What They Don't Tell You About Silver Dragons - D&D
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- The Silver Dragons are many people's favorite brand of elemental breathing lizard, and there's a very good reason for that. They are quite frankly....awesome. Join me and let's discover what the monster manual does not tell you about these sculpted heap of muscles!
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silver dragons essentially think we are puppies
I can live with that
a puppie that they actually mate with......
this happen quite often since dragons mate alot
"dragons also can mate with pretty much any creature, just like humans......."
and when a dragon spent 80% of his/her life to live as a human, this kind of stuff is inevitable
Sentry Ward tbh silver dragons are god tier waifus
@@sentryward8744 And this is the other way draconic sorcerers are made.
@@jonathanwells223 kudos to that
Eduardo Kopik technically though, humans concept of pets is a type of symbiotic relationship, you provide them with food, protection and grooming. So I guess it’s kind of like you being a dog
Bronze dragon: are those humans doing good actions or bad actions right now?
Silver dragon: they are doing the none of your goddamn business type of actions right now
Libertarian af
Silver Dragon sounds American. You know what most dragons have in common? They don't like paying taxes.
Dragon: I prefer to keep my gold in my treasure hoard.
@@MeGawOOt99 Americans objectively care *A LOT* about what other people are doing, though. They've crossed the entire planet to make sure other people act the way they want, or to prevent other people from acting in ways they don't want.
@@DeathsHood You mean the political class who takes lobbyist money care about what other people are doing cross the planet. The average American just want to work and grow their wealth so they can pass it on to their kids.
@@MeGawOOt99 Virtually every major action the 'political class' takes is approved of by most 'average Americans'.
If the majority are against it, and act, politicians can do little about it.
What if a whole party was all Silver dragons polymorphed into human shape and none of them knew they were all dragons? They each one thought they were the only dragon in the party.
I feel like one of them would notice when the all just sit and think about a problem for several days XD. From what I understand, the reason silvers love people is because people are very active and quick (in dragon terms) to action. This challenges the dragons to act quickly in a "look at those cute little things, if they can decide what to do that quickly I should be able to aswell."
People inspire them to act sooner rather than later, I feel a party of dragons would spend a lot of time huming and hawing instead of acting.
And then they see a red dragon and all hell breaks loose.
Party of silver dragons: "humm toast or pancakes for breakfast"
Red dragon: *swiggity swooty I'm comming for that looty*
Party of silver dragons: "I'd like to rage!!!!!!"
Red dragon: *sponge bob caveman meme*
until they see a cromatic dragon
Dragons exude a aura that we'd describe best as a scent, but to other dragons its a way to communicate their presence. For humanoids it is a sense of dread we feel, but other dragons know it to be one of their own. So if you had a entire party of Silvers, they would know each other's presence before actually seeing them. And then a Copper Dragon would be laughing somewhere having set up the Silvers meeting as a prank. Also don't have a Dragon in your party if you intend on trapping a dragon or surprising it.
Just imagine this: your party befriends an NPC. They're fun and caring, always helping you and others. You get a job: a small village near a forest was destroyed and nobody knows what happened. The group travels to the place, fighting all sorts of monsters on the way, but when you finally see the village, all plants and animals poisoned, corpses on the ground, your friend suddenly changes, anger clearly showing through their expression. You delve into the forest, your friend finding tracks that shouldn't be found, sniffing the air every once in a while just like a wolf. Then, a few hours later, you emerge in front of a wide entrance to a cave. "SHOW YOURSELF!" they shout in a language only your wizard knows, draconic. And from the depths of that cave, a hulking green creature appears, surrounded by a thick greenish-yellow mist that burns your nostrils - a Green Dragon. Despair. That's the only thing you feel. You're not ready for this. What the fuck is going on? Shit, I'm dead. Then, in the blink of an eye, your friend lets go of their sword, their body swells, ripping the heavy armor they wear to twisted pieces of metal. They grow bigger then the green death before you, wings unfolded blocking the sun, a giant silver pile of muscle. The green dragon hisses. You never thought it could happen, but you see fear in the dragon's eyes. It tries to fly away, but the silver dragon unleashes a series of attacks like a wild animal. Claws, fangs, icy breaths that steal the heat of your bodies even at a distance. You try to find shelter, roars that shake the ground arround you. A few minutes - that felt like hours - of terror later, the sounds stop. The first who dares to look sees your friend, now without armor, but covered in bruises and cuts. Arround them, frozen trees and dead plants. And the massive corpse of the green dragon.
"Well, at least the job is done, but I need another set orf armor hahahaha"
bro, you need to get a job at WOTC and write campaigns for them. That is a masterpiece if I have ever read one.
Imagine playing as a Silver dragon as your next PC and you are hiding this fact from your other party members.
To spice things up, make one of your party members a Dragonborn that (preferably) hates dragons.
Imagine what wold happen if your character saw a chromatic dragon. Would you do a will save to not transform or what?
I have one for you.
It’s a magical girl tsundere loli.
@@DndBirb8659 What would happen if the dragonborn is born from a chromatic dragon XD?
@@SilverBullet27188 That's not how that works
Sounds like a perfect scenario for a campaign to me. Imagine stumbling upon a chromatic dragon in your journeys, then see one of the team members you've known for a while suddenly transform into a dragon, maul the chromatic, then return to their humanoid form and be like, "what?"
Im running a campaign and the party just found and adopted a baby silver dragon. The best part is how much she genuinely loves her weird humanoid parents. (And how much they love her)
@@zombei_kid I ALSO WANT A SILVER DRAGON BABY DAUGHTER LUCKY
I would play that game, especially if the battle were simply narrative until the other characters were strong enough to provide tactical assistance.
Duuuuuude a silver Dragon once said to me i was worthy of his friendship, now i know silvers even more, he can be one of my best friends in my campaing, im so damn happy
@@Xarxes_
An ancient silver dragon literally adopted my orphan Halfdragon PC and it's the most ridiculous and aborable thing ever.
"Mom, I'm a high level barbarian, I can handle 3 gnolls."
"Fine, but I'm packing you a lunch and extra bandaids."
"Moooom, not infront of the party!"
That is adorable! :D And speaking of Half Dragons: drive.google.com/file/d/1d-XqrHLMfd7MCoNFn7KMK5T5iPPtsIrs/view
That is wholesome and adorable.
My character Aggie was adopted by a silver dragon as well
I'll have to do this one too
I'm making a couple of Ancent Silver dragons leading a privite military group and its Basacly a group of 14+ lv teams balancing the power of the contenent
And both are high lv wiz/ source and fighter / rouge both Grat Wirms 1200+y old cr 40+
Btw the champagne gets into bemoing a demi God agents the will of The gods and the war between the titans and gods
And lv20+ and grat artifacts in possession of the party is gna happen
Chromatic dragon wyrmling: *looks adorable*
Metallic dragons: I'm gonna end this man's whole career
Chromatic dragon baby: When I grow up, I'm going to enslave entire civilisations
Metallic Dragon adult: Whelp, kid's a lost cause (pulls out shotgun) don't look honey.
Gold dragon canaries:Awesome as everything
Fizbin(actual bahamut) Silver dragons just get it you know
Canaries:sad bird noises
@@rjp3837 I loved that part of Fizban's! All of his commentary was great. Who knew the ultimate god of metallic dragons had such a sense of humor and humility?
@@james739123 Metallic dragon's husband/wife. Hell nah (pulls out their own shotgun) I want in on this, too
"silver dragons would fit right in with an adventuring party"
well don't tell our black dragon wyrmling that
lpsunder miners Adopted black dragon baby? Hows it faring in terms of alignment?
@@swisscoinrollhunting8993 Our DM ruled it would be CN and only listens to the monk (hatched it) and rouge (knows draconic and was nearby)
@@swisscoinrollhunting8993 theoretically it can happen. Chromatic dragons are not always evil just like metallics are not automatically good. Some species are more likely to lean towards certain alignments but they are not confined to them, especially in cases where a wyrmling is adopted by another race. That actually is one of the quirks of crystal dragons, they adopt other dragons offspring especially chromatic (mostly white) dragons to raise them to be good or at least neutral. Still, most chromatics do lean toward evil and metallics towards neutral or good.
wait... they're incredibly nice, bond with multible genorations of a family, and love to help people...
Speedwagon, is there something you haven't told us about?
Speedwagon is not a simple human, for Speedwagon is an ideal that is naturally instilled in best bois/girls
Idk man, I still think he’s dragon
You just gave me the greatest idea for a character.
Is that a fuckin Jojo reference
@@Jason_Ultimate Same.
Another thing most people typically don't know about Silver Dragons:
They're the most common Dragon specie to produce Half-Dragons. They frequently Polymorph into and live among the various humanoid races, and are known to form both platonic and romantic relationships with them. Due to the nature of a Metallic Dragon's Polymorph ability, anything that would likely result in a "Fade to Black" in most groups involving a humanoid and a Polymorphed Metallic Dragon could result in one party or the other eventually giving birth to a Half-Dragon.
As for why Silver Dragon Half-Dragons are the most common... well, it's simple. They are the ones most likely to spend extended periods of time with humanoids, they're the ones that like humanoids the most to start off with, and they're the only ones that are able to view humanoids as anything other than "animals that cause problems".
In other words Bow-Chicka-Wow-Wow.
For other Dragons, a half dragon would be considered not their problem, or beneath them to raise, but the inherent goodness of the silvers would lead them in having a relationship with their offspring, and a stake in their welfare. In other words, many families would not object to having a few dragons looking in on them if that dragon happens to be a clan of silvers. Be like having the world's best in-laws, and likely a long relationship.
Close, try Song Dragons.
What happens if they mate with a disguised Steel Dragon?
@@dubuyajay9964 seeing steels produce fully human children, one would suppose they would also produce half dragons via mating with one. But the important thing is that dragons sense eachother's aura. So a Steel would know a polymorphed Silver. Even if the Silver was unawares, it'd be the steel that would choose how things went forward. Seeing both Silvers and Steels have a thing for Humanity, and not eachother, I'd say it doesn't happen as often as one would think.
I actually am playing a silver dragon in disguise right now, lol. cleric of bahamut, of course, switching from life to war domain because of angst reasons. I love the idea that silver dragons' hordes are just............ their friends. Maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way
Anna Fish wouldn’t it make more sense to be a steel dragon?
@@nivek-1k782 Because the silver dragon is better in pretty much every conceivable way, with the sole exception of if you wanted to play its human form as a character with an evil alignment, at the expense of EVER being able to transform into your actual dragon form.
I'm currently playing a homebrew race 'Dracon' (a dragon egg was cursed and caused it to grow up humanoid) and I'm playing a silver dragon dracon. He's had a rough life, not fitting in in his dragonborn homeland, so he's lawful neutral, but he's trying to move towards lawful good. He's my favorite character I've played.
@@joeylinares1904 Bringing Up a homebrew humanoid dragon blade, raised by a silver dragon, he learned that most of the people are evil because they don't have option, he just kills if he can't do anything.
Heavy inspirated by Trigun
I played a half-silver dragon warblade up to 15th level (D&D 3.5)... but his 'blood' started weak (the DM basically chopped up the half-dragon template and gave it to me in pieces during the campaign - always via roleplay after I did something worthy). That character was amazing and one of the best I've played. He helped save the world from the Devil's daughter (she was worse than Daddy-o, believe me!) and an assortment of evil masterminds working with her (mind flayers, balors, crazy spellcasters, etc).
7:22 "it is so attached to humanoids it becomes empathetically connected to them. It wants to be with humans it wants to pretend to be a human, it wants to save them, protect them, befriend them"
So humans are to Silver Dragons what kittens are to us.
Meaning Silver Dragons are actually just flying elephants.
Fucking Silver Furry
My players still dont know that the healer of the small town they are in. Is a polymophed ancient silver.
Been in said town for 10 sessions.
Have been healed by this dragon.
Baught potions. Broke bread with her. Only one perception check. And it failed. Hard. They havent looked since.
stupid players maybe? I know that's definitely a thing. XD
Did they learn her true nature yet?
in all fairness, the PCs wouldn't know that they failed the check. From the PCs perspective, there was just nothing to see.
Did they find out about her yet?
@@flamebrindger3984 yep. Two weeks ago
There's a logic that dictates their berserk fury when encountering a chromatic. It's because they don't go out of their way to find them and prefer to be around humanoids. If they find a chromatic, the logic is that the chromatic by definition is too close to the humanoids the silver is attached to. A super-intelligent guard dog, effectively.
In a campaign i mastered some years ago there was a silver dragon. He would travel through the continent visiting bandit's hideouts in order to stop their thievery, he would introduce himself as a poor pilgrim and would start question the bandits' motives and talk them out of their "jobs", he would then proceed to teach them and help them foundig new villages where they could live happily without harming anyone else.
That's so fucking wholesome why doesn't this have more upvotes
*Sounds like Mollymauk*
@@Kirk9019 learn to differentiate between your websites.
This here is TH-cam. in here we ise *likes* not *upvotes.*
I had a similar thought, but it ended very differently. Philo the dragon was raised by elves and trained with them as a ranger, in addition to his dragon levels. As an Adult, he went on a tour of a nearby evil kingdom accompanied by his ape animal companion, traveling with the Windmarch caravans and fighting in local pankration (MMA) bouts as a human. There were epic fights, a recurring bandit/ adventurer group in the employ of an evil merchant rival, an attractive gypsy, and sometimes opportunities to help out a person in need with his winnings (q.v. Clint Eastwood in "Every Which Way But Loose" for the core concept). Philo came back with a nice stash of money and a much better understanding of humans, but it's an evil kingdom. He saw that it wasn't just the ruling house; many of the people are also evil, and hurt each other any chance they get. He decided that he does NOT like humans, and is now an ally of the elven isolationist faction.
* *
His younger brother Rhyss takes a very different view, but he found Philo's stories from that trip hilarious and inspirational. Rhyss can talk anyone into anything (+30 Diplomacy), and may be about to invest some of his hoard and build a merchant empire/ shipping insurance consortium. Some good but roguish PCs would be just the ticket for all kinds of related swashbuckling/ intrigue missions, with a neat merchant option of their own as a way to get and spend treasure.
As a side note, Rhyss has 3 Monk levels, and will enter local pankrations like his brother. But he enters to learn moves he doesn't know, not to win. He pulls his punches, uses elven aikido moves along with his dragon kung-fu style to buy space and time, makes it look good, and makes it last so he can see the other guy's full array. It's always exciting, but he taps out about half the time. Then he uses his charm and ends up drinking with his opponents. It's an unusual form of monk training, but as he gets better he's going to become a truly fearsome dragon to fight.
Before this video: Silver dragons are overrated.
As the video progresses: They are nice guys tho, okay cool.
Video mentions they can make cloud structures/castles: Alright fine they are the best.
Silver dragon = best boi draggo
if your playing a spell caster (wizard, druid or bard) then you (at 17th level) can learn the spell "true polymorph" and permanently turn yourself into an adult silver dragon and use its shape chance ability to make it look like nothing has changed (until you either drop to 0 hp or see a cromatic dragon in which case you turn into a silver dragon) just make sure that you DM is ok with this.
@@filipthunell8631 if i ever DM i make one random human be a silver dragon and that when the next time it see evil it will use it lifetime to get its alls grandkids for gens apart and work togever with them
No Idea why countries wouldn't have breeding programs for these Dragons. Hell with living on a Mountain, here we'll build a castle for your Clan to inhabit full time as you are our allies and best friends! Bonus treasure for every egg hatched! It'd literally be the best defense a city could get in treasure vs benefit terms. Not so much on the world conquering army thing, but defense, yeah we got that covered!
gold dragons = dragon elves
silver dragons = dragon humans
bronze dragons = dragon dwarves
copper dragons = dragon gnomes
I feel you should switch bronze and copper
Brass dragons = dragon halfings
Steel Dragons are more like humans as they spend most of their lives as humans
Most humans are clearly gold dragons
I always feel like people confuse D&D Elves with Elder Scrolls High Elves.
I mean, Elves aren't as imperialistic as Gold Dragons, I'd say. Nor are they so strict and law-bound. Their ancestors are Fey, after all :D
In my setting, Dragons were created to defend the mortal reals from the outer planes. They fought researched and raised up the mortal races. Over the eons most types of dragons forgot their original task, becoming what most people think of as dragons. Silver dragons were the only ones that remembered their makers task for them, and not only fight and defend the realms, but also help the races. This is why silver dragons love mortal races in my setting. I loved thinking about this.
That's badass
nice
Noice
Gold dragon: "deus vult!"
Silver dragon: "but, like.... Taxation is theft man...."
Yes, fuck the government...i mean, the gold dragons.
Gold Dragon: "He' to dangerous to keep alive!"
Silver Dragon: "Well thats just like, your opinion man"
I lold
@@coolgreenbug7551 silver: you are being too much passmistic
Silver Dragons are my favorite of the Metallic Dragons and just Dragons in general
Same, but my love of the silver is matched for the Blue. I love both of them.
Me too
For Pure it is Blue or Silver.... I love me those Purple Dragons with their Super Heated Plasma Breathe Weapons though!
Same, I love the Silver Dragon!
Yeah, I gotta agree.
I gotta talk about my favorite NPC in my current campaign, Cayndoss. He resides in a library in a tall mountain range. He did not build the library, it was abandoned when he found it and he patched it up and read what books remained there. He decided to make it his mission to accumulate more books in this library and help those seeking knowledge, and for centuries that is what he did. He even became a cleric of the knowledge god of our pantheon.
Clerics of course cannot get familiars normally but we thought it fitting that Cayndoss might’ve been giften a Modron, as the knowledge god replaces Primus in our campaign. This Modron helps Cayn with organizing and finding books.
The party did not know any of this. One player, Jørgen, sought out a cure for his wife’s infertility (long story short, she’s an artificial human and we ended up making a race for her), and all he knew was that the evil witch who had captured and experimented on him for a long time referred to Cayndoss once as “a nice young man,” so Jørgen assumes this person, who got along with the witch, must be evil too, and plots to kill him while they go up the mountain.
The party eventually gets to this remote library, and they sneak in all carefully, and try to search for information. Unfortunately for them, I have 4 d100 tables of random books I got from reddit so they have no luck. Eventually the Modron sees them and they panic but it comes down and, as programmed, repeats a phrase. “Hello. Welcome. Cayndoss is not home.” Then it flies off.
The party continues searching, and goes upstairs where there are three doors- one leads to a guest room, one to a storage room with a sign in front that says “Storage room- help yourself” and the last one, a locked door which has a sign saying “This is my room. Please stay out. Thanks, Cayndoss.”
Jørgen and his wife decide to unlock the door, while the cleric of the party has a chat with some Nothics hiding within the library, managing to talk his way out of a fight (which I was fine with.)
There is first a magic mouth spell from Cayndoss, warning them to not proceed or they will be hurt. The sorcerer, a runechild, uses a class ability and sees two runes on the floor- “pain” and “death.” The sorcerer soaks up the pain symbol with their high Constitution saves. Jørgen, a ranger, didn’t have as high a Constitution and triggered the death symbol. He didn’t die, but his pained yell alerted the Modron who said “DANGER. DANGER. LEAVE IMMEDIATELY.”
Jørgen panicks and shoots it, and in one turn reduces it to 4hp, causing it to flee towards the door of the building. The party pursues and Jørgen lands a long range shot, causing it to crumble into dust.
Then they see it.
A silvery shape in the distance, getting larger. They run inside and hide, unsure of what they got into.
Cayndoss, in dragon form, slams the giant doors open and demands to know what is going on- he doesn’t know what or who killed his Modron and broke into his room but he doesn’t take too kindly to it. After a few rounds of investigation, he spots the sorcerer with his blindsight who is trying to invisibly hide under a table. He tells her to “Come out peacefully and I will not kill you.”
She does, and he finds out about the others and scolds them for a bit, but seeing that they were expecting someone evil (and also not a dragon) and needed help (also they didn’t steal anything from his hoard) he sighed and turned back into his favorite form, a moon elf.
He gave them the information they needed, and after the session Jørgen’s player told me how surprised he was that Cayn was just a nice guy and not evil. I still find their shock hilarious at seeing an adult silver dragon burst through the doors, but if they were nice then they would’ve gotten a completely different experience from a moon elf who is genuinely happy to meet them, instead of a grumpy one who got off to a bad start. He would’ve offered them tea and completely forgotten to mention that he’s a dragon.
Oh also they’re debating ratting the Nothics out to him since they asked the cleric to not tell Cayn they were there. He doesn’t like them since they always disorganize books in their search for a way to become normal again.
So, is it just me or do Silver Dragons seem more Neutral Good than Lawful Good?
i would say chaotic good, they hold freedom above all else and dont like hierarchy so not lawful but they uphold the good in themselves and others without fail
Lawful neutral?
@@IAmCasualty According to the books depicting a dragon curse that was broken a while ago, silver dragons served as knights to Lareth the gold dragon considered king by most metallics. They do have a code of conduct and moral compass, but they don't go out of their way to impose this code on others. They have no issue with working with authority either. That still fits in Lawful Good, but perhaps with a light leaning towards Neutral. Silvers also consider honor something great to them. Honor is a very lawful attribute - not just lawful good. Silver dragons equate to knighthood and paladin-like attributes and the ones who follow a god, follow Bahamut, enemy of Tiamat.
@@kathryn9074 They hate laws and uphold good above all else. Doesn't seem likely that they are lawful neutral.
The quote "actions that cause harm are a crime, actions that do not are one's own business." Screams neutral good, they are opposed to evil not because it breaks the rules but because it causes harm to innocent beings.
“Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion." "Ooh" said Susan. ... I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion"..."Safe?" said Mr Beaver ..."Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good.
Why is this here?
I'm glad it is but why
@@jaydeejay4166 I guess because silver dragons are just like that. They aren't "safe", because they are dragons, but they are good.
Basically, the rundown of this video is:
"OH MER GERD! HOOMANS!" XD
Well hi
Dragon: I can't hold all these hoomans!
A Silver dragon has a much more Neutral Good mindset rather than the books Lawful Good.
Erick Christensen they seem more chaotic good to me
they're the Steve Rodgers of dragons
Almost like a neutral good or chaotic good.
haha they have ONE RULE.
DnD 5e writers: ......so Law...ful...Good...
They should clearly be Neutral Good as they clearly don't care if you pay your taxes as long as you are not harming anyone.
I want to see an anime with a silver dragon in humanoid form as a happy go lucky tag-along character as a part of the main cast just constantly excited by human crafts and people
No one knows their a dragon until a chromatic dragon appears and they go crazy.
That is a very wholesome idea.
Well, that’s sound exactly like Nina Drago in Rage of Bahamut (she is a red dragon in the anime).
@@espeonix.4992 Imagine her coming home fully blood covered, gently smiling,
Silver Dragon: "So, what do my sweethearts want for dinner?"
Party: "Where have you been?! What happened to you?! There where stories of a black dragon in this area!"
Silver Dragon: "Oh don't bother about it. Btw I found some delicious mushrooms in the swamp near by 🥰."
To me, they [ Silver Dragons ] sound wholeheartedly embodying and advocating Neutral Good [ Alignment ] .... The passage wherein you state that they don't actively attempt some kind of crusade against evil, yet if they witness ((?and/or learn of?)) good beings suffering from evil, they will fully engage that evil, seems 100% the mindset and behavior of a Neutral Good [ Alignment ]
[[ ...If I ever am blessed with the opportunity to run a campaign featuring a Silver Dragon, that's how I'll interpret and portray them... ]]
Nah, they are more like a human with a dragon form ability, and are basically a marry sue.
@@zionthedragon8866 No.
@@mathunit1 yes
@@zionthedragon8866 Not really. A young silver dragon is no stronger than a lvl 10 5th edition character. Maybe even less. So characters that want to become silvers, can, with time, if the DM allows. It's very hard to make a Marry or Gary Stu or Sue in a game because the DM is the one that states what is reasonable and what is not. What is or not a Sue, is up to the DM.
There is a line of books having to do draconic curse in FR... I seriously forgot the name. But this curse affected all dragons before it was broken. Silvers there followed a gold dragon as King, and they were basically the knights of this gold dragon.
I also still consider them lawful good, in the sense that they have a code of conduct and moral compass, but won't go out of their way to impose their code on others. They don't seek a neutrality for evil acts, or see the overall arch of an evil act. If they know of it, they will go against it. But don't hunt down evil constantly.
@@sgshaday Yes really. The fact you can play as one compared to the other races makes them even more marry sue. You confuse OP with marry sue. They are different things. And it's not that hard to make one, and usually it's the dm's job to make sure everyone is having fun, thus will rarely say no.
That's good and all, but still, silver is Mary sue like for their oh so perfect nature, and GOLDS are this sort of op goodie to shoes who can never be wrong.
That's not lawful good, as in that case alot of none lawful good would become lawful good. Who you can have a code of conduct without forcing it on others and NOT be lawful good. They have no sense of evil, unless it is a stereo type of evil, mainly the cartoony cliché one, that their this oh so naive innocent dragon who can do no wrong makes them even more unrealistic, and biased to other races, and are essientally humans, just in dragons bodies. They do alot of human things, and have things that not even golds have. They feel a bit on the op scale, and if Gary ever went back and made them less human and more like an actual dragon, and not be in biased favor of humans, I would see them as less Mary sue like. Until, they still are.
Silver dragons make me think of Gandalf
Gandolf is super proactive in thwarting evil, though. He's like a silver in personality, but gold in action.
An "electrum" dragon if you will
@@davidtucker9498 well he is the Tolkien equivalent of a lesser angel.
Imagine having an old family friend and finding out he was a silver dragon, man thatd make a great story.
silver dragons. humanity's BFF
I imagine a Silver Dragon talking like Korg from Thor: Ragnorok.
“Hey my name is Argyros me and my friends are getting into that wagon, wanna come?”
Thank you for this mental image; I love it
Do they love humanoids or just humans?
Do silver dragons may pick a humanoid race to favor? Would be interesting to see silver dragons geek and debate about their favored races:
- “I’ve known a family of humans, I know them for 6 generations, they started from farmers to total royalty, seeing them make a whole kingdom from nothing. Humans are the best
- Seriously? The only thing they do is fight each other, elves on the other hand are WAY more interesting, they are very diverse culturally and racially, very educated and with the ability to see past lives when young and share information via visions when old (and their craftsmanship is simply gorgeous)
- Yeah, but they always have the head in the clouds, never considering the now, and they are a bunch of squares, dwarves and gnomes on the other hand know how to enjoy the simple treats of life, they are as good at making tools and jewelry as they are at making parties, see this necklace? I got it from a well-known artisan in Latan (had to kill a red dragon for it)”
(And the debate goes on and on)
The main problem with silver dragons preferring other races to humans is their relative longevity, one of the biggest reasons silver dragons like humans so much is their short but vibrant life spans. from what i can tell the silver dragons thoughts on humans are along the lines "they are a brief but beautiful spark in a still world".
Also there are a ton of other short lived races that silver dragons could love. Some have even shorter life spans than humans. I think it's mostly the concept of a candle that burns twice as fast burns twice as bright. Also I think the biggest reason we as humans impress them is because of our epic accomplishments in such short times.
- Also the best thing about humans is if you don’t like the current batch, go away for a little bit, take a nap and like half of them are different when you come back!
a common human is basically nobody
but the human race has the most potential for greatness, look at Torm, Tyr, Helm....they are all human that accent to godhood
and we actually are the most accomplish race in the material plane
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You'd think they'd also favor dragonborn for that same reason.
Waiting for Goblins who come to the dragon as a judge against a murderous thieving group of adventure hobos!
Twilight Gardens presentations Gold would rather destroy this group.
Really awesome dragons, not only because of their power, but because they’re not above sharing a meal with humanoids, they’ll heal your wounds and nurse you back to health (they’re like mixing Arthur Wesley and Médecins sans Frontiers), they are like Prometheus and Quetzalcoatl, beings that despite their power, they admire those “little and weak beings”, maybe in a parental way, kinda like how you make a bond with a Sim or a Pokémon, you feel an emotional connection, you may feel more capable than them because you are real and they are a bunch of numbers, but you care for and about them. (And in my opinion, if they love humans, they’ll ADORE rock gnomes, too bad they’re always hiding (the hidden folk after all))
My question is: is it possible for a silver dragon to actually fall in love with a humanoid? To marry a humanoid, to make the oath towards them?
It would be interesting in how a humanoid may be a young adult silver dragon’s first love, maybe hide their identity under a Polymorph spell (I know only ancient ones can, but a necklace or ring with the spell works too), maybe stay out of combat or using just only enough strength, only for healing the team’s wounds after or during combat (seriously, a Bahamut cleric doesn’t sound bad).
Maybe would start developing feelings for one of the party members (maybe viceversa, maybe make a love triangle, DMs rejoice >:D), then either by their own will or a chromatic dragon’s apparition, they’ll drop the costume and go beserk, and in the heat of the battle, a PC may get harmed in the way (either the SD’s love interest or someone the loved PC loves), maybe running away from the shame and remorse or getting kicked out of the party... just... DUDE.
If you’re already here, thanks for reading all this text :)
Now, for a future video, it would be nice to see one about steel dragons, the other humanoid loving dragon.
Silver Dragons in Dragonlance sometimes fell in love with humans/humanoids.
Check out the Legend of Huma novel for example.
Very rarely does this happen with dragons, even Silvers.
Dragons can and have had children with anything. There are abundant half-dragons for a reason. A silver dragon is one that isn't about to let their favored human family just abruptly end without heirs. A lone survivor of such a family will have suitors that the dragon nudges in their direction. If that survivor is good enough(ala paladin or cleric of a good deity) Or just a straight up a truly good person. They will court them assuming they aren't married or have the blessing of their draconic partner.(making family get-togethers quite a spectacle)
Yes they can fall in love with them and often have several adopted human families in there lives, silvers are responsible for the most human born half-dragons which they happen to dote over and care for a ton. Really makes things awkward for the town knowing that friendly guy at the tavern you drink with is a dragon though since silvers won't run off from a kid being a deadbeat or irresponsible parent is an alien concept to them. In 3.5 There is an entire sub-race of humans called Silver brow humans who are distant relatives of a bunch of silver dragons that are really diluted in draconic features and one silver decided to make a community of them which then turned into a small city.
Well, if you think it would be cool, make it happen. But if you whant official info, your idea is not out of what the monster manual says; it is posible for a polymorfed dragon to have children with a humanoid, the result will be a half dragon. These creatures are included in the monster manual if you whant to know more about them.
I can indeed confirm that we are responsible for the greater majority of half-dragon humanoids in the world. Half dragons of other sorts are usually deliberate attempts to breed such, but with silvers...
...well, we've got a lot of love to spread.
...and we do. A lot. It's... something of a problem, actually-
Silver and Blue dragons are my favorite dragons in DND. Thanks for doing these videos.
They rock
yea, same here
In the War of Souls trilogy for Dragonlance, there is a team up between the Silver Dragon Mirror and the Blue Dragon Razor, and it's as awesome as it sounds.
@@RAClaus3 and honestly those are the only 2 colors that would be willing to put their baggage aside and work together
@@RAClaus3 it has been a long time since i read those books. That is part of the reason I love Blues and Silvers the most. they will do whats needed for the best outcome even working with a sworn enemy (also, DragonLance is AMAZING! under rated world setting)
By far my favorite dragon of all my friend. The greatest physical embodiment of Strength Honor and Freedom.
'Murica.
use the true polymorph spell to permanently turn you or a party member into an adult dragon of your choice (providing you have access to level 9 spell slots and that your party members are at least level 17)
I see Silver Dragons as being adherents to the philosophy of "Nobless Oblige" or "Nobility Obliges", where due to their stature and power, they have an obligation to defend and look after those in their care, even at the cost of their own life.
I also believethat Silver Dragons would be the ones most likely to have Half-Dragon children, due to their love and fondness for humans. Plus, if Adventurers are ever in over their heads with regards to any Chromatic Dragon, a Silver would probably be the best sort of Metallic to seek out for aid, as their core philosophy would demand that the Silver provide such assistance. And then there would be the inherent and undying hatred between Metallics & Chromatics.
This is a good way to explain their lawful goodness.
No, there is no obligation.
“Noblesse Oblige” is the best description of Silver Dragons. I have actually used that explanation for 30 years.
That tends to describe most metallic dragons, honestly. Gold and Bronze dragons also believe that their power and majesty obliges them to help their 'lessers,' they just do it in a more instructive/condescending way. Silvers let you do as you will so long as you're not hurting anyone, but Gold and Bronze might insist that the way you're doing things is the _wrong way_ and that if you just _listened_ and did things _the way they are telling you_ then everything would just be _so much betTER FOR YOU AND EVERYO- GOD DAMMIT I AM TRYING TO HELP YOU LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE, YOU MORTAL INSECT!"_
My character in a homebrew campaign is a female Silver Dragonborne(revised) which means she's the Silver Half-Dragon daughter of a human and a adult Silver Dragon with the human being her father and the female adult Silver Dragon being her mother and oh yeah according to the storyline of the campaign from what the DM told me both of her parents are still alive with her primarily living with her father and being raised in a human environment but her mother still had a hand in raising her aka teaching her the true history of everything including the Multiverse, along with the world, how to do magic, and her draconic ancestry aka her Ice Breath, and how to tap into her connection to the Multiverse that all Dragons, Half-Dragons/Dragonbornes, and other Draconic races have.
I love the silver dragons the most out of all dragons, it represents what being good is all about.
@Sacred Icon Society understands it well enough, don't let social media constantly putting story after story in your face make you think otherwise. There are billions of people on this planet. Most of them are at the very least decent, if not out right good.
@Sacred Icon You must be religious, because I can't see any other reason why anyone would argue against moral relativism. I think the thing people need to realize is that moral relativism, if reduced to it's barest components, can be little more than "It's my opinion that this is okay" but it's not really that simple. The idea is really more along the lines that there is no objective morality. We all, as a society, decide what is right and wrong. Think to yourself, how many people actually live their lives in an evil manner, due to some kind of moral relativism? Do some exist? I'm sure, but most people, even those who believe and understand moral relativism still behave in a manner generally consistent with societal moral standards. If I'm arguing moral relativism to someone, it isn't to say that there is no right and wrong, it's merely to point out that in a cosmic sense, there is no objective right or wrong. We decide collectively what is right and wrong, and that can change as times change.
@@rageoftyrael *Looks at at Communist genocide* Well I can't see how this taken to it's logical extreme could ever do any harm/s
*Looks at Inquisition* Well fuck me. Damned if you do damned if you don't.
Sacred Icon r/iamverysmart
Silver Dragons sound like the kind of dragon with whom you could chill with, share a bowl and talk about how the world could be a better place. Sounds like my kind of dragon 😎
There's a kingdom in the homebrew campaign I run, known simply as Virtue. It's very Camelot and their primary religion is Bahamut, the platinum dragon. When first founded, the new kingdom beseeched the aid of the silver dragon Stellagosa to fight off the ravages of marauding "rotkin" and their "god" the black dragon Skallathax. Fast forward 1200 years and that same dragon keeps a close watch over the human kingdom, delighting in their growth and prosperity. Her image is the kingdom's heraldric device, a silver dragon on a field of blue. She is still friends with the unbroken line of kings and, unknown to all, has slipped in and out of history as a human observer. Currently, she's decided to get a closer look while lending aid, serving as the current high priestess of Bahamut after the former high priest's passing from old age. Only a few know of her current humanoid persona, but she's remained a true ally of her "children" since their first steps on the path of chivalry.
16:30 it's cos every cloud has a silver lining I suppose 😜
Every cloud has a silver dragon.
I have the headcanon that Silver Dragons can literally feed off of friendship
Having friends keeps them alive
Cheesy? Yes, obviously
Cute? To me, very much
So gold dragons are the mermaid men of d&d. “EEEEVIIIIIILLLLLL!!!!”
Breaking news: Local Silver dragon cries like a baby after a small child gave it a flower crown
Surprisingly knowledgeable, sage. I won't question where your insights come from, but you've certainly piqued my curiosity. I look forward to seeing what else you can come up with.
Darasilverdragon I recommend reading the Draconomicon from 3.5 it has a lot of cool info about dragons like anatomy and psychology on all the dragons
@@taylorgoldman130 lol I own it both hardcover and as a .pdf, and have read it cover to cover many a time, friend
Ethan Goldman Schneider I would love a full 5e rerelease of that.
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Balance, as all things should be.
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@@LordMelusar things are out of balance... Kill them ti's heresy
Golden Dragon: exits
Every Villain: Alright I'l be back when you become a myth.
Brass: Talking is Good
Copper: Stories/Tales are Good
Bronze: Justice is Good
Silver: Good is Good
Gold: Law is Good
Hey mr.rhexx, I've been planning a very dragon heavy campaign for like a year and these videos have been very helpful and fun to watch too, thanks man.
Something I notice about the metallic dragons is that none of them are capable of defeating evil alone, but they each represent aspects of the fight for good. Gold dragons represent stamping it out before it begins. Bronze dragons represent bringing justice to wrongdoing. Silver dragons represent rehabilitation and healing the wounds that evil creates. Brass dragons represent the understanding necessary to prevent evil from arising. Finally, copper dragons represent the freedom and support that we need to allow good people to rise to the occasion.
Together, the metallic dragons are embodiments of all sides of goodness.
I think silvers are my new favorite
"humans typically force silver dragons which they love"
are we talking about dungeons&dragons or ballgags&dragons?
Imagine a dragon meeting a fourth generation child of a family it has befriended and the child grew up hearing about the silver dragon that was going to be their friend and they draw a picture of the dragon and when they finally present it to the silver dragon ,I hope it would put the picture in its hoard as one of its most prized possessions, or at least that’s what I’m hoping it would do.
I mean, they do love art...
@@filipthunell8631 especially art made by humanoids
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9:54 "What you probably didn't know though!"
Man...I don't know any of this stuff, that's why I've been listening to you talk bout dragons all night
I strongly agree with the Gold Dragon philosophy. It has some interesting implications though : If a good character attacks an evil creature by virtue of alignment alone, and that evil creature never did anything to harm anyone, it would treat the evil creature as good and innocent and the good creature as evil and worthy of its fury. It would make for an interesting campaign scenario.
Yey More DND love your dnd content! Keep on the DND work
So much content... I can’t handle this level of awesome Rhexx. But keep it up, you must.
Alright, you've convinced me. I'm adding a silver dragon to the campaign that'll be in a human form to ease the group into dragons existing. After season 1 ends (and maybe season 2) I'll introduce a plot involving dragon issues that might lead to a civil war, I'll have to think on details. Keep up the great work and you'll have another subscriber!
After the main dragons can you do the lesser known ones like Faries,Shadows, and the like ?
aj pickett has many videos on these dragons
I’m really enjoy these keep it up these are amazing videos
Finally! My favourite dragons! Tx for your great videos.
Thank you! I was just about to add this into my homebrew campaign so I'm very happy you made a video to help me flesh out the character.
MrRhexx you never disappoint. Such a great series of dragon videos. Can't wait for the next. Keep up the great work.
@MrRhexx, dude, thank you, thank you for making these videos, they are a wealth of information that any D&D player can enjoy and make use of. Silvers are my favorite of all the True Dragons, and I love the video. Can't wait to see your next one. Best wishes man, stay safe.
I once made a kingdom ruled by silver dragonic sorcerers and the story behind them went like this.
Long ago when the kingdom was young a adventurous Prince found a wounded female silver dragon and helped her recover years passed and the Prince visited the dragon constantly forming a deep bond with her until the Prince's father was killed by his brother and soon a civil war was being waged and to make matters worse the traitorous brother had made a pact with demons and they began to swarm the land the Prince went to the dragon and asked for her help without hesitation she pick up the prince and went to help and together they push back the demons until she was wounded by a demon of fire but the the prince without thinking took his sword and manage to slay the demon by surprise and when the fighting was done the dragon impressed by his bravery allowed herself to be permanently transformed into a human to be with the prince now king as his queen and now their descendants carry the dragon's power within themselves.
Yeah I made a massive empire ruled by a silver dragon along with regional dragon lords and noble clans of Dragonborn
@@MinervaHastur there is a difference between Dragonborn and half-dragons
just so you know
Holy run-on sentence Batman.
so basically a good written version of Skyrim? ok then cool. (in all due seriousness tho this is a fucking awesome story... actually would like to see something like this in TES tbh. XD)
I have been waiting so long for this video. Silver dragons are just so majestic, that I get chills whenever I think about them. Chills are running up and down my body as I type and listen.
Such a good series Rhexx!
Man, thank you so much for these videos! :) I'm a beginning DM and all of your videos helped me with creating my world and campaign! Thank you so much again and please, keep up the good work. :)
Sounds like a silver dragons alignment is always neutral good, which I like 👍
Hey love your content keep it up man. If possible can we get a lore vid on Shadow, Umbral, Amethyst, Crystal, Emerald, Saphire, Topaz, and Force dragons please and thank you.
Song dragons too!
Love this, love everything you do and hope you never stop
I'm planning on dming my first major campaign for my friends in a couple months, and seeing these videos really helps me flesh out the characters and enemies more. Thanks you,, and keep it up!!!
I love Silver Dragons, they are the best dragon for me.
I understand why they would see me as a “lesser” creature.
But at the same time they are sociable.
Other dragons- You are inferior; embrace it mortal, and be grateful for how I choose to treat you as a result. Silver dragons- You are inferior; one of the reasons as to why I find myself fascinated with you💖
oh yes been waiting for this one, silver dragons are my favorite
I always enjoy your videos, this one in particular has given me so many ideas for campaigns. Thank you.
Soo awesome!! Love the interactions of dragons of each other and races it helps with story building.
What they don't tell you about the player.
I can't even with you guys. I post one fucking sentence and this happens.
STOP FEEDING THE TROLLS
you should consider doing a video on half dragon lore. some of the colors I just don't see ever happening. silver and blue I see as the most likely to produce half dragons, greens and coppers possibly, but when it comes to the other colors I honestly don't see it. and yet there are half dragons of all the colors.
It’s satisfying to attain this information now, as I personally have felt a connection to Silver Dragons for a long time.
(I have not read the MM description myself, so this is kind of amazing to hear)
Thanks for the great video:)
Awesome video, this series on dragons has been so good!
gold dragon: EVIIIIIIIIIL!!!!! **Runs in to action**
"SILVER-SAN!!! How are you late again!?"
"Gold-senpai, I would be at class in time if you didn't stop me!"
"No running in the halls!"
"I'm not going to crash into anyone!"
Gold-sensei, not senpai.
@@N3bu14Gr4y senpai with hall monitor duty is a classic of the genre. One of my favorite couples from Kindred Spirits on the Roof.
This was one of your most masterful videos yet. Well done and thank you
Thank you for this dragon series! I’m gonna be playing a silver Dragonborn Paladin in an upcoming campaign, and now I know how to play as him thanks to this information! Keep going with this amazing channel!
Silver dragons are my favourites, they’re the best I just wanna hug em
I suppose, if it will make you feel better
Awh Thankyou 😂 I’ll get you some historical relics I have plenty lying around
@@llewtree3013 I have some reservations about how you might have gotten those, but thank you for your consideration - it is appreciated
Darasilverdragon thank you for yours, and don’t worry most of these are heirlooms or things I made several hundred give or take years ago, benefit of being a high level Druid turned dm 😂
I love silver dragons in a campaign the npc traveling with us was infact a silver dragon in disguise.
I have a session this week there my players are going to meet a Silver Dragon. This video is what I needed to know more about Silver Dragons and I gotta say, amazing work!
My favorite dragon color getting uploaded right when I find this series! Extra lucky! Great vid :)
You said metallic dragons go berserk when they see chromatic dragons. What do they do when they see chromatic dragonborn?
I was actually just thinking of this. I would surmise they wouldn't go on a murderous rage, but they would be livid. I would imagine their eyes change into their draconic form as they choke the dragon born asking in a furious tone "WHICH ONE OF YOUR SCUM SENT YOU?!!"
@@shooterofknees1207 i like this
dragonborn arent directly related to cromatic dragons to their probably fine
its the cromatic half-dragons you should worry for
@@filipthunell8631 I know but this was made before I knew this
@@shooterofknees1207 oh...
My party stole from a silver dragon which forgave them... Until ya know he found the other half of the party just smashed and grabbed his prized magic now he had on display... Needless to say its pissed
Love the depth you go into and the enthusiasm... brings this old lore new life friend! gg!
This channel is soooooooooo good. Love hearing the lore.
"When you try to win a war before it starts innocent people get hurt"
- iron man
This dragon is one of the only dragons who give a shit about that quote
Isn't that a captain America quote?
Silver dragons are liberatarians
Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were definitely polymorphed silver dragons
This is my favorite video on TH-cam. I never knew I had so much in common with a dragon. Thank you! I joined Twitter to help you out.
So you think your better then every other person on earth?
I’m joking unlike some people I actaully seen the fact you wrote so much which literally means not almost everything not everything.
I love your channel so much. I didn't know how I was already subscribed until I saw that you also upload skyrim videos. Back when I played Skyrim I would watch your channel. Now that I play dnd I watch your channel yet again. 10/10 would Rhexx again.
the cute couple dragon art 10/10
So Silver Dragons are hardcore Libertarians mixed with a bit of Buddhist monk?
Pretty much!
This video was amazing!!! I was waiting silver dragons since the blue dragon video.
Thank you! I've been waiting for this one!!!