6 years ago i made a piece in honour of the conclusion of the Chroma Conclave. I was inexplicably compelled to draw it yet again thanks to The Legend of Vox Machina.
Time flies.
(Also a friend pointed out that you could tell my current cats are utterly chaotic compared to the cat i lived with when i drew the first piece and it’s extremely true)
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Chroma Conclave concept art:
+ bonus size comparison:
(Screencaps grabbed from the Legend of Vox Machina watch party stream since apparently this has breached containment!)
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I fucking love these dragon designs. They are all so different, they’re beautiful
The Frigid Doom, Vorugal
The Hope Devourer, Umbrasyl
The Diseased Deceiver, Raishan
The Cinder King, Thordak
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You know, watching Legend of Vox Machina Season II really reminds me that 5e dragons just got the short end of the stick.
All 5e dragons follow the same template:
A Multiattack
A Bite
A Claw
A couple of Legendary actions which usually include a tail slap and a wing attack.
A breath attack that recharges on a 5-6.
Whereas the dragons in LOVM are using abilities like:
An AOE acid flyover attack caused by the wings scattering acid.
Creating ice walls to separate the party.
Lingering poison gas clouds.
AOE flame attacks that strike a wide area and leave lingering flames.
You know what this reminds me of? 4e's dragons. Like, look at this ability from a 4th Edition Black Dragon.
Sets up a cloud of darkness that blinds everyone within it, allowing the dragon to evade attacks and pick off the weaker enemies.
The Ancient Red Dragon, by contrast, punishes you for trying to fight it. It has an innate aura that makes it hard to shoot it. It has a fire aura that damages anyone who tries to get in close. Anyone who tries to flank it gets slapped away. Anyone who tries to stay at range gets burned by either its Breath Weapon or single target Immolate attack.
And do you see that kicker on the breath weapon? The Red Dragon's flames are so powerful it can overcome damage resistance. There is no safe way to fight an Ancient Red Dragon.
Compare that to 5e's Ancient Red Dragon.
God, that shit is dull. It's just a better Wyrmling. It has some more attacks and a few extra powers. Half its abilities can be hard countered with a Ring of Fire Elemental Command. Lair actions make things a bit more interesting, but it's still mostly variations on "do something with fire."
4e had a lot of faults, but the monsters at least had interesting powers.
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I coudn’t not watch the new Vox Machina series and not paint a dragon. So here is the Hope Devourer Umbrasyl
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a disguised Raishan tears open the fire plane, unleashing Thordak the Cinder King to wreak new horrors upon the continent of Tal’dorei…
@artists-guild-of-exandria
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i love matt equating the taste of tal'dorei's and percy's clock tower's portrayals of the chroma conclave. the biggest disrespect ever
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I have to say the way they depicted the quintessential natures of each of the different color types of the dragons in the first episode was fucking perfect. From Raishan's observant needling, to the tone of voice Liam does with Vorugal (not stupid per se but certainly not as eloquent as the others), to Umbrasyl's almost purring "with pleasure" in regards to doling out pain, and finally the king himself, Thordak. Lance Riddick was inspired casting, the utter power with which Thordak carried himself. The Chroma Conclave was just fucking chef's kiss.
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Best Critical Role Villians excluding Gods & minor encounters
(Vecna was killed mid ritual so technically they didn’t fully ascend imo but I’m unsure)
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The last of the Chroma Conclave, the ancient green dragon Raishan. The head started based as a meanier dilophosaurus thingy and I'd like to think the crest is retractable. Also I added some kind of goose tongue because those beast have the meaniest tongues in nature.
Voiced by Matthew Mercer on @criticalrole and by Cree Summer in The Legend of Vox Machina.
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