What Happens When A D&D Dragon Becomes A Hag?

[@DungeonDad]

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[@bokathedragon]

We don't talk about those dragons okay?

[@JoeMama-me5wp]

I Like this hag dragon ("hagon" is my name for it)

[@TheIdealofGreed]

​@tristanspauldingDay 6. Seriously, where are those other 4 from?

[@ceilyurie856]

"aging 80 years if you're a human REALLY sucks" My kobold characters: Gone, reduced to ashes.

[@MrTarrasque]

@@JoeMama-me5wp Nailed it!

[@andgodsaiduntoabraham]

"You age by 80 years." Elf PC: "...Okay?"

[@acamera367]

It's even funnier if you do homebrew and are an undead skeleton.

[@vladislavpetkov6120]

They get like one barely visible instance of cellulite or like a wrinkle and they don't even notice it

[@XenonPrimeSBSV]

Even better if they're an Oath of the Ancients Paladin.

[@brummelbar]

@@acamera367 I guess i this instance you'd be immune to the breath ?

[@jakefisher3328]

Goblin PC: . . . . . .

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

Hag Dragon: *does a breath attack who can take off 80 years of life* Goblin PC, whose prospective lifespan equals about 60 years: I don't feel so good Mr. Stark...

[@jaimetheone9150]

Me and the boys playing as a Goblin party. DM: A Hag Dragon appears.

[@lolly9804]

Yeah in my game the goblin rogue hid in the bushes for one encounter against an ancient cleric who was casting steal years on the other party members. It doesn't actually cause people to die of old age, but I didn't have to mention that fact either.

[@Eccentric-c5q]

I love it already.. im picturing an Ancient Clear Onyx Gem Hag dragon that has an eerily powerful light at its center. A soul broker specializing in soul brokering. The long standing incredibly knowlegeable Eerie green soul lantern remnent to the long dead coven of whispers as testimate to the very creature they shaped for soul collection. Its the key to why there are buried sigil artifacts of soul transfer spires throughout the lesser planes drawing essense and slowly directing it towards the slumbering Soul cage from the unsuspecting.. as softly as a mothers whisper. DM: Your cleric is unable to ressurect your fallen friend.. seems his soul is being held.. Player: Where?! DM: *smiles* "Come unto me take up my time, ask what you wish to learn. Be mindful though the clock is ticking and costs you in return. " -The Ancient Gem Hag Dragon Enjoying company figuratively and literally. Its going in my npc folder. Eyup.

[@ramboturkey1926]

the hagon

[@Primal_aspid.]

Aarakocra's with their 20-year lifespan, just vaporizing

[@nonamegiven202]

Poor Pointy Hat must be so torn between their hate of dragons and love of hags.

[@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

We must send this to him.

[@l.psimer6124]

Wait, when did he ever say he hated dragons.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

@@l.psimer6124 Considering it's essentially a running gag on his series whenever dragons are tangentially related. The Dragonborn video he did is probably where it's most open at least.

[@jonasjensen680]

i have mixed feelings about pointy hat, for every interesting idea he has he has an equal amount of boring ideas, especially for the "furry" races also the guy hates dragons so he can't be completely right in the head.

[@An_Entire_Lime]

​@@l.psimer6124everywhere

[@xantares13]

Imagine a trio of a Hag-dragon, a Lich-dragon, and a Devil-dragon. Green, Black, Red Fey, Fiend, Undead

[@ElishaFollet]

That's not a trio thats a straight up fantasy death squad lol

[@Ragnarra]

Ah yes the classic trinity of doom, death and depression.

[@ChaosLierLen]

Throw in an Elder Brain Dragon, because why not?

[@Ragnarra]

@@ChaosLierLen a particularly nasty way for a dm to tpk an entire party.

[@Pastafari4]

The perfect worst case TPK scenario

[@TaffieTheCapy]

Oath of the Ancients Paladins would be very handy against this monster. Undying Sentinel has the line "Additionally, you suffer none of the drawbacks of old age, and you can't be aged magically."

[@dylanboczar999]

Fitting! Nice catch

[@LegendStormcrow]

This would also work for the arch enemy to a order of Oath of Watchers I could see an order that has both Ancients and Watchers fighting against an ancient Hag dragon, or being prominent in a campaign to prevent a hag dragon flight from being created. This could even allow the creation of a more draconic order with draconic rangers as the scouts.

[@derekstein6193]

Don't monks eventually gain immunity to aging, or was that only in 3e? I don't have my PHB with me at the moment.

[@rileyhardy3579]

​@@derekstein6193They do, it called Timeless Body I believe, or it's the "you don't feel the effects of aging"

[@LegendStormcrow]

Yes and no. They lose all negative effects, but still die. Oddly, the PHB doesn't state negative effects for aging.@@derekstein6193

[@RiotKurhein]

A particularly cruel warlord could force his subjects to procreate and through a deal with a hag dragon, have it steal the years of the young until they are of fighting age to rapidly grow his army.

[@tantalus_complex]

That's some messed up shit. Yay! We have freed all these innocent children! ... So now what do we do with the hordes of hormonally-adult, severely developmentally stunted child soldiers with PTSD and war wounds? I don't think I'm going anywhere near that campaign, either as a DM or player - for multiple reasons.

[@joshuahadams]

@@tantalus_complexthat’s Star Wars. The Clones of the Grand Army of the Republic were enslaved child soldiers.

[@tantalus_complex]

@@joshuahadams Somewhat. But they were given a form of education which made them emotionally stable and socially functional - even if simple and lacking independent thinking. There's going to need to be a similar campaign-specific way to explain why Little Tommy can suddenly function as an adult (or possibly reverted to the physical and development level of a child), or the campaign could very easily get uncomfortably weird if the player party starts asking any questions or the DM describes the aftermath.

[@Aryasvitkona]

​@@tantalus_complexi mean in the right campaign at the right table I'd play this. It opens up a serious moral quandary for a party. Depending on the world, perhaps it truly is the most humane thing to put them out of their misery. But yeah... This would be a pretty messed up concept at most tables

[@shadowlord1418]

​@@tantalus_complexsounds perfect for me

[@AJPickett]

Oh shit, so it can extract some deeply personal information, mess up the recall the victim has of that, and mimic someone involved with that memory perfectly while swamping the whole scene with supernatural fear... heavens to Betsy, that is really dialing the evil up to eleven!

[@Sellesion]

I absolutely love the idea of an "Unassuming Hag" that lives in a bog in the woods, who becomes an Adult 'black' Dragon when "lowered to half health" after the party gets cocky. 😅 Thank you so much for making this monster!!

[@MrNickPresley]

I can already hear it now. “Did I say ‘No purple dragons’? DID I?!”

[@doomguy19931]

I'm pretty sure that's a questline in Dragon Age: Origins

[@SchoolDaysPlaylists]

​@@MrNickPresley Better hope someone in that party can transform into a germ.

[@steeldrago73]

I could also see the hags using a potion to force the dragon to regurgitate the time the dragon has consumed to store it somehow or to enhance their own life.

[@andyghkfilm2287]

“We just LOVE the time-droppings!!! The flavors of the world! Ehehehe!”

[@Poondaedalin]

Finally, the Hagron

[@InternetExplorationalist]

yes

[@jeremiahcunkle5938]

Smash two ancient hag dragons together and now you’re a large hagron collider.

[@InternetExplorationalist]

thank you @@jeremiahcunkle5938

[@kylestanley7843]

​@@jeremiahcunkle5938 I hate you in the best way possible

[@inerlotechnologies4908]

I was thinking “Hagon”

[@derekjay2000]

Another lovely addition to my campaign based around the forgotten chromatic Dragon's you have cursed me to be hyper fixated with.

[@ChewliusCheeser]

my favourites have been the Pink and Purple dragons. i’m definitely going to have a Purple dragon as the leader of a sprawling thieves’ guild, whose lieutenants are a mix of ghaunadans, changelings, and kenku.

[@gavinlopez6258]

Same. I already had a hag villain too!

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

Been doing the same, though I don't think the major hag coven I figured out in the wild country would be entirely willing to piss off the Ancient Council so much with a hag dragon. Now, a one-shot set on another continent by hags who view Telvyan's ruling class as something to build a weapon against, however...

[@bens1cultist405]

Yeah ever since the yellow dragon and tiamats dead sister I have been running one as well

[@nathanhall2689]

The campaign i am currently in we have found out there is a MASSIVE Coven of hags (like we are talking 1 main lead with 5 reporting to her and 5 covens reporting to each of those). On the one hand i want to point this video out to my DM because it is a cool concept. On the other hand i dont think i want to see this thing show up in the later parts of our journey.

[@MaskedHeroLucky]

I like the idea of a metallic hag dragon with it’s good alignment intact. A good creature with a horrific origin and powers.

[@LegendStormcrow]

That actually would fit with my steel dragon witch idea. The mother could be sick and twisted, but the children just want free. You could literally free an entire hag coven and let them fight mommy dearest.

[@ghouldave862]

I love the good hag dragon idea 😃 I also think that a neutral hag dragon that somehow managed to overthrow and control their hag creators would be cool

[@badideagenerator2315]

a gold hag dragon that wants to make evil people suffer

[@marcushart4445]

I kinda like the idea that the Hag dragon is kept in a state of childlike innocence in which it loves its moms (the hag) and acts on their behalf. You could even encounter one of the hags and she could tell you to back off our you’d have to face the wrath of her daughter!

[@indiana47]

For a coven, I would make the hag dragon able to form them with normal hags. That way the hag dragon has incentive to keep the other two hags alive and could sling the coven spells as they ride the dragon.

[@The3rdHolyTurtle]

A cool idea could be that the dragons scales can store the memories its steals and if it had enough memories, it can daze people by flashing these memories into others minds. It would also make them look like walking movies.

[@yuridelacruz2480]

If you want it to be extra spicy, it can make the victim feel like the memories are theirs, effecting their personality with varying severity.

[@msf2399]

As a Pathfinder nerd whose favorite book is Blood of the Coven, (OH BOY DID THAT ENDING TEASER GET ME EXCITED!!!) this makes for really interesting mesh. Partially with how those hags reproduce (tricking other creatures into raising their young, then reaching out in those daughters’ dreams to lure them to ascend into proper hag form.) One of the most interesting kinds of hag is the Dream Hag, who are what happens when a Night Hag “convinces” another hag to undergo a dark ritual allowing the Night Hag’s soul to take over her unborn baby's body-at the cost of the Night Hag’s memories. I could easily see a Hag Dragon being an intended ascension method by an especially ambitious hag. This also appeals to my love for “innocently deadly” monsters. An enslaved child who causes the everything around at to age at an alarming rate perfectly falls into that moral quandary. Nothing gets players debating harder or longer than presenting a creature which has done no active wrong and means no harm to anyone, but whose very existence is an active threat to everyone/everything in its vicinity. (I like to make them *genuinely* innocent; it’s not nearly as good a debate if I turn around and go, “Ah-ha! It was all a big bamboozle! The baby was lying all along! Now I get to punish you for not being merciless murderhobos! Muhahaha!”) AND! A solid argument could be made for the dragon being the *start* of an adventure; straight-up tell your players every single one of them has total amnesia. They awaken in a room with the dragon (disguised or not) who assures them it can get their memories back if they’ll just help it with one or two little favors…

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

Pathfinder's take on hagspawn (Changelings) will always remain my favorite incarnation of 'what if hag but player race' variants. Just these normally chill half-elfs with saw-teeth who can just be doing their normal vibes before going half-mad with The Call.

[@LegendStormcrow]

I can dig it. I like the premise if the quandary. I'd still kill it, but I'd feel horrible.

[@msf2399]

@gratuitouslurking8610 Also, all the fun ways you can mix it up! Even outside of the Paternal Heritage Alternate Racial Trait (my beloved) BotC gives you things like Blood Hag Changelings being the only ones without heterochromia, or Mute Hag Changelings being able to spontaneously complete their transformation *without help from a Hag,* or even just little things like Night & Dream Hag Changelings having tiny little horn-stumps! One of the only races where you can believably (and thematically appropriately) straight up *lie* about what you’re actually playing to the rest of your party. They really don’t get enough love.

[@marcoricci1304]

The dracolich, Daurgothoth, a.k.a. the Creeping Doom is something that’s spooky and draconic that I’d like to see represented in 5e.

[@demonkingsparda]

Hell yes, he's my favorite dnd entity. I'd love to run him in 5e

[@keanep.278]

I absolutely love everything about this❤ Ideas are just racing through my head. Consider a hag mistakes a Drgonborn egg for a dragons: new subclass Consider the terrifying possibility of a hag & a hag dragon working together though the hag just... Being a good parent. Consider it as a warlock patron: it communicates with you from an orange eye somewhere on you, like forehead, the back of your hand, you weapon if your a hexblade. Maybe a good backstory hook could be the dragon stole some huge memory from you so you're working under it to get it back. & On it's dying breath it reveals that memory was a traumatic experience you loved through when you were younger so it took it away. As a dragon simpathyser, consider a good nature ancient hag dragon that learned by reverse it's breath weapon & breathing on someone, it can give years of it's life to another. Maybe a party member dies in a boss fight so the hag dragon that hired you brings them back by sacrificing its own life force. What about a druid protecting the woods where a hag dragon is, all the nature a mutated but still just nature, so there's a druid still watching over the area. It's just so many ideas ❤❤

[@chrisschoenthaler5184]

Okay, but consider: If the default function of the Hag Dragon’s “breath weapon” is aging things in order to physically age the dragon… then the reverse of that would be a mutual age reversal effect. A hag dragon figured out how to make its minions immortal by reversing their physical age, but it has to make sure not to accidentally cross the threshold from ancient back to merely adult.

[@kobold_sushi_executive_chef]

I think eldraine's witchkite is the dragon that's closest to filling this niche, but I think the hag dragon is so much better. I had already modified the witchkite in a campaign to have a random potion breath (inverted effects) that it could recharge by slurping out of its cauldrons mid-fight, so I might switch to using this as the frame for that monster instead of the witchkite. Thanks Dad!

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

NGL, this potion exhale sounds almost like a better breath weapon than the time-stealer breath. Maybe give it an alt breath, kinda like certain metallic dragons?

[@kobold_sushi_executive_chef]

@@gratuitouslurking8610 that's the plan

[@danielgehring7437]

@@gratuitouslurking8610 Yes, the big problem I have with this dragon is the aging effect, players _hate_ that. And, let's face it, for good reason, it's just a no-fun scenario forcing the party to go on a quest in their decrepit old form to find a fountain of youth or whatever to get them back to full power.

[@minnion2871]

@@danielgehring7437 Maybe tweak it then, instead of it having a save just necrotic breath that causes you to age to death if it drops you to zero HP.... ? Or if we want to go with weird, give it the breath weapon of its base dragon form, and have the ageing magic be based on it swallowing something two size categories smaller than itself whole.... and instead of necrotic damage it just makes your character younger as it steals the years you've lived.... (It can then of course regurgitate it's "victims" willingly, or just let them fully reverse age out of existence in its guts...) This of course would make for quite a different dynamic as it could use peoples desire to get younger as a bargaining chip to get additional favors beyond getting bigger and stronger from taking the years they've lived....

[@minnion2871]

To add to that maybe because of the magic used to manipulate its aging it ages in reverse while it's stomach is empty, and when its stomach is full it ages like normal while whatever it's "digesting" is aging in reverse.... (Until it either spits it back up, or until it gets too young to exist....)

[@danielthemangrande]

It is always a good day when the dungeon dad brings a new child into this world.

[@shmoko3926]

what a way to word it

[@Lea1997-x]

He really is the Dungeon Dad

[@bionicdragon5]

Quick note about the regional haze effect and truesight. Truesight sees through illusions, and into the Etherial Plane, but not physical obstruction, meaning spells like Fog Cloud, which conjure actual fog, still obscure vision. Maybe make the haze an illusory effect?

[@n.henzler50]

Cool, now make it into a mind flayer and have it achieve lichdom. The dracohagalhoon!

[@ANDELE3025]

Hagstealer (or maybe "Braincrone") Dracolich sounds extremely cursed.

[@kainhighwind2]

When the party absolutely has to die and suffer while doing it.

[@n.henzler50]

@@ANDELE3025 "Braincrone" goes pretty hard, honestly. Possibly stealing that.

[@AntonsVoice]

Braincrone elder lich

[@tenma8797]

What if this concept was done for kobolds?

[@danielgehring7437]

Kobold-hags or kobold-dragons?

[@Volti-Vagra]

edit: wait, the ritual requires them to be a True Dragon and im unsure theyre true dragons (and too lazy to look it up honestly) like as in instead of a dragon egg being changed, a single/clutch of kobolds? that would be amazing, since the hags wouldnt have to worry about the power scaling getting too much for them to handle none the less a swarm of them would just c h e w through teams 12/10 idea love it ngl, least if i understood whatcha meant i guess?

[@millsxi]

Hag Kobolds? Please?

[@JJ-M]

@@Volti-Vagra Kobolds are not true dragons, but often are connected to true dragons through various things including outright worship. It'd be a *very* neat concept, though, because concept does carry enough to be "oh, what if" and that's literally all that it needs.

[@justtj8085]

That wouldn't be a coven. They'd be a corporation

[@virson4204]

I was literally working on a part of the campaign im running rn where hags are working with my BBEG right as this video came out so this works out great for me, thank you dungeon dad

[@DungeonDad]

That's awesome! Next week we've got more hag stuff on the way too!

[@Mon_Cri]

I love that you've incorporated the three daughters of Baba Yaga in the video, their cameo alone made me freak out a bit

[@Mushrooms683]

I'm excited to learn how this makes ANY SENSE AT ALL

[@heathharris2545]

I want to see what the half dragon for this looks like.

[@Asfragged]

Thats one hell of a hexblood.

[@LegendStormcrow]

A steel dragon WAY too into method acting could create havoc, especially since she would have access to eggs. And breed with humans

[@ElishaFollet]

Or dragonborn

[@isaacgraff8288]

Fun fact about hags/witches. In the real world women ruled the beer making world until men and the church decided they were witches. Nearly every single stereotype of the archetype witch can be linked to these brew-mistresses. Thought that was fun

[@Flevir]

I literally just dropped a lore hook to my players about the dragons being afraid of hags and fey magic in general and this is an excellent reason why, thank you for this excellent creation that I will be sure to torment my players with!

[@YuubiTimberwolf]

Wait, do they eat dragon eggs/hatchlings to reproduce then? xD

[@DungeonDad]

Gotta make an omelet

[@LegendStormcrow]

I could see a steel dragon living as a witch using her own eggs in a ritual to make these. Maybe even turning herself into one as well. She might even make a coven with them instead.

[@ANDELE3025]

Honestly, id tweak this from true dragon to any intelligent lesser dragon. That way the most common connections to dragon type creatures in regions hags can be found in is actually likely to happen, the ritual could use "blood of a true dragon" to shape/alter the lesser dragons appearance closer to a true dragon (going on theme with unfortunate "be careful what you wish for" of hag powers, only at their own cost) and would narrative side make more sense as part of the historic stats of dragons was their above average magic resistance after young adult/from adult age and beyond and how every template applies to them that tried to change them (unless the dragon was a corpse at that point) generally failed to actually change the dragons type as nicely shown on the presented stats. Also i would add "magically" to time inhalation (or even better, make it cast eyebite panicked and then only able to breathe in the life of those that failed on it by 5 or more, making it a split chase dragon ala desert biome ones) and drop wrymling recharge down to 6 by presented info, as even if the general statblock of dragons in dmg already notes all breath weapons are part of their innate magical powers, as ability to block it other than save boosts/keeping bless and rerolls for it, especially without the ghost caveat of "greater resto after the fight restores your original age" would be nice.

[@Jawmax]

I can also see a plot where a metallic dragon's egg was stolen by a hag coven, but a spell is warding it away. The dragon is will to give the party a boon in the form of a favor or a magic item it possesses. Now it is a race against time for the party to stop the ritual before it's complete.

[@nobodyimportant2470]

Even works with Chromatic. Parent dragon is on a rampage looking for the hags that stole it's egg. If the party can calm the seriously pissed off and frantic parents down enough to get the info the PCs would have a quest to track down and stop the ritual so that they stop destroying the cities. Alternatively if the party kills the parents maybe have the dragon's last words about the stolen egg to tip the players off.

[@CrimsonXenoProduct]

god i love sub-types so much it's unreal you have no idea how much just that small detail makes me love the creation

[@עומרשרייבר-ל4ר]

This is probobly one of the coolest dragons I have ever seen. It look awsome, its lore is intreasting and is just straight up terrfying. I like the idea that the party goes on a quest to stop what they assumed was the doing of a coven of hags only to find out that its actually a hag dragon created by that coven that they lost control of that was behind it all and now they have to work with the coven in order to stop that dragon from kliing everything around it.

[@bidoofapostle8910]

Gonna have a real hard time explaining why there are so many weird dragons in my campaign. Thanks dungeon dad.

[@JosiahAkaBrick]

I have a hexblood druid that's playing up the spooky factor- and pitted against a third party sorlock hexblood of emotional magic and coven patron. I'm not sure which of their backgrounds will include this hag dragon, but now I know one of them will! Thanks, other Josiah!

[@chroniclesofguyver7888]

This is a very cool and creative idea. It's great to see a new idea for a dragon that isn't just a new color with an altered breathe weapon. No offense to any existing dragons. I love dragons. But the Hag Dragon shows some good out of the box thinking.

[@Stormer13]

I love this! I've been really enjoying your videos on dragons, as not only have they let me use some for my sessions but they've taught me more about those dragons. On the topic of multi-types, I'm not sure how prevalent it actually is throughout homebrew stuff, but I did this for a high CR creature I made once. Essentially, it was a balor that a bad scientist had fused to a mech suit he was working on, leading to the creation of the Iron Balor. The Iron Balor was, of course, a construct/fiend combo, meaning it possessed the benefits of both as well as the weaknesses of both (smites for example).

[@GringatTheRepugnant]

I could see a hag dragon seeking to gain time and develop by capturing elves specifically and draining their years away, perhaps doing this as it seeks a way to gain power as quickly as possible to break the yoke the coven still has on it. Perhaps the party are recruited by the city guard or an elven noble who want to find out why elves specifically are disappearing. At first they're pointed towards the elves' enemies, perhaps it's a group of drow hiding out in the sewers or caves who actually had been planning some evil deeds, but they too have been losing their own to this mysterious elf hunter. It turns out the hag dragon has been using old blood magic to call them to a forest glade where it consumes their lives in secrecy.

[@QuinnTheGM]

My brain has been trying and failing to combine these two words for five minutes now. Dr-hag-on?

[@nextcaesargaming5469]

Remember that episode of Torchwood where there was a life-stealing monster, so Jack Harkness choked it to death with his immortality? Imagine a lich or any similarly un-aging creature just pulling an uno reverse card on the Hag dragon by letting it gorge itself on their endless years, thus being the first individual to ever make a *dragon* of all creatures age to death.

[@KevinVideo]

After having seen the new 5e stats for the time dragon that was recently released, it pleases me to see that you created a superior version of the time dragon with this monster.

[@OvenGlobalDomination]

:O I loove original ideas like that I hope u gonna do more of these if u came up with a few more monsters ❤

[@Magic__7]

I knew I was saving this for some reason Turns out the reason was watching something chill after my kitchen tap exploded and flooded my kitchen

[@madalitsokakhuta-banda5668]

I feel like this would be one of the few things, that could get metallics and chromatics working together

[@loganw8973]

They grow up so fast maybe to fast (Thank you dad)

[@theglytch]

Had an idea for a tweak on the origins for this; The hags become the dragon. They steal a dragon egg and perform the ritual to transfer their essence into the egg and be reborn as a single Hag Dragon.

[@andyghkfilm2287]

So a hag dragon coven is NINE hags?? Whoa

[@Pyre]

So, three things. First, the production value and the editing on these is remarkable even compared to where it was a couple years back. Hopefully it isn't just you putting all of this together, but whether it's just you or a proper team, kudos to all involved; hopefully it's as fun to conceive and stitch together as it is to see. Second, I am in love with the current trend of introducing greater complexity to 5e's rules. "Fail by five or more" is a great mechanic, and the kind of thing the community should work into rules going forward. Third, a recommendation from a spouse: Bog Imps, from 3.5's Heroes of Horror. They are an ideal fit for Spooky Season, and provide multiple angles to problem-solve on for the party. Alongside an extra bit of horror for any elves present.

[@Finglebangle]

The millennium puzzle close at 15:00 is really good

[@EksaStelmere]

I'm glad someone pointed that out.

[@cjoneill6971]

I like the idea of incompetent hags thinking they got a ref dragon egg but instead got a blue one, only to find out when the blue dragons horn blocks the dargen's line of sight

[@crowdemon_archives]

Poor guy gonna become a fucking rhinoceros lmao

[@DraconicPTCG]

Love the Eva-style preview at the end❤

[@greatazuredragon]

Awesome episode, thanks for the update.

[@johncollins7631]

I just imagined a coven of hag dragons hunting all their variants across the multiverse to become Great Wyrm Hagdragons.

[@A1990MusicMan]

Love it, and love the idea! In some lore Mab, Titania’s sister, was corrupted by a magic gem. In my campaign that is very Fey-Centric I’m going to have that gem be created by a coven of hag-dragons who were making a power play in the fey realm!

[@iankelley4631]

Now I kind of want to run an epic level game where a coven of hag dragons are basically working a spell to rewrite the material plane into their own own plaything.

[@wbbartlett]

"Hmm, we have 50 types of dragons and 40 types of hags but it isn't enough! We need hag dragons & dragon hags! Blue one, black ones, green ones, polka dot ones! Let's never ever stop!!!!" This is how I picture D&D boardrooms.

[@alexeisenhauer5874]

I’ve been writing an undead focused story with a hag who is secretly an amber dragon. Baba Lysaga in curse of strahd I like to make secretly a black dragon, kind of like Malifacent turning into a dragon in sleeping beauty.

[@suggiethames9870]

How creative, and appropriate for the season of the witch. You really made my day!

[@garygordle5146]

breath weapon reminds me of Sunless Sky’s Aeginae, which are pretty much star killing dragon law keepers that eat people’s time if they break the law

[@christophervanhindenburg4220]

"No dragons associated with the darker side of fey" - Jabberwocky: Am I a joke to you?

[@asparagoosagus5954]

if this dragon used its breath weapon on something with an absurdly long lifespan, like maybe 10000 years+, would it just turn to dust and die? i love this concept, very cool edit: i think you actually explain this later in the video as its breath weapons seems a little more limited than i was first imagining, like it cant just suck out 10000 years at once from the sound of it

[@77adamant77]

The ritual can't be completed without the death of one of the hags. If a hag is killed by her sisters or a passing adventurers then her life energy is pulled into the dragon egg and the hags control the newest draconic member of their coven with prepared artifacts and spells. If 2 members of the coven are killed within a month of each other then a 2 headed hag dragon is born which counts as 2 members of a coven. However if the full coven is slain an unshackled 3 headed hag dragon is born. Alternatively a hag dragon could grow heads as it ages or after eating the rest of the coven.

[@mementomori771]

The thing that makes hags especially evil to mean is how malicious they can be with Taking someone's wants to the worst possible outcome BG3 has a great hag

[@kainhighwind2]

Right? Promised to get rid of my tadpole and all I get was disadvantage on perception checks and +1 intimidate.

[@fornax4676]

I can always appreciate a new dragon. Very fun and creative. 👍 The fey and hags are always so much fun to hear about.

[@lauraambrosiano9940]

Just wanna say thank you for using actual art from actual human beings on your channel. I recently had to abandon another content creator's work that I used for DM resources because they started to lean into AI and get really toxic with people about it in the comments. Thank you for providing good lore content and also respecting the history and culture of supporting and inspiring real art in the tabletop community

[@DungeonDad]

Working with human artists is genuinely one of my favourite parts about doing what I do.

[@whitenobeard]

Wait what content creator

[@CoryAnthony-vy4fl]

Found your channel and have been binge watching your videos 😂. Love them! I was DM for the first time 5 months ago. The game i created for my players was taking down a coven of hags. Ohhhh. But they wasnt normal hags. My players thought so. But my players didnt know that the coven of hags was really. Hag Dragons. 😂 I made the game where as the players age, they get stronger. (Sense the Hag Dragon effects how quickly things age) it was really detrimental that the players beat the coven before they grow so old that they basically turn to dust. As they are aging. The people in the 3 towns that surround them are also. So there was little battles and what not to give my players a taste of bloodshed, and then one town thought it was a good idea to turn themselves into vampires. So they wouldnt be negatively effected by the coven of hags (Hag Dragons). But one of the bigger quests, where my characters could get some nice magical weapons and artifacts was turning that town of vampires back to mortal people. (My players did not infact do that before beating the coven of hag dragons 😂.) So, my players got to high levels. Was thinking they was going to walk all over the final boss quest. So they showed up to the coven. And they attacked the coven. They worked to get the Hags down to close to death. But then….the Hags all laughed…..called the Heros nothing but fools. Then one hag steps forward. Out of the darkness. And says now, we will show you the true power of what you dare mess with. The 3 Hags they got near death transform. And they are HAH DRAGONS. Then, the 4th Hag says. They are my underlings. Turns out the 3 Hags was younger Hag Dragons and the 4th Hag was the ring leader of the coven. A Ancient Hag Dragon. My players minds exploded. They all loved how i set everything up. They loved the fact besides the vampires, i was using monsters and creatures that they hardly ever play against. Especially the Hags that turned out to be Hag Dragons. And they all said they was kinda let down. Bc the BB was gonna be so easy. But the final battle is really 3 young adult dragons and 1 old ancient dragon. I said yes. Thats why i made them get stronger as they aged. But they have to beat the BB in a timely manor. Bc eventually, once they hit a certain “age,” it will start negatively impacting them. I then said except for the 1 wizard. I pointed at him and said “oh your cool. And you will be good for a long while.” 😂 And then they was asking if there was a magical item that was suppose to help kill the coven of Hag Dragons. I said yes. But, they decided against that quest. And they thought for a minute. And was like SOB. The vampire town. Thats our last quest. I said yes. Once you turned them back, they would of gotten magical weapons and items that would of greatly helped them. But i said once they decided not to do that quest. I changed some stuff around where they can atleast have a chance at beating the coven of Hag Dragons. Well, they all decided to stay and fight. Bc if they ran away to do that quest then. Its like them fighting the BB would be ruined now bc of how well i set it all up. So they managed to beat the coven of Hag Dragons. Only by the skin of their teeth. They was all happy. And they decided to help free the town of their vampiric curse. The towns people was telling them no, they decided to be vampires. Its a choice they made. And even though the reason they was aging so quickly is gone now. They just cant become normal again. Notice, i said CANT. Lol Well, the party thought themselves as the big heros. They decided not to listen to the vampire towns folk. They freed them of the vampiric curse. So they go back to the town so they could atleast see what awesome weapons and items they would of gotten to use in the final BB battle. Well, they showed up to the town. Everything was quiet. Which was very abnormal for that town. They started looking around, and all they was finding was piles of clothes and bones in/under them. They go back to the leader of the town. And he was no where to be found. Just a pile of clothes. And bones in/under that pile. Then i finally told them what happened. 😂😂😂 Bc they waited so long to fix the curse. Once the towns folk was turned back to normal. They was all so very old, that their mortal bodies just couldnt handle it. So their flesh started turning to dust. As their mortal flesh caught up with the increased age, brought on by the Hag Dragons that the vampiric curse stopped. So. They started as heros, ended as villains who unknowingly murdered a whole town of 300. Lmfao And they never got to know what awesome weapons and items would of helped them. And with that ending. (Bc i knew there was 2. And i worked out this ending being able to go into another game.) but when i next DM again. They will be ex-heros turn villains that are on the run. Bc with the leader of that town gone. The other 2 towns just found the whole village dead. And there was a group of people who are new to the area. So those 2 towns went to the kingdom and requested help from the king to bring the people who murdered that town to justice. Lol So. Once was heros, now villains. On the run. All because they didnt heed the simple warning of the leader of the town. When he said. That they couldnt turn back into mortals. The heros was to stubborn and pig headed. Thinking they knew it all, and that they knew what was best. When they could of asked a simple question. “Why couldnt the towns folk turn back into mortals?” Lol. Thats the ending where i get the players who decided to be stubborn. 😂 I havent worked out the whole story. But by the time its my turn to DM again. Ill have it all sorted out. I honestly didnt think what i planned out for my very first DM session was all that good or creative. But the players actually really liked it. I was told it was one of the best for a first time they have seen. The fact i had contingency plans, and i worked everything out, where i didnt have to fly by the seat if my pants and do a lot of changing of things on the fly was very good. And the fact i was using enemies that DM’s for them have hardly or never used was awesome. The fact that they got to encounter a bunch of new enemies, was very fun. I guess even though i dont think what i planned out was good. The fact that we all had fun, and my players said for a first time it was awesome. Means it was good. They was totally expecting to go up against a lich king the way it was set up. But it was the biggest curve ball with the coven of Hag Dragons that was disguised as regular old Hags. And i worked out the whole as they age they get stronger, but if they hit a certain age. It negatively effects them thing. So they couldnt just time farm, was awesome.

[@jamesthomas8389]

You should remake “were-badgers”, the dwarf specific were creatures. I made a wolverine-like character who was a werebadger and it was too good not to use but we just guessed how to translate it to 5e so I’d love to see a professional take on it

[@mr.rattleotattle]

Okay i have a storyplot that basically involves a purple dragon and their egg, what happened was that the dragon's egg got stolen by the hags, so the dragon gives out a large bounty for their egg and the heads of the hags that were responsible. when the players find the hags it will either be too late and the hag dragon will be born or they will arrive in time to stop the hags

[@CriticallyCorrect]

Bro created potentially the strongest dragon in history of dnd and that is impressive

[@thedragonsage649]

This is fascinating but, there is something that has been on my mind for quite some time. Are there turquoise dragons? If not chromatic then perhaps a gem variety? If so what could they be like? What would their breath weapon be? Would they even have a breath weapon? Are they friendly?

[@KevinVideo]

Not officially, no.

[@jakefisher3328]

The Hag Dragon My brain: Ah yes. The Hragon. Why am I this way?

[@johnd3185]

Hagons!

[@Volti-Vagra]

now, hear me out, a hag being turned draconic- *A (Total) Drag*

[@arcticwolf2742]

This idea is awesome! My current DnD campaign is actually kinda becoming something in the same vein as a Hag Dragon. She's a Lizardfolk based Hexblood, who has made a pact with the spirit of an Ancient Red Dragon. Given the homebrew Shaman class and it's Wyrmbound Subclass that allows her to channel that spirit like a Wildshape, she will be able to full on shapeshift into a ghostly, undead dragon. She can summon up an aspect of the dragon to serve as her Eerie Token, basically getting an even better Find Familiar.

[@zerd1801]

This is an interesting concept! I hope you guys cover Glow Dragons at some point. They are radioactive dragons from the Gamma World setting. They show up in an orb of light, unfurl their wings like a celestial, and proceed to devour and/or melt anything in a half-mile radius. I’d love to see an expanded lore for them outside of being draconic murder hobos.

[@josephmay852]

"the hags turn this egg into something truly grotesque" Yeah my grandma used to mess up omelettes pretty bad too

[@ryadinstormblessed8308]

If you happen to be one of my players also watching this channel, potential spoilers ahead for DM Stormblade's current campaign. Just had a really fun idea while watching the part about the Time Inhalation breath weapon! I'm currently running Wild Beyond The Witchlight, for a party at level 15... so of course I'm having fun finding ways to make it challenging 😈 Was just thinking of letting then stumble across a Gold Hag Dragon Wyrmling, and decide for themselves whether they believe they should try to adopt it--I mean, it is Gold, right?... Maybe give them opportunities to see it using its breath to suck the life out of enemies they're fighting, a an and see what they make of that... Then when they eventually fight the Hags, it finds its opportunity and sucks the life out of one or all Hags, and suddenly grows to Ancient size and power level! And reveals that it has been the Hags' pet / prisoner for thousands of years (as near as it can tell, Feywild time being what it is) and waiting for its opportunity to take its revenge. And then see where the players run with this development...😂

[@ryadinstormblessed8308]

Or perhaps the Hourglass Coven turns out to already be a coven of Hag Dragons, originally created by those Hags, but having eventually destroyed them and taken their places in the Feywild hierarchy, using True Polymorph to pose as them.

[@umbra9472]

So thank you for this concept, I’ve started dming my first campaign and I’ve made a Hag Dragon Coven the BBEGs

[@mr.rattleotattle]

I want to see the morgh from 3e in one of your videos

[@addygil5000]

TYSM for this. I was planning on running a halloween one shot themed after the Magnus Archives, and this works PERFECTLY for a villain.

[@evilallensmithee]

I just did a quick word search and It looks like you never did the slivers, er... I mean Tsochar

[@KevinVideo]

He has not, and it's definitely on the to-do list.

[@danegrant6101]

Just had to say I heard "Drag and drop" as "Dragon drop" and it took me a second to work it out

[@mrzeloswilder]

Personally I would love to see this remixed in the future as a collaboration with Pointy Hat showing off what would occur if one of the less 'evil' hags ended up making a hag dragon. And how that would change it's potential personality?

[@cheatcode436]

YES YES YES YES YE-

[@blazeking1360]

something to note about the asferaba. Power Word: Arcane. The asfaraba casts any spell of 7th level or below. this is in the actions section, meaning it can cast any spell of 7th or below as an action, even reactions and spells that take minutes to cast. so, in my opinion, it should be an ability that allows it to cast any spell of seventh or lower without using material components, and so the multiattack would say "it uses it's unfathomable presence and a power word (if this is power word: arcane. it casts a spell that requires an action or a bonus action)" obviously you wouldn't write it like that but it certainly makes it more balanced, it means he can't cast awaken (8 hour casting time), simulacrum (12 hours) or hallow (requires a full day) in an action. also bro can cast teleport simulacrum and forcecage as much as he wants (and that's just a few of the funny ones I could think of)

[@stingerjohnny9951]

First my pretties!!! *Hag Cackle*

[@Aaron1248]

I enjoyed this dragon entry immensely. It was great new edition to the various species of true dragon that will inhabit my world.

[@kyj6283]

See now I'm just imagining a party coming across a village full of dead folks, all of whom appear to have died at various stages of old age. No destroyed buildings, no blood and gore, just a bunch of dead folk. The only people left alive in this town, are a gaggle of people who were once very young children (single digits) and who are all now elderly and very confused and traumatized, crying for their parents and trying to survive with the mental capabilities and knowledge of children and bodies of the very old. And things have gone kinda crazy, like an elderly lord of the flies. I also like the idea of maybe the Hag Dragon can return stolen years willingly if bartered with, or if it's slain, maybe a random amount of age is returned to those who lost years to it that happen to be present. Lots of thoughts. Thanks DD and co!

[@erinlanghoff1126]

great look man, you taking care of urself and it shows

[@zzTaszz]

Amazing, a hag dragon is now hiring a certain party of adventurers to collect dragon eggs for a generous fee. Thanks DungeonDad!

[@RCJones560]

Since it's a Fey Dragon, in my campaign I have a Green Dragon who's been trying to get into the Fey Wild to gain power, and they're gonna turn into this. They will make a deal with a devil to gain access to Fey Wild, but in exchange will be slowly changed into a Hag Dragon while in there. And my homebrew version of the Fey Wild had time dilation already, so a time breath works perfectly in this case. Thanks for making these videos of forgotten creatures that can spice up any story!

[@TheProteanGeek]

This is interesting, in my build out from Tyranny of Dragons I have added a plotline with draconic hags. They're more or less half-dragon templates on a Hag for where I was starting. My idea links to the idea of co-opting a dragon and doing a ritual like you're doing. Though instead of the dragon being born but haggified the hags absorb the power and use it for a partial ascension. This links into another plot line I won't share just in case one of my players reads this.

[@DungeonDeepDive]

This is such a cool concept! I currently have a Fey/Hag story arch going in my home brew campaign right now! May have to add this into the mix!

[@daviddoesntsucc]

amazing as always man! And this time i have an ACTUALLY interesting thing to suggest beyond hunefer again-- There are apperently 3 dragons that come from some of the OUTER planes! Rust Dragon, Pyroclastic Dragon, and Howling Dragon! Im sure we're gonna see them down the line of this dragon series eventually, but with planescape happening soon, i thought id suggest em

[@Baltimoresquirrel]

This is cool as hell!!! Fantastic creation!

[@weslooos]

One of the better if not best monsters I have seen, thank you.

[@silberhimmel6802]

imagine.. a group of adventurers helped a young hag dragon escape from a coven of hags. The months go by and the group hears rumours of a dragon that will grant you wishes and curse your enemies for you. all for the low, low price of a few of your life years.

[@derskalde4973]

The creation of a hag dragon reminded me of a creature I came up with: the brood ghoul This very rare variant of ghoul, created through contact with energies of the Far Realms, can create more ghouls via Transmutation magic. It tends to plunder nests of birds, lizards, etc, and then places these stolen eggs in a nest of its own, where over time those eggs swell to the size of ostrich eggs, while the Embryo inside mutates into a ghoul, before it breaks free of its shell, once the egg gets too small for the creature. Few of those ghoul "cubs" live long enough to reach maturity, but will always display some clue to their original species, like a vestigial beak, a few patchy feathers or lizard like scales. If other creatures in the vacinity are exposed to the presence of a brood ghoul for prolonged time, they will start to show similar symptoms. Brood ghouls tend to be a bit smaller and stockier than most ghouls, their hips are deformed in a way, that makes it almost impossible for them to stand upright, forcing them to adopt a posture more similar to lizards, and have a thick, leathery hide. Their facial features lack the canine features, and look more like roughly hewn stone. Ghoul, Brood Medium undead, CE *AC* 15 (natural armor) *Hit Points* 60 (8d8 + 24) *Speed* 30 ft. STR 16 (+3), DEX 17 (+3), CON 16 (+3), INT 11 (+0), WIS 10 (+0), CHA 8 (-1) *Damage Resistences* necrotic *Damage Immunities* poison *Condition Immunities* charmed, exhaustion, poisoned *Senses* Darkvision 60 ft., passive perception 10 *Languages* Common *Challenge* 5 (1800 XP) Traits Brute, sunlight sensitivity, turn defiance, undead fortitude *Innate Spellcasting* Innate spellcasting ability is constitution (spell save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell attacks) At will: _Chill Touch, Mold Earth_ 3/day each: _Cause Fear_ (3rd Level), _Spike Growth, Vampiric Touch_ 1/day each: _Barkskin_ *Actions* *Bite.* _Melee Weapon Attack:_ +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. _Hit:_ 16 (3d8 + 3) piercing damage *Claw.* _Melee Weapon Attack:_ +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. _Hit:_ 13 (3d6 + 3) slashing damage Creatures other than undead must succeed on a DC 10 Con save or be paralyzed for 1 Minute. Target can repeat saving throws at the end of each of its turns, ending effect on a success. *Transmute Flesh (Recharge 6).* _Melee spell attack:_ +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. _Hit:_ 8 (2d4 + 3) necrotic damage The brood ghoul exposes the target to the raw power of Transmutation magic. The target must make a DC 10 Con save. On failed save, the targets innards warp, causing severe discomfort and nausea. The target is considered poisoned until it finishes a long rest, and its Hit Point maximum is permanently reduced by the amount of necrotic damage taken until it is subjected to a _Lesser Restoration_ spell or similar magic. On a successful save it takes no damage.

[@justincollins5402]

I love the videos man! This concept is absolute perfection. Love your descriptiveness! First thing that came to my mind was the mummy sand kraken, and the stories you bounced off of it. For instance, the hahs being dead but the ancient Hag Dragon still being bound to a duty, or running wild, living its best life. Great job! Write some fiction novels! Lol

[@aneeshskariah6019]

This video was worth my time. Thankyou Make with this quality Cheers

[@matthewmckinnon7654]

And I'm sold. Pre-ordered the book and have one more dragon for my giant dragon preserve homebrew setting.