Fixing D&D Dragons (by making them Warlocks)

Dragons are the poster boys of DnD, warlocks are one of the most iconic D&D classes, so what if we combine warlocks and dragons together into it's own new thing?
Delve has basically EVERYTHING you could ever need for all your dungeon needs, from 10+ plug-and-play dungeons as well as a dungeon design toolbox to help you make your own, to 40+ new magic items, 40+ new monsters, 40+ traps, and all sorts of player options like subclasses, feats, and species! And I contributed to it with my own magic item, the hag cauldron!

Check out the Patron Dragon HERE!

[pointyhatstudios]

This video is ONLY for true thralls i mean subscribers 😊

[vicentescangarelli]

Its ironic how he went from: “NO, I *WONT* TALK ABOUT DRAGONS”
To having an entire series about them

[liamdockery]

Ah yes, another installment of “Which Lich, But For Dragons.”
My favorite.

[BobWorldBuilder]

Wild that 10 years into dungeons and *dragons* 5e, they didn’t give us this awesome type of dragon-to-character connection yet. Thankfully, the hat never misses. Happy to have delve featured in this one 😊

[BuildinWings]

Monster combinations make AWESOME campaigns for Warlocks.

I sent a Lich phylactery into the Air realm and made it into an unwilling Genie. Now it's my begrudging Genie-Lock patron, trying to trick players into setting it free so it can become a Lich again.

[thewritingrowlet]

A dragon whose patron is a dragon lmao

[khrunchee]

We need to start a petition to free Pointy Hat's Familiar 😭

[Koopaperson]

A dragon who’s patron is just their dad and who is a patron to their Dragonborn child

[Scream_Lord]

LOVE the design for the Patron Dragon but it feels a BIT too close to the Brainstealer Dragon which is a dragon that has been injected with Mindflayer Tadpoles and underwent Ceremorphosis. And like the Patron Dragons there are very tentacle-y, squidy, octopus faced dragons.

But I suppose that COULD be used as a plot point. Maybe a Mindflayer Colony is using the resemblance to lure victims into their lairs. Or maybe someone mistook a Patron Dragon for a Brainstealer and send your party on a quest to slay it?

[davialmeida]

Pointy hat's familiar always astounds me when he appears. Like, you're a Dnd player, you're NOT supposed to be that hot! (Great haircut btw)

[skeepodoop]

Honestly, the concept of basing Warden Dragon off of animals has grown on me, so I think I'll propose some animal ideas for the other classes:
Artificer: Termite (I imagine their hoard being like a city of some kind based around advancement. Also maybe monster hunter Ahtal-Ka vibes with the dragon possibly having its hoard build a dragon-shaped mech around its body, which is smaller compared to other dragons)
Barbarian: Bear or Bull (I think that makes enough sense.)
Bard: Maybe a Lyrebird or Peacock? (I like the thought of them being all flashy and extravagant, with their hoards being like secret societies)
Cleric: Dove (White doves specifically to embody an angelic aspect of gods)
Druid: Elk (antler headwear is a staple among druids and primal peoples. Also they'd totally take in anyone lost in the woods like a mysterious forest spirit)
Fighter: Wolf (was already mentioned in the OG video so it goes without saying lol)
Monk: Monkey (Journey to the west. They totally have temples devoted to enlightenment).
Paladin: Eagle (It just felt right, and I couldn't think of anything else)
Ranger: Viper (Quick fast strikes, nature)
Rogue: Rat (Sneaky, underground city type beats)

[MartinGrendele]

Dragon content is always needed. Does every class need a fey/fiend/celestial subclass? No. Does every class need a dragon subclass? Absolutely.

[cloudyven]

A Kobold who desperately wishes to become a flying dragon becoming a "prince" sounds like a compelling story to me.

[daniell]

I love the idea of combining the Guild Master and Patron roles. I can practically see the story in my mind's eye. A great kingdom falls under the threat of some external foe and when all seems lost, people with supernatural power begin to arise from the masses, calling themselves adventurers and forming a guild, saving the kingdom. In return, the GM, a dragon in disguise, makes a deal with the king, slowly subverting power from within. Before the king knows it, he is little more than a figurehead with the Guild being the real authority in the nation, hostage to its one-time saviors.

[Dabantam]

I actually came up with a fan Warden Dragon for Warlocks a while back. It was called a Proffer Dragon, and it basically acted as a middleman between its hoard and actual patrons, gaining strength and powers from both and sneakily form partnerships with other patrons in order to grow their hoards

[MarkusAldawn]

The vibe of Pointy Hat is so strong that when the Human Familiar spoke, I was like "I wonder if this was dubbed over."

I was so sold on the premise that the voice I was hearing belonged to a hat that when a human spoke with it, I was like "this jangles my suspension of disbelief."

[DonsArtnGames]

How has this been out for 5 minutes and I didn't see it until now?! Thank you PH!

[randomcommenter]

Have any of us stopped to think about what Mr. Hat *is?* An enchanted object? A demon? An eldritch god? We need answers

[AdriusFrostglare]

An excellent premise. I had my own notion of how to do dragons following a theme of "power". Assuming a homebrew setting where the chromatics, metallics, and all that jazz doesn't exist, a dragon starts off with a mote of power. As it grows, it develops and obsession for a particular thing that gives them 'power' and they make a horde that way. This can be anything: knowledge, wealth, loyalty, divinity, even something more nebulous like reputation. They grow in size as they accrue 'power', and usually stick to one type over others but can frequently get multiple. Their physical characteristics are dependent on what they value and collect the most of and usually this further entrenches their obsession. For instance, not all of them can fly, and not all of them look like lizards, much like your own dragons, but as they grow older, they need to accrue more and more of their power until they can't anymore, after which they lay a clutch of eggs, endowing it with some of their original power, before rapidly declining in health and dying... assuming they don't have contingencies. Often a dying dragon won't go quietly and becomes *everyone's problem*, just as a growing dragon seeks out more and more sources of power to feed itself. They essentially become 'power elementals'.

[ultimatepandaman]

Honestly silver dragons smelling like rain is such a good way to give a little bit of exposure to players.

When you say something smells like rain you can immediately image the sensation and you will easily connect it with the particular dragon.

It's the difference between describing entering the dungeon and saying the slabs have moss on them and saying "the place smells of damp, mossy stone". It's like it teleports you there with your eyes closed.