Narrated D&D Story: How To Tame Your Dragon - Expand The Dragon Family (Part 2)

[@sinlesssoul]

Hey again everyone. I am so very honored that so many people are enjoying my story, and I am especially grateful to AllThingsDnD for making this narration possible. As always, please feel free to leave a comment and let us know what you think. :)

[@articusramos808]

The story got good. I like it

[@TMGAPACHAI]

I've never played dnd before but only listened to podcasts and I just want to say this is the. Best. Thing. How long is thing going to be?

[@Haidonomus_Rex]

Hey, this is pretty good.

[@lummh4861]

A really lovely story!

[@kenleypaloma82]

It's wonderful sometimes short stories are better then long stories because it's build up hype and anticipation this work (Reminds me of a time that one of my player's was able to seduce a turtle dragon he's a full blood dragon but he was red and he's actually really kind as a character and i didn't know sorry i told you something you might not even read)

[@ssfbob456]

"I can't sell them on credit." "My black dragon says you can."

[@bribizlegaming6678]

"Yha well i just got a pager from my dragon. You're gonna have to.

[@autonomousanonymous6468]

Merchant: but- Onixya: *hisses* Merchant: you make a valid point

[@halfofapicture]

You're not wrong.

[@KingSlaking]

I feel like the merchant was a reasonable man, had you further described your personal situation you might have been able to convince him to let you be indebted to him, which seeing as how he must know you do adventuring night even have been willing to have you take them in exchange for doing him a few favours

[@DragoniteSpam]

"she says she will make you an offer you can't refuse"

[@papyconnors4935]

Intruder: Stabs nafferian Onixia: *So you have chosen... death?*

[@reecehasbeard]

*STABS HIM

[@philipsmith5220]

*Rips throat out

[@sinlesssoul]

lol okay, that made me smile.

[@apollyon1987]

ReeceHasBeard Live you egg

[@dogpenguin1239]

Slowly melts his face off with acid

[@heartstrings892]

Narrator: Brass dragons are the most friendly of their kin Silver Dragons: “Are we a joke to you?”

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

Silver dragons would have killed the black dragon no questions asked. Brass dragons are more nutrul in this case and more friendly by extension. Also he might only know of brass dragons as the most friendly after all he has been having to do research on each dragon as he encounters them and probably hasn't encountered or even thought to look up anything about sliver dragons just yet. So its a restriction of the characters knowledge not the person playing him. still good point.

[@Naro_Rivers]

@@dranoradragonqueen1494 I'm not sure they would have killed Onyxia on sight. Though they do have an instinctual ire toward chromatic dragons, silver dragons are much more reactive than proactive in fighting evil. They wait until someone does something evil or very clearly has evil intent.

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

@@Naro_Rivers I don't know what the book says but I did watch a video about the silver dragon. It was about things that the Manuel doesn't say about silver dragon. Apparently attacking evil dragons is the one time they will break their facade and attack with out provocation and then act like nothing happened or that its natural to have done what they did. granted those were probably adult dragons not baby dragons.

[@ssfbob456]

@@dranoradragonqueen1494 true, but they'd also be smart enough to know that they wouldn't stand a chance against her as hatchlings, and by the time they were a threat they would know better.

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

@@ssfbob456 you make good point.

[@omegawatches6764]

A wise person told me a quote which applies very easily to this story: "What is better, to be born good, or overcome your evil nature through great effort?" - Paarthurnax

[@Diviner1991]

THE DOVAHKIIN I can’t like this enough.

[@naomipleasant984]

I'm sad that most of the time people kill Paarthurnax.

[@DragonGunzDorian]

Indeed.

[@c6rn6g2k1d]

"What is best is to crush the enemy, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women..."

[@jargozle5393]

-Dead dragon*

[@pathfinderGM]

I cannot play a pure good character. Upon finding the eggs I would probably accuse the merchant of being a slave trader. "You have heard of me and my accomplishments and yet you think it ok to bring dragon eggs HERE!?! Brass dragons raise their young with care and love and even a newborn is just as intellegent as you are. Yet here you are brazenly attempting to sell them to me? On my land, under my god I have no choice but to free these slaves. You shall be stripped of everything and your memory wiped. I do not deal with slave traders."

[@articusramos808]

Chaotic good, chaotic neutral's nicer sibling. Willing to give you a hand but at the same time pulls it away, laugh and hugs you instead.

[@timwoods2852]

@ComocosonoEWL Roll deception and persuasion.

[@sinlesssoul]

I'll admit that while I do love your approach, I was purposely trying to play this character as a humble and simple farmer, and even though I was certainly not a pacifist, I simply couldn't bring myself to kill the merchant without letting him have the benefit of the doubt. I had hoped that his 'bluster' was worse than his 'bite', but sadly this did not turn out to be the case.

[@pathfinderGM]

@@sinlesssoul I completely agree. Your character is your own and we think you played it very well. I personally cannot play that character and i would play it a little different. Keep doing your thing, you are doing it very well. My compliments to you and your GM

[@andrewt3045]

@@sinlesssoul at what level does someone need to stop being "simple and humble"

[@Jfreek5050]

Alignment changed: *Chaotic Good*

[@Pashashab]

I think it's still not enough to change his alignment. Yes, he did something chaotic, but it was greatly influenced by Onyxia, who was very important to him.

[@Leekodot15]

On his way though.

[@chaincat33]

@@Pashashab Not for him, for her

[@reginaldportman4220]

No, Onyxia was Chaotic good

[@deafbardjenkins1001]

I could absolutely see this as the premise for a “ slice of life “ anime ...7/5 would watch again

[@oldworldblu3s305]

Deafbard Jenkins same

[@warsolender1077]

I feel like it would be named "Raising a dragon daughter while living slow farm life"

[@Treydies]

Damn beat me to it

[@KitKatHexe]

@@warsolender1077 that's one of the many reasons I hate anime Most of them have a title that is: 1. Twice as long as it needs to be 2. Extremely blunt with no poetic flair And 3. Basically explains the whole premise without you ever having to watch a single episode

[@klyxes]

@@KitKatHexe only some have titles like that. Most are either isekai or more recent slice of lifes. Still prefer that type of title since, if I can tell what it is about that quickly and it interests me, I'll be more likely to find out more about it and later watch.

[@BugMagnet]

On the one side, I am reliefed the young dragon survived. On the other side, his death would probably have created a black dragon version of John Wick. Either case, its amazing how well the DM manages to render all of this.

[@maximumdm9612]

Oh, most definitely

[@justjoking5252]

Wholesome plot, or revenge plot? _hm..._

[@jedi_cat_l4976]

And this is why i don't usually look at comments during the video

[@Rick_Harper]

Parenting is hard, even more so with a blood thirsty dragon for a daughter.

[@johnnysizemore5797]

@Rick_Harper-- most definitely....

[@PyreCracker]

Which is usually just called puberty...

[@DoofusDomainCleric]

This is the most unexpectedly wholesome story ever. I am absolutely enthralled.

[@RedwoodTheElf]

You know, Dragons are intelligent enough to take class levels equal to 20 minus their adult CR. Since the CR of an adult black dragon is 14, Onyxia could take 6 class levels. It would be hilarious if she chose to take levels in Paladin. Some evil creature approaches her, thinking she's a standard evil dragon to try to convince her to team up on some nefarious scheme. Onyxia (Takes a deep breath) SMITE EVIL!

[@stress4206]

Black Dragon: *BEGONE DEMON*

[@no-oneimportant6861]

The irony of a black dragon banishing demons as a holy warrior makes me chuckle everytime

[@369destroyer]

I know ow this is old but the visual is too amazing XD

[@tysondennis1016]

Imagine a Black Dragon Paladin wearing a custommade suit of armor, gold and black contrasting like nature and nurture.

[@THINKMACHINE]

If I recall, slavery is extremely illegal in the river kingdoms area where this story is set, so honestly I'd have straight up arrested that merchant, seized his goods and seen to it he got justice. Kind of surprised that didn't happen. Ignoring that part, oh you better believe that guy (and his noble patron) is going to be in a world of hurt. I've played someone who worshiped Erastil before and you DO NOT mess with their family or community unless you want to get some righteous fury brought down on your head.

[@Aelanna]

In most campaigns I've played in, even when slavery is illegal, it usually only applies to humanoids. Dragons would be lumped in with animals and other non-humanoids, so slavery ok there.

[@Rixoli]

Foreward: my knowledge of the setting is limited to what i've picked up from the Pathfinder: Kingmaker PC title and cursory reading of the lore elsewhere (PC has ungodly World Lore bonuses so I don't find it TOO metagame to brush up with that in mind) Choral Rogarvia, the most noteworthy conqueror in Brevoy and surrounding terrains I've picked up on didn't even enslave dragons, the 2 red dragons that supported his efforts were allies, not enslaved/dominated. If the biggest swinging Johnson in the region wasn't up to going toe-to-toe with Dragons, I don't think a minor or even up-and-coming noble house without some SERIOUS financial backing could dominate 3 dragons, much less the fact that Choral only had 2 supporting him and he was a damned king. There's also the fact of the matter that Dragons are intelligent creatures. I sincerely doubt they'd take 3 of their kind being enslaved kindly.

[@sinlesssoul]

@@Aelanna This actually wasn't far off from the problem I encountered. In truth, while the Kingmaker campaign takes place in the River Kingdoms, the laws of the land did not apply to the 'custom kingdom' my party and I were creating. We actually wrote down a completely new set of laws, and while slavery was illegal, we overlooked the fact that the law specifically prohibited slavery for 'humanoid' creatures, which was something I quickly amended after this incident.

[@Aelanna]

@@sinlesssoul So, protected in the future, but not at the time the merchant visited.

[@TheSuicidalGiraffe]

Reguardles of what the law says anyone with the sway to procure 3 brass dragon eggs at 60k gold a piece could easily get around such legalities especially if they are a noble.

[@Doomseer]

Honestly it's so heartwarming to see metallic and chromatic dragons actually accepting each other despite being at war for eons and usually mercilessly tear each other apart on sight..

[@chrisforman3885]

Assassin: *stabs Nefarian* Onyxia: So you have chosen death

[@droman608]

Assassin not knowing what a Black Dragon says: “Oh SHI-“ 🏃‍♂️ 💨 🐉

[@alarampmclean4922]

nice copy

[@rossnorris2351]

It would honestly depend on the character, I know of one Paladin I have that wouldn't have stolen the eggs, he would have arrested the merchant for slave trade if it was illegal in the land. But I do have a few characters that would have liberated the eggs a bit more quietly. (I honestly don't see it as theft as the dragons are sentient creatures, I see it more as liberation) Loving this story so far. I put it on level with Astoshan. Am anxiously waiting the next tale on the line along with the next story from Dads, Daughters and D&D.

[@x-wing9805]

sorry but astoshan always comes first

[@rossnorris2351]

@@x-wing9805 oh I never said it topped Astoshan, but it does come close. I don't think I will ever find a D&D story that beats out Astoshan.

[@agsilverradio2225]

I completely agree!

[@damien991]

Most of the druids or clerics I play probably would have taken the eggs by force, similar to how this character did (I like playing chaotic good characters). Some of my Druids would have probably tried to pin the theft on someone else, mostly likely someone they saw as morally questionable. I doubt that any of my 'good' characters would kill the man, for the neutral and evil ones that is a different story.

[@XX-sp3tt]

It depends what spin the Merchant put on it. Given they were GOOD ALIGNED dragon eggs, it's a question if the nobles would be dumb enough to treat them as pets, or if having a freakin' DRAGON assimilated into your clan was a good long term investment.

[@ttilatv3502]

Next video: How a party of 5 level 15 characters and a black dragon hunted down an evil merchant and his guild

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

lol

[@naomipleasant984]

If they were level 20. Ohhhhhh God that would be so scary but the 15 lvl characters are equally as scary.

[@ttilatv3502]

@@naomipleasant984 Imagine minding your own business only to notice a small bright sphere next to your campfire, investigating it and realising that it is a spell only it is too late and you take 22d6 fire damage from a delayed blast fireball :D

[@radhazard3551]

@@ttilatv3502 pfft, just rollout the Cloudkill then calmly stroll through the camp and finish off the weakened survivors. Most won't realize they are dead until they saw Kelemvor.

[@naomipleasant984]

@@ttilatv3502 Exactly. That's a failure moment if I've ever seen one.

[@riccardocastiglioni1611]

I don't want to strip the morality and the emotions from this story, but... "So I either keep improving my business, or I take THREE new dragons and shift my daughter's alignment drastically towards good? GEEZ, Whatever shall I choose...."

[@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627]

From a business standpoint, it can end poorly for you, especially if news of your black dragon daughter come about. Knowing tabletops, you know how far it can backfire

[@tranquilclaws8470]

I would go as far as it took to support my daughter and her success in the world. If that means putting the ranch at risk, then so be it!

[@ryanross6973]

Oh no, my farm doesn't do as well anymore, but I'm about to have 4 loyal dragons with me whatever shall i do?

[@RikkuTakanashi]

Depending on the morality, intelligence, and foresight of the character, that could actually be a legit hard choice. The short sighted and greedy might wish to continue their alliance considering how well the farm was doing. Especially considering unless he becomes a lich, the summoner would never live to see his family full grown. It took 14 years just for Onyxia to reach large dog size. Buuuuut, logically and morally, rescuing the dragons and expanding his family made infinitely more sense as now he has.powerful, beloved, family who would protect him to their dying breath. And it wouldn't be the first time a person gained immortality or extended life in a campaign.

[@marcelosilveira2276]

well., it might sound like a though decision, but as long as he don't give his dragons to a lich, he can pretty much conquer westeros now... he have 4 of them! and they will learn magic! and they can think!

[@giankarlocasanova3229]

"Glowing red eyes" Those look pretty yellow to me

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

oh the animation, totally.

[@DragonGunzDorian]

Thank you, I was wondering about this too.

[@matthewc9868]

likely becuase red on black on green wouldn't work to well.

[@MoonbeamPony]

@@matthewc9868 Know what would be even better? "IT'S LIKE BLUE ON BLACK~"

[@AnneIllustrating]

A stylistic choice. If you notice on all of the art, nobody’s pupils are ever shown. Only their sclera. I believe it’s because Onyxia’s scleras are yellow, but her pupils are red. Makes it easier to see against black, anyway :)

[@meganerd14]

I'd probably take the eggs and let the trader go with a "Selling these makes you an unborn baby-slaver" speech, especially if my dragon daughter says its not right (melts my heart every time). One thing's for sure, I'm DEFINITELY going on a bloody, horrifying warpath to hunt down every single one responsible for the failed murder of my son. No killing, mind you, since it was a failed attempt; besides...there are some things far more frightening than death...

[@ssfbob456]

"The black dragon says what you're doing is fucked up, let that sink in for a second."

[@druid_zephyrus]

spare the dying. spare the dying is worse than death. Force Madness rolls. Add in Celestial warlock Healing or paladin lay on hands... Worse than Death.

[@coolgreenbug7551]

You'd be surprised what you can live through

[@naraferalina2308]

Onyxia: "Father, I just wanted you to know that... I am so very proud that I am your daughter." Mah heart... Mah soul...

[@Drizzt2688]

That was awesome. The fact that a black dragon was learning morality. Then that scare at the end. So amazing. Thank you for sharing.

[@knightfellnightna8231]

You say "your favorite dnd story" on all the videos, but in this case it's actually true for me. I watch/listen to this tale every few months. And no matter how many times I've watched it, i still find myself crying and laughing with full unhindered emotions. I only wish and hope to be as good a dragon parent as they were with my upcoming Drake Warden

[@Martialartfruituser]

*Says a silent prayer in thanks to Bahumut that the kids survived* Man this story is getting good. I actually gasped and breathed relif as it progressed.

[@kittysterranart3266]

I loved this story. I love that Onyxia became big sis to the young hatchlings. I will admit my heart melted at this part of the story. I am so happy with the conclusion. In all honesty, I would have gone through with the robbery as well, trusting in Onyxia's smart and instincts in this moment. Sometimes, something technically wrong could be right. In all honesty, if the merchant had not been vengeful, I am sure Onyxia's father would have kept his word on paying him the credit due for the 3 dragon eggs. I know that he seemed very good in nature and by general stating, good characters typically keep their word. It is sad that the farm took such a loss, but I feel that the loss of success and the happiness and changes for Onyxia were well worth the price of the farm overall. Worst case scenario, if the farm eventually fell, they could return to adventuring and I am sure that Onyxia would have no problem helping provide for her siblings.

[@FireBowProductions]

Gods, my heart dropped at the description of the dark-cloaked individual with the bloody dagger. Glad Nefarian made it though.

[@BonesG36]

this needs to become a tv series

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

agreed

[@wizardfoxangel5300]

If I finally learn how to do animation than I will ask his permission and than make it into a movie

[@jonasscheftner8545]

i totally agree.

[@negspirito]

To answer your question at the end, yeah, I would have, although first I would have said something along the lines of "Do you hear that? That's my daughter pleading with me to get those eggs. It's the first time she has ever done such a thing. So here's the deal: you can leave here with a hefty sum of gold and the promise of a steady stream of more, or you can leave without such things, but either way, you are not leaving here with those eggs."

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

that's a good point.

[@DarthVadersHeart]

Or "...you can leave here with a steady stream of coin, or you can not leave here at all."

[@negspirito]

@@DarthVadersHeart Please keep in mind that the character in question has not fallen to the dark side.

[@serpentinewolf7085]

@@negspirito I don’t consider it a dark act to kill slave traders. That is morally correct to me.

[@Xilex90]

Hooooooooooooo boy. I was so worried that your son was going to die :( poor baby. I can't wait to see how this turns out. part 3 can't come out soon enough.

[@TheLostArchangel666]

Yes! I *need* a part 3 to this!

[@kylestanley7843]

I can only imagine the ways the three are going to develope in their seperate ways, especially with one of them being stabbed quite nearly to death at a *very* young age. I wonder what trauma will look like in a brass dragon.

[@TheLostArchangel666]

@@kylestanley7843 oh damn. I hadn't even considered that angle yet... I suppose their innately curious and upbeat natures will be dampened significantly by it. And Onyxia's personality will probably take an even more protective turn. At the same time... I fear there might not be a part three. The story seemed to end in a summary conclusion, and most of these are based off of (finite) reddit stories - so I sorrowfully suspect this may well be the end of the post, simple as that... ... Which means I now have to run my own D&D campaign where EVERYONE GETS DRAGONS! 😂🐉🐲

[@GlitchGhost1285]

I think I felt my heart skip not one but two whole beats when Onyxia told her father that she loved him, rage when the little one was stabbed and cried tears of joy while writing this after that story. As for the question if I would have stolen the egg from the merchant. If Onyxia had asked me the same way she did her father... Yes, a million times yes.

[@brooklynnmetz8767]

bro, the last half literally had me crying

[@ethannance865]

There is no right way to parent, just the paths they will or not go down. Even when this story was being lived out it was like a tree with many branches.

[@thedragonknight3600]

The Warcraft names are messing with my imagination, but man I love this story. A black dragon with a gilded heart

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

aw big sis Onyxia! she is such a good big sis! poor little bronze dragons though. To suffer that at their age. I feel for them. I hope that they recover and so happy to hear the little guy made it trough if just barely. I was so scare for him. As for the merchant he tried to solve it peacefully and gave him a pretty good deal. Granted he wasn't offering to pay it all up front but he was willing to give him almost everything for those eggs and that was still quite a large sum, and then some for latter. I like the fact that you pointed out that even under those circumstances if it wasn't for the consideration of Onyxia considering right and wrong in this instance and that this event would change her life for ever you never would have stolen them. That shows a really interesting facit that a lot of modern story telling in every form of media doesn't really explore these days and I would really like to see it more. That one moment where you do something crazy you wouldn't normally do and despite the pain you know is coming you do it anyway because you know if you don't someone will suffer a lot more. I love how this all played out but I hope the people eventually learned, if not in the elfs life span then at least the dragon, that the merchant was actually being unreasonably cruel and someone ends up checking it out for them selves to find out if the rumors are really true. How fun would it be to role up to this animal farm with a party and have them try to attack the black dragon only for the bronze dragons, elf and staff come to its defense and demand what the heck do they think they are doing. Escpicailly the elf saying leave my daughter alone and the bronze dragons calling out don't hurt sisy. lol I don't know why I love that. Not the trying to hurt the dragon part, I don't want her to get hurt after all. Just the players reactions to this like "what the heck is going" on would be priceless. What player not knowing the history of this place wouldn't try to attack the black dragon on sight or run away as fast as they physically could? What an interesting campaign that would be.

[@sinlesssoul]

I do want to quickly say that even if we added Onyxia's treasure hoard, we still would not be able to afford the dragon eggs (and also keep in mind that I would literally have to bankrupt my character in order to purchase the eggs legally). I'm pretty sure this entire scenario was designed by my DM to test me as a parent, and it was also meant to be a key point in determining how Onxyia would change from the experience.

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

@@sinlesssoul thanks for the clarification. I had a feeling that wouldn't be the case and I did feel like it was the best way for it to go down but it was a thought.

[@OnbanadritheMad]

I was in tears about the wounded baby being healed by his father, it struck my heartstrings hard, dealing 6d4 damage to the feels. Yeah, I would totally have done the same, but the threat would have been answered before he would have been able to send word.

[@randomman11167]

This is actually kinda making me want to create a neutral black dragon in my campaign

[@Markis2bi4]

I wish that the dragon-rearer had recruited his allies to find and force the merchant to take back what he had said about the half-elf rancher's business, and never bother them again. It would have been bad enough for his reputation to take a hit, but when you involve living, sentient creatures into the feud, and are willing to harm the closest beings to children to your rival, then you've crossed a line you cannot double-back behind. That is, of course, my own belief.

[@shadowwolf7977]

As a dragon bloodline sorcerer there would've been zero hesitation in stopping those merchants and taking the eggs

[@Saiaix]

7:57 "Those eggs are his property." If you're a good aligned anything than it is impossible to sell a sentient creature (or fetus thereof) into slavery and remain good. The best action here for the players would have been to explain the basic rights of the eggs when they hatched and offer credit, promises, as well as hand over any material goods worthwhile. If I was playing the merchant and refused, I would not shift the party into the evil spectrum had they cut his throat, killed his resisting guards, and hatched the dragon eggs into a free life.

[@agsilverradio2225]

"Normally, I would not have stolen from the merchant..." "Steal?!" These are SAPIENT BEINGS we are talking about. They are NOT PROPERTY! ... Not only would I have rescued the eggs, but I also would arrested the merchant for slave-trading!

[@serpentinewolf7085]

Yep.

[@RedwoodTheElf]

Technically it wasn't really robbery, since he DID say that he would pay for them in installments. if the merchant had been smart, he probably could have gotten MORE than he would have selling them originally by charging interest on the debt instead of going for revenge.

[@Dogcho]

It wouldn't be a story if the merchant was smart.

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

@@Dogcho lol true so true.

[@FrostWolfPack]

Seems like pride hit hard on this merchants shavy to profit. We must know that some times Pride blind us so badly that you start to do stupid and petty things to others.

[@MARKZ137]

Honestly, that merchant was having such treasure in his wagon just like on display, but didn't hire proper merceneries to fight off attackers. That says quite a lot about how he surely had more luck than reason.

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

@@FrostWolfPack good point.

[@zacharyseiders5793]

Dragons are sentient creatures, so what the merchant was doing was basically slavery. The half elf and the black dragon were In The right to have done what they done and that says a lot since most chromatic dragons would normally only care for themselves, least of all care about helping a metallic dragon.

[@DracosDiabolis]

I was half expecting the dragon to go get the gold from her horse to pay for the dragon eggs. Lol

[@salvadortoscano2534]

So freaking wholesome and adorable! Onyxia becoming the guardian (because of her age) of her younger siblings is an awesome way to help her become more good-aligned :D I'm loving this story!!!

[@wizardfoxangel5300]

Does the Dragon understand what’s going on in the farm? And will the Dragon kids won’t to learn how to take care of the animals and learn healing spell to save their siblings and Dad? Man this made me cry a lot!

[@malaineeward5249]

I think the difference between the dragons and the owlbears and other animals is that the dragons a sentient whereas the animals are more like dogs and horses where yeah, you can have some sort of relationship with them (I love my dog and call him my child) but it's not quite the same.

[@Polarthief]

This was too precious. I actually had tears when I thought the dragon was dead. This two-parter was so beautiful and wholesome that it's easily my favorite story yet.

[@DaeStorm68]

"Would I have robbed the merchant of the eggs?" I can say without hesitation that, yes, I would have and I have a tendency to be lawful/neutral good when I play me some D&D. Because if you really stop to think about it, the only way he could have come into possession of the eggs to begin with is if he either purchased them from someone or he somehow managed to steal them himself. Dragons, even in egg form, are not property to be bartered and sold. They are sentient, intelligent creatures (or will be eventually). Selling them like that is equivalent to Slave Trading, in my opinion. Any Mother Dragon would go to the ends of the material plane to safeguard her children. So, I think its safe to say the merchant more than likely came to have them by more or less unsavory means. Besides, he did offer to pay for them slowly over time. Its not like he took them and offered nothing.

[@temugebagira6592]

Well sentients doesn't mean rights

[@reddgambit2216]

How is this not a show or something? This is wholesome as hell!

[@Mitchemon]

Technically he did say he would pay the merchant so I think he did the right thing.

[@greenstuff2947]

He did, and I’m sure over time he will try to pay him. However I think the merchants too pissed for that and will just try to kill him.

[@XArctracerX]

Props to the DM for how hes been playing out this situation

[@glowstickterra94]

Nope, I’d have made them “DISAPPEAR” if reasoning with them failed, as I would argue the sentience of the dragons makes them equal to the races of man and elves, and therefore enslaving them is highly immoral. And if questioned about Onyxia I would respond with the honest truth and ply it as further proof of the virtue of instead raising a dragon to the righteous path, and with Onyxia being born the antithesis of righteous yet still headed that way, that they would be far more valuable to society as a whole. Furthermore a dragon raised to the righteous path would of their own accord protect the lands of all men, elves, dwarves, and any other sentient race of generally neutral/good beings. Then conclude that as such I raising the dragons would then also be of far greater value to the noble as they could instead of being pets on display, or beasts of burden, Noble paladin/knight like entities who would of their own accord protect and safeguard his people with their full might, cunning, wisdom, and knowledge.

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

He might not have bought into that but it would have been worth the try just in case it did.

[@glowstickterra94]

Dranora Dragon Queen Well the dragon tamer in the story has high charisma and has made frequent diplomacy rolls to convince a dragon born to be the antithesis of righteousness to start down the path of good. And it’d take a similar charisma/diplomacy to get the trader to at least see the reasoning of the statement

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

@@glowstickterra94 you have a point.

[@glowstickterra94]

Dranora Dragon Queen. Lol I think I just got a 13 on a 10 charisma/diplomacy check

[@FreedomAndPeaceOnly]

Also I would have still promised the Merchant to pay my debt off over time. Looks like the player did not do that?

[@BlackBanditXX]

I think there's a good chance my last character would've stretched the (local) law - a lawful good knight (3.5) - to see he got those eggs, because the culture he's from abhors slavery. The character before him, a neutral good ranger, probably would've only made his decision after his daughter made such an impassioned plea. Then again, he's a high-wis character AND the son of a merchant, so he probably would've just bartered harder to get what he wanted.

[@DaniMartVTen]

I think Part 3 needs to be that this farm becomes a Dragon Rescue Facility.

[@reecehasbeard]

I'll do you one better they sell the farm and make enough money to buy an island, only accessable by dragon. Then relocate the farm there making the island a safe haven for dragons.

[@autoplay9132]

This is the most adorable DnD story I've ever listened to

[@war7672]

I got so choked up at this i almost cried. It was a beautiful and sad story. I hope there is a part 3

[@team10leader1]

If there's anything that Onyxia taught us in this chapter, it's that children are capable of teaching you as much as you are of teaching them It's too sweet that Onyxia wanted to save the eggs, considering they weren't even her own kind. Her father raised her well

[@stress4206]

I’m dying right now. I can’t. This is too much, and now that I have listened to this, my heart is filled with happiness and wholesomeness, perfect for the second day of finals.

[@Maifalt]

The way it was building up I was clearly expecting Onyxia to offer her treasure hoard as part of the payment.

[@snowylynx36]

Nice takedown Onexia. Wonder exactly how much acid damage was needed to turn him into that paste.

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

yesh don't want to think about it.

[@kylestanley7843]

He was pulped through tooth and claw and virulent acid. I assume she took more than one turn desecrating the thing until it was less of a body and more of a smear on the ground.

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

@@kylestanley7843 true.

[@MitchT97]

I’ve loved most of these stories, especially about the Grey necromancer & the veteran necromancer, but this one made me fairly emotional watching the character development of someone labeled and written off as nothing more than evil learn what it’s like to love just because someone gave them a chance. What a campaign sir

[@wordern3900]

This may be heresy but I think I like this about as much as the Astoshan videos

[@dresetfrostwood8449]

Heritics must be purged. So is the emporer will

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

Can I suggest one crazier, I think I like this even more the the Astoshan videos. Oh Gosh! I can see everyone coming at me with their best equipment, weapons and spells now! Good thing I am the Queen of all dragons lol.

[@kylestanley7843]

It's getting there for me as well. Astoshan has a certain effect, this does as well. They aren't the same effect, no, but they're there.

[@TankieBoi]

"I could barely contain my excitement about finally raising some rocs" Imagine that sentence out of context

[@project_ronin4789]

That momemt when you realize the slice of life is better than the main story

[@Raptanax]

I like the challenge of teaching an evil creature to be good, especially when she's something like a black dragon. You won't get rid of the naturally sadistic desires, but you can get them under control, and show the dragon how helping others can help you, and how it feels good too. It's a challenge I would enjoy. Imagine her as an adult discussing philosophy with a gold dragon...

[@geraltgrey-mane695]

Necromancy and dragon lore is what i love most from RPGs :D keep them coming !!!

[@TheLostArchangel666]

Saaaameeee

[@69Kazeshini]

Same with the addition of Giants, they are rarely used

[@geraltgrey-mane695]

@@69Kazeshini sure if its reanimated very good servants and guards (grim smile) hehe

[@Thevampman24]

Sounds like someone needs to adjust the amount of teeth in the merchants head and the size of his coffers.

[@jwall1646]

From the critically acclaimed writers of game of thrones! This summer! Rob Schneider is... The Father of Dragons!

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

lol

[@xientau9028]

I would probably have done pretty much the same as the original poster, but I would also have given him a signed writ along with the "down payment" acknowledging his asking price, and reassured him that he would recieve he remaining coins in due time. Maybe "with a little extra for his troubles" depending on his reaction.

[@superj1010]

When you find the new video as soon as it stops premiering

[@gidkath]

"Treats everyone with disdain." Hmm, sounds like raising a cat, except with more acid breath.

[@maurofavale8710]

The right ammount of wholesome and cool

[@Ryusuta]

To answer the question posed at the end, I'd start by asking the merchant "What would it take to close this deal?" and possibly repay the merchant in favor; possibly through a quest or something. But even as a player, I tend to think like a DM and want to find ways to keep the adventure moving. That being said, hell yeah, I'd do what it took to rescue the eggs.

[@heatherhambrook6122]

Omg before they hatched I was so scared because normally chromatic dragons and metallic dragons want to kill each other on sight!

[@Ruleradminius]

The moment I heard "Brass dragon" I was confused at why onyxia was even concerned about them considering the above, but that just goes to show, how much her nature has changed from the default, which is even more impressive.

[@heatherhambrook6122]

@@Ruleradminius Indeed

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

@@Ruleradminius I was wondering about that myself and that explanation just makes too much sense.

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

yah me too.

[@TheAgent0060]

Dragons still view all other true dragons above all others living. So it's not a real conundrum.

[@primordial-chaos00]

I imagine at some point onyxia will have to leave due to growing too big for the farm, and when the brass dragons grow too large, also won't that catch unwanted attention from paladins with so many dragons in one location.

[@blueskiesabove2641]

Id worry more about opportunistic adventuring parties rather than some lawful good fellas.

[@Rixoli]

By the point they've become too large for the farm, it's likely the surrounding businesses and villages will recognize they are more-or-less decent creatures. If the Narrator's business is truly so prosperous he has merchants coming from leagues around? He's probably a particularly common figure among the local populace. As such, the villagers would likely vouch for them or at least do their best to argue their case that these aren't malicious creatures. There's also the fact of the matter that 3 of these dragons are, by their default nature, Lawful good. Now sure, that is a tad meta-gamey to simply announce "They're X Alignment" and I personally loathe that in stories usually. However if a race has a tendency towards being peaceful or even better yet, helpful to the surrounding community, I doubt a Paladin would be looked upon favorably for slaying it. They are intelligent creatures that seek knowledge, if anything they'd be a massive boon to the communities around them. Any LG paladin would be less inclined to see the same in a Black dragon, of course, but if an entire wing of Bronze dragons have taken it in as one of their own and even more-so consider it their kin, this is all the more reason why I loathe "X is Y alignment", because there are always exceptions to the rule. One of my favorite stories in fact entails a 'family' of vampires who are by and large hospitable and even downright protective nobles who look after their workers. Sure, they may feed time to time on the peasants but such people are given time to rest and extra rations to help recover.

[@cantorofleng7837]

Hopefully onyxia and the sibling will have the ability to shapeshift before then. Unlikely by raw, but the dm can be merciful.

[@Darkinu2]

@@Rixoli I would honestly love to read that vampire story. Too many Strad-lites in DND.

[@Rixoli]

@@Darkinu2 Forgive me, I'm writing what I remember from high-lights of the story but it was (ironically enough) how the setting's BBEG came to be, I read this probably close to a decade ago, I remember bits 'n pieces more with each telling: Said BBEG started as a humble peasant, Marcus (as i've forgotten the names), as is tradition in his village, Marcus had his future told by the local witch.....who comes out proclaiming he will one day grow up to become a terrible conqueror at the helm of an army of the dead. Naturally this disturbs most everyone....but he's just a boy, and the witch has been wrong before. Even still, the stigma hangs over his head, years go by, no one will befriend him, the local merchants loathe to do business with his family. He's never done anything wrong, never raised a hand against anyone....culminating on his 18th birthday, when he is to become a man. A mob gathers outside his family's home with rope and torches, it's pretty clear they are here to kill him So Marcus ducks out a back window, his last glimpse of home is watching the only people who ever cared for him burnt alive in their own house. His own village tracks him for days through the local woods leading him to a cliff on one side, the hunters in the other.....hoping for nothing more than a quick death he jumps.... Awakening weeks later in an incredibly comfortable bed, his wounds dressed, in a room who's furnishings and contents are probably worth more than his entire village's possessions combined. Beside him is a young pale girl, the youngest of a noble family, Sofia...she explains he was found washed up along the river near one of the fishing villages they oversee, and Marcus was brought here. Grateful for the hospitality (He'd never even met the lords that ruled over his own village), Marcus offers to work to repay their kindness. It's no secret even from the get-go that Sofia has taken a shine to the young peasant boy and the feeling is definitely mutual, so she teaches him to read and write, explaining to her father that someone who could help with the day-to-day finances would be a boon....the fact that it gave them time alone in the library didn't hurt either. As Marcus' grasp of the written word grew, he started towards a particular portion of the library's contents...particularly on magical creatures, which shined a different light on the family he'd come to know and respect for several months now.....It occurred to him that he'd never actually dined with the family. He'd assumed it was because of his status.....then it also occurred to him that they never left their manor during the day....also there was not a single mirror or other note-worthy reflective surface in their home...... Days go by and he confronts the man of the house about this, who admits that yes, all 30+ family members of their noble line are vampires. They do not feed on their subjects til' death, these are people that have come under their rule expecting their protection. They certainly feed, of course, but only enough to sustain themselves, and often among multiple 'victims'. They choose healthy adults of different professions, so that the fishers may still bring in the nets, that the fields are still well kept. Many of the family's youngest are skilled healers, able to look for signs of sickness to prevent inadvertently spreading illness among their workers. Those who feed the noble family are instead fed from the family's own "Tithe" they take, ores and other non-consumables are exported to sell to other kingdoms to fund their respectable lifestyle (to keep up good appearances), half to be turned into rations that those whom they feed from may recover quickly, along with several day's rest to aid in healing. In return, their subjects are offered sanctuary, neighboring kingdoms from which many of their servants are refugees are rife with bandits, torn apart by wars and monsters roam freely across the land. Within the vast stretches of land this family rules, such threats are few and far between. No bandit would dare tread on the lands of lords for whom men such as them are often left dead or stark-raving mad alongside the road as a warning. He explains to Marcus that he will understand if this upsets him, that he is free to leave right now and consider his 'debt' to them repaid, on the express condition he never reveal what they are, though they are merely trying to use their gifts to help others, most will see them as cruel monsters. Pondering this for a few minutes, Marcus agrees.....on the express condition he be allowed to marry Sofia. Taken by surprise by the young man's courage plus his willingness to help, he agrees. Days go by and Marcus is wandering about one of the villages, it's laborers making their own efforts to prepare for the big day coming up in just a few months. As he's roaming about, one of the workers asks if he has a dowry in mind for his wife's family.....It's obvious to him that his father-in-law to be expected no such thing, nor did his fiance, he was a man of simple means, even if he COULD read and write now (by itself a rarity among peasants) and he spent the next several months studying feverishly through their libraries, eager to find something worthy of the woman he loved to show his love for her and respect for her family... As his studies continued he was drawn ever closer to the part of the library he'd ventured into so many months ago, where he found their dark secret....and he found the gift worthy of them. The night of the wedding arrives, dozens if not hundreds of villagers have gathered to see this unusual event. The Patron and Matron and their daughter awaits Marcus at the altar.....yet none can find him......and then they hear it....boot-steps in the distance, scores of them....Revealing Marcus at the fore of an army, lead by much of the family itself, it's ranks filled with the dead but just as many are his own subjects....Marcus has been studying Necromancy it is revealed, and as he kneels before his beloved wife to be he offers her his vow: The world has scorned him, shown him nothing but hatred and cruelty his whole life....until he found his new family...a family who rules over the worst off and has built a thriving society out of mutual respect and care for one another....this is the family the world deserves, these are the rulers the world deserves...and so his vow is that he will show the world their care and compassion, they will see the beauty in his wife's gifts and good heart, whether by good will and words they have shown him....or if he must by force of arms. TL;DR Good family of vampires inspires a inspires a man with a self-fulfilling prophecy to be a 'dark lord', in reality he just wants everyone to be treated equally.

[@rikoshi1]

This is turning into my second favorite. Right behind astoshan

[@brody810.]

I cannot help but smile during this whole video

[@Dreamspawn1978]

Selling sentient creature eggs... he wouldnt of left the farm and even as a good character I would of had zero issues with piking his head as a warning to others about how I tolerated that sort of slavery. Do not mess in the affairs of dragons.

[@whisperofghosts6969]

Well I don´t really see anything wrong with selling dragon eggs, but let´s pike his head together, this bastard killed half of the tamed monsters just what the hell is wrong with him?

[@serpentinewolf7085]

@@whisperofghosts6969 That would be like saying. “Slavery is bad.” But. “What’s wrong with selling human babies?”

[@whisperofghosts6969]

@@serpentinewolf7085 omg you're right what was I even thinking like i DoN't sEe aNytHinG wRonG WiTh sELliNg pEopLe wtf whyyy T^T your comment made me laugh at how stupid I was

[@TwiggyFungus]

This story had me tearing up at the hug

[@gr1m720]

Im guessing he trys to keep bards away Wink wink

[@JD-mh8be]

Metallic dragons are good and if that guy had eggs than he either killed a good dragon or stole them from a parent so you really did no wrong also I love this little series so far and definitely wanna add something like this to my dnd first campaign that I hope goes well

[@archsteel7]

This just in, man names child "Arthas" while fully aware of the immense bad luck he's calling on himself.

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

lol

[@joeychev87]

My heart literally dropped as he described running into the barn and seeing the body of his son lying on the ground

[@duffman2625]

I would've definitely told the merchant why I was taking them by force. "You are selling intelligent beings into slavery. They shall not be slaves, and they shall not be pets. They shall have the same rights as you and I, and for that reason I must take them off your hands."

[@randomperson9448]

i honestly don't think the merchant would have cared, in fact that might have pissed him off even more

[@duffman2625]

@@randomperson9448 I didn't ask him

[@randomperson9448]

@@duffman2625 i meant that it would not stop him from trying to ruin your business and life

[@duffman2625]

@@randomperson9448 I never meant that I was trying to stop him from doing that. I just said what I would do

[@randomperson9448]

@@duffman2625 i understand that, and i was just making a comment

[@TheMoosePad]

First rule of DND. Always rob the dragon eggs. Don't matter who its from, you always rob dragon eggs. The risk is always worth the reward.

[@dravenbladesong1]

Such a great story. Sad there’s only one left. Can’t wait, though

[@christucci4615]

This story is actually heart warming and makes me happy to listen

[@waleedkhalid7486]

Interesting, I just didn’t get that dragons were intelligent so I kept treating them as pets in my mind. But, as so many pointed out, they are actual people, just with scales and 4 legs, and so this trader was clearly a slaver. Even if it was allowed, I think any of my characters would have attempted to free the eggs.

[@ardget1664]

I think i dropped a tear of joy and relief when i heard the little dragon is ok thank you for this wonderful story and i look forward for the conclusion

[@thatluckydragon8088]

That was heart stopping I love this with a growing family I hope this gets a happy ending

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

me too

[@tranquilclaws8470]

This has been the best D&D story to ever cross my ears.

[@runikvarze6191]

Robbing the merchant wasn't even a question. He had to, to finally teach his daughter right from wrong. if he didn't, he would have had his whole farm destroyed by a black dragon with no remorse.

[@zanderstreak5517]

Man...... This was one Rollercoaster of emotions

[@PrajnaIsPrajna-exceptPrajna]

I mean a farm in exchange for a whole ass dragon team hell yeah man

[@jukesdtj656]

Using the conversion rate I found on a reddit post about Pathfiner coin values compared to real world currency, the merchant set the price at 4 million dollars for all 3 dragon eggs. 180,000 gold pieces would be a massive dragon hoard owned by a dragon who has lived for millenia, and no random nobleman could ever afford such a price. It is also most certainly a scam considering the average agreed price for a dragon egg in the D&D system is around 10k gold.

[@Demicleas]

Yeah the only ones who would be able to buy such a thing would be something like a Roman emperor considering there fascination with purple dye. And that stuff was REALLY expensive back then.

[@firstnamelastname7124]

You missed out on the chances to make the red dragon in the intro a black dragon

[@randomperson9448]

what red dragon?

[@arklaw8306]

Now that's an idea. How about we go further and add a skeletton arm and a mushroom princess as well?

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

@@arklaw8306 nice one!

[@TheLostArchangel666]

@@randomperson9448 the one in the channel intro.

[@randomperson9448]

@@TheLostArchangel666 ah, i was confused 'cause there wasn't one mentioned in the video

[@hirandomperson5779]

This video is so wholesome and I cryed a little when the Brass Dragons were born, I absolutley love this mini series.

[@art_of_Miko101]

As the DnD player of the DragonBorn Paladin, Half-Elf Monk and Human Variant Rouge I or they would immediately take the offer from the farmer and hunt the merchants and invaders down for killing the youngest son and causing the farm to lose almost everything oof

[@mr.fabulousmegardev6256]

might be a couple years late to the party, but the merchant incident seemed like a chaotic vs lawful decision. Taking the eggs forcefully led to a chaotic alignment. I personally would've instead taught Onyxia the value of people's hoards, of how to gather insight and Intel on how the merchant acquired the eggs and what he intends to do with them (we don't know if the merchant might've taken good care of these eggs, much like OP took care of Onyxia). The merchant also came with good tidings, bringing rocs for OP. Maybe Onyxia and OP could've visited merchant's own ranch and visit the brass dragons when they hatched from time to time to keep the merchant accountable. So many avenues for a different parenting lesson on how the world works. OP's choice leads to chaotic good murderhobo heroes. Lawful good route would've taught Onyxia how to actually live in a society through peace and diplomacy.

[@danielpratt1970]

It is not a bad thing to use violence to free unborn children from a life of slavery, nor is it stealing. A paladin would have lost his deity's favor for not taking those eggs if I was running that campaign.

[@Araya62]

I am not crying, you are!