D&D 5E Fizban's Treasury Dragons Ranked By Challenge Rating

WotC has been sending out previews of Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, due out next month, to folks on Twitter. Amongst those are art pieces and other items.

By Challenge Rating the dragons in the book are:

• Ancient crystal (19)
• Ancient topaz (20)
• Ancient emerald (21)
• Ancient moonstone (21)
• Ancient sapphire (22)
• Elder brain dragon (22)
• Ancient amethyst (23)
• Ancient dragon turtle (24)
• Gem greatwyrm (26)
• Chromatic greatwyrm (27)
• Metallic greatwyrm (28)
• Apects of Bahamut and Tiamat (30)

Interestingly, it appears that the great wyrm category is divided into three -- gem, chromatic, metallic -- rather than by each dragon type.

There's also an alphabetical list of all 20 dragon types in the book:

• Amethyst
• Black
• Blue
• Brass
• Bronze
• Copper
• Crystal
• Deep
• Dragon turtle
• Emerald
• Faerie
• Gold
• Green
• Moonstone
• Red
• Sapphire
• Shadow
• Silver
• Topaz
• White

 

[Henadic Theologian]

This one I like actually. I like that they have power similar to gods, but are different. It stems from my BECMI days when dragons where treated differently than gods (at least initially). I like that idea that as a dragon ages it become more and more powerful until it reaches god-like status.

But I understand why you might not like it. It just happens to fit my preferred dragon fiction better.

I don't object to that style of Dragon, it's retconning preexisting Dragon Gods to demote them.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Oh god no. One faerie dragon is already enough of a pain in the ass.

Imagine how much more fun they will be as a swarm!!!

 

[Bolares]

Imagine how much more fun they will be as a swarm!!!

 

[Bolares]

I don't object to that style of Dragon, it's retconning preexisting Dragon Gods to demote them.

Well, I take each edition as a different reality, so I don't really consider it a retcon.

 

[dave2008]

I don't object to that style of Dragon, it's retconning preexisting Dragon Gods to demote them.

I don't look at it that way. It is always a promotion to be a dragon. At least this way they are not beholden to Ao!

 

[Maxperson]

I'd love to see what happens when Beholders start obsessively dreaming of Angels.

When they dream about Eagles you get lyin' eyes.

 

[Bolares]

When they dream about Eagles you get lyin' eyes.

When they dream of Saruman you get Eyesengard

 

[Maxperson]

When they dream of Saruman you get Eyesengard

When they dream about physics do they come up with the Heyesenberg Uncertainty Principle?

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

The eyedragon as new creature is relatively original and different, dreadful but not too scary and it can be sold as toy for children.

The elder brain dragon sounds like the ultimate Lovecraftian nightmare as final boss, but I miss the brainstealer as dragon with age category. It was designed by Paizo for Dragon Magazine but it is copyright by WotC, isn't it? Now I wonder how would be a brainstealer dragonborn.

* Don't you miss a class linked with dragons? like the dragon shaman or dragonfire adept (or the prestige class dragon disciple), but I would rather the concept of dracolyte. Subclasses? All you want.

The planar dragons shouldn't be forgotten. There are enough space for them.

 

[Faolyn]

I'd love to see what happens when Beholders start obsessively dreaming of Angels.