#gem dragons

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Hedge Draconians | What if consolidating their non canon draconians, wotsy doubled down and made specific gem draconians

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From dubiously canon (by which I mean Wotsy made them and then swept them under the rug and the official novels never touched them) to definitely not canon. Gem draconians!

So called because because of hedge-knights AKA knights errant AKA knights for hire. Sort of playing on the noble draconians invoking Nobility as in the social class even though they are named for the demeanor.

The names for the individual draconians were also fun. The base draconians are named after their latin names (mostly sivak is an exception. I think Argek draconian isn't confusing at all. It's not like baaz and bozak don't get confusing) and the noble draconians being named after their element (ignoring that acid isn't venom) so this time I named them after the base mineral their gemstone is named after. The exception here being zircon as "crystal" isn't a gem. It was originally going to be "quartz" since I decided that the basicist bitch of the gem dragons would be the basicist bitch of gemstone, but then I was reminded that amethyst is technically a quartz, so I went with "discount diamond" instead.

These were really fun to design and I really like the death throes. No playable race this time because balancing telepathy on top of everything was difficult

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Topaz Dragon, from “Dungeons and Dragons”. Artwork by James Wyatt

Topaz dragons were a breed of gem dragon known to be selfish and unsociable and for their similarity to topaz.[7][6][3] When a wyrmling, a t

Ancient Topaz Dragon

Although they often lair beside the ocean, and are capable of breathing underwater; Topaz Dragons dislike getting wet. This is unfortunate for them, given that their favorite food is calamari.

Topaz Dragons despise Bronze Dragons; to the point that, while they prefer to hoard yellow gemstones and metals, Topaz Dragons will never keep bronze in their lairs.

A Topaz Dragon’s breath weapon is desiccating, necrotic energy; capable of mummifying opponents.

Topaz Dragons are fascinated by undeath. At least one Topaz Dragon: Iltharagh, the Golden Knight, became a dracolich allied with the Cult of the Dragon.

The Topaz Dragons’ representative in the court of Sardior: the Ruby Dragon, is the Greatwyrm Tithonnas.

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True Gem Dragons

The Gemmatic lineage of dragons is also known as Gem dragons.

Sardior, the Ruby Dragon

Sardior is an agendered dragon, a deity of gem dragons, and a fairly detached analytical individual. They have a perfect memory and utilize telepathy to simply memorize all information possessed by those near them, using the new information to extrapolate, reinforce, or disprove currently-held ideas.

Credit: Matteo Bondini

Amethyst Dragons

Amythest dragons fundamentally desire knowledge, as all gemmatic dragons do, but they seek to learn about anything. They have particular interests in fundamental forces of the multiverse. Be it shared laws of reality, the Uncreated, or unique laws of the Realm they inhabit. They are, in a general sense, highly educated, and though they believe their work to be highly important (whatever that work may be), they are often willing to educate those who wander into their lairs.

Credit: Joshua Raphael

Sapphire Dragons

Sapphire dragons are a cautious and aggressive lot. Thinking situations through in seconds before seemingly acting rashly. Their favored subjects are that of war, causing them to be seen on the frontlines of many conflicts in veritable Thunders, often actively participating in the battles themselves for the 'experience'.

Credit: WotC

Emerald Dragons

Emerald dragons are hidden watchers, they prefer to observe rather than interact or be interacted with. Reclusive by nature, they are rarely 'extroverted'.

Credit: WotC

Topaz Dragons

Topaz dragons are as salty as their lairs, natural pessimists, quick to become hostile when irritated, and like all salt, hydrophobes. Their fear of water is paradoxical given their ability to vaporize it with their breath and their preference for lair locales.

Credit: WotC

Crystal Dragons

Crystal dragons are bright in breath, appearance, and personality. Perpetual optimists that are friendly to a fault, and prefer to talk rather than resort to violence.

Credit: Joshua Raphael

Beljuril Dragons

Beljuril dragons are much like their namesake gemstones, utterly unpredictable in the long term. In the short term, they can be docile until provoked by something, in which case they can be sporadic. Possibly leaving their lair for a few years, immediately becoming violent, requesting duels, deciding to sleep, becoming a human for a century or two, and other such eccentricities.

Credit: Lana Ansay

Pearl Dragons

Pearl dragons want to know everything, not entirely dissimilar to other gemmatic dragons, but they explicitly want to know everything about you. They want to know how you feel, why you feel that way, what you will do now that you feel that way, what you are currently thinking, why you are thinking that. They do usually identify that asking such questions will eventually result in them receiving the response 'annoyed' followed by some variation of 'because you keep asking me questions.' Naturally, this annoys the dragons, and the diversity of thought ceases for a while.

Credit: Atharea

Obsidian Dragons

Obsidian dragons are second only to amethyst dragons in intelligence. However, unlike amethyst dragons who insatiably feed their thirst for knowledge, obsidian dragons simply know things. This is usually limited to verifiably factual pieces of information, such as how the wind blows, who someone's parents are, what animals are mammals, or the nations of a Realm. They do not know things that are more subjective, such as emotional or religious experiences for example. They view no benefit in sharing what they know nor do they see much benefit in receiving information from their lessers, that is unless it is related to their particular fields of interest.

Credit: mofutom

Agate Dragons

Agate dragons are slow, patient, and deliberate. They speak simply unlike some other dragons, as they prefer to not need to speak, living within their lairs. Though, of the gemmatic dragons, they are the type that will most predictably raid the lands near them, seemingly unprovoked, for the treasures they seek.

Credit: sandara

Diamond Dragons

Diamond dragons are quite simply, hypocrites. They value freedom above all else, their own freedom that is, and they will, in the same sentence as they tell you that locking someone away is a horrid action, suggest removing a threat by locking them away into an extra-dimensional bubble for all eternity.

Credit: Bein' real, I don't know who made this.

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Sapphire Dragon Fambily from 'Oops! All Dragons'

Big Mama Safira, followed by her eldest Aslak, then the younger twins Brunia and (an updated more true to his human form design) Cedric, and finally, Cedric's daughter Nadja

Names and concepts by @hennatheantenna All but Cedric and Nadja played by @quasarden

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April/May 2022, Klydell

Some friends invited us to play a oneshot and I had to be super extra about it and draw my character. I’ve always loved the gem dragon designs from 3e, and now that they’re officially in 5e with dragonborns to boot, I could not resist. Klydell is a crystal dragonborn paladin, and a very, very good boy.

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The amathyst and crystal dragons were by far the standouts for me in the new dnd book. I feel inspired to draw pages and pages of gem dragons!