Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Green Dragon

Forest dragons regarded as one of the most loathed by humanoids who tend to live in the same sort of terrain, or nearby, and are both the dragon's favorite food and favorite form of cruel and manipulative entertainment.

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[destonlee]

One of my uncles survived a chlorine gas exposure in the early 1950s and indeed lost his entire left lung. He passed of related conditions in 1974. So it's not just acid damage, there are also secondary conditions. Lung cancer, liver, heart and brain damage are all caused bychlorine gas exposure.... A gift that keeps giving. TPKk in 2d10 years? It's easy to be patient when you, as a dragon, are going to live 15 centuries

[purplehaze]

Environmentally, I always preferred forests for encounters over any other type of environment, so green dragons are my bread and butter.

[Greenscyth]

I like the idea of a very powerful Green Dragon who has completely dominated a seemingly peaceful/good-aligned land to its will all under subterfuge. It could easily control a near by human kingdom by blackmailing it’s king, depriving them of their treasures over decades or centuries. Meanwhile it has also taken charge of a neighboring elven kingdom forcing them to breed and tend to a large herd of fey-touched deer so it has a steady supply of elegant food. Any people entering the lands would never know that the kindly denizens are all under the heel of a tyrant in the old woods.

[imasciencegeek]

"part reptilian monster, part druid, part psionic sorcrerer"... my favorite dragon hands down

[coreyeaston]

I had a green dragon invite the players into a forest to discuss a truce with a town next to a forest. During the discussion the dragon presented them with a celebratory meal; that has been poisoned. A two part poison, so now the players can be manipulated by the dragon to further more ambitious plans to raid a town much further away from the forest. If you can't get the treasure, get someone else to do it for you :)

[drakeford]

"They called her 'Little Verthy.' Their 'protector.' The idiots."

AJ, I've been watching your content for a long time, but never before have you made me laugh as hard as that shift from "look how cute it is" to dispassionate disdain.

My day has been immeasurably improved.

[joshuazane]

The dragon peeking into your office during the intro is a great little touch. 😂

[clarkside]

I do love Green Dragons. I used a Green Dragon pretty prominently in my last big campaign. Vyzathalon had an interest in the party because the party was competing to rule a large dragonborn city, but when Vyzathalon asked them to deliver a gift to one of his relatives and the party found out it was a baby unicorn and that Vyzathalon was enjoying watching the mother search endlessly for her baby she would never find, they drew the line and fought him.

[johngleeman]

A cunning villain is infinitely more engrossing to read about and battle against than a snarling brute. Greens > Reds. XD

[benthomason]

so green dragons court entirely by tsundere. that's something I learned today.

[randyranderson]

As i posted in the video on black dragons, my brother (a loveable and diabolical DM) ran a game involving a green dragon that was terrorizing several nearby communities. One of the communities was a dwarven community that used to use the mountain, where the dragon now lives, as a mine. The dwarves used their mithril reserves to build a great mithril cannon that was enchanted and fired specially enchanted ammunition of Green dragon slaying (think arrow of slaying: green dragon). Our party was to draw out the dragon and keep him distracted while the dwarves shot him down. In return the party would get a share of the loot. However...

Setup: the dragon purchased bio-luminescent fungi, with psychotropic properties, from drow traders and cultivated it and seeded all bodies of water in it's domain with the stuff. This caused anyone drinking the water to make a CON save DC 16 or be subject to hallucinations and confusion. The mountain was the location of a massive waterfall (think Angel Falls) which covered the escape rout of the lair. At it's bottom was a deep pool bordered by brush and the old wood and was the main entrance for the lair. This pool area created a 'bowl' and when the dragon used it's breath weapon, caused the cloud to persist and fill the area.

We managed to kill it, with much difficulty and entered treasury. Gold and every manner of gem were there as well as a massive collection of delicate and ornate chandeliers of gold, mithril and diamonds. It was all vary elaborate and unbelievable. On the back wall of this hoard was a stone slab with draconic runes carved on it. I read them aloud, the dragon's name: Azzendorious. It was then that a terrible curse was unleased:

The spells: Transmute Metal to wood (permanenced), Transmute Gem to Glass (brothers creation), followed by Shatter and Fireball.

I earned pariah status with all of dwarfkind. As well as fame among Dragonkind. My brother occasionally tortured me by having Evil dragons send me gifts with taunting notes attached.

[lostbutfreesoul]

That murderous box of chocolate line sums up the courtship so well, thank you for the detail you put into this review.
P.S: As a Green, you know you have won when other Greens have ally together to ... 'reward' you for the victory.

[honkthegoose]

Just before I throw a green dragon at my party too. Sometimes it's like you're reading my mind.

[Pinefrst]

Okay I gotta tell you this. I fell asleep on my couch listening to your videos. In my dream I moved into a new house with roommates and one of them wouldn't shut the hell up about GREEN DRAGONS. I was getting so mad in my dream! He followed me everywhere! I finally convinced him to leave me alone and then suddenly this podcast about Green Dragons starts playing from EVERY AUDIO SOURCE in the house. So I go around turning them all off. It felt like HOURS of hearing about Green Dragons. I wake up cause I have to pee and I see this video on my YouTube and I start laughing my ass off. My cat is disturbed by the sudden laughter and runs off my lap.
So that is the story of how you broke into my subconscious and tormented my dreams with Green Dragons. Yes, it's okay to laugh cause that shit is funny.

[brasstonberry]

Green dragon is my favorite for big bad guy. Corrupter and manipulator, who uses minions as well. This one rules over gobins in the forrest, uses them as cannon fodder. Had make deals with forrest hags. He also had start to use doppelgangers to effect nearby lands. It's avoid direct fights but uses goblinhorde draw armies to trap. If there is a fight it always has a backup and a plan. Near it lair are enttcaps and giant spiders in guard. It's also likes to attack from rivers and lakes that are across the region. It don't fly around in puplic usually. It not like to been seen unless there is lot of minons around it.
It parents had teach this young dragon well.

[maddestmat]

Created two years ago and it’s still relevant and still a banger video 😊

[DemonInquisition]

Couldn't be at a more perfect time; My players are on their way to an island dominated and ruled by a Green Dragon. AJ always at it with the useful resources!

[swxqt]

I made a customized version of the Green Dragon for one of my games. One of my ideas was to give it various Lair Actions related to plants giving off fumes of drugs which affect players in strange ways, such as the Confusion spell, except it's nonmagical and thus, cannot be counterspelled. Can't wait to use it in Game.

[robybalde]

Wanna hear a story?

*GREEN DRAGON:* Adventurer? Why do you not believe my stories nor accept my deals?

*ADVENTURER:* I do not believe you, for thine scales are green and you speak naught but lies, and this I have been told.

*GREEN DRAGON:* You do not believe me because of my skin color? Is that so?

*ADVENTURER:* Tis so. Green Wyrms always speak in tongues, that I know.

*GREEN DRAGON:* All green dragons speak lies? You sound like a racist.

*ADVENTURER:* W-What no? It's not like a dragon thing...

*GREEN DRAGON:* _(Interrupts)_ Ooooohhh, really? Green dragons always lie eh? Black dragons are always evil? Red dragons are always murderous?

*ADVENTURER:* Well yeah, I mean...

*GREEN DRAGON:* _(Interrupts again)_ By Tiamat man, what's wrong with you?

*ADVENTURER:* No that's not... _(sighs)_ see I'll prove it. I'll just drop my weapons, see, I believed you. You told me you weren't going to eat...

*GREEN DRAGON:* _(Eats adventurer, burps)_ *LOL! GOTEEM!*

(While the adventurer inside the dragon's stomach has an annoyed look as he had fallen for the dragon's tricks)

The end.

[IsaacClodfelter]

Suddenly my party becoming willing pawns of our local ancient green dragon seems like a slightly worse idea... Can't wait to see how that turns out.