D&D 5E (2024) What do people think of the new dragon designs?

[FitzTheRuke]

Is the Bronze Dragon suppose to be finny?

Aren't they the metallic swimmers? I think they're semi-aquatic.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I really like the Green with the Maple Leaf Wings. I've always found the green had the least interesting design. This is much more interesting, if a little on-the-nose for a Forest Dragon.

 

[ART!]

When DMing, I'm going to use whatever image I can find of a ___ dragon that suits me in the moment. Maybe I'll tinker with the statblock and powers. So, I'm happy to let artists design whatever they want and fill a book with their cool art.

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

Only design I don't really care for is the new blue dragon... It doesn't say "desert dweller" to me in the way that the 3e-era design did, with the mixed blue and yellow/tan/gold color scheme.

Looks more like a "storm" dragon design, perhaps even ocean-dwelling, like the bronze.

 

[Zaukrie]

I just hope the stat blocks are good, man. I want interesting dragons. Not just carpet-bombers. An adult dragon should feel like a Souls boss!

This. I can always find art on line if I don't love the new look.....give me interesting solos, WotC.....

 

[TwoSix]

We actually did get pictures of the updated designs for the other Chromatics.
Let me post them again.

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The Cover Art for the PHB shows the new look for the Gold Dragon
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I'm not a big user of dragons in my game, but I really like designs of both the green and the blue dragons.

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

Aren't they the metallic swimmers? I think they're semi-aquatic.

Reminds me of the Spinosaurus tail discovery from a few years back.

 

[aco175]

I was reminded of the Avatar Movie with blue people, not the elemental kid.

 

[Crimson Longinus]

Irrelevant, really. The dragon is the terrain at that point.

But you still need to represent it on the map somehow.

You don't kill it with swords -- you kill it with magic swords, and lances, and axes, and spells.

How does that help with the inability to reach the vital organs as the creature’s hide is as thick as your sharp magic stick is long?

 

[Crimson Longinus]

Only design I don't really care for is the new blue dragon... It doesn't say "desert dweller" to me in the way that the 3e-era design did, with the mixed blue and yellow/tan/gold color scheme.

Looks more like a "storm" dragon design, perhaps even ocean-dwelling, like the bronze.

Which is what the blue dragon’s habitat should be.