The Dragon So Greedy, It Stole The World

[@DungeonDad]

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[@yetismeatis9102]

As we are doing greedy dragons there is something called a hoarder dragon. Its when a dragon is so greedy it possessed its hoard. There isnt much about it so you can fin it in the forgotten realms wiki. Its such a cool concept that needs love.

[@IdiotinGlans]

I have a suggestion you may like - Drolem, an answer to what happens if you make the Flesh Golem out of Dragon body parts.

[@herma-morashegorath6215]

Or could you make a video about Adamantine dragons? They're rumored to live in Bytopia, but that's all I know - and I'd like to know more. Also... could you please - at least for now - stick to 2014 5e? I know, it's a lot to ask, but no one I know will switch the system (myself and my players included). And even so, almost no one will switch while their campaign is still running. Or - alternatively: Could you give us a guide how we can translate 5.5 material back to 5.e? I bet, the reactions would just be neat legendary actions? Anyhow - it's nice to have you back! I wish you all the best

[@fluffdafire157]

So hear me out the crystal shards in the ice breath are reflective and as a lair action the dragon can shift its body to reflect and have an a radiant version of scorching ray that bounces off the crystals

[@jeshirekitenkatt1212]

misread this as "what monster would you like to eat next" and was very confused. it did not say what monster would you like to eat next. we should be able to eat the next one. level of regretibility vs level of edibility is up to you. high stakes trick or treat.

[@Noahlink0330]

Chrome dragons being the greediest explains why Google chrome is such a resource hog.

[@DungeonDad]

Literally out here hoarding RAM

[@dan_asd]

google chrome also enchants seemingly random items with tracking magic to send their minions to you lol

[@xcreepercrafterx8016]

Oh god, why is this so true

[@morrigankasa570]

​@@DungeonDadInteresting video like usual, but I personally h@te everything with the new 5.5e(D&D 2024) systems so instead, please make 2 versions of your monsters. 1 for 5e & 1 for the garbage 5.5e!

[@DiasOctavio]

Maybe it really is the inspiration, Google also have chromium other tha chome right?

[@lordgrub12345]

DUNGEON DAD CAME BACK WITH THE DRAGON MILK

[@FerretTwister]

Drilk

[@ecchicharmed]

​@@FerretTwisterThere actually is an alcoholic drink called Dragon Milk, I believe.

[@FerretTwister]

@@ecchicharmed and just like that I wanna try it.

[@RFSCaveman]

Fill my dnd lore sippycup daddy

[@aaroncunningham8307]

Dang it! You beat me to it!

[@piedpiper1185]

19:06 - "Teams up with an old dragon hunter who's obsessed with slaying [...] the dragon that took his leg." CURSE YOU, BAYLE!

[@Noirpool0]

“Shiny of scale you may be, foul dragon…”

[@bruuuuuuuuhhhh]

CURSE YOU BAAAAAYYYYLE

[@Spitz643]

​@@Noirpool0BUT I WILL RIDDLE WITH HOLES YOUR REFLECTIVE HIDE!

[@alexeisenhauer5874]

🤔 Does Dungeon Dad play SoulsBorne games? I have a feeling you do, but if you don’t there’s a whole new world of level and enemy design for you 🤯 23:29 Feel better dude ❤

[@tincat2347]

@@Spitz643*WITH A GALE OF HARPOONS*

[@janedoe885]

I get the Chromium dragon gravitates toward snowy or desert terrain, but omg the image of one slinking between trees in a shadowed forest with their scales mirroring the shifts in lighting is so outrageously cool to me.

[@NixityNullt]

Ok but hear me out, what if you see mirages in the desert only for it to turn out it's a chromium dragon burrowing through the sand

[@AzraelThanatos]

One pulling a Predator style thing would be horrifying there

[@TehCakeIzALie1]

Tales have long been told of a monster of polished glass that stalks the forest at the base of the nearby mountain. No bounty has been placed because no creature has been found, and no trace remains of the dozens of travelers who have vanished in the area in recent years. Still, the party is on edge as they walk the forest trail, pursuing their fortunes three towns over. There are no birds in this forest, a state believed by many to be the product of some ancient curse, but it is never _quite_ silent. The sounds of creatures shifting in the underbrush and canopy means the party's hands are never far from their weapons as they follow the trail away from the mountain. Eventually they find the forest's edge. Sunlight meets their path, clear and undappled for the first time since daybreak, and their spirits start to lift. Even so, the air is tinged with unease. Glancing back, the party's ranger catches a glimpse of the wide, blue horizon through the trees. Nothing follows them out of the forest. It's not until they're making camp for the evening that the creeping sense of dread they've been feeling crystalizes: the forest bordered a mountain. _There was no horizon behind them._

[@Pyre]

I realized "They pretend to be Silvers" before it was even said, and the sheer horror that went with the realization actually rocked me in my chair. I blame adoring Silvers the most out of the various dragon types, but also the simple horror of believing the impossibly powerful creature you've been interacting with is benevolent, only to find out it is as far from that as possible, is the kind of emotional kick usually reserved for the Favorite NPC's sudden but inevitable betrayal. Or the consequences of really, *really* unsettling Enchantment magic. I know it's autumn and all as I write this, but *brrr* .

[@FogelTheVogel]

That green dragon stat block is utterly terrifying. A DC21 at will Charm Monster (3x per round) means that anyone without proficiency in Wisdom saves is just... not participating in the fight.

[@lordgrub12345]

God, I'm so excited for the new tarrasque. With all these buffs to already powerful monsters, then the big lizard must get something good. Ngl, if all the changes are like the ones that were shown here, I might get around to actually looking at the one dnd stuff.

[@bruuuuuuuuhhhh]

​@@lordgrub12345they need to give the Terrasque a ranged boulder attack or something

[@lordgrub12345]

@@bruuuuuuuuhhhh Honestly, that is something, but what I really want is for him to get bulkier. He has a ton of HP sure, but no way of recovering it even though, in the lore, the tarrasque can literally recover from any damage, with the only thing that can stop it is a wish spell and even then it's not guaranteed. They could also give him the ability to shoot his spikes from his armor or something. Just some powerful stuff so he doesn't get outclassed by monsters that are multiple CR levels below him.

[@Comrade2261]

​@@lordgrub12345 They also need to have its attacks either count as magical, or specifically say it bypasses immunity to non-magical attacks. Because against any of the Demon Lords or Archdevil's, it literally can't damage them at all.

[@bruuuuuuuuhhhh]

@@lordgrub12345 they should also update the Kraken too. He's probably the weakest of the "titan" monsters

[@deepseastonecore3017]

Who was the most famous French skeleton? Napoleon Bone-apart

[@Franky_Sthein]

Keep that joke for a bard who casts hideous laughter because it should work.

[@benthomason3307]

I once ran a blaster caster named Napoleon Blownapart

[@TheIdealofGreed]

8:04 Would they? My current understanding is that White Dragons are the ones who have the least ego issues with being pressganged into service, just needing regular bonks to the head to be kept relatively in line, hence Frost Giants making them pets

[@DungeonDad]

I feel like they wouldn't be stoked about it, but you're definitely right. Any other chromium dragon would likely just choose death

[@Blakkrazor69]

Having been an avid collector of Dragon Magazines I cannot believe I missed the Chromium Dragon. Thank you for the share!

[@nonamegiven202]

I do always love The Dragon Lore Guy's videos

[@DavidWitte-g3r]

I could easily see a chromium dragon running something like the British Museum to bring back all the stuff and to make the city pay both to guard it and to visit it. They could also raid other dragon or beings hoards to make special exhibits. If they are feeling especially evil they mislabel the artifacts. Example: Old rival's favorite childhood toy is labeled as object believed to be used in "fertility rights". Then publishes numerous papers on the subject so that it is never able to be corrected.

[@m.mulder8864]

Just when you think Dungeon Dad has run out of dragons to talk about

[@Darigosh]

19:07 (clears throat) ahem (deep breath) " *CURSE YOU BAYLE* "

[@dragonpulp8662]

This is so crazy! I was just rewatching your previous Ferrous Dragon videos recently, thinking "wonder if he'll cover the other Ferrous Dragons?" Hoping we can round out the Ferrous Family with another Monster of the Week in the future!

[@josuelservin]

Seath the Scaleless from the game Dark Souls sounds suspiciously like a chromium dragon, his breath attack creates crystals where they hit (this attack also curse you if you die, so you respawn with only half your HP) I might make some changes based on him and run this formidable dragon for my party in a couple of levels. As always, thanks for the hard work you put into this monsters and videos, my players and I greatly appreciate them!

[@joeojeda4651]

That's brilliant

[@Rencol666]

Breath upgrade idea: since the chromium dragon can do flash of light as reaction, and breathes crystals, how about flashing right after or during the breath attack, using his reflective skin as well reflective properties of the crystals themselves, to not only blind target, but to make anyone looking at the attack roll for save against blindness?

[@lucasramey6427]

Anyone who fails the save against their breath weapon could be blinded until the end of their next turn

[@Crits-Crafts]

Thank goodness you're still here

[@masterpiece1817]

Do you think you could create an Undead Ferrous Dragon? Because we have Dracolich for Chromatic. Hollow Dragon for Metallic. And Draconic Shard for Gem. I’d be interested to see what cool idea you come up with for Undead Ferrous.

[@erinfinn2273]

Here's my idea: Clockwork Dragon. Ancient Ferrous dragons that seek eternity integrate clockwork/warforged components into themselves over a period of years until they are more machine than flesh, with necromantic rites and alchemy preserving the parts that cannot be replaced with machine.

[@keylimepython641]

Rust Dragon?

[@Shry99]

HE’S BACK!!!

[@porakiyadraekojin3390]

I petition Dungeon Dad to start doing Planar Dragons once he's done with the Ferrous Dragons, starting with the Hellfire Wyrm! Also wanna see him do Beljuril Dragons

[@Uhhhhhhhhhhh6]

Yeah, there is still some metallics he hasn't even done yet, such as the electrum, mythril, adamantine, and orichalum dragons. But I think he should add more gem bois next.

[@TheCeekon]

so 2 things 1# I speak only for myself when I say I PERSONALLY would prefer you stick to the baseline 5e conversions. I love your series and I love you bringing spotlights to old monsters. I've personally used your Pink, iron and Orange dragon conversions in a heavy dragon involved campaign I am still running and since both me and my group are not touching the new edition on principle (half of my group are Artists of varying fields so Wizards use of AI is tantamount to heresy for us) It would be sad to see you moving forward with those design philosophies (I am aware its backwards compatible before anyone says anything) 2# IDK if you've done them yet or not, I couldn't find your videos if you did, but I'd love to see some of the planar dragons from you, Specifically the Rust, Tarterian and Gloom dragons. particularly the Rust dragon because as a man who likes his goblins, bugs and dragons in his DND, Rust dragons are fascinating.

[@aaroncunningham8307]

I see Chromium Dragons as being the Resource Managers of the draconic empire. They have to own everything so that the citizens of their nation aren’t wasteful. When the empire fell apart, this mindset never went away. That being said, you really dropped the ball with their ice breath. The cone created ice crystals that hampered enemy movement (- to dex), and the line was described as a literal ’block of solid ice’. That’s like getting hit by a flying ice sculpture!

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

That's kinda neat. I imagine in the line's case it'd be like getting hit with a mix of Cold + Bludgeon damage, and if it hits someone it leaves a piece of half-cover in a square nearby if you're a big enough Chromium dragon.

[@cactizach1363]

Maybe add 2d4 going up a d for each age category of Bludgeoning damage.

[@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

Keep in mind, he specifically said he was trying to keep it inline with the original lore, plus probably didn't want to experiment too much with an unfamiliar design philosophy. That being said, I will certainly be adding a new aspect to the breath weapon. Probably piercing to represent icicles.

[@Uhhhhhhhhhhh6]

Yeah, I kinda got personally offended at that part not gonna lie. They had a cool twist on ice breath with it being able to kinda actually freeze you or stop you in your tracks than just deal damage, at least from what I can barely remember.

[@crypto66]

Right when I started wondering why it seems like I haven't seen an upload in a while. Good to see you finally come back with the milk.

[@HoosierHerpvertebrate]

Please don't switch to 5.5. I think most of us agree that it's terrible and we won't be playing it other than ripping a few abilities from it and home brewing them into 5e.

[@victorvaldez8869]

I can see a Chromium Dragon who's in control of a whole city as the "Power Behind The Throne," being the "Wealthy Benefactor" who allows the local museums to display his horde. That way he has a bunch of humans keeping track of his horde for him & willing to send troops to prevent theft or get anything stolen returned.

[@cabalarcana6996]

0:15 Ah yes, the bygone days of the TV channel-branded Alarm Clock / Radio. Truly humanity was greater, then...

[@abelphilips1267]

If I'm being honest, every DM I know, including me, are still actively running campaigns in 2014 5e that aren't going to end for a while, and many don't plan on ever going to 2024 rules. I definitely understand why you want to support DMs who are going to be using the new rules, but I think a lot of people would appreciate if you still had 5e statblocks too. Maybe you could have two separate docs, one for each edition? I know that's a lot more work and this is free content, but that would, in my opinion, be very helpful for many DMs.

[@jackson68x]

Agreed 100%. From what I’ve seen so far we aren’t moving to the 24 rules. Its changes for change sake and don’t benefit our group enough to warrant spending money on.

[@cactizach1363]

I actually use a mix of 3.5, and 5e so I am good either way because I intend to use anything, I'll mod if I have to. But I like 5e more than the new.

[@herma-morashegorath6215]

Yeah - please stick to 5e for another while :O At least till the errata of the 2024 comes out - that seems safer in my opinion anyways, since you needn't guess their politics till then.

[@brickmastere5535]

Also 100% agreed, I don't think any of the groups I am in (5+) ever plan to make the change. 2014 5e statblocks alongside 2024 5.5e statblocks for those who do want to convert would be the absolute best case scenario imo

[@lordgrub12345]

@@abelphilips1267 Honestly, since 5.5 e is so similar but just seems better stylistically, I don't mind it. The monsters seem safe from the terrible changes so I honestly think the new format would be better.

[@frankly_earnest]

Looking good, DD! It's good to see your face again, and I'm glad things are on the mend. Also, your slight break at 5:46 had me rolling 😂 I really like these dudes. I'm wondering if their breath weapon should actually be more strategic or unusual: what if their breath is actually a reflective trap or reaction? e.g. the party sees the dragon breathe, but nothing visible comes out...and when one of them casts a projectile spell later in combat it reflects off the invisible breath wall back at the caster. Maybe that's too much of a spellcaster shutdown, but it feels like that fits this dragon's theming better. Also, I'd love to have one of these guys in a dystopian cyberpunk setting as a megacorpo suit or CEO: everything you own is actually on-loan from Chromium, Inc. 😅 Also also, I wrote a Warlock patron and pact based off your old Time Elemental video, and it was a (n Eldritch) blast to make. Thanks for doing what you do, as always 💜

[@DungeonDad]

Thanks man! I love the idea of a really unconventional breath weapon actually. Something like what you're describing would be super neat. and I'm absolutely loving the idea of one of these guys in a Cyberpunk setting. That's very fitting and fun.

[@Chaos-Devil51]

Good to see you again... Prismatic dragon please.

[@TheNanjotha]

Omg thank god you’re back. I’ve missed you so much! I was so concerned and couldn’t find anything on ye olde socials

[@bansheesongz6908]

*Hears that Chromium Dragons are greedy, avaricious, and are absolute sadists who take joy in every facet of toying with their prey while having natural camouflage in the form of mirrors* So, Indominus Rex with wings, huh?

[@DoomedPaladin]

Glad you didn't die! I'm still looking forward to you covering things like the Dragon Compendium races (especially now that you seem ready to convert them to 5.5).

[@TheIdealofGreed]

14:53 If it's supposed to be frozen crystals, shouldn't it include some physical damage, whether piercing, slashing &/or bludgeoning depending on how they're shaped?

[@norokodven4768]

Id definitely agree, bludgeoning at the very least should be added

[@dragonlord4194]

Great to have you back! I wish you good luck and less day to day pain. I hope everything will go well for you.

[@benjamight4996]

The Wait was worth it

[@dylanmason5190]

Glad to have you back Dungeon Dad.

[@EanGrimes-yz2yd]

Sorry to hear stuff's been rough for you lately but you do great content. Wish nothing but the best for you. I Enjoy what you do.

[@TheHornedKing]

Damn, these guys sounds awesome! A few things though: - Red dragons, while not as organized, do know the EXACT location of everything in their hoard, and will notice if even a single coin is missing. - Black dragons are outright stated to be the most evil type of dragon.

[@AnonymousWerewolf]

Darn, I was really hoping for a simple 5.0e conversion with an alternative 5.5e conversion. Oh well, guess I'll pass on trying to port this one to another system I like.

[@Nobodyandthegiant]

Always stoked to see your videos, I genuinely adore what a subversion this dragon is. And i love the identity tricks it can do. I might use this one.

[@aaronj235]

I'm not gonna switch right away. I've still got a lot of legs on my current 5e campaign and I likewise don't have the GP to fork over for all the core books again while setting specific books are not in 5.5 I'm using

[@akiram6609]

Imagine a chrome dragon about to mess with a seemingly defenseless, harmless human who actually is a polymorphed silver.

[@ashb8036]

You showed pages from the book?!?! Brave.

[@BigChucka419]

Most avairous greedy dragon is a hasbro dragon I hope he doesn't awaken

[@arriasinsanite4886]

so glad to see a new video from you ! this channel is one of the best dnd content on youtube

[@Sarah-xg1bx]

Catching this in the first minute is amazing. Time to add another dragon into my world's lore

[@meadow1375]

Was in the mood for Dungeon Dad today, a new video and a dragon one at that did not disappoint! Cheers!

[@vcuevas108]

FINALLY I’ve been fiending for a new episode! Please keep up the good work as always!

[@bigaquafan]

I am so glad I discovered you! You have helped me with stuff I was stuck on with making my Homebrew, inspired new NPCs, and got me started on a new campaign. So far my favorite dragons are Pink and Mercury! I'm glad to hear you are doing better! Any con sickness sucks! I hope the personal stuff works out too.

[@Riever_the_SmUwUg]

LEEETTTSS GOOO! Dad came back with the good stuff

[@harrymusson7266]

I love what you've done with a reaction focus to parry turn economy and make combat more interesting. The focus on making it usable and engaging is so great

[@MrDEMarq]

Awesomely made video as always, thanks for sharing. ✌️💯

[@Heeeynald]

Glad to see you back and healthy! (Now I can restart wishing for you to make a Forest Dragon/Treant-like video)

[@masterpiece1817]

NEW (OLD) DRAGON JUST DROPPED!

[@lordyathnon]

Glad to see you back! I was just thinking yesterday that we hadn't seen you in a long time. I hope you are doing better now

[@matthieudeloget8998]

He's back !

[@drimwalkr8923]

I need to have a Chromium Dragon with the personality of Trazyn the Infinite and Welyn, except evil

[@ShatteredShamrock]

I imagine a chrome dragon reflecting and magnifying sunlight/moonlight off it's wings could be a crazy cool angle to go with for a breath weapon alternative... Maybe if it can get airborne it 's able to blast 2-4 independent rays of radiant damage off it's wings (depending on size) or, if it's somehow earthbound it could create a spherical area of passive radiant damage to try and break free. Big Shagaru Magala and the April Fool's Gypceros Vibes (from Monster Hunter).

[@Jane_8319]

Thank you so much!!! Would you be able to post 5e and 5.5e stats for these monsters?

[@Dufis38]

first off, awesome to have you back. Has pass without trace never had an "a" between without and trace? ive been playing for 7ish years and always thought it was "Pass without A Trace" Also i use all of your dragons and my players love them, one of them is in a relationship with a purple dragon but they have no idea

[@parikshithshashikumar849]

Missed your uploads so much!

[@jankomarow9437]

Awesome video. I'm glad that you finally uploaded. Now that you've covered all ferrous dragons, would you try converting gem dragons, like our favourite magneto vegetarian aka amber dragon?

[@Aaron1248]

Love this dragon! Now lets see... last Ferrous would be Nickel Dragons, so hooray! For the other Metallics, it'd be Electrum, Orium and Adamantine. Can't wait!

[@Zaharlangan]

Thanks Dragon Dad

[@justinorji6479]

I think a great twist on the moby dick plot hook is if the hunter was also the dragon but it’s amnesia/split personality situation, where he can’t control his polymorph and only the dragon half has figured out what’s going on

[@nickh3205]

Sorry for if these are on the list of creatures to convert but I’ll throw these other dragons out here to add to the list: the obsidian gem dragon and the Lung dragons, and The Catastrophic Dragons(the element dragons)

[@Crazor2000]

personally, i find some of the stuff for their new statblock design kinda weird. I do like that they added spellcasting into it again, but some of the other stuff is kinda strange. for example the emphasis on reactions instead of legendary actions. i feel with legendary actions were fine to begin with, but changing it to reactions brings with it some weird stuff, like being able to shut down legendary actions with something like a slow effect or a tasha's mind whip, as well as leaving as giving legendary actions up for oppertunity attacks. sure, you could prevent legendary actions with the incapacitated condition with 2014 rules, but a lot of things take away reactions in the rules, (at least in the 2014 edition, idk about 2024), and incapacitated takes reactions away anyway so you added now more ways to prevent to lessen the moveset of the monsters, so it becomes a bit more of an isssue. Also legendary actions are a bit less interuptive, for example the statblock of the green dragon shows that you can interupt a turn of an creature to make a rend attack when it gets hit, instead in between turns like in the older version. It also now requires triggers for it to work, and while many of these are not difficult, i could imagine you never be able to use some of these reactions depending on how the party plays, and what they do. in the old one you had more of a choice in that regard. as for the rend part, I get why they made claws and bites into a single attack, since it simplifies the statblock, but it does make it a bit more generic, and less unique. something like "bite" or "claw" invoke more of an image in the mind, that "rend" simply doesn't do. as for lair bonusses? kinda the same thing as the rend thing, easier to use, but feels a lot more generic, instead of interesting things they could only do in the layer. like the green dragon in the 2014 version can call up roots and vines to entangle creatures, create magical fog that could charm people, or call up something similar to a wall of thorns. now they can to one more thing in combat, and are a bit tougher, which is kinda boring. Also small personal gripe, i don't quite like the look of the ability scores and saves, but that's more of personal preference, idk it just looks more like an excel spreadsheet to me. maybe i need to get used to it. Don't get me wrong, the statblock is not bad, but i don't know if i would count most of the changes as an improvement.

[@Toto-95]

7:50 that Guile joke had no business making me laugh that hard😂

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

Radiant damage as a breath weapon makes sense but we've got so many of those. I think what would be thematic and new is making an area of refractive difficult terrain that works like that spell reflection ability you mentioned earlier. It could catch AOEs but also up the dragon's ability to land saving throw spells/ abilities including that radiant damage you wanted to include!

[@remiwelch6234]

Excellent! I've been waiting for this one!!! Is Nickle the only one left now?

[@DiasOctavio]

Could you PLEASE, make a demodragon video whenever you finish with the ferrous dragons? I can't find nothing other than the cartoon stuff about them

[@Attaxalotl]

When I get the 2024 Monster Manual, I am going to add back all of the 5e Lair Actions because those were grand and the new stuff is compatible with the old stuff. Also: _Shiny!!!!_

[@Lrbearclaw]

Welcome back, Josiah! Glad you are feeling better and am looking forward to whatever you are cooking up next!

[@marilynmourneblade85667]

Love a Moby Dick dragon story, been feral about it since Bayle and Igon and its got so many possibilities!!

[@Darigosh]

And would you look at that it's a dragon

[@CharoGaming]

THE RETURN OF THE KING

[@Howlflame]

Oh man, I loved that Nickelodeon radio! It had like, five different alarm sounds, the green thing lit up, and the big button was the snooze button! It was AWESOME! Unfortunately I lost it in a house fire...

[@snowboundwhale6860]

The breath weapon being a cone of ice crystals that can be focused into a line is interesting, and you mentioned it maybe doing something with radiant damage, but what about if the line attack version was a light based attack, and thus (for the most part) acts like light. Where the cone breath weapon if just a freezing breath, with the line it's using ice crystals and mirrored chrome surfaces to shoot a beam of magical light cools and freezes surfaces it touches instead of warming them, and which reflects off reflective surfaces/ passes harmlessly through clear objects. This complements the ability to cast a special version of _flesh to stone_ that turns it's victims into crystals; if those crystals are sufficiently transparent the line attack could be fired through them akin to shining a laser through the glass of a window, or they could even be used as prisms to bend the line and make the attack curve or break into a cone out the other side of the crystalised statue. This would give the dragon a dirty trick of being able to functionally attack directly through cover (even full cover) provided the cover is see through, which even most line of sight spells don't actually allow, as well as incentivise a fighting style of trying to position petrified part members in between the active party and itself, using them as shields while still being able to attack freely, and even use the threat of using it's rend attacks to shatter those party members depending on how the fight's panning out. The chromium dragon liking a liar that's basically a labyrinthine mirror funhouse would make even more sense if it's focused breath weapon if functionally a light beam, as it could really take advantage of it's surrounding to brutal effect by bouncing it's attack off walls and around corners. The fact it deals cold damage in both forms gives an angle for it to freeze over non-reflective surfaces it hits, which can result in forming icy surfaces that can then reflect/ refract the line breath weapon similar to the crystal petrified targets, or it could just freeze the ground to make it slippery difficult terrain. This would also give an angle for something the players can exploit; if the focused breath weapon is a beam with presumably longer effective range and maybe slightly higher damage, having a counter measure for it would be a great benefit, and with a little knowledge and cunning the party could take advantage of the breath weapon's built in property of bouncing off reflective surfaces to deflect the attack away from themselves; This would potentially give an advantage to characters with shiny metal armour/ shields who's kit already has some natural advantages for the fight provided the pick up on it. Afaik characters with such equipment are probably most likely to be fighters and paladins, melee classes who'd otherwise be at a natural disadvantage against a giant flying lizard that shoots lasers that is stalking you around a mirror maze with a frozen floor, so having even mundane equipment they're likely to have provide a little extra benefit akin to a minor magic item that helps to keep them alive/ safe from the ranged attack would probably be quite welcome.

[@supergrillmeister]

THE KING IN YELLOW MENTIONED!!! YEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH

[@metrux321]

Thanks for the vid and this diengenious dragon, hope your health be better and this month sucks less. Would you be willing to do Anima Beyond Fantasy conversions? I realize it's completely different from your norm, and might require more work than normal... But there are some incredibly interesting creatures there, that you might find use for :3

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

As for plot hooks, I think you could combine some of those first few ideas. Like with the chrome dragon pretending to be a silver, you could have it disguise itself AS the concerned citizen asking the party to request aid from their silver dragon protector. Alternatively, you could have it disguised as the crazy adventurer who wants to hunt down the chrome dragon. It could even be the person paying the adventurers to go through the lair to bring back a specific piece of loot. What they don't know is the dragon will be ready and waiting after the adventurers tell their wealthy patron their plans to get in and out. Finally, an idea for the hoard could be something like the ice maidens of japanese folklore. It could keep the statues of the people it has slain, forever frozen in that look of terror that chrome dragons love to see so much. They might even do so as a means of showing off to other chrome dragons, bragging about the ways they went about getting such a gruesome expression out of that person.

[@roopehaavisto1432]

A long time fan, brought here by the purple dragon video of yore. Not a DnD player per se, I DM Pathfinder. Which has more dragons than DnD it seems, each of the 6 bestiaries had a new family of dragons in them. For me, the most interesting of the bunch (due to being more grounded, than, say, Time Dragons of the Outer Dragon family), were the Primal dragons. Dragons native to the elemental planes and the Plane of Shadows. Three in particular are interesting, in either mechanics or lore: 1. Magma dragons of the Plane of Fire. Erratic, downright violently insane. Outwardly, at least. They always have a logical reason for their actions. Not that they are sharing. They breathe, (surprise!!) lava, which either clings to the unfortunate victims, or encases them in a shell of obsidian. Most interesting bit is that they have weakness to cold, but once they get old enough, they have permanent Fire Shield around them. Meaning they actually take LESS damage from their weakness than other elements. 2. Umbral Dragons of Plane of Shadow. Standard evil dragon, with additional Shadowfell edge. Interestingly enough, one of these could very well hoard the animated shadows of their victims. They breathe negative energy, and are immune to it. Which in DnD would be necrotic damage, and of the variety that lowers max hit points. They could also actually eat levels from the vigtims of their claws and fangs, but DnD does not do that. Hence, reduced max hp. Spooky bit is that they can create undead shadows of their victims, and breathe shadows as they grow old enough, which lowers the STR score of those hit by it. 3. Brine Dragons of the Plane of Water. Best for last, these dragons have so much potential as plot hooks. They hoard people, as in, what they crave is not really gold, but subjects. A brine dragon that enters adulthood without even a modest kingdom to their name is an utter failure of his kind. Fittingly, Pathfinder-verse's Elemental Lord of Water is a Great Wyrm Brine Dragon! In combat, brine dragons breathe high pressure water laced with ridiculously corrosive salt crystals. Corrosive enough to match a black dragon's acid breath, and their claws and teeth are so stuffed with salt that every hit is excruciatingly painful. They are nothing short of an utter calamity in their element, having Control Water at will and access to Horrid Wilting as ancients. I would especially love to see a take on Brine Dragons on this channel, and maybe Cloud and Crystal dragons could be made interesting too.

[@janus2773]

breath weapon: focussed radiance. if within sunlight or near an equally strong light source, it can spread its wings and channel the incoming light into its breath weapon, skipping the recharge dice roll and dealing 50% more damage. in dim light, its a normal breath weapon. in darkness, it loses the breath weapon entirely.

[@DahLekKnight]

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

[@cfakatsuki17]

Hilarious combat idea, the chromium dragon uses flesh to crystal to convert one opponent into a statue then uses them as a reflective/refractive surface to bounce their ice beam breath weapon off of to make it change direction when fired

[@greatazuredragon]

Nice episode.

[@Mozumin]

MONSTER OF THE WEEK IS BACK WOHOOOOO

[@Fyre19]

so your saying chrome dragons live in the war boys group of mad max?

[@masterpiece1817]

I notice you didn’t make any regional effect. If anyone has some regional effect ideas for this dragon, leave it here!

[@halkiierid4084]

Maybe mirages become much more common, or bodies of water are unusually clear and mirror-like?

[@JohanFaerie]

2 plots that immediately jump to mind are: 1: The party is hired by a "Silver dragon" to do some treasure hunting of some sort, maybe stealing some particularly valuable/magic gem from an "Evil" wizard or so-and-so. The mission is a success, they get paid, everything is good.... until the "Evil Wizard" shows up and tells the party the truth. Now, assuming they even believe this new guy, they have to steal back the item from the Chromium dragon under even tighter security. 2: Because of the tracing magic. The party encounters some bandits or something, defeat them and they get loot. Only to find out that their loot was actually stolen from a Chromium dragon.... who now thinks the party is the one who stole it, so now they have to either fight their way through the Dragon's minions to return the loot and explain the situation, or now have to find a way to fight said Chromium dragon to keep their loot, their lives, and possibly get even more loot out of it. Either way, the effort is probably not worth what they originally got!

[@BlackKing_9]

We missed you, Dad

[@joshuazane3210]

On the plus side, the dragon's obsessive organization of its hoard would probably make it easier for potential thieves to find a specific item and to predict likely locations for traps.

[@Dyneamaeus]

The 'Posing as a Sculptor' bit is fantastically on brand. I mean, the value of art in general is less about the physical value and more the contextual one, so in order to _create_ that value the art has to circulate a bit first. Cue a Chromium Dragon taking the easy route to both make (crystalize) a sculpture and spread the word to make it famous (and by extension valuable).

[@TheIdealofGreed]

35 Monster of the Week and Darklight requests in

[@Craterfist]

Breath weapon idea. The Demon Core. A dragon with fissile material inside a special organ. It can use neutron reflection like the demon core to force the material to go critical. Just breathe fission heat and radiation like a fucking death ray.

[@moonlightdawn7249]

A crystal breath weapon that fires off a barrage of crystals or if fired at the ground function similar to chaotic's rock wave or Bakugan gen 2 trox's crystal rock riser attacks? Could this work?

[@gmnobrega0704]

Thanks, Mr. Dragon Lord Guy!

[@ricardocapitaniomacagnani1679]

Missed the content. Good to see you back :)

[@stephenbendig9630]

Love to see some more undead, Pathfinder has a vampire type I always thought was really cool, the Penanggalen would be pretty awesome

[@Joe-nq4gb]

Making my first campaign, and I'm gonna use that "town confuses chromium dragon for silver dragon" idea. Too good of an opportunity for me to pass up.

[@doctorteethomega]

In 2nd Ed dragons could either cast a spell, use their breath weapon up to 3 times per day, or multiattack with claw/claw/bite in the front, wing buffet on the sides, or kick and tail swipe from behind. Add in great movement speed and usual lair advantages like wards, minions, and traps.