D&D General What if every dragon was unique?

[Reynard]

Yes!!! They really ruined Dragons when they made them "run of the mill" and easily defeated by a small party of heroes. Dragons should be a campaign ending foe, not a "monster of the week" feature.

They did not "ruin" dragons. D&D dragons have always been meant to be used at all levels of play -- which is convenient given the name of the game.

I love city buster, apocalyptic warms too, but that isn't what dragons are "supposed to be" any more than St George style angry crocodiles.

 

[TiQuinn]

This is one of the reasons I liked the 2e Van Richten’s Guides which applied the same idea to the horror themed monsters: unique vampires, mummies, ghosts, lycanthropes and the like.