiful dragons. When I saw the Fizban Treasury coming out these were the first one to come to mind, but then we didn't get them. I've been planning on making my own custom chromatic/metallic/gem-inspired spectrum (as well as others) for my own fantasy setting and having something to work off of for my purple dragon (even if they are different in some ways to D&D's) is very helpful and informative. All of that aside, I am sorry to hear of your loss, I lost my father to cancer when I was very young and I wished that I could have spent more time with him, never realize how much you miss something until it's gone, I know it's not easy but I hope the best for you and your family in what is an incredibly hard time for anyone to experience.

[@cajunxn17]

This was a really great video! I’m already imagining a Drow settlement run by a purple dragon and drawing the ire of Lolth because of it. Super cool! Speaking of Lolth, I’d love to see you do the bebilith and Lolth-touched.

[@KevinVideo]

Lolth-touched is harder because it's a template, but your name is added to the bebilith that's on the list.

[@Jdvalentine13]

Combine these with the shadow dragon cult trying to take down lolth to make them a greater threat and more her equal

[@affsteak3530]

I'd like a twist on this where the Purple Dragon is lairing nearby and using its influence and favors to toy with the Drow. Puppet-mastering the drow who foolishly view themselves as masters of manipulation. Desperate followers of Vhaerraun and Eilistraee might be forced to bargain with it for a way to escape Lloth controlled society. Wiser drow know the entire situation is a ticking bomb, but don't want to risk the dragon's wrath if they fail to kill it.

[@101Fisan]

Hey DD, your channel popped up on my recommended a couple of weeks back. Each and every single one of your uploads I've seen is TOP NOTCH. Seriously, it's a joy to watch all your deep dives into the in-game lore and out-of-game history of all these monsters. I've used several of your stat blocks in my games, and my players are blown away. Take all the time you need, man. And once you're back, you can bet I'll be watching!

[@pandies]

Ive been running a game with the BBEG being a purple dragon for the last year so this is actually the perfect video for when my party actually gets to fight or just interact with him on a more common level. His name is mulberry and he coexists with the local government and runs black ops groups with psionics. He was mainly based on deep dragons but i really didnt like how they were just taking the psionc aspect of them. I havent read manythings really on purple dragons but somehow so much of what i had for him just fits with dragon lore, which i think just goes to show how well designed the lore of them are done. I am not sure if i will update the breathe weapon to the plasma because i do have a blue dragon corrupted by an evil fire entity that i already planned on breathing plasma. But this is so useful to me.

[@saraross8396]

I saw the thumbnail and was immediately reminded of Madame Mim from "The Sword in the Stone": "Did I say no purple dragons?! Did I?!"

[@vepristhorn8278]

While 4E did have some weird lore, usually due to the spell plague, I thank you for recognizing it So many people want to just ignore 4E lore so thank you for recognizing it and acknowledging that there are significant difference between the lore of each edition

[@Domesthenes]

Oh man, this video is GREAT! It gave me a reason for why a region in my world has been a series of feuding fiefdoms, none ever truly gaining an advantage! It's an Ancient Purple Dragon who has nested at the bottom of the mountains and is using the various kingdoms as their play thing! It even fits into a current arc, where a necromancer is raising undead. The Necromancer has discovered a tome written by an ancient lich and wants to usurp the Purple Dragon as de facto ruler of the realm.

[@Draconic_Lorecraft]

Actually wyverns are a type a dragon. Like a tiger is still a cat like a leopard or lion. The classic dragon is the only one with the it’s name being the same as it’s species, which is annoying for us dragonologists, you don’t see any cats being called felines or dogs called canines. Very annoying for us and we can’t fix it due to internet properganda Edit: Oh, and sorry for your loss. Hope you get through it bud.

[@indiana47]

What makes it annoying is that the game does make the distinction and follow the rules with wyverns having arm wings and being the dragon type, but not true dragons, yet the 4e purple dragon has the arm wings.

[@Draconic_Lorecraft]

@@indiana47 Yep, for fucking Skyrim with what they have. Drives me nuts.

[@indiana47]

@@Draconic_Lorecraft It doesn't bother me in Skyrim since they don't also have wyverns in the game and the missing limbs are a result of time and cost constraints rather than something in universe and is more a gameplay thing. Kind of like how Whiterun is incredibly small with like 40 people, but in universe it would have hundreds of people.

[@BaWitda]

​@@Draconic_Lorecraft The wyvern/dragon thing is only the case in British heraldry and D&D. Folklore and other fantasy settings don't make a distinction. There's no reason Skyrim dragons shouldn't have two legs and two wings.

[@hajimichealis7922]

in really old ancient greek, drakon where sometimes described as two legs wing arms, even tho these days the name drakon has evolved to dragon but to also drake.

[@otduke]

Just saw this video and I know it’s late but wishing you the best and rest in peace to your mother 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼sending prayers to you and your family and thank you again for all your content.

[@Attilathepun]

Been waiting for an opportunity to use the DRAGON compendium purple dragon with my D&D group (we run 3/3.5 almost exclusively) They've already encountered the orange and the yellow dragons from there.

[@auburncrescent]

This video makes me wonder if there would be such a thing as a purple dragonborn, or a sorcerer with a draconic bloodline that can be traced back to a purple dragon. In any case, purple dragons are my new favourite DND creature now

[@CD-zp1xn]

Welcome back dungeon dad hopefully ur doing alright

[@lancebiggers9342]

Yooo thanks man! I've been wanting to start my first D&D campaign, but I didn't know where to start. This seems like an interesting concept and I wanted to implement it as my first idea for the game. I have subbed to your channel to see other monsters, maybe even classes that would be or seem interesting. I may even keep you updated on what I might add to my campaign or even post the finished product (which I may continuously update, but would still post at least the first main storyline) to one of your social medias. I am very grateful I have also found you, as it will definitely help a lot with how monsters work, and even some ideas I could use monsters or characters for.

[@dragonturtle2703]

Can you do the old deep dragon later? The mushroom thing is new to 5E, and back before 4e it was a flesh melting corrosive breath. To the point where most lore people I’ve talked to just agree it’s a variant.