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

 

[Bolares]

Yes, a poor original offering, based on the prior misstep being brought forward, was eventually (years later) fixed.

Funny enough, they are doind the same thing with dragonborn now...

 

[Scribe]

Funny enough, they are doind the same thing with dragonborn now...

Is that confirmed in Fizbans?

 

[Bolares]

Is that confirmed in Fizbans?

Multiple new character options, cromatic, metalic and gem dragonborn, new looks....

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Multiple new character options, chromatic, metallic and gem dragonborn, new looks....

I think that the reason the Dragonborn is getting a change is more of a balance issue now than the Tiefling was. The Tiefling subraces were just to give some variety, as it wasn't an unbalanced to begin with, while the Dragonborn was underpowered from the start.

 

[RealAlHazred]

Looks like I'll have to update my list of dragons soon: Fantastic Friday: True Dragons in D&D

While I don't fully agree with the beginning portion of this statement, I do wish they would open up the World Axis / Nentir Vale / Points-of-Light to the DMs Guild. I think the setting could use a cohesive 5e style campaign book (which it never really had in 4e even).

Can't tell you how disappointed I was that this never became reality.

 

[Faolyn]

Until Mordekainen's came out with the Tiefling subraces for the different Archdukes of Baator.

That's not really a fix, since originally tieflings simply had any fiendish blood in them--devils, demons, yugoloths, geherelths, whatever you wanted. I'm sure you could claim your tiefling was descended from a barghest or vaporighu if you really wanted to, in 2e.

 

[Weiley31]

Say what ya will about the Tieflings, but at least you can use it and refluff it around to make a playable 5E "Succubus" character.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Say what ya will about the Tieflings, but at least you can use it and refluff it around to make a playable 5E "Succubus" character.

It works especially well for Dispater and Glasya Tieflings, as they can innately cast Disguise Self.

 

[Weiley31]

It works especially well for Dispater and Glasya Tieflings, as they can innately cast Disguise Self.

I would also say the Devil's Tongue Tiefling variant works as well. Honestly all you would need would be wings somehow, which would be solved by just having/giving said Tiefling pc Succubus the UA Dragonborn Wings feat, modifying the flying speed so its not a crappy 20 feet.)

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

Can we stop talking about Tieflings in a thread dedicated to dragons. Really tired of checking here and find the discussion about the bastard children of fiends