D&D (2024) The Dragons Video for the 2025 Monster Manual

[dave2008]

Full page art for each ancient dragon - nice!

 

[dave2008]

wyrmlings are getting more menacing - that can work

 

[dave2008]

Red dragon has "commanding presence" instead of frightful presence. Sounds good.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Dragon Article

https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1889-explore-the-exciting-changes-to-dragons-in-the

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Thanks to the collective bargaining efforts of the Kobold's Worker Union, Kobolds are now recognized as Dragons. Good for them!

But Dragonborn aren't.

This BTW creates a weird dynamic were Dragonborn are humanoids, but Kobolds are dragons, Gobiniods are Fey, but Elves aren't (with the exception of SOME monsterous Eladrin), and Gnolls are fiends, but Tieflings aren't (which also causes a massive lore issues in settings like Nentir Vale, Forgotten Realms, Eberron).

Also this means that the NPC stats are for use with humanoids, but Gobliniods, Gnolls, and Kobolds aren't humanoids.

Also Fiends that die off plane get reborn on their native plane, eventually so if Gnolls die, now that they are fiends do they just reappear as Gnolls in the Abyss?

It's frustrating that they make so many changes without thinking about the broader implications for settings causing serious lore issues in the future. That is one of the problems with the Rule of Cool coming first.

One wonders what other creature type changes have been made.

So far Kobolds-Dragons, Gobliniods-Fey, Empyreans-Celestial or Fiends, Gnolls-Fiends, Sphinxes-Celestials, anymore revealed?

Oh and I think we know Owlbears will he changed to beasts because of DADHAT, don't even need a preview to know that.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Also Fiends that die off plane get reborn on their native plane, eventually so if Gnolls die, now that they are fiends do they just reappear as Gnolls in the Abyss?

that’s not a universal rule even if true for many types of fiends.

 

[pukunui]

Oh and I think we know Owlbears will he changed to beasts because of DADHAT, don't even need a preview to know that.

I dunno. If that were the case, wouldn't they have included owlbears in the PHB, since those creatures are meant to cover wild shape options plus familiars and such?

 

[UngeheuerLich]

But Dragonborn aren't.

This BTW creates a weird dynamic were Dragonborn are humanoids, but Kobolds are dragons, Gobiniods are Fey, but Elves aren't (with the exception of SOME monsterous Eladrin), and Gnolls are fiends, but Tieflings aren't (which also causes a massive lore issues in settings like Nentir Vale, Forgotten Realms, Eberron).

Also this means that the NPC stats are for use with humanoids, but Gobliniods, Gnolls, and Kobolds aren't humanoids.

Also Fiends that die off plane get reborn on their native plane, eventually so if Gnolls die, now that they are fiends do they just reappear as Gnolls in the Abyss?

It's frustrating that they make so many changes without thinking about the broader implications for settings causing serious lore issues in the future. That is one of the problems with the Rule of Cool coming first.

One wonders what other creature type changes have been made.

So far Kobolds-Dragons, Gobliniods-Fey, Empyreans-Celestial or Fiends, Gnolls-Fiends, Sphinxes-Celestials, anymore revealed?

Oh and I think we know Owlbears will he changed to beasts because of DADHAT, don't even need a preview to know that.

Elves are also no fey creatures. Goliaths are no Giants. So Dragonborn are to Dragons what Goliaths are to Giants, What elves are to Fey. Very close relatives but still humanoids.
Goblins are fey. Kobolds are Dragons.
This has the added benefit of explaining why adventurers go out killing them...
So what is left are Orcs. They are humanoids now. So we should stop treating them as Monsters.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

I dunno. If that were the case, wouldn't they have included owlbears in the PHB, since those creatures are meant to cover wild shape options plus familiars and such?

No. Because their CR is too high for the Appendix in the PHB.

 

[Xenolith234]

Doesn't make sense that elves aren't fey when one of their racial abilities is "fey ancestry"...