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

[TwoSix]

Certainly. I’d still like to be able to visualise how it happens.

To be serious, I have no idea. I don't generally subscribe to the "dragons the size of a 747" idea, myself. I usually present adult dragons as being around the size of T-rexes, in the 5-8 ton range.

The only thing I generally present as being truly kaiju-like are the tarrasque and dragon turtles.

 

[Reynard]

Not really. But see my post above yours.

Ah. I see.

First of all, I am okay with Theater of the Mind so the map isn't important, and as a big fan of the look and feel of anime, World of Warcraft cinematics and epic fantasy/sci-fi/superhero movies, I am okay visually a tiny dude with a tiny sword slashing into a massive dragons heart.

 

[Charlaquin]

Every edition seems to slightly tweak the same fundamental dragon designs. As iterations of those designs go, these ones are pretty good. I like that they’re nice and chonky, and that you can see some of the elemental effects around them.

 

[Frozen_Heart]

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

Uh oh, you mentioned the cursed word...

 

[Charlaquin]

Uh oh, you mentioned the cursed word...

Is that like a reverse Peewee’s Playhouse situation…?

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

Uh oh, you mentioned the cursed word...

Can't say I'm familiar with it, so... Apologies? Shrugs

I'm a big fan of the manga One Piece, which had a character that can turn into a Spinosaurus during its last major arc (characters that can shapeshift into one type of animal or another is a pretty standard thing in the series), and the author actually updated that character's design to be more accurate after learning about the discovery in question.

Seeing the bronze dragons get a similar update to their tail design reminded me of that.

 

[Frozen_Heart]

Can't say I'm familiar with it, so... Apologies? Shrugs

If you mention the s-word in a paleo focused area, it will inevitably devolve into people arguing for days on the topic.

 

[Bitbrain]

Can't say I'm familiar with it, so... Apologies? Shrugs

It’s a running joke, except not because paleontologists will literally get into screaming matches about, well, everything to do with Spinosaurus.

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

If you mention the s-word in a paleo focused area, it will inevitably devolve into people arguing for days on the topic.

It’s a running joke, except not because paleontologists will literally get into screaming matches about, well, everything to do with Spinosaurus.

Ah, I see. Was a big dinosaur nut as a kid, but I've been mostly removed from paleontology circles as an adult, so I wasn't aware of there being any particularly heated discourse on the subject.

 

[Argyle King]

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

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https://i.*****.com/P9dZBYx.png
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The Cover Art for the PHB shows the new look for the Gold Dragon
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The ones pictured here look good. Something about the limb placement on the green seems a little off, but that's a nitpick.

Regarding the OP:

The Red Dragon looks a bit chonky, but I guess that's alright for a general "average" specimen.

I don't like the bronze dragon from the OP.
It looks too much like a bird.