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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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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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...
The only ...
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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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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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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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How does negative energy interact with shadow dragons?
I'm going to be running a shadow dragon in a game soon and after reading this question,
Are negative levels necessarily energy drain?
I became confused about how negative levels and negative energy ...
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What is the lowest CR creature that can defeat an Ancient Red Dragon in open combat, and how many of them does it take?
This Q&A explores a similar question with commoners specifically, but I wanted to pose a challenge that isn't defeated by kiting. As such, I figured I'd open the floor to all creatures, with a ...
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How many commoners would it take to defeat an Ancient Red Dragon in a straight battle?
I'm running a thought experiment to see how many DnD 5e commoners it would take to defeat an Ancient Red Dragon. Use the following constraints for the scenario:
For the commoners, use the stats on ...
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Is it possible for me to play as a half-dragon and if so what would my stats be?
I love dragons but I don't want to be a full dragon or a full human all the time so I want to play as a 1/2 dragon, 1/2 human but to clarify what I mean by 1/2 Dragon is human form but just add Dragon ...
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Use of Zombie Dragon Breath Weapon as an Animate Dead Summon
I was wondering if it is possible to use the Zombie Dragon's Breath weapon from Pathfinder 2E's Animate Dead spell rules as written or even rules as intended.
Summoned creatures have the minion trait:
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How Do I Determine Different Measurements If I Change The Measurement Of A Dragon?
I know my title question seems a little confusing, but let me explain.
I was looking for some measurements on dragons seeing as I'm doing Tyranny of Dragons and I wanted to have some rough ...
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What are the dimensions of a Red Great Wyrm's leg bone?
I'm trying to figure out the cross sectional area of the smallest part of a Red Great Wyrm's leg bones to mathematically determine how much force it has to be able to withstand in order for said Great ...
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Do Smite spells work on Tiamat?
Tiamat has the Limited Magic Immunity trait, I know that much. But the wording confuses me:
Unless she wishes to be affected, Tiamat is immune to spells of 6th level or lower. [...]
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What is a true dragon?
I was just reading the MM, and reading about dracolichs. It says:
Only ancient or adult true dragon can become a dracolich.
But what is a true dragon?
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