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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 8425301" data-attributes="member: 42040">So (at least in my games), I might use dragons once or twice in a given campaign. They're big opponents. Having a &quot;dragon dungeon&quot; where you fight multiple dragons doesn't seem feasible. But undead, demons, devils, aberrations, etc, you can do that.I can't imagine a campaign that uses more than a handful of them.I find them uninteresting because their powers are exactly what even someone not in the hobby would expect. Case in point, yesterday I was talking to a coworker who was looking at the cover of Dragon of Icespire Peak. She doesn't play D&amp;D. &quot;I guess that's a white dragon. It probably breathes icy air instead of fire.&quot;Replace that dragon with a beholder, and you get something that's uniquely D&amp;D. Something that gets the imagination going. Something that can surprise the players. Dragons are everywhere in pop culture. They are one of the lowest common denominator monsters in the game. How many are already in the MM? Dozens of variations, between the ages and colors? I don't think I need more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 8425301, member: 42040"] So (at least in my games), I might use dragons once or twice in a given campaign. They're big opponents. Having a "dragon dungeon" where you fight multiple dragons doesn't seem feasible. But undead, demons, devils, aberrations, etc, you can do that. I can't imagine a campaign that uses more than a handful of them. I find them uninteresting because their powers are exactly what even someone not in the hobby would expect. Case in point, yesterday I was talking to a coworker who was looking at the cover of Dragon of Icespire Peak. She doesn't play D&D. "I guess that's a white dragon. It probably breathes icy air instead of fire." Replace that dragon with a beholder, and you get something that's uniquely D&D. Something that gets the imagination going. Something that can surprise the players. Dragons are everywhere in pop culture. They are one of the lowest common denominator monsters in the game. How many are already in the MM? Dozens of variations, between the ages and colors? I don't think I need more. [/QUOTE]

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