Fizban's Treasury of Dragons | The First World | James Wyatt | D&D

Straight from the Dragon's Mouth
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Introduces gem dragons to fifth edition!
Reveals the story of the First World and the role Bahamut and Tiamat played in its creation and destruction.
Adds new player character options, including unique draconic ancestries for dragonborn, dragon-themed subclasses for monks and rangers, and new feat and spell options.
Offers everything a Dungeon Master needs to craft adventures inspired by dragons across the worlds of D&D, with new dragon lair maps and details on 20 different kinds of dragons.
Presents a complete dragon bestiary and introduces a variety of new dragons and dragon-related creatures, including aspects of the dragon gods, dragon minions, and more.

[Xylerx]

I love listening to James Wyatt talk about this book. You can tell he's so passionate about it, it's infectious.

[soulisthegoal]

Todd out here looking like he's from 3021 with a coat that is also two coats.

Great video as always!

[grimeto]

Imagine a dragon antagonist who travels from plane to plane, devouring his echos to become a God

[Veltharis]

"Across ten and three were we then divided. Reflections of the Source, each possessed of a shard."

[monsieurdorgat]

I'm actually really psyched for this. Not only is it a DM book, but it's fleshing out dragons! You know - half the name of the game? It's about damn TIME dragons got some serious love and cosmological significance!

[RavinRay]

Sardior is mentioned!

(Hyperventilates in excitement.)

Seriously, for a dragon who was first mentioned way back in *Dragon* Magazine #37 rather than the *Monster Manual* alongside Bahamut and Tiamat, I'm glad he's getting some attention.

[ReadingDave]

Oooh. I have an npc dragon who has been getting smarter and attempting to control the world through geas spells because I gave him wizard spells too. He sounds like an excellent prosepect to become an elder wyrm.

[SmileyTrilobite]

I’ve never needed permission or explanation to borrow from other settings, so while an ancient and defunct prime world is a neat idea, I’m still cautious that developing multiverse lore too far will pressure all Wizards settings to fit the same cosmography instead of being wildly different.

[Reohz]

Dragon from a mirror world, "I know what you did last summer."

[ANDREI]

So basically when dragons become very old and strong they try to become the one(see jet li movie the one for reference)

[theodoubleto]

5:53 is when Todd comes in hawt with those Dragonlance questions. Kinda makes a fella wonder if we will get a campaign setting as one of the “classic” settings WotC/ D&D has been talking about.

[teacup_ninja]

James is great, you can really tell he loves this book. :D

[johnhuffman]

What I notice most about this First World lore is that it flatly contradicts fundamental elements of Nerath lore (the 4th Edition prime setting), all but making Nerath non-canonical (or at least requiring a MASSIVE retcon). Specifically, Nerath lore states that Bahamut and Tiamat were the halves of Io when he got split by a primordial. There's two-page picture of the confrontation and everything.

[mikegould]

It's interesting to think my homebrew Dragons (Tyrancyndoraak the Living Winter, Venomaalidaar: She Who Sleeps, Skezonagyrixx The Dark Mother, and Ashwind & Magmix: Fury's Twins) have echoes on other worlds.
Gods help you should Tyrancyndoraak appear in your world. The Living Winter consumes all.

[SmileyTrilobite]

The echoes concept reminds me of Platonic Forms, The One (2001 Jet Li), Highlander, CLAMP’s Tsubasa, & Through the Gates of the Silver Key (Lovecraft, Price).

[SignoftheMagi]

Keep this in mind: Canon in D&D only matters per DM. Basically every DM gets to decide what is Canon and what is not. This "First World" idea may be the truth in some campaigns, but not in others.

Also remember that Tiamat is historically a Babylonian God. Yup, a real historical mythology that was worshipped by real people. Some campaigns reflect this and not the demonic D&D version.

These books are great material, but don't ever take their stories as hard truth.

[lukasbohnenkamper]

Interestic ideas to ponder. Good question about Bahamut's and Tiamat's presence on various worlds. That doesn't seem to align smoothly with the great wyrm echoes. I wonder where the three creator dragons of Eberron and it's micro-cosmology fit into all of this. The same goes for the "dragons" of Athas and overdeities like FR's Ao. Speaking of two-letter deities: I suppose Io / Asgorath isn't canonic anymore?

[alexanderlaplante]

Yes, consuming alternate versions of yourself - for power like in the movie The One, that's some interesting material

[babassoonist]

So is Eberron a child of Tiamat and Bahamut or is she an equal to them?

[jgr]

I love how much these topics hint to a Spelljammer 5E book!