Planar Dragon

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Planar Dragons, as their name suggests, are a kind of Dragon found amongst the various planes of Dungeons & Dragons. This has caused them to evolve into very different creatures indeed to their Chromatic Dragon and Metallic Dragon counterparts, being shaped more by their particular plane of origins than their family ties. Indeed, planar dragons don't form the same kind of overarching family as the other D&D Dragon breeds.

Planar Dragons are unique to 3rd and 4th edition; whilst the Adamantite Dragon of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons is native to the Twin Paradises of Bytopia, it is unique in that status and there are no other dragons native to the planes despite dragons still having top billing in the game's name.

3e Planar Dragons

Astral Dragon - Ethereal Dragon
Radiant Dragon Adamantite Dragon Elysian Dragon Beast Dragon Arboreal Dragon
- Oceanus Dragon Battle Dragon
Axial Dragon Concordant Dragon Chaos Dragon
Rust Dragon Styx Dragon Howling Dragon
Hellfire Wyrm Pyroclastic Dragon Gloom Dragon Tarterian Dragon Chole Dragon

3e dropped a lot of the grid filling of Planescape, but it did go the extra mile to add in dragons for many of the Outer and Transitive Planes. The only of the Outer Planes not covered this way is Arcadia, whose people are not very fond of dragons to begin with (and as such likely hunted their planar dragons to extinction).

Adamantite Dragon

This dragon is found in Dragon Magazine #321. It is native to the Twin Paradises of Bytopia.

http://www.lomion.de/cmm/dragadam.php

Arboreal Dragon

This dragon is found in Dragon Magazine #321. It is native to the Olympian Glades of Arborea.

Astral Dragon

This dragon is found in Dragon Magazine #344. It is native to the Astral Plane.

Axial Dragon

This dragon is found in Dragon Magazine #321. It is native to the Clockwork Nirvana of Mechanus.

Battle Dragon

This dragon is found in the 3e Draconomicon. It is native to the Heroic Domains of Ysgard.

Beast Dragon

This dragon is found in Dragon Magazine #321. It is native to the Wilderness of the Beastlands.

Chaos Dragon

This dragon is found in the 3e Draconomicon. It is native to the Ever-Changing Chaos of Limbo.

Chole Dragon

This dragon is found in Dragon Magazine #344. It is native to the Infinite Layers of the Abyss.

Concordant Dragon

This dragon is found in Dragon Magazine #321. It is native to Concordant Domain of the Outlands.

Elysian Dragon

This dragon is found in Dragon Magazine #344. It is native to the Blessed Fields of Elysium.

Ethereal Dragon

This dragon is found in the 3e Draconomicon. It is native to the Ethereal Plane.

Gloom Dragon

This dragon is found in Dragon Magazine #344. It is native to the Gray Wastes of Hades.

Hellfire Wyrm

This dragon is found in the Monster Manual 2. It is native to the Nine Hells of Baator.

Howling Dragon

This dragon is found in the 3e Draconomicon. It is native to Windswept Depths of Pandemonium.

Oceanus Dragon

This dragon is found in the 3e Draconomicon. It is native to the Upper Planes.

Pyroclastic Dragon

This dragon is found in the 3e Draconomicon. It is native to the Bleak Eternity of Gehenna.

Radiant Dragon

This dragon is found in the 3e Draconomicon. It is native to the Seven Mounting Heavens of Celestia.

Rust Dragon

This dragon is found in the 3e Draconomicon. It is native to Infernal Battlefield of Acheron.

Styx Dragon

This dragon is found in the 3e Draconomicon. It is native to the Lower Planes.

Tarterian Dragon

This dragon is found in the 3e Draconomicon. It is native to Tarterian Depths of Carceri.

4e Planar Dragons

Whilst the Great Wheel may have been replaced by the World Axis, the idea of dragons unique to specific planes didn't go away. The Chromatic Draconomicon for that edition included multiple dragons unique to each of the five planes beyond; the Abyss, the Elemental Chaos, the Astral Sea, the Feywild and the Shadowfell.

Abyssal Dragons

Frostforged Wyrms

Deathmask Dragons

Astral Dragons

Battle Dragons

Pact Dragons

Elemental Dragons

Blazewyrms

Dragon Eels

Tempest Dragon

Pyroclastic Dragons

Feywild Dragons

Faerie Dragons

Mirage Dragons

Wretch Dragons

Shadowfell Dragons

Blight Dragons

Shadow Dragons