Questions tagged [dragons]
For questions about dragons, intelligent reptilian creatures with wings that are often depicted as loving to hoard shiny objects. They appear in a number of RPGs, most obviously Dungeons & Dragons.
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What can a dragon use to increase their armour class? [closed]
It is hard to survive as dragon - and yet they do. Despite being known for their nasty claws+bite, fear radiance and breath weapon - thus becoming a high priority target for nearly any ranged attack - ...
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Dragon Alternate Form feature vs Draconic Polymorph
I was curious about what the differences are for a True Dragon between using its natural Alternate Form feature vs the Draconic Polymorph spell.
The Alternate Form feature (link to Gold Dragon on SRD) ...
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If a dragon becomes a shadow dragon, would it still be subject to a previously cast True Polymorph's reversal?
Story / example: A Harpy gets Truly Polymorphed into a wyrmling Brass dragon - albeit a bit of a weird one, what with her harpy-like personality and alignment.
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Do I have to pick one of the listed types of dragon for my sorcerer's Draconic Ancestry?
For the Draconic Bloodline sorcerer subclass, can I only choose my dragon ancestor from the kinds listed in the Draconic Ancestry table? Or is it possible to choose an unlisted type of dragon (such as ...
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Grabbing & releasing with dragons
I'm planning a combat situation with a dragon and trying to understand what happens if the dragon grabs and attempts to drop players from height.
So far this is how I'm thinking about ruling it:
The ...
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How long could a dragon survive if it were trapped in its lair?
Pretty much just what the title says. Would it just starve and die over time, or would it be able to survive in some way?
Clarification
I'm assuming a red dragon, and the lair being something in line ...
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Do true polymorphed gold dragons retain their ability to cast spells?
I recently rewatched Mr. Rhexx's video on gold dragons and he mentioned that they love to practice magic. He also mentioned that all dragons can innately cast spells but gold dragons choose to further ...
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Why do red dragons and gold dragons have the same CR?
There are 4 variants of each type of dragon, each corresponding to a specific age. At each age, the red and gold dragons each have the same CR (4, 10, 17, and 24). The dragons are superficially ...
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How can my half-dragon villain aim to become more draconic?
The villain in the adventure I'm currently running is a half-dragon druid. Their motivation is that they want to claim some of the power and glory of their draconic ancestors. At the moment, I'm just ...
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As a player character, is there a way to reanimate a dragon I killed as an undead under that PC's control?
If a PC killed an ancient green dragon, what could they do to reanimate it as undead under their control, assumeing they have whatever combination of class levels necessary to make the idea work?
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How/when does an ability like a dragon's breath weapon recharge, if it's listed as "Recharge 5–6"?
Dragon breath weapons used to be simple: 3 uses per day. They magically recharged at either midnight or dawn, depending on your DM.
As I read through the dragon section, I see new (to me) info on ...
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How do crossbred dragons inherit movement, MR, and special defenses?
1990's Draconomicon has some guidelines for crossbred dragons that seem useful for 3.5/5e. From what I can tell, though, rules for land/flight/(swim) speeds, magic resistance, and elemental immunity (...
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How does Truesight affect a shapechanger who grows/shrinks like a polymorphed dragon?
In searching for this answer, I did come across this post that is similar, though my question is more cosmetic than functional...
The sense of Truesight states:
A monster with truesight can [...] ...
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Can this dragon from the Rise of Tiamat adventure fit in this area from Episode 2?
The main map of the area in Episode 2 ("The Sea of Moving Ice") contains effectively 2 floors: a series of hallways and rooms on the top floor, and a large cavern as the bottom floor.
The main ...
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What items could help against fighting a dragon? [closed]
Getting ready to battle a horde of dragons. What are the best magic weapons to fight dragons? Found arrows and some charms against dragon breath. What non-homebrew items could help?
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How does dragon age translate to shapechange age?
I'm working on a NPC who was raised to believe he is half elf, half dragon (Wood Elf father, Red Dragon mother), but who is actually a full Copper Dragon. The character is supposed to be 26 years old, ...
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Any known instances of friendliness or friendship between opposing dragons?
As known dragons are not necessarily enemies of each other despite different alignments.
What I am wondering is are there any known instances of friendliness or friendship between chromatic and ...
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How does a dragon gain Challenge Rating & thereby increase their spell power? [closed]
According to the spell casting variant suggested in the Monster Manual in the True Dragon section, dragons gain a number of spells based on their charisma and their maximum level is based off of 1/3rd ...
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Are a dragon's attacks considered magical? [duplicate]
Are these attacks considered magical?
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (2d10 + 8) piercing damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, reach 10 ft., one ...
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Which abilities can a gold dragon in change shape form use?
Can an Adult Gold Dragon in Change Shape form use any of the following abilities?
Multiattack.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack
Tail. Melee Weapon Attack
Frightful Presence.
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What happens if a dragon gets older but doesn't gain experience?
Chapter 3 of the Draconomicon details how, every couple years, a true dragon must take its next level in its dragon "class". But what if the dragon just sits around, not gaining any XP, and therefore ...
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Dragon Rider PRC question (DragonLance Campaign Setting)
Dragon Rider PRC (DragonLance)
Does the the bonus hit dice your dragon gains also apply to his age and/or size going up as well? IE: say a 17HD copper dragon (Large, Young Adult) get to apply his 8 ...
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Are these homebrew metallic/chromatic pseudodragons the same CR as RAW pseudodragons?
Pseudodragons are Tiny CR 1/4 dragons, but they're not quite dragon-like enough for my purposes. I want to homebrew some alternative stat blocks to the pseudodragon so that they more so resemble the ...
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Is it legal to use True Polymorph to become a really old adult dragon so that you become ancient with time?
A scenario popped up in my mind that seems legal but feels like cheating. Say a level 20 wizard used True Polymorph to become an Adult Gold Dragon, at age 800 years and 364 days old. As stated in ...
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What are the properties of dragon bones? [duplicate]
I've heard of certain properties being attributed to things such as dragon tears and scales, are there any established properties for dragon bones in crafting or other applications?
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Is this Revised Dragon Rider homebrew class balanced compared to the official classes?
Is this revision of the homebrew Dragon Rider class balanced compared to the other official classes in 5e?
Note that all the spells I've put on the Rider spell list require concentration.
The class:
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I want to have a bond with a baby dragon. Can I?
I just started playing D&D 5e. I am playing an Ethereal Dwarf, Paladin level 2, and my background is Haunted One. With my background, I received a broken silver dragon pendant. My harrowing event ...
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Is this homebrew Dragon Rider class balanced compared to the other official classes?
Is this homebrew Dragon Rider class balanced compared to the other official classes in 5e?
Note that all the spells I've put on the Rider spell list require concentration.
The class:
Dragon Rider
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Giving my players a dragon [closed]
I'm starting a new campaign and I was thinking of giving my players a newly hatched baby dragon in the start of the campaign. I think it would be cool if when it's grown a bit that they can have it as ...
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What kind of dragon cohort can my paladin get?
My D&D 3.5 paladin took the Dragon Cohort feat in order to obtain the services of a gold dragon (and negotiate being allowed to use the cohort as a mount from time to time) but now I'm not sure ...
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Is there an in-setting explanation for how dragons breathe fire?
I'm currently in the process of writing a new campaign setting in which many classical mythical creatures have been rendered extinct for various reasons, one such creature is the dragon.
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What abilities can the Hex spell target on an adult white dragon?
The hex spell description says (PHB, p. 251):
You place a curse on a creature that you can see within range. Until
the spell ends, you deal an extra 1d6 necrotic damage to the target
whenever ...
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Would an anti-magic zone affect a dragon's breath weapon? [duplicate]
One of my players has a special crystal that emits an anti-magic zone 5-feet around them. It was just picked up so they're trying to figure out what to do with the crystal. Suddenly they are ...
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Can a Dragon enter the Feywild without having to use fey crossing portals?
I'm creating a campaign for my group and I need to know if dragons (metallic and chromatic) can enter and exit the Feywild, without having to use fey crossing portals?
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How much do monsters get from Change Shape? [duplicate]
If you have a dragon or a couatl and have it change shape into, say, the CR 3 knight, what among brave, multiattack, leadership, and parry is "not a class feature" and would therefore be available to ...
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What is the CR of a Metallic Dragon after it uses Change Shape?
The older Metallic Dragons have the Change Shape ability:
Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into its ...
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If a Dragon under the effects of their Change Shape feature is cloned, can the cloned Dragon revert to their true form?
Some dragons have the Change Shape feature. For example, the Ancient Gold Dragon's Change Shape feature reads as follows:
Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that ...
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How to calculate the CR of innate spellcasting dragons (and how that affects their highest spell level)
I have a rough understanding of how to calculate expected challenge rating, but I'm not sure how it works in the case of the innate spellcasting dragons variant.
Consider an Ancient Gold Dragon:
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Can a dragon use its multiattack and its breath weapon in the same turn, or is it a choice between the two?
In the Monster Manual, it states that a dragon can use a multiattack of Frightful Presence, then a bite and two claw attacks.
Can it use its breath weapon in the same turn? Or does it use its breath ...
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How do I determine a Shadow Dragon's Breath Save DC?
From the Shadow Dragon template, it would appear that the Shadow Breath has the same damage and save as the original dragon's breath weapon, as no change is stated in the template:
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If an Ancient Metallic Dragon uses Change Shape to turn into a humanoid with Innate Spellcasting, do the uses of “X/day” spells reset each time?
Ancient Metallic Dragons (e.g. Ancient Brass Dragons) have the Change Shape ability:
Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than ...
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What will happened if two dragons of different color try to have a baby? [duplicate]
In all d&d books that I had on my hand, nothing mention the progeniture of two dragon of different colors (red and green, silver and gold or even red and gold). Is something say that dragon can ...
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Do dragons smell of lilacs?
I had an interesting thing happen in my last session of Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition.
My players' characters are in a dragon-heavy adventure. A player tried to do a Perception check to detect ...
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Can a dragon's breath weapon pass through Leomund's Tiny Hut?
Leomund's tiny hut can protect against magic, objects, and creatures from entering.
A dragon's breath weapon is not considered magical, but has to be an object at least - which should be blocked by ...
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What are the limits to a half-dragon using the Disguise Self spell?
My understanding is that a half-dragon can't use the spell disguise self to appear human. A half-dragon just has too many limbs for that to work properly, not to mention technically the dragon is no ...
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How can characters/players identify that a polymorphed dragon is a dragon?
Many dragons (e.g. ancient gold dragons) can polymorph using the Change Shape action:
Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than ...
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Can the Purify Food and Water spell fix water impacted/poisoned by the presence of a black dragon?
Can the purify food and water spell fix water impacted/poisoned by the presence of a black dragon?
I assume the power of the black dragon would overpower the spell, but I'm not totally sure.
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What happens when a steel dragon dies in its human form?
When a steel dragon is about to die from old age, it supposedly goes into hiding to recall all the memories of all the human lives it has lived, but what if a steel dragon is killed during battle ...
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Would a Dragon be able to use the Fleet of Foot feat while flying?
Fleet of Foot from Complete Warrior: Would a Dragon be able to use the Fleet of Foot feat while flying? The feat states: "When running or charging..
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Is my Homebrew Race, the Dragonewt, too Overpowered?
I've been working hours on top of hours on a race I'd like to call, a dragonewt. The problem is that I don't know if its traits are to overpowered, especially "infinite genius." I'm wondering if you ...
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