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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How can a sufficiently paranoid Ancient Red Dragon be defeated?
This excellent answer describes how to play an Ancient Red Dragon that makes full use of its many abilities. It sounds virtually invincible. How can a party of level fitting the dragon's CR defeat it?
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How can we change the alignment of our black dragon hatchling?
My fiance is running a campaign and the players have the opportunity to obtain a wyrmling black dragon. Now black dragons are chaotic evil, but the monk of the group believes that it shouldn't be ...
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What can I do with Dragon Hatchlings?
In my current campaign, the PC's have an opportunity to acquire not one but three dragon eggs that are hatching soon. I am talking about:
Chances are my party will be able to safely transport at ...
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Would Animal Handling apply when interacting with a young dragon?
From when a dragon hatches from its egg to the end of its life, could a character use Animal Handling to interact favourably with it? If so, when (in terms of life stages of the dragon) would it apply ...
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How to get a dragon special breath attack
By "Special breath attack" I mean breath weapons with effects you can find in some True Dragons like a sleep gas for brass dragon, a parlyzing effect for the silver dragon etc...
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Can a shadow dragon be in both sunlight and dim light at once?
In D&D 5e, Shadow dragons have the following abilities (among others):
resistance to necrotic damage always, and resistance to all other forms of damage except force, psychic and radiant, when in ...
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Can a true dragon die of old age?
Does a true dragon have a maximum lifespan or old age maladies that can kill them? Or do they live functionally forever unless slain via violence?
Is there an edition difference where they can die of ...
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If a Dragonborn is affiliated with a particular dragon race, is it more likely to inherit that race's alignment?
I'm DMing for a homebrew quest with vanilla material, where the party is getting very close to a Dragonborn village. I haven't yet decided which dragon most of the village Dragonborn will be descended ...
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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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What type are the Dragons on these pages of Fizban's Treasury?
I am currently reading through Fizban's Treasury of Dragons a second time and I must admit I still struggle to identify the types of the Dragons depicted in a few of the artworks and would like to get ...
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How do I determine a dragon's new Challenge Rating when applying the Shadow Dragon template?
The Monster Manual contains a template whereby any true dragon may be turned into a shadow dragon. A shadow dragon differs from a true dragon in the following ways:
It has resistance to necrotic ...
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Can a Blinded caster with Blindsight use spells that require them to see the target?
The situation I have in mind is the following:
An epic battle ensues between a Young Green Dragon (caster variant) and a Purple Worm. The Purple Worm swallows the dragon; meanwhile, the dragon has ...
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What happens when a metallic dragon and a chromatic dragon mate?
Is it possible, and if so, what happens when a metallic and chromatic dragon mate? I'm most interested in blue and bronze dragons.
I'm interested in lore from all editions except the fourth edition. ...
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For the Summon Draconic Spirit spell, does the damage type of the breath weapon have to match that of the caster’s shared resistance?
The Draconic Spirit summoned by the summon draconic spirit spell has the Breath Weapon action option (FToD, p. 21):
Breath Weapon. The dragon exhales destructive energy in a 30-foot cone. Each ...
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Which resistance(s) does the Chromatic Draconic Spirit from the spell "Summon Draconic Spirit" get?
The summon draconic spirit spell states (FToD, p. 21):
When you cast this spell, choose a family of dragon: chromatic, gem, or metallic. The creature resembles a dragon of the chosen family, which ...
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