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YOUNG SILVER DRAGON: The Race to Freedom
How to Use – Combat Encounter (difficulty 12) Silver Dragon Tactics: Of all possible terrains to fight an intelligent dragon in, mountain is definitely the worst. Among the many things the dragon can do: Mountains have many peaks and ledges. Retreating out of sight is extremely easy, whereupon the dragon can remain safe until its… Continue reading
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GOLD DRAGON WYRMLING: A Garden of Beautiful Traps
How to Use – Combat Encounter (difficulty 4) Gold dragons live in splendor, with the outer part of their lair scenic gardens, with gently flowing streams and rows upon rows of fragrant flowers. This doesn’t mean that the area is safe for their enemies, though. Gold dragons know evil well enough that they would never… Continue reading
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ANCIENT GOLD DRAGON: Life That is Like a Dream
How to Use – Combat Encounters (difficulty 27) This article will be a look at some enchantments the gold dragon might have on its lair, and how it might use its lair actions to turn itself from powerful to lethal. The dragon has no need of stairs or access ramps to reach its home. In… Continue reading
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ADULT GOLD DRAGON: Robbing a Dragon, and What Comes Next
How to Avoid Using Let’s start with my usual. The list of possible reasons for the good-alignment creature to refuse to join the quest, and basically take over the story. Robbing a Dragon’s Hoard Gold dragons keep items of immense magical value in their hoards. In our ongoing quest to find interesting opportunities to use… Continue reading
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YOUNG GOLD DRAGON: Dignity in Battle and Moderation in Advice
How to Use in Moderation As I often mention, the main problem with using powerful good-aligned monsters is figuring out why they don’t do the quests instead of you. Here are reasons for the young gold dragon: There are also a couple of ways to prompt the players to not desire the support: While the… Continue reading
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COPPER DRAGON WYRMLING: Trickery on the Battlefield and Beyond
How to Use I mentioned in chromatic dragon wyrmlings that I dislike the idea of using wyrmlings as enemies. In my mind, a battle against a dragon should be impressive, and using wyrmlings as enemies robs dragons of their majesty. With that said, here are a few encounters if you do want to use a… Continue reading
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ANCIENT COPPER DRAGON: The Host Hiding in Plain Sight
How to Use (difficulty 24) The ancient copper dragon, like all ancient metallic dragons and several of the adult metallic dragons, has the ability to take on a humanoid form. The question is how it will use it, as unlike other metallic dragons it isn’t open to helping people or to socializing with society in… Continue reading
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ADULT COPPER DRAGON: Trials of the Acid Trickster
I already discussed in the last article how to use and not use the copper dragon’s sense of humor. I also mentioned that this dragon is closer to neutral than good, and that therefore there is probably no need to find reasons for the dragon not to join the party when you don’t want it… Continue reading
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YOUNG COPPER DRAGON: The Comedian and the Crumbling Cliff
How to Use While the copper dragon is officially classified as good, I fail to see it in the flavor text description. Based on that description, I’d classify the dragon as neutral. This is not a dragon that will help vanquish evil, unless it is in its most direct self-interest to do so. On the… Continue reading
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BRONZE DRAGON WYRMLING: Hidden in the Mist
How to Use – Combat Encounter 1 (difficulty 4) For good territory for a bronze dragon wyrmling, or wyrmlings (I see little reason to assume that good alignment dragon wyrmlings would be solitary), I would suggest a cave complex. Because this is a good dragon, and because one of a bronze dragon’s lair effects is… Continue reading
About Me
I’ve been a DM since I was about 10 years old. (Not of D&D, admittedly, but still.) After growing bored of fights that were all the same, dungeons heavily populated by one monster type, and a general shortage of ideas, I figured I’d embark on my own trip through the Monster Manual, one monster at a time. Feel free to join the quest.