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Cobalt dragons got their start in 2nd Edition Dungeons and Dragons, but they eventually made their way to D&D 3rd edition, 3.5, 4E DnD, and now, they’re finally here in 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons to wreak havoc at your game table. Join me today as we embark on a journey of discovery to learn everything there is to know about one of the most terrifying draconic monsters in D&D history, the cobalt dragon. These guys mark our 3rd installment in the ferrous dragon Monster of the Week series, which means we only have two more to go after this! The Nickel and Chromium dragons will appear on the channel soon, but for now, try to be strong, because the Cobalt dragon is stalking a gaming table near you!
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The D&D 5E stat block for this monster – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KVFbxLZEoqgF8VkPbiPI_4lT2aqF2zxrej5lkBfTyf8/edit?usp=sharing
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00:00 – INTRO
01:37 – WHAT IS IT?
05:50 – THE PART WITH THE AD
08:14 – GAME MECHANICS
10:54 – THE DRAGON’S LAIR
13:47 – PLOT HOOKS
18:57 – FINAL THOUGHTS
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The dragon is just playing Pokemon got to catch them all!!
It's funny how this setting comes with the assumption that kingdoms are cool and fine as long as the king isn't a dragon.
So an entire species of Bane and/or Gortash… yeah sounds about right.
Wait, is this thing just Starscream in a dragon body? I mean, actually competent, but still.
13:27 i was not expecting Big E of all examples for a dragon but by god it sounds like it would fit xD
Speaking of space (through mention of 40k) i have a game based on Dragonball and ive been thinking of plans to take them off world and see another planet or two. A planet now is ruled by a Great Wyrm Cobalt that is the sole dragon on the world currently.
not going to lie, i was about to skip the ad. then i saw undead and i had my 13 animated skeletons scrambling to acquire my debit card while i clicked so fast on the link youtube considered me a bot.
Oh this dragon is perfect for my next campaign I'm definitely using it thank you
haha if you're playing over video call you could mute someones audio
I play D&D but there's never enough Dragons in the Dungeons for me to know the opening facts 💀
Where do I find the pyro hydra, is it in a book?
W….was that random Jordon Peterson? And before his…unique fashion sense today? Lol
Please for the love of Z make a mimic king he as a enemy
the Starscream of dragons
Adamantine Dragons. Unless that has already been done…
NO TAKE CANDLE!!!
The word Cobalt actually comes from Kobold! In Germanic Folk Tales, Kobolds were originally a sort of Fae or Goblin Trickster Nature Spirit who could either be helpful or mischievous and one of the pranks they would play was poisoning Metal Ore which as you mentioned, Cobalt is Poisonous.
It was D&D that turned Kobolds into mini Dragon-kin and the association just stuck.
I looked for a video of you covering the faerie dragons but couldn't find it. Could you do one of your next videos about them? Thanks for your awesome content!!
I like the idea of an ancient cobalt dragon who has grown so old and so powerful that they have either become completely apathetic to existence or has become a pacifist swearing off the misguided ways of their youth
We need cobalt dragon empire vs. purple dragon crime syndicate
The wololo at the beginning is just chefs kiss
Got an idea or two.
Hi it's me, some kind of freak who likes to get their lore delivered out of order.
I aint played DnD since 2nd eddition, but this got me thinking.
If we already have Metallic (good), Chromatic (evil) Gem (neutral) (which I knew about).
And now we have Ferrous (law) (surely ferrous a type of metallic?), is there a chaos aligned dragon family tree?
Then another thought struck me. Salt class dragons? Salt is generally a metal plus non-metal compound, characterized by sublimation rather than a liquid state. For example, Sodium Chloride dragon, Copper Sulphate dragon, Iron Nitrate dragon, or a Cesium Fluoride (super deadly) dragon. They all have 2 breath weapons, and a mist form. The mix of elements (and alignments) make these creatures utterly insane and chaotic in the extreme. Somewhere out there, a nutcase demipower-wizard is churning these badboys out from his labratory. Maybe he should be stopped.
Bless the Dungeon Dad
Ngl, the possessiveness with how they view their horde kinda reminds me of Greed from Full Metal Alchemist XD
That trogdor reference for us old people 😂.
Are there nickel dragons?
Hopefully the Silver dragon is next
Whooo he called me handsome and smart! Lol
Imagine getting deafened by a Cobalt dragon only for the player to look up and realize there's also a false hydra watching them.
Interesting note: The Cobalt's deafening effect on its breath weapon would render Bardic Inspiration useless (since Bard Inspiration relies on the target creature hearing you.)
Anime villains are so diverse that I can't think of which exact one or archetype cobalt dragon is similar with. I know it's for views and clicks but this was confusing.
Okay, so…
A Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer mercenary joins the party in a campaign to take down a necromancer who is plotting to raise an undead army big enough to conquer the continent.
Twist is that he’s doing this on the orders of the Cobalt Dragon who rules over the small kingdom he calls home, and who has been maintaining his tyrannical rule for close to 300 years now. The sorcerer’s family were raised under the dragon’s rule for generations, and are notably loyal to their ruler.
The Cobalt King doesn’t particularly care about the fates of the other nations on the continent, but he definitely doesn’t want their populations fueling an undead army that will eventually become HIS problem, so he sent a decently competent minion to make sure that problem gets nipped in the bud.