Dragon

A red dragon from Dungeons & Dragons.

"I kill where I wish and none dare resist. I laid low the warriors of old and their like is not in the world today. Then I was but young and tender. Now I am old and strong, strong, strong [...] My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!"

– Smaug, The Hobbit

Dragons are mythical creatures found all around the world, possibly inspired by various sources such as giant lizards and snakes, but also dinosaur bones and simple tall-tales from travelers in distant lands. Dragons are often keepers of treasure that they can breathe fire or poison. Because of their majestic, fantastic nature, Dragons are a staple of much fantasy fiction and games. One of the most well known dragons is Smaug, from Tolkien's The Hobbit. The vast majority of later portrayals of dragons in fiction was based on Smaug, who in turn had been inspired by the dragon Fafnir, from the Völsunga Saga and the dragon from Beowulf.

A surprisingly common feature of Dragons in fantasy is the "dragon rider", a warrior who somehow is usually harnessed up to the dragon, which actually has two justifications besides "Awesome": For an intelligent dragon, they offer a slight, but non-trivial edge in combat (spotting threats early, and possibly giving you a new attack if they have a lance that's effective vs other dragons, at a slight to moderate cost in extreme flight maneuvers); for unintelligent dragons, being able to field them at all in war.

Dungeons & Dragons

Dragons are one of the main selling points of the Dungeons & Dragons game, to the point that the 4th edition includes a draconian race called Dragonborn, intended for players who "want to look like a dragon".

Dragon kind and Half-Dragons are basically the confirmation of the rule that dragons can mate with anything, taking their place amongst the races often referred to as "slut races": humans, fiends, celestials, dryads, slaadi, modrons, inevitables, formians and gribbly abominations from the Far Realm. We now permit you to take a break to use the brain oxi-clean provided to you by Billy Mays' ghost to scrub any mental images you may have of a human, dragon, angel, balor, black slaad, formian queen or-OH SWEET MERCIFUL GOD-EMPEROR THE MENTAL IMAGE!!!!

"True" dragons meanwhile come in all shapes and sizes, from the evil Chromatic to the good Metallic, the psionic Gem dragons, elemental dragons, plane-aligned dragons (one for each Outer Plane except Arcadia, where dragons are hated), Astral dragons, disaster dragons and even the potent and rare Time Dragons, who are amongst the most dangerous creatures in existence.

There are also 'Dragon Riders'. That's to be taken literally in the overwhelming majority of cases, just in case you didn't use enough brain bleach just 5 nanoseconds ago. They're really just pussy knights that stay safe just pointing the Dragon in the right direction and let them fight for them, occasionally dismounting to deliver a finishing blow or give a pompous bullshit speech. (Except for Viking Dragon Riders, hardcore shit right there!) This said, if you read what required said brain bleach above, the other kind of ride does happen occasionally as well. Half-Dragons wouldn't exist otherwise.

Kinds of Dragons

There's a boatload of dragons in D&D, many of whom fit into the following groups:

• Chromatic Dragons - The original dragons, coming in a variety of colors. They are all some variety of evil and are the children of the dragon goddess Tiamat. In order of power White, Black, Green, Blue and Red are the five most common colors, but others include yellow, brown, purple and a whole rainbow of other colors.
• Metallic Dragons - Starting out with only the gold dragon, in later editions they became linked to Bahamut, the god of good dragons. The most common ones are Brass, Copper, Bronze, Silver and Gold in order of power, with others including Iron, Steel and Adamantine.
  • Ferrous Dragons - A subgroup of the Metallic Dragons, Ferrous Dragons are made of base metals instead of the noble ones.
• Gem Dragons - Adorned with crystal scales, the Gem Dragons have potent psionics.
• Catastrophic Dragons - Introduced in 4e, these dragons have been infused with elemental power by the Primordials to make them look like elemental dragons.
• Planar Dragons - Dragons linked to the various Planes of existence, frequently the Outer Planes of Planescape. All of said Outer Planes have their own kind of dragon, except for Arcadia where dragons are despised.
• Oriental Dragons - Based on Asian dragons, the Oriental Dragons are the dragons used in such settings. Notable is that the Gold Dragon, the first Metallic Dragon, was shown to be such a dragon. Pathfinder calls them Imperial Dragons.
• Dragonets - Miniature dragons more suitable for familiars or high fantasy worlds, featured in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
• Linnorms - Nordic-themed dragons who possess serpentine bodies with only a set of forelimbs. Usually described as being even nastier and crueler than Chromatics.
• Song Dragons - Originally called "Weredragons", an all-female race of dragons who use their ability to assume human form to interact with mortal races and find mortal spouses.
• Wyverns - Dim-witted, feral, more bestial dragons who lack a breath weapon, have wings instead of forelimbs, and a poisonous stinger.
• Undead Dragons - Various kinds of undead dragon have appeared throughout editions, from the famous Dracolich to less-famous zombie, skeletal and vampire dragons.
• Shadow Dragons - Depending on edition, either a dragon with some elemental affinity to darkness, a planar dragon, or an undead dragon.

There's also a great medley of setting-unique dragons, such as those native to Mystara and Dragonlance.

Warhammer

Dragons have appeared since the beginning in Warhammer Fantasy, but they're one of the most vaguely defined parts of the lore. They will ally themselves with the High Elves and be used as powerful, and in game terms, expensive, mounts for elven lords. Aside from being intelligent, there's not much stated about them. Some dragons have also been corrupted by Chaos and fight alongside the Warriors of Chaos. In both cases, they are made out to be among the most powerful monsters in the setting, and their stats live up to it, with only few models, including Greater Daemons, having a chance at beating them.

Storm of Magic sees the return of "Emperor dragons", huge dragons that are arguably the most powerful units in the book. Emperor dragons not allied with Chaos can also be upgraded all the way up to level four sorcerers, in addition to having nearly all 9s across their statline. This does make them extremely expensive, ruling out their use in all but the highest-point games.

Like in many settings, Warhammer has a number of different types, beyond the common/Emperor Dragon split.

• Sun Dragon - the youngest and smallest breed.
• Star Dragon - the largest and eldest dragons.
• Moon Dragon - the one in between the two above.
• Toad Dragon
• Carmine Dragon

Monstergirls

Nights out on the town/village usually result in mass panic, chaos, fires, bloodshed and various other forms of shenanigans. Have fun...

This article or section is about Monstergirls (or a monster that is frequently depicted as a Monstergirl), something that /tg/ widely considers to be the purest form of awesome. Expect PROMOTIONS! and /d/elight in equal measure, often with drawfaggotry or writefaggotry to match.

Dragons are large, dangerous, majestic and exotic creatures, so of course people want to fuck them. Dragons, in their normal form or a more human form are of the scaly subgroup of Furries: furries attracted to things with scales instead of fur. They have a minor reputation of being That Guy amongst the furries because they have to be so special and fuck mythological creatures instead of dogs, cats, horses, foxes, rabbits and birds like normal people.

While dragons in a humanoid shape (i.e. Dragonborn) are enjoyed by quite a few people, a large number prefer dragons in their natural shapes. For them it's about the contrast between the large and powerful dragon and their small and fragile frame: the fear makes their boners strong. There's also the perverts who want to be fucked by male dragons, which is a concept that the infamous Bad Dragon company has capitalized on by selling their infamous dragon dildos, which are often used as the punchline of a joke.

One of the things that dragons in D&D are infamous for is their ability to breed with just about any creature. Only Constructs and Undead can't reproduce with them, and even then it's possible to build or raise a dragon from the dead. This means that you can encounter anything from draconic unicorns and owlbears to draconic plants, slimes, aberrations and far worse (or better, depending on your perspective)).

Naturally, the idea of dragons as sexy quickly was taken up by the monstergirls crowd - in fact, one of the earliest Ecchi OVAs to make it into America was "Dragon Half", in which the main character was the Half-Dragon daughter of a female dragon and a male human who appeared as a cute girl with dinky little dragon wings, cute horns, a tail, and the ability to breathe fire. In fact, Pink has actually come to be the defining archetype for the dragongirl in MG fandoms; a human girl with horns, wings, a tail and, optionally, scales on the limbs - sometimes with paw-like feet, digitigrade legs, or even paw-like hands. It helps that this tends to be pretty accurate to D&D's own depiction of half-dragon humanoids. As with any "beastgirl", dragon-girls with full-body scales or weirdly-colored skin are contentious because, no matter how human their face, they may look too furry for some purists to accept.

Dragon-girls are very popular in Japanese fantasy media, especially videogames. Final Fantasy even has a race, the Gria, who are an entire species of cute dragon-girls native to Ivalice.

Strangely, despite the existence of more "player friendly" dragon races like Dragonborn, Dray and Spellscales - the latter of whom are even supposed to have evolved from half-dragon sorcerers - the idea of reskinning these races to present them as dragon-girls never really gets mentioned. This likely has something to do with the fact that these races are less powerful than the half-dragon, and the standard "I want to be a dragon-girl!" player/DM also wants to have all of the draconic powers - Breath Weapon, Damage Reduction, and Flight.

MGE

Naturally, the Monster Girl Encyclopedia has its share of dragon-themed monstergirls.

The actual Dragon fits the same kind of style first seen on the setting's Lizardgirl; scaly limbs, paw-like hands and feet, a tail, fin-like ears, horns and wings. They are characterized by their extreme pride; whilst not quite tsunderes, they're determined to give themselves only to the best possible man.

In a terrible irony, if a dragon fails to find a husband before she dies, the dark energies permeating the world will reanimate her a Dragon Zombie, a corpse-colored (blue-gray skin, dark mold-green wings, white hair) dragon with bony scales. In this state, her mind has degenerated, leaving her a horny bimbo obsessed with finding a man and taking him for her mate. These dragon-girls are quite dangerous, because they possess a "rotten breath" attack that can convert human women into undead monstergirls.

The Wyvern is a dragon-girl with a more harpy-like body structure, having wings instead of arms. These are far more friendly and easy-going than the standard dragons and readily team up with human adventurers to train them as "dragoons".

The Wurm is a linnorm-style dragon-girl, essentially a massively strong lamia with paw-like hands, with an extremely lustful, aggressive personality that sees them going out and chasing after a man.

The Jabberwock is a lewd, lascivious, depraved dragon-girl from the "Wonderland" region. It can be distinguished by its dark red colors and the presence of two tentacles, each of which bears a slavering maw and lecherous tongue used to pleasure victims and guzzle semen.

Finally, there are the two dragons of Zipangu. The Ryu is another lamia-like dragon, a gentle-natured and benevolent mamono with powers to control the weather. The Otohime is an aquatic dragon-girl who resembles a mermaid with the body of a seahorse (long story; seahorses are believed by the Japanese to be connected to dragons) and clawed hands, who seduces men to join her in her life of eternal partying in her palace under the sea. Have no fear from her seahorse appearance, though; the MGE is far too vanilla to allow even pegging into its setting, never mind male pregnancy.

Life with Monstergirls

Meanwhile, Life with Monstergirls has the Dragonewts. They have wings and tails like dragons, as well as some scales on their faces and clawed hands. In the series we meet a Dragonewt named Draco, who tries to steal Miia away from her darling. While initially appearing to be male she's later revealed to be a flat-chested woman who develops an obsession with Miia, and it takes a couple of bullets to her wings from Manako and a reprimanding from Suu to cool her off. Other variants of the Dragonewt is the Chinese Ryu-jin who has horns and has no wings, and the aggressive but dim-witted Wyvern.

See Also

• Johnniass Dragonraper is known to rape a dragon on occasion.
• Toothless Dragon the Dawww-est dragon.
• The Periodic Table of Dragons.