D&D (2024) More Dragon Redesign Clues

Charlaquin · Jul 7, 2024

Personally, since I prefer my metallic dragons to be based on the 7 alchemical metals of antiquity, I’m pretty happy with the bronze design because it will be very easy to just call a copper dragon. Hopefully the brass dragon design will be similarly easy to pass off as tin.

Ibrandul · Jul 7, 2024

It just occurred to me that 5.5e will surely at some point get its own dragon-focused epic hardcover adventure, to mirror the first one for 5e. They're going to want to showcase these new dragon designs, and that seems like a great way to do it.

I know a lot of folks want WotC to set the Forgotten Realms aside for a while, but I think a Dracorage* adventure would be fit for purpose. Let's let goody-good PCs throw down on some metallics!

*(In FR lore, an ancient elven high magic caused the periodic appearance of a particular comet to trigger a collective, senseless, temporary rampage in all dragons, no matter their usual temperaments. The source of that magic was undone about 120 years before the "present" year in setting metaplot, in the novel series The Year of Rogue Dragons, but I'm sure WotC would be perfectly content to revive the concept, and I hope they do.)

Parmandur · Jul 7, 2024

Ibrandul said:
It just occurred to me that 5.5e will surely at some point get its own dragon-focused epic hardcover adventure, to mirror the first one for 5e. They're going to want to showcase these new dragon designs, and that seems like a great way to do it.

I know a lot of folks want WotC to set the Forgotten Realms aside for a while, but I think a Dracorage* adventure would be fit for purpose. Let's let goody-good PCs throw down on some metallics!

*(In FR lore, an ancient elven high magic caused the periodic appearance of a particular comet to trigger a collective, senseless, temporary rampage in all dragons, no matter their usual temperaments. The source of that magic was undone about 120 years before the "present" year in setting metaplot, in the novel series The Year of Rogue Dragons, but I'm sure WotC would be perfectly content to revive the concept, and I hope they do.)

Tyranny of Dragons is still in print. I wouldn't bet against Moar Dragons in the future, but the 5E Campaigns are all still being kept in print and available for a reason.

Ibrandul · Jul 7, 2024

Parmandur said:
Tyranny of Dragons is still in print. I wouldn't bet against Moar Dragons in the future, but the 5E Campaigns are all still being kept in print and available for a reason.

Precisely why a Dracorage campaign—which lets you fight the dragon types that in Tyranny you're allying with, as well as dragon types entirely absent from Tyranny (gem dragons)—makes a lot of sense.

I get you that WotC has so far wanted each new adventure hardcover to have a theme that's totally different from any of their other hardcovers, but I think if there's any theme they'll feel fine about doubling up on, it's the one that's half of the name of the game.

Veltharis ap Rylix · Jul 7, 2024

Of a different mindset, myself - if they're going to do another dragon-centric adventure, I'd rather they do it in a different setting that uses dragons in different ways.

Maybe Eberron? An expedition to Argonessen, or perhaps meddling in Prophecy as (or against) agents of the Chamber?

Parmandur · Jul 7, 2024

Ibrandul said:
Precisely why a Dracorage campaign—which lets you fight the dragon types that in Tyranny you're allying with, as well as dragon types entirely absent from Tyranny (gem dragons)—makes a lot of sense.

I get you that WotC has so far wanted each new adventure hardcover to have a theme that's totally different from any of their other hardcovers, but I think if there's any theme they'll feel fine about doubling up on, it's the one that's half of the name of the game.

What I would expect to see of they wanted to go big on Dragons in a campaign ia actually a rewrite of the War of the Lance campaign.

Parmandur · Jul 7, 2024

Veltharis ap Rylix said:
Of a different mindset, myself - if they're going to do another dragon-centric adventure, I'd rather they do it in a different setting that uses dragons in different ways.

Maybe Eberron? An expedition to Argonessen, or perhaps meddling in Prophecy as (or against) agents of the Chamber?

My gut for a while has been if they go back to Ebwrron, it would be Xen'drik...but the Draconic Prophecy as a plot element would make sense, along with Argonessen agents.

Corinnguard · Jul 7, 2024

Veltharis ap Rylix said:
Maybe Eberron? An expedition to Argonessen, or perhaps meddling in Prophecy as (or against) agents of the Chamber?

Argonessen could be depicted as the successor to 2e's Council of Wyrms setting.

Ibrandul · Jul 7, 2024

Parmandur said:
What I would expect to see of they wanted to go big on Dragons in a campaign ia actually a rewrite of the War of the Lance campaign.

I would have thought so too, before Shadow of the Dragon Queen. My sense is that WotC perceives that as an unsuccessful product and isn't likely to go all-in on Krynn again soon. That's also what Manganiello said in an interview a few months back, but he might just have been cranky that his TV show got canned.

It might not be accurate—certainly the tie-in board game was very commercially and critically unsuccessful, but who knows how much that matters to whether WotC will let Krynn have another go soon? (Vecna doesn't count, since the whole idea was to tour through the classic settings they hit during 5e, including the less successful ones.)

So long as we're dreaming, I do like the Argonnessen idea.

Henadic Theologian · Jul 7, 2024

Don't like the changes, I like creatures to have a consistent base line unless their is a good reason for them not to.

D&D (2024) More Dragon Redesign Clues

Charlaquin

Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)

Ibrandul

Hero

Parmandur

Book-Friend

Ibrandul

Hero

Veltharis ap Rylix

Legend

Parmandur

Book-Friend

Parmandur

Book-Friend

Corinnguard

Hero

Ibrandul

Hero

Henadic Theologian

Legend

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