Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Silver Dragon

Majestic, noble, adventurous, and powerful, the Silver dragons have a close bond with Humanity and the other civilized people of the world.

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[handlebarfox]

"they swap stories about fiendish lair traps and defenses like we take Instagram snaps of our last restaurant meal."

....And you, dear adventurer, are the meal on their table.

[purplehaze]

-Silver dragons: Can comfortably polymorph, but prefer to stay in their true form
-Steel dragons: Can comfortably polymorph, but prefer to stay in the form of whatever race is being imitated
-Quicksilver dragons: Often don’t even know they’re polymorphed dragons, and in the case they do its, to them, their true form

[Taylors]

Man I keep getting reminded why I am a member. Epic every single time.

[Parugraph]

Silver Dragons also known as bro dragons

[muninrob]

A specific silver dragon raising, training, partnering with, losing, and mourning, generation after generation of a knightly bloodline would not be out of the question.

Local farmer: "ach no, laddie, yea've got it wrong. It's not the dragoon order of Tyrissia. It's the dragon knight, Tyrissia, and her riders in training."

For another good take on how to play a Dragon NPC, read R.A. Heinlien's "the star beast".

[JanusHoW]

The nicest dragon you'd ever want to meet. Their regional effect of creating buoying winds to keep non-evil creatures from falling to their deaths within 1 mile of their lairs is a cool way to both introduce a silver dragon into a campaign and save a PC or group of PCs from an unlucky death. For example:

DM: "Okay, paladin, make a Strength (Athletics) check to climb the cliff"
Paladin: (rolls) Oh crap, a 1! I slip and fall, don't I?
DM: Yep. As you try to grab a handhold, it breaks in your hand, and you fall what looks to be...about a thousand feet.
Paladin: Well, guess I'm dead.
DM: (thinking) No way I'm letting someone die this early into the campaign! How to save them? Hmm...oh, I know!
Paladin: I'll roll up another...
DM: By the way, your character is some sort of good, right?
Paladin: He's neutral good, but why does that matter? He's dead anyway!
DM: As you plummet, a massive updraft suddenly starts up right where you are, slowing your fall and allowing you to land safely on the ground below without so much as a scratch.
Other PCs: What?!
DM: As you look around, you suddenly see a massive, glistening silver creature swooping overhead, and it lands on a nearby ledge. It looks down the way the paladin fell and yells out "You're welcome!" in Common in a very friendly way. What do you do now?

[johngleeman]

Silvers are so cool. Much more interesting lore than golds.

[jgr]

Silvers: "you can't marry her! she's your 2nd cousin!"
medieval humans: "how can you marry her? she's not even your 2nd cousin!"

[mattman]

"They wise and powerful gold dragons may study history but the silver dragons live it." Great quote.

[Banchoking]

A silver dragon npc in my setting has a large clan of their own silver kobold descendants as attendants.

[walkseva]

"Silver Dragons and Red Dragons hate each other" he says, showing a red and silver dragon overcoming hate.



Love the vids highlighting each of the dragon types; keep up the good work. :D

[rzgaming]

By far my favorite of the metallics, just something about them being whimsical vigilantes that just want to live in peace but cant cuz they are always with adventuring friends.

[tatsusama]

Haha, I'm imagining when the group at the table becomes relatively well known adventurers, suddenly getting a wealthy client that wants to be taken on some of the adventures every once in awhile. They think, "Oh God, a babysitting mission, " but they pay really well each time. They're kind of dorky, but very friendly. Constantly using outdated lingo😂

[Taylors]

Thanks to you original videos of dragons I have been looking into dragons aggressively and didn't learn anything new but dam you make good videos and this was done better than the first one. I love it.

[presto]

IT'S ABOUT DAMNED TIME! I SWEAR TO THE PLATINUM DRAGON YOU'VE DONE THIS VIDEO BEFORE

[BlackWingedSeraphX]

Silver's are my favorite of the Metallic's because they aren't so dogmatic and rigid like the Bronze and Gold Dragons. I do respect them though.

[Greenscyth]

I like to play the game "Guess who's the Silver Dragon". Is it the local tavern owner, one of the faculty at the local mage academy, one of the nurses in the infirmary, the town librarian, or perhaps even the kindly vagabond who always seems to help out around town and never asks for money? Or is could even be that old dog who's been following you since you got into town? Dragons...Silver

[JanusHoW]

An example of how to introduce a silver dragon into your campaign.

DM: "Okay, make a Strength (Athletics) check to climb the cliff."
Paladin Player: (rolls dice) "Crap. A 1."
DM: (thinking) "Oh no, I can't let them die like this!"
Paladin Player: Guess I should roll up a new character. No way they'll survive that fall.
DM: Your character is lawful good, right?
Paladin Player: Yeah.
DM: As you plummet to what seems to be a grisly end, a MASSIVE updraft suddenly starts blowing directly under you, slowing your fall to the point where you land safe and unharmed on the ground a thousand feet below!
Paladin Player: Yay?
DM: As the rest of you look around to see what happened, you spot a silver dragon on a nearby peak. It waves in a friendly manner and flies toward you. What do you do?

[coreyeaston]

Would silvers ever join a party as a hireling? Follow the adventurers, see the world? I think it could be a good "get out of jail card" or "plot rescue" if they get in over their heads.

[OuronLunaris]

Silver Dragon to stupid humanoid: Do not recite the history to me mortal. I was there when it was made.