Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Bronze Dragon

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

When it comes to treasure, dragons kinda have Rocket Raccoon’s “But I want it more than he does” mentality.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Cian McCabe Yes... Even if "he" is a goblin.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Cian McCabe There is no greed like dragon’s greed.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

NButler1993 I.K.R. It's infectious... 🤑💰💎

[@Plokman040]

Though I wonder can a Dragon find value in something that isn't treasure per say, but is of a very high personal and familiar value. Like a knife passed down from wood cutter to wood cutter, it may be worthless to anyone not of that linage but it values more than gold to those who it is passed to.

[@andyaarav2401]

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[@aviongris4233]

I had a senile ancient bronze dragon imprison my character​ in a demiplane, for not using the proper etiquette during a feast.

[@AJPickett]

Sounds about right.

[@zacharyhawley1693]

Reminds me about an elder deity denying me my divinity because I didn't bow quite fast enough.

[@ruhalajn]

This made me think: what if most people had no idea that there were "types" of dragon? How many dragons do they normally see? Probably one their entire lives. Would be cool to have them totally oblivious of the presence of a dragon society and never know that some are kind or wise. In fact i would prefer that

[@handlebarfox2366]

Bronze dragon transports its horde by shapeshifting into a human explorer who robs the hoard and moves it....

[@artyom28th29]

The old book for the 1st edition "Bestiary of Dragons and Giants" (1987) states that dragons are quite obsessed with hoarding gold and magic items because a grand pile of treasure is the main component for the spell a dragon needs to cast to achieve immortality.

[@palazard95]

In the 3.5 book draconomicon they had a prestige class that gave limited immortality if they consume a large enough hoard

[@williethenerfherder2193]

@@palazard95 Yep it's called being an ascendant dragon which bestows them with even greater powers, and time to plan ways to achieve godhood.

[@JanusHoW]

There is one notable bronze dragon in a published D&D adventure that I can think of: On the 18th level of Undermountain, Vanrakdoom, dwells an adult bronze dragon named Glyster who was somehow changed into a shadow dragon by the powers of the evil goddess Shar. However, intrepid players who find relics that remind him of his old friend Vanrak Moonstar may yet give him the will to change back...

[@yaldabaoth2]

Haha, a dragon with a cold. Sneezes a lightning in the middle of the city.

[@Zarnirox]

Show those spellcasters no mercy! Bite them, claw them, stomp them, boil them, mash them, stick 'em in a stew!

[@AmaryInkawult]

Zarnirox did he actually say "sit on them just to be sure" or did I hallucinate that part? I can't be too sure while on new anti seizure meds that are currently screwing with my mind.

[@AzraelThanatos]

You know, one thing that is an interesting option is to have the dragon learn how investment works with their centuries long plans at times. One knowing that it could make a lot of gold from a trade city, and their lawful nature would only help there. While the council runs the city for him, the dragon protects the city and has a major say in things. He set it up centuries ago and layers in underwater caverns that crisscross under the island (an extinct volcano). He gets a pretty hefty payment from the city in the form of taxes inside it, where 5-10% adds up quite quickly with little effort because he'd rarely be needed to do things there. Add other business opportunities such as shipping and the like that involve the same city, and it becomes an engine for producing gold for the dragon with little to no effort... Hell, what wizard or archivist worth their salt is going to not be willing to attend a dinner or the like with the ruler of a massive city with a known interest in magic, which could make for additional draws for a spellhording dragon or even a riddled one (old templates for dragons from Dragon magazine stuff). On top of that, there is the basic thing of a dragon running a museum...both because a lot of wealthy people will just give him some of their gold just to see choice pieces of his horde and some adventurers might even give him valuable artifacts just to be put on display. It's a win/win scenario for him... Bronze and Steel dragons are the two that fit it the most for that kind of setup in turning the monsterous ruler setup for a city.

[@AJPickett]

I am picturing a dragon wearing glasses and tapping figures into a calculator, looking at spread sheets.

[@AzraelThanatos]

That would be a perfect NPC for D20 Modern just to screw with players. Perhaps also with some depressed older dragons who complain about the glory days being past and now it's so easy to get a horde without doing a thing to get it.

[@krispalermo8133]

@@AzraelThanatos My game shop did that with Waterdeep in Forgotten Realms setting, green dragons/ mafia take rule business lawyers to a whole different level, but at lest not as bad as the Baator does.

[@AmarothEng]

I put a bronze dragon into a lake next to ruined castle PCs conquered. He was sleeping there for about 100 years and now was awoken to world where his humanoid friends were dead and kingdom they established together felt into disrepair and under tyrannical rule of an usurper, while PCs have rightful heir to throne with them - a boy of 14. What will happen now? I have no idea, ended the session with a dragon-appearing cliffhanger, but am looking forward to it! Your video was very inspiring :) thank you.

[@Raastoff]

Amaroth Suggestion: he wil recognize the rightful heir and ask players for information. Then he has old business to attend to, but gives them a quest before he leaves. This will give the players a powerful ally, but not an OP NPC who steals their spotlight. The dragon might respect the party over time after they show their quality as lawful good humans rebuilding the settlement. Then he will make then earn money for him. As a dragon he is greedy and after some time the players may betray him at the end.

[@AmarothEng]

@@Raastoff Got something fairly similar on mind :P. I think they will grow to hate him very quickly, because the most lawful character of whole group is Neutral :D. They are the good guys, but... well... you know... barbarians, elves and rogues don't make lawful characters.

[@beastwarsFTW]

I could see an a Admiral thats a Bronze Dragon in disguise.

[@Mortablunt]

My next NPC.

[@charlesharrison4077]

Great idea

[@morganmcconal4785]

Robbing kings and clerics the number 1 cause of death of dragonkind.

[@SlothinAintEasy]

What do you think of a pawn shop with the owner being a bronze dragon? The thought of a dragon trying to negotiate with a two legged human makes me giggle.

[@draxthemsklonst]

"We buy gold." Seems reasonable.

[@SlothinAintEasy]

@@draxthemsklonst best I can do is 20 silver.

[@SynodicScribe]

My current wizard is actually the apprentice of a bronze dragon so this video was awesome. These big bois need love.

[@themusicgaragetmg2330]

Yes they do...😉

[@erikmartin4996]

My own silly idea of how dragons move their hoards has always been they simply swallow it and regurgitate it at the new location. I run dragons entirely different than how they are written in D&D.

[@krispalermo8133]

Birds do that, also dogs .. so it makes sense.

[@jedhaney3547]

Had a couple of campaigns where I played a bronze dragons, usually one in hiding as a human. Had one in a 3.5 campaign where our palidan took me as his bonded mount then he went into the Dragon Rider prestige class lol. In Pathfinder played a bronze dragon in hiding as a human Ranger who had his hoard/territory taken by a larger and older Black dragon and had to go into hiding to avoid death and to bide his time to take it back. He wore a special cursed amulet that basically turned him into a human in almost every aspect. Basically he is Kalecgos from Warcraft in this aspect lol, except he willingly wearing the cursed object.

[@jedhaney3547]

@Tiamat Michelle Hart Uh, the thing is I came into the campaign as a adult dragon and started gaining class levels as a ranger I think? For a few lvls, then when I was revealed to be a dragon and it was safe to do so my character stopped taking class lvls and went back to being a dragon. That was... like 10 years ago now lol.

[@tomc.5704]

10:43 - 12:40 That was a wonderful passage. Dragons are obsessed with treasure in a way that is almost alien to us.

[@chrisanderson6950]

I played a character who befriended a sentient sword containing the soul of a Bronze dragon. Was obsessed with defeating evil, and learning about nature, so kept casting Animal Friendship on things we encountered... he also argued constantly with other sentient sword I was carrying with contained a demon (it was a quest item, and I was carrying so that no one would use it or handle it until we could destroy it)... was a lot of fun

[@kyleellis9177]

Thats awesome! i had a warlock hexblade chain pact who had a flying sword as his familliar.

[@ironreed2654]

So killing a polymorphed dragon is like killing a monster in a RPG video game? Loot just drops every where!

[@krispalermo8133]

And risk being Crushed to death as the dragon reverts back in size in an area to small to hold the dragon corpse and the PC party at the same time.

[@alotosius]

Thanks so much AJ for redoing your Dragon videos! Its great to see them with the background art and better sound.

[@AJPickett]

entirely new script as well, a lot more world building info in there :)

[@alotosius]

@@AJPickett Indeed! the video length kinda gave it away. I look forward to your other Dragon video masterpieces.

[@joshuazane3210]

I think that you did a particularly good job on this video. Your thoughts are well organized and all of the extra story/flavor ideas are most welcome. ☺️

[@AJPickett]

Thank you!

[@sharlharmakhis280]

'by air, land, or sea', 'throwing themselves headlong into danger because it's the Right Thing'.... so, young bronze dragons are idealized Marines? I can dig it.

[@AJPickett]

Hoo rah!

[@dr.calibrations7984]

This just made them by far, my favorite Dragon breed

[@wingedflyingforce5139]

No, not the marines, that would be saphire, bronze are more of the adventures type, that like to fight, so more like good vikings.

[@gokification]

A grand procession of giant crabs whose backs seemed to be piled with gold as they March in an orderly manner. If the party approaches the crabs do nothing but march on as it seems they have a destination they must get to as the line of crabs stretches for mile each one adorned with a decent amount of precious metal coins Gems and Jewelry. If they attempt to take any as they are underwater at this moment from the surface they see a massive Shadow Loom and it bursts into the shape of a dragon as it passes through the surface into the water.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

14:17 *head bandit leans in from his gang and grins* "ah cann sm-mell da gold on ya... And yeer carryin' al-lot-t..." *polymorphed bronze dragon visably relaxes* "just try it & see what happens, maybe it'll be a well deserved reward?" *massive sun blocking storm cloud appears over the settlement and beggins destroying the rock carring rook ridding gaints in appcalyptic day/night flashes of lightning destroying most of the structures in the area with walling, cawing and falling debree* "Okay, we'll re re reform & become good sheepizens, of co co co common society! Just st st stop electricuting us, were dy dy dying" *to which the cackeling robed hooded bronze dragon responds* "UNLIMITED JUSTICE!!!"

[@j.j.knight6063]

I love Bronze Dragons. I have an Ancient Bronze Dragon named Kengorath, nicknamed Kenny, by my players.

[@antwan1357]

Bronze Dragons are probably one of the most easily used npc characters to interact with a player group wanting to meet a dragon without turning them into hamburger meat.

[@wingedflyingforce5139]

FINALLY, THE BRONZE!!!!!! BEST OF THE METALLICS!!! AND REDS!!! BEST OF THE CHROMATICS!!! NOW WE NEED A VIDEO ON CRYSTAL(Which isn't smaller than white, which is a misconception, they are around the same size as a white), THE BEST OF THE GEMS!!! then all three main Pantheons will be complete!!

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

What if you have befriended (or something more) a dragon, and let’s say it’s been a recurring character, so you decided to make as a token of friendship (or something else) a set of armor, I know it sounds weird, but that extra AC could help dealing with REALLY dangerous enemies. What do you think?

[@AJPickett]

Draconic armor is certainly a thing, dragon resources in previous editions have listed such artifacts, so, it is a popular idea, and cannon.

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

AJ Pickett I was thinking more of making the dragon a set of armor, but what you say sounds very good, probably could make them from shedded scales.

[@ccordero4244]

I enjoy the lore but my favorite part is hearing your ideas on different was to use the creature in adventures. It has been very helpful in my games. Maybe a separate series on unique ideas on how to use monsters?

[@sagesheahan6732]

Like AJ's Deep Gnome cleric? Look up his deep gnomes video. God I rofled at that. 🤣

[@DyrgeAfterDark]

This is my Favorite Dragon type

[@tiamatmichellehart6821]

Wow; it looks like you've done all the dragons now! I erased my old account several months ago and just found you again, but as such the information you asked for regarding the dragons' scientific names was erased too (I wonder if you used it in any of your subsequent dragon videos; I guess I'll have to watch them to find out!) Here it is briefly reprinted, "with a lot of huffing and puffing" as Gygax told me before he passed away: *Draco Rigidus Frigidus* - "Dragon of Stiff Frost" (White) *Draco Causticus Sputem* - "Dragon of Burning Saliva" (Black) *Draco Chlorinus Naseous Respiratorum* - "Dragon of Sickening Chlorine Breath" (Green) *Draco Electricus* - "Dragon of Amber" (Blue; the Latin root for electricity is "electrum", or amber) *Draco Conflagratio Horriblis* - "Dragon of the Horrible/Grizzly Conflagration" (Red) *Draco Impudentus Gallus* - "Impudent Rooster Dragon" (Brass) *Draco Comes Stabuli* - "Dragon Constable/Stable Master" (Copper; possibly a pun on "cop" lol) *Draco Gerus Bronzo* - "Dragon of the Bronze Voice" (Bronze) *Draco Nobilis Argentum* - "Noble Silver Dragon" (Silver) *Draco Orientalus Sino Dux* - "Oriental Chinese Dragon Guide" (Gold; Gygax told me he wanted ALL the Metallic Dragons to look Asian after I pointed out how European the Silver and to a lesser extent the Bronze Dragons looked....Maybe this was his way of compensating?

[@AJPickett]

I did use this! Thanks for restating it 👍

[@Greenscyth22]

I've always thought of Bronze, Silver, Brass and Copper to be the "Human" dragons. As in, they are the ones who interact the most with humanity. I would assume that would also give them ample opportunities to either love, or hate humans to an extreme degree. This is where good dragons become evil imo. I can easily see a Bronze Dragon perhaps turning to Hextor as a patron deity after too much contact with corrupt humans over the centuries.

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

Bronze Dragons the WE FIGHT of the good dragons. They are truly ready to throw down regardless of it being a good idea. I love baby dragons. So adorable even if they can eat you in a single bite.

[@sagesheahan6732]

I love that you redid this. These are my favorite dragons I all of DnD. Made a main NPC in my campaign who was an adult bronze. She had class levels in archivist and Swashbuckler, hahaha. Fun character.

[@Pantjay]

Sweet I'll watch this as I fall asleep and again when I wake up to catch what I miss, good timing AJ!

[@burakc9673]

I do same thing!

[@robertwilson2516]

This is why Bronze Dragons are my favorite Not to harsh Not to nice Not insane OP but more adaptive Op and with land and aquatic features makes the perfect dragon for SUMMER VACATION. PS EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YOU MENTIONED FELGOLOS MY DAY IS NOW COMPLETE.

[@spikegilfer1997]

"Yes, we're looking at you Karsus." Lolloololloololol. Song Dragons next?

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

10:50 Good dragons seek out GIFTS. Evil dragons take their treasure.

[@krispalermo8133]

Back in the last days of AD&D2ndE my game shop ran young green dragons in a way that they try to con young human wizards into Polymorph Other them into human form so they can .. see .. how fun human life can be. Plot points we had in game, .. a.) Older wizard polymorph a young female green dragon into a redhead woman to teacher her some .. manners. First off she complain her hair should be .. green .. and not fire red. Ended up the woman that PC the dragon socially toke over the castle town with her bickering charms. Then male green dragons shown up to court her and other females came to challenge her for control of the town. b.) Since green dragons are known to maintain close social family contact with each other, they ran like a mafia. Taking from humans is a game to see which group will offer .. gifts/ bribes .. to keep from being raided. Green dragon, " I carved out a few new water ditches, a pit which will fill up a as pond due to the rain shed effect, and clawed up a few acres so you can grow more grain to brew beer. Now this is what I want so I don't eat the local road bandits and cattle herd raiders that are your kinfolk." Running or letting other players run dragon PC has never been a problem with me or my pass two game shops. As a mini campaign or plot, if the players PCs are at a tournament, joust, melee .. have a few young adult dragons show up to watch and slap each other around for social status ranking. Allow the players to roll the dice of bronze dragons vs green dragons. Or greens vs greens. Dragons get bored and want some entertainment and get their name/ fame out where humans/ people talk about how great each one is. 2.) Green Dragon, " Listen, .. I know most of you think me a monster .. which I may very well be. But .. for 10gp I will fly you around for a few miles in a circle around the town and not drop you to your death. Since there are a few thousand of you humans being here I could pull off a hundred take off and glide in landings. Just sing how great I am and feed me a cow along with a few pigs. So unless there is a wizard here giving flying carpet rids ... Who wants to go first ?"

[@Vtech869]

Dear God, this personality is exactly nailed on the head on Zito's game TFS at The Table! Good for him doing his homework! *Spoilers* Lt. Gore: Hellllllo it's meeeeeeee!

[@zzfrute]

This made me fall in love with bronze dragons! I'd really like to see a video on halflings. Their Gods, culture, and variant barbarian tribes.

[@kmg9763]

Bronze Dragon goes Fus-Ro-Dah

[@testsignupagain7449]

Pretty sure there's a bronze dragon nesting somewhere near Cape town, south Africa now 😂

[@HumbleMemeFarmer]

I always imagine them having Arnold Shwartz's voice. Edit: yes, even the females, though I imagine it's like Arnold doing a bad woman impression.

[@lysander9957]

How do bronze dragon orphans fare in the world? I have a bronze dragon (well, egg of one) that has been orphaned due to the death of its parents. When it hatches, what kinds of struggles does it have in store? Would it try to bond with nearby humans?

[@AJPickett]

Dragons are born with a lot of knowledge that they sort of grow into, they can speak, they have some understanding of magic, they know the Rules of Dragonkind. So a dragon may have some odd quirks from such a start in life, but nowhere near the massive impact it has on humanoid infants.

[@markusnavergard2387]

Hmmm. a firm that specilizes in moving dragon hoards for a small fee

[@brianmead7556]

World's first quadrillionaire, no?

[@Varatho]

True Facts: The Draconomicon is my third favorite 3.x splatbook. Right after Dungeonscape and Lords of Madness.

[@zacharyhawley1693]

Made a bronze dragon cry once. Cause I was neither good nor lawful. Haha. NE for the win.

[@EricVanWinkle]

The idea of multiple dragons with overlapping effects is great for epic level play. I miss that, even though I haven't hit the level limit in 5e yet; the tactical and story opportunities are exciting.

[@cypher4783]

Oh aj I have a thought for your sliver video the video game StarCraft gives some interesting thoughts on that type of situation

[@DracoMaverick]

Favorite metallic dragon's right here

[@williethenerfherder2193]

You just can't help, but love bronze dragons.

[@wingedflyingforce5139]

@@williethenerfherder2193 Bronze are supreme and better than GOLD! They are a mix of the silver' and gold's personality!

[@AnonymousAlcoholic772]

Is there some listed abomination that Demogorgon transforms those bronze dragon sacrifices into? If not, shouldn’t there be? Some sort of draconic retriever perhaps?

[@AJPickett]

There is always room for improvement

[@ixisnyx6860]

@@AJPickett Bronze abishai perhaps? Made bigger and more brutal for the nature of the abyss maybe.

[@davidmuresan9497]

Bronze dragons must be the bane of pirates Free gold for them anyway

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Oh yes. XD

[@AJPickett]

They get this happy little eye twitch when you say the word "Booty".

[@moonchild4648]

On the video you mention sea serpents. I don't think I've heard about them before (in the context of the forgotten realms) maybe that could be a future video? Or maybe you've already made one on them and I'm making a fool of myself :P

[@NanoMayTry]

I just caught that bit about gnomes protecting their gems. But I always wondered- Can you capture a dragons breath attack? Just thinking with portals.

[@AJPickett]

With magic, anything is possible. Dragon magic works quite well in conjunction with their breath weapon, they can basically use all sorts of metamagic feats to expand, extend, empower and even animate their breath weapon.

[@nedhunter4444]

they use the demiplane spell to transport it

[@AJPickett]

Good call, I wonder how many potential wizard apprentices are actually metallic dragons in disguise?

[@markusnavergard2387]

why not have the treasure in a demiplane all the time and live there and just reolcate the entrence?

[@boogaethje]

Had a run in with a bronze dragon awhile back. Ended up parlaying with him, working out a deal that proved mutually beneficial. Was thankful for the outcome as I realized it could have gone much, much worse. Was a bit the wiser walking away from that done deal.

[@JimmyJamba]

This is great, thanks for sharing.

[@ruhalajn]

Awesome. Thank you so much for such a great video. I won't pretend that it was my doing, but I asked for this just a few weeks ago!

[@florenmage]

Hello folks I'll just be taking those gold bars coins and rare gems don't resist or I'll have to murder ya did I mention that I'm a good aligned dragon

[@nedhunter4444]

more like "don't resist or I won't defend your sea ports"

[@AJPickett]

"It would be a real shame if some sea serpents ate all your galleons, caravels and fishing fleet, how do they cost to rebuild? Hard to put a value on all the lives lost, but soldiers cost a lot to train and equip do they not? Makes you think, doesn't it?"

[@zacharyhawley1693]

@@AJPickett extortion is a dirty word I prefer. Safe travel tax.

[@florenmage]

AJ Pickett And that is how a war between "the good people" starts lol

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Wow... Thanks to this thread a new word appeared in my mind. "DRAGONTAX" a lawfully good safe keeping duty. XD

[@AliasEliahus]

Okay so I have a question, how do dragons physically have items on them? Do they carry a satchel, is it in a kind of mouth pocket or a sort of pouch behind one of their scales? Maybe they wear a bigass amulet or ring that works like a bag of holding or something

[@draxthemsklonst]

If your asking anyone, I would like to put in my two cents. A utility belt/harness and/or front pack (not backpack), for ease of accessibility. Just an idea. Don't think there's anything official for item storage.

[@AJPickett]

Dragons can craft magic items of their own.

[@draxthemsklonst]

...and AJ clarifies. You latter suggestion/question is the answer.

[@AliasEliahus]

@@AJPickett wait...does that mean there are dragon hordes containing magical items created by dragons using dragon hordes?

[@brianmead7556]

AJ, you once again make my morning; monsterology before work!

[@willynthepoorboys2]

I would like to subscribe but I all ready have...KZbin algorithm fulfilled. Great video, Thanks A.J. and Merry Christmas.

[@AJPickett]

Merry Christmas Willynthepoorboys2. May all your dice jingle!

[@abdullahalghanimi379]

At last. I have been waiting for this video for a while now, and it's even longer than the other dragon videos.

[@nullvoid4063]

Thanks again AJ! By the way, I know I’ve asked this before, but have you ever considered doing a crossover video with another channel and if so which ones would you want to crossover with?

[@AJPickett]

Oh, there are a few.

[@nullvoid4063]

Cool, I can’t wait to see what direction your channel goes next.

[@tyreecesalandy9269]

Thanks Aj, you've been a great help with me and the DnD games I've been a part of. Funnily enough, I'm currently in a campaign where I'm playing as a young Bronze Dragon disguised as a human, and the party have recently made their way to a rather technologically advanced town, where we met back up with a Wizard Pc (he had irl troubles, so he was reintroduced into the story), where he was being chased by a but of tech-cultists that worshipped a, homebrewed, Demon-lord of invention. They were basically heavily inspired by the Adeptus-Mechanicus, and used quite a bit of lightning damage. They were not expect to fight a literal Bronze dragon though.

[@AJPickett]

Adeptus Mechanicus have the best sound tracks.

[@tyreecesalandy9269]

@@AJPickett Factually correct

[@secondarytrollaccount666]

When I discovered the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. 🤖

[@odinulveson9101]

I always imagine doing a homebrew ( or imagine wotc doing this idea official adventure/ starter kit , hah! ) with the Yellow, Topaz and Bronze dragons having a coastal territory dispute 😂 and we as players could help any one, two of them to get rid of the competitor(s) or somehow make them share the coast with some hard yet clever diplomatic work by players

[@rodzilla1869]

I'm just learning admit dnd your video are all so educational they are s so good. My wife play dd and I tied to play with them once. Just once lol. She takes it serious and I was a marine for 22yrs and I played a palidin like a marine and yelled allot all night YOU CAN'T DO THAT. LOL STOP YOU CAN'T SAY STUFF LIKE THAT. Well maybe i should learn before trying to play again. I play warhammer 40k. So a space marine and a PALIDIN are a world of difference

[@AJPickett]

I love Warhammer 40k!

[@rodzilla1869]

@@AJPickett yes I love the way a space marine deals w civilian w opinions. ORBITAL BOMBING. LOL. TYPICALLY a marines way of wanting to deal with them now. Lol. Yes as you can see I'm not sure why she thought a PALIDIN WOULD be a good character for a marine to play. Maybe i should have been a antipalidin LOL

[@johntheherbalistg8756]

Any good paladin in d&d will be seen as an oppressive babysitter by the rest of the party. Their job is to balance the (usually) feckless and undomesticated rogue by being too much the stick in the mud.

[@rodzilla1869]

@@johntheherbalistg8756 yes they do. I'm more of the rapid strike add leave nothing alive kinda player. Bomb everything. Threaten a guy in the game that i would cut off his balls if he didn't give us info. She yells you can not say that. You CAN'T DO THAT either. Your suppose to act like you have a bug up your ass. Lol. When we would discuss how we were to handle stuff my answer was always kill them.

[@Birbucifer]

Rodney Stilwell Sounds like Vengeance Paladin is perfect for you honestly. Tell your wife you wanna be that so she doesnt tell you how to roleplay anymore ;)

[@levikarkiainen331]

Force breath? Fus ro dah!

[@Demolitiondude]

My favorite of the DND dragons.

[@Mr_Maiq_The_Liar]

Pushing players 60 foot back is huge. Strange you could be pushed back in an instance a greater distance than you could run, and you don’t even fall prone though? Pushing 60 feet and falling prone would be far more appropriate. Like the famous Unrelenting Force Shout from skyrim. Your players might meme that it’s a “Fus roh dah” and play Skyrim if you want to know how to use it. combat a target with the fly spell who has a speed of 60 knocking them 60 feet and out of the sky, would be very interesting, suddenly barbarians can’t fight a dragon just cause they can fly It will be most useful in combination with environmental hazards. Could a dragon lower it’s head to the ground and launch you upward at an angle? Add an extra d6 or two to your fall damage? If you’re launched off the ground or off a cliff does momentum carry you further? If you hit a solid object 5 feet behind you does it shatter your spine? Probably. Consider walls with spikes and floors with pits, spiral stair cases head hight the dragon can stand under and blow people upward. And difficult terrain. Nothing like being 110 feet away and prone in difficult terrain. Shame it goes off the same resource as lightning breath though

[@peterlane7128]

Hey Maiq

[@nvfury13]

There are rules for being rushed off a cliff, you add the rush distance to the fall distance for damage. So ouch, extra 60 feet to the fall.

[@michaelkelligan7931]

Bronze Dragons,they're so aloof it pains me! 🤕 Hello A.J. was wondering where you were at buddy!

[@AJPickett]

Sorry, had a bit of a mental health break.

[@michaelkelligan7931]

AJ Pickett lol ha ha ha i heard that!...hope you got laid mate!

[@nbmoleminer5051]

@@AJPickett I hope your doing well now.

[@burakc9673]

Love your videos AJ! You do amazing work!

[@millerdiamond708]

bronze dragon with a jamaican accent would be neat hehe bronze dragon: hey mon welcome to the islands

[@jeremyirons7367]

I gave mine a Rhys Darby style New Zealand accent 😂

[@CobraLats]

Please do a Redux of the Chromatic and Metallic Dragons please.

[@AJPickett]

Good idea.

[@gmacwizard8890]

In my mind if food metaphor is a very chromatic way of thinking if thing for 3 reasons. A what the dragon does with the treasure (just putting it in a big pile and sitting on it) isn't anymore more valid than what a human does. he doesn't some much eat the food as he well...puts it in a big pile and sits on it. B the dragon really has no claim to the treasure he didn't make the coins and magic items he steals and has done nothing to earn them if he wants his own gold he can get a pickaxe and dig it out of the ground like the rest of us. If he wants to eat he can make his own dinner he's a big boy he shouldn't have to steal from others. And C most Metallic dragons should know a alliance with a prosperous humanoid kingdom will pay off in the long run a king only lives 70 years or so while dragons live much longer and can make long term plans beyond the scope of human lifespans for gains of massive wealth and more valuable than that the influence they gain for their services over the generations of kings. It is better to make friends with the people who make good food instead of just killing them for it.

[@AJPickett]

Dragons are known to sit on the treasure for very long periods of time and not need to eat at all while doing so, they are creatures with a partly elemental metabolism that derive more from the metal than a comfortable bit of furniture. In many instances in story and articles, dragons absorb gemstones and metal into their body over time, increasing the durability and resistance of their scales.

[@gmacwizard8890]

AJ Pickett I suppose I would counter by saying gold is historically one of the hardest substances to dissolve or digest and not very tough physically so it wouldn't make good body armor when compared to other metals like tungsten. Gems stones I could kinda see but at that point why not just eat plants and animals for their carbon and chromium. Also then what did dragons eat before the mortal races could dig gold and treasure out of the ground?

[@thedarkmaster4747]

gmac MacWilliam Gold is a super conductor, priecious minerals are precious because they are both rare and have multiple uses. The amount of uses would only be amplified in a universe that is saturated in magic. We harden our bones with calcium. And the dragons are magically drawing these elements into themselves even if they are actually physically eating the treasure, in a said universe. Kobalts come in all colours. Dragons have always been sorcerers... Dragons have always been served.

[@krispalermo8133]

@@thedarkmaster4747 Wall of Iron last till Dispel Magic is cast on it. So you could break it down and turn tools, weapons & armor out of it. Sell the tools to peasants and the wpn &AC to the humanoid raiders as a cheap arms dealer. When the raiders attack, Dispel the steel/ iron right off of them leaving them more or less defenseless. Same thing for Wall of Stone, .. stone is a mineral so is salt. Along with coal. In this regard you could create walls of gold/ silver or even gem stones to break/ smelt down. Detect & Dispel Magic is the main way to deal with such fraud. But since such spells are the embodiment of solid raw magic energy. Dragons will still want to act like a cat scratching the side of a chair and gnaw on it like a bone. Laying and basking in the energy that slowly radiance of the magic wall spell. AD&D2ndE campaign setting Council of the Wryms, as a dragon ages they also had to .. eat .. a given amount of Xp/gp value of magic items. So a Wall of Stone/ gems is a junk food chew toy for them. In house gaming shop joke, dogs chew on your shoes, baby dragons Will eat you spell scrolls or any other magic item .. just .. laying around. Any wizard openly know for selling scrolls will have dragons show up for a .. " Scooby " .. snack. I seen players lose their zhit when they work through the dragons traps only for the dragon to cast Dispel Magic and make all their gold coin treasure disappear before them., it was a group of murder hobo players competing against another group of players, one player was PC an adult red dragon. The baron has a wizard create a bunch of Wall of Iron/ gold coins to be transported as a decoy. The dragon just flew away, and the murder hobos were crossbowed by the dwarves guards.

[@luisgustavo9986]

My 17th level mage married with a Bronze Dragon, best waifu

[@krispalermo8133]

AD&D2ndE 25 years ago at my first game shop, my 9th-level male wizard polymorph himself into a large green dragon at a tournament and had a mock battle with another playing PC. Then as the shop's in house joke. My PC started to get hounded by female green dragons trying to court him.

[@damienjordan3859]

Oh great lore master! Lord of forgotten secrets and legend. Keep it up :) Also, don't know if you have a video on the Ethereal plane o.o (my players trapped themselves in the Ethereal plane xD)

[@AJPickett]

I have a video titled Death is not the End, that may inspire you, it has some information of the nature of the Ethereal plane.

[@damienjordan3859]

Thank you a million oh great one xD

[@shinethief3785]

The easiest and most boring way a magically inclined dragon can transport the hoard of gold. A lot of bags of holding

[@dawsynp-b4103]

Can you do Brass Dragons? There arnt very many videos on them I think

[@AJPickett]

Brass dragon video remake, yes.

[@axepoison255]

"DEMOGORGON DEMOGORGON DEMOGORGON!!!" -Not Nigel, not ever.

[@Plokman040]

AJ think you could do some Lore videos on Construct based beings, monsters and Immortals? I only recently discovered the Modron races would love to find a way to have a player character Modron.

[@AJPickett]

Absolutely! I am just about to get stuck into Golems, and there are Inevitables, Maruts, Clockwork Horrors and so many more!

[@Plokman040]

@@AJPickett Awesome my friend I look forward to each one you pick, one of the funniest Constructs I ever heard of was a Warforge born from a enchanted door named Rood just from the fact he viewed keys and the like as consorts it just made him a likeable idea. Granted that is just the tip of the iceberg and a humor based PC the sky is the limit. I hope I can find a group soon to play DnD proper soon it is awesome and I only ever got a minor taste of the kind of fun you can have when a friend tried DMing but we had to stop due to his scheduled.

[@kenhouston814]

Yay! Been waiting for this one!

[@wagz781]

Now, my question for you is; are there "mutt" dragons? Dragons which are of mixed breed and thus are either multi-colored or something entirely different? I'm sure homebrew exists for it, but given the knack for non-chromatic dragons of working together, I wouldn't be surprised if there was some cross-breeding going on there between some of the races.

[@stanchskate]

So Like White +red=pink. Ooohh the pink dragon has a steam breath so hot it can melt the flesh off a human

[@nedhunter4444]

such things exist in the 4e (I think) draconomicon, and their appearance can vary. However they have the stats of only one parent or the other

[@AJPickett]

Yeah, as Ned said, you can be highly creative with it, just base the stats off one type of dragon and give it some unusual features cherry-picked from the other parent. Give it some hybrid vigor.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Hmmm i was thinking of this recently, well since A.J. mentioned it on a live stream, and i was thinking of maybe having different coloured eyes to the rest of it's body. Say like the fathers eyes and the mothers scales kinda thing, if you wanted to do real mongrels, with various mixed manias to go with them.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

They certainly do. They can range from an even mix of traits, to one parent’s type being dominant and the other’s only being displayed through resistances and breath, to everything in between. It’s basically up to you how you make them. Personally, I like to roll a d20, with 1 representing one parent and 20 representing the other, and using the numbers in between to determine its mix with 10 and 11 being an even mix. So if 1 represents a white dragon father and 20 represents a black dragon mother and I roll a 15 for a particular dragon, I make it’s black dragon traits more dominant with moderate white dragon traits thrown in, like its scales being black with an occasional grey grey scale and the typical black dragon aesthetics but with pale blue eyes and white skin in its wings. If I roll a 10, I make it have grey scales with a mix of its parent’s looks, with the spines and sharp protrusions on its head like a white dragon but with a sail along its neck and back like a black dragon, and have its breath weapon be some type of corrosive sleet, like frozen acid rain that stabs into targets doing both cold and piercing damage in hit, and acid damage in the next turn when the frozen blades of acid stuck in them begin to melt. If I roll a 1, then it’s basically just a white dragon with acid resistance and maybe some extremely acidic drool that does extra damage on bite attacks. That’s just how I do it though, offered only as a suggestion. If you have a way you like better, use that. The game is supposed to be catered to your liking as a dm, based off what you believe your players will enjoy the most.

[@fistimusmaximus6576]

I noticed that amazing artwork in your video of either a sea dragon/serpent. Any chance of lore video :P!

[@AJPickett]

Eventually :)

[@fistimusmaximus6576]

@@AJPickett are the stat blocks in the 5e manual? just curious .p.s love the lore videos especially over this quaratine

[@AJPickett]

@@fistimusmaximus6576 not in the core monster manual.

[@MasterMahan-qm8hu]

Terrific lore video!!! Cheers

[@farspeakerdm90]

Love it! You are the best AJ!

[@TenositSergeich]

Hehehe, looks like the Ixitxachitl in 5:35 got under your tounge, AJ! As this word is inspired by Nahuatl language, the proper pronounciation would be along the lines of "ee-shee-TSHA-cheetfl" or something like that, with "sh"s and Welsh "ll" at the end. A tough one, but why not get right? Honestly, D&D has so many random creature names that I'm not sure what pronounciation rules use for what, but this is clearly Nahuatl-inspired. Also, thanks for the vid!

[@AJPickett]

and how does one pronounce TSHA? (thanks for the tips, although it is indeed based on that language, I used to pronunciation guide from the original source, still, never to late to right a wrong)

[@TenositSergeich]

@@AJPickett Uhm, I dunno. "TSHA"? I guess that Eastern European languages hace given me good ability to pronounce consonant clusters. Sorry.

[@tylerhallford9800]

Amazing video! But hey this is for anyone, this brought up a question for me. Is there anything about hybrid dragons? Like what if a taboo relationship between a silver and bronze dragon tried to have a kid. I get that itll be super hard and unlikely but would that be possible. If it's not please explain.

[@TheSoling27]

I would hazzard a guess that in the chaotic side of thing that would be more likely -- feeling that Lawful Dragons would see it as a breech of the "cast" system -- wrecking the order so to speak .. so Brass & Copper would be the only real choice although Gold and Silver hang out alot .. and as for Chromatic spawns are summarily killed by Tiamat -- keeping her purity laws intact ..

[@tylerhallford9800]

Hm.. alright. I'd love to hear how different types of dragons would react. Idk not a solid idea yet but idk. A dismissed child of two breeds of dragons. Accepted by either side and forced to live with other species. I like that idea maybe as a good character for a book or a campaign story

[@AJPickett]

It could be that the clutch of eggs will be a mix of Silver and Bronze hatchlings, so, each would simply be like an identical twin, much younger sibling of one of the parents, a clone, essentially. Why stick to conventional genetics with such a mystical species?

[@tylerhallford9800]

@@AJPickett OH! Cant believe I caught ur eye Haha. And true that's a definite but I'm making a dnd world for my friends and I, and well one place was gunna be a big dragon influence. I was considering having two important draconian figures have offspring and well maybe one or two instead of being a spilt between the two, there would be one or 2 that's a whole unique kind/type. Figured they wouldn't be treated to kindly but was seeing if I can fish for more detailed ideas lol

[@tylerhallford9800]

@@AJPickett Sorry but this is just a little fan rant, but i just wanted to say THANK YOU for all ur effort. Your one of the main figures that got me into being the dungeon master of my friends group, now ur work is helping me create a whole unique world for one of my next campaigns.... taking it slow though.

[@jasonsantos3037]

yeah mixed feelings for bronze dragons but yeah next dragons there still a holes in heart

[@DyrgeAfterDark]

AJ once your done with all the Dragon types are you going to do a Video on "Xorvintaal" Aka Dragons of the Great game

[@wingedflyingforce5139]

AKA, a really bad fanfic sounding dragon, and thankfully removed from 5th edition. Tiamat and Bahamut where never made to mate with each other, that bit comes from bad writing. Plus, only THREE siblings where created by Io in later retcons: Bahamut, Sardior, and Tiamat.

[@purplehaze2358]

Okay, that dragon that shoots out a stream of souls at it's prey that I came up with a few months ago, I came up with a name for it. The soul spewer.

[@zacharyhawley1693]

Wouldn't it be easier to call it a soul dragon?

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Dr Bright dude your like 500 be more creative

[@purplehaze2358]

@@charlottewalnut3118 First of all, I am excelent with coming up with creatures, designing them, and giving them abilities, but naming them is, to say the least, not my strong point. Second of all, If im correct, Sun Wukung is a monkey person in Japanese mythology. That means your both a weeb and a furry lol!

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Chinese mythology. And wukung the immortal monkey king is fictional like schrodinger from hellsing. Hellsing being a very good anime at that. That said where does your dragon live(natural habitat) and what colour is it?

[@That80sGuy1972]

I have a favorite story about Bronze Dragons you might like. The players were commissioned by a local kingdom to find out where large scores of wealth being transferred were ending up. It was millions of GPV, and the PC party was offered 10% of the recovered GPV plus any amount of potions they can carry upon taking the mission and setting out. If they return with corpses or mangled teammates while still on the mission, their clerics and healers will do their best to restore them to let them return to the mission. The PC party did well to find a link between the privateers and a couple thieves' guilds. They suspected that the Bronze Dragon on a coastal town was behind the mischief. The biggest indicator was that their minions did their best to do as little harm as possible aside from the theft. While they were in the town doing the Q&A's and getting gear. the NPCs of the town kept telling tales about the lady dragon's heroic actions to save the locals from danger. During the quest, they recruited the mayor (retired adventurer) to join the party as an expert on the dragon and his rowdy twin teen boys who the mayor kept in check who seemed to keep finding excuses to try to start a fight with the PC's. The mayor, during the quest, had his living-separately mage wife join the party. The PC's were ecstatic, having two veterans and their loyal kin help in the quest. They told the players all about the lair and told them that they will help with any fight, but only after they cleared the other dangers. The players were masterful in overcoming the traps, much to my embarrassment. It should have been a little harder. They were not my veterans, so knowing my way of doing things should not have given them leverage. I digress. The party finally reached the main area of the lair. The mayor advised them where to stand as the "tricky dragon" probably has a trap ready. The wife teleported went to a high ground, the mayor and his kids went to an island (flooded island situation and foggy with dim lighting). Everyone got ready. The party immediately did its protection and detection spells and items. Just them, aquatic elves rose out of the bodies of water, tridents ready. Each wearing a necklace that the players recognized to turn electrical damage into healing magic. If they didn't have spells allowed to be ready, they would not have seen the rest of the reinforcements. Rogue drow levitated into position, hand crossbows ready, dozens of them. And more than a few high-level pirates and thieves' guild members with missile weapons got ready from ambush positions. To top that off, the mayor, the wife, and their kids suddenly became Bronze Dragons. As the kids got ready to charge, the mayor held them back and said: "not yet." Then the mayor-dragon says "I am not sure if you can see the trouble you are in. You just walked into a really big trap. Congratulations on getting this far but you picked the wrong fight. We are not the murderous type and we respect your bravery. So, we offer this deal. Surrender now and we only take your coins and gems. Surrender later when you know it's hopeless and we let you leave with only robes we will provide you. Fight to the death and you will be immortal by our telling people through jokes or glorious tales, depending upon how well you fought, about how you died." There was an over-the-table chat about it. I gave a 1-minute limit. They decided to surrender and leave. The young Bronze Dragons were really disappointed and teased them, almost causing the PC's to change their mind. I awarded partial EXP. It was an (almost) unwinnable fight but they did role play really well. If the players were not so obvious, the lady Bronze Dragon could have been killed in the lair invasion... with the whole town (and the surviving Bronze Dragons) greeting the party rather harshly at the "epilog" of the mission. Town aflame if they leave alive as pariahs. That king would have been happy and they would be really rich.

[@krispalermo8133]

My two games shops also played Vampire the Masquerade, which involves quite a bit one up manship. So we normal have players run into green dragons and Baator devils to trade and bargain with. My shops also had the Council of the Wrym box sets, which stated dragons had to eat a given amount of magic treasure Xp/gp value for each age group level. In house joke, dogs chew on your shoes, baby dragons Will eat your spell scrolls or any other magic item .. just .. laying out. Any wizard in the setting publicly know for making/ selling scrolls will have dragons just show up for a .. " Scooby " .. snack, then 3rdE rolled in. Instead of waiting for a wizard to reach 12th-level to Enchant Magic Items to create minor spell effect items, they can now do so at 3rd-level.

[@That80sGuy1972]

@@krispalermo8133 That's why pre-3rd-Ed I created my campaign world. Also, you have my condolances.

[@krispalermo8133]

@@That80sGuy1972 My old shop also ran their own home brew campaign worlds. We just treated dragons like dogs where they dig out shallow pits to lay in , in the yard. Dragons may be smarter than run of the mill humans, but they are still over size cat/dogs.

[@krispalermo8133]

Also to add, my family had a great Dane with an undock tail. It used to dig shallow pits in the yard then lay on it's back in them. It is a funny sight. But at the same time from nose to toe that dog was almost eight foot in length. So we had a good ideal what a baby dragon was like. It's tail was like a whip and knock lamps a drinks over all the time.

[@zifnabdragoon]

Trying to make a dragoon for a bronze dragon and blue dragon but don't want to use the dragon born template

[@justinjacobs1501]

Try a Triton? They are similarly amphibious like bronze dragons and have innate spellcasting. They also have a similar stat balance to dragons with a bonus to STR, CON, and CHA.

[@chriscalvin5083]

Great Video AJ

[@kyleellis9177]

I dont know what it was that you said but it inspired me to have dragons instead of stealing/hording treasure they shit/shed precious metals. A gold dragon would shit gold and molt a full skin of gold. green dragons would do the same with emerald or some version of green precious metal you invent. same with each color of dragon. the treasure in their hordes is from adventurers coming to slay them for the precious waste. the loot they have is then not interesting to the dragon so loot and treasure allso accumulates in its lair in and around the moltings and droppings.

[@MegaXdon]

Can you make more of these dragon lore videos :3

[@AJPickett]

Yes! :)

[@mbalazs3544]

22:22 I'm sure most player's would not enjoy this

[@himself3011]

and?

[@thedarkmaster4747]

2:16 *imagines a nymph assasin and a devil sorcerer on a quest with a bronze dragon to slay a demon, just messing with it's head rediculous hammering the mindless wanton unatural seduction trope against the anvil of the convienent necersary human suffering trope* Can the dragon rize about the influences or will he fall to the basities of perverse righteousness. *pictures the bronze dragon walking off into the the sunset next to a deeply deeply disturbed paladin, with the corpse of an utterly demolished demon behind them, with the devil and the nymph consumating the necessity of sending the deflowered local militia in the front like lemmings* "look ye back not thee back on that place of hallowed conquest, for we walk a higher path, above past contortion or deviance... Yes! It is seductive, but your soul knows that it is wrong... Neither of those necerssary creatures are "human", and there is a wizdom in man." Reply "gibbering mouth noises of desturbed confusion" ans "The "demon" is slain! The road of righteousness is not an easy path!?!? Stride forth! Less i find thee a worthy target for my sorcery of sanctified holy salt... For both our sakes..." *to the silhouettes of the laughing depraved pragmatists*

[@AJPickett]

*moves the pot of extra nasty Gehenna Mountain Espresso away from The Dark Master*

[@thedarkmaster4747]

AJ Pickett *hisses and grabs at the pot as you do* 😾😵☕

[@zakosist]

Your text was very hard to read for some reason, but I like what you started with.

[@krispalermo8133]

OMG, I just love you two guys ! (^_^) L..M.A O. !

[@blueperry5409]

Kansas? Lol, the elves have literally ripped the world apart and driven all the dragons to madness. Karsus is barely a footnote in draconian history.

[@jackiesantos2121]

I have mixed feelings for bronze dragons Alvin are not that faithful for a companion I find silver dragons more fun