I was hesitent at first to get the book, but when it arrived it was well worth the money and wait (which was short). I got the hardcover and was very impressed with the print quality of everything.

Just picked up the Premium Hardcover edition of this and it is a BEAUT. The art is amazing, the book's production quality is astounding. A real treasure for anyone's bookshelf.

If you were disappointed that Fizban's Treasury of Dragons didn't include much lore or information ABOUT dragons, this is the book for you. How do dragons fly? What's the physiology of their breath weapon? Their wingspan? How long do dragon eggs take to hatch? What uses could a party make of parts harvested from a dragon? So much more.

Now, the rule system that the crunch parts of the book were designed for were 3.5. I think a DM determined to use things from here could adapt to 5E with some effort, but I'd check to see if the thing you want to use got updated to 5E in Fizban's. The true treasure here is the fluff, the lore, the art, all the questions you ever wanted to ask about dragons getting beautiful wonderful answers! This is THE Draconomicon.

If you're getting the POD, shell out for the Premium Hardcover. You won't regret it.

I've always been fascinated by dragons and their lore. This book is a perfect collection for reference!

A phenomenal text for any DM who plays any version of D&D. I myself play 5e, and have found this text not only invaluable, but also captivating and a huge source of inspiration. So much so that I had to buy a physical copy. My only qualm with the printing of the copy is that the binding required a bit of reinforcement to hold the sheer number of pages in the text.

I play 2e AD&D, not 3.X, but after reading reviews of the different versions of this title, the 3.5e version sounded the best. I purchased the standard heavyweight POD version: superb print quality! This book is one inch thick! The quality is superb. For me, the POD is worth every penny -- much less than I could get a used copy for, on e-Bay, or Amazon. POD is fantastic quality, and the price is often much cheaper than a used copy, as discussed already.

Now for the contents... It covers the major D&D Dragons: both chromatic, and metallic. It gives examples of each Dragon type, in each of their growth, or maturity classes. It gives examples of a typical lair for each type, as well. There is great artwork for each type of Dragon, in each listing. There is a large amount of 3.Xe classes, feats, etc. None of that is of interest to me, since I play 2e, and none of this material is trasferable. They changed up the wing designs on several types of Dragons. There are glaring similiarities for some, with wings stretching to the tail, running nearly the entire length of the body. They tried to illustrate how these body-length wings would work, in flight. I give them props for trying.

They give CR ratings on each Dragon type, and age group. This is where it becomes like a video/PC game. A Hatchling, for example has 34 HP! The Hatchling is all of 2-feet tall! The Ancient Worm, or whatever they call the largest age/size group of Red Dragons, tend to have 500+ HP!... Even the deities, back in the DDG book, from 1e, did not have that many HP, typically. This seems ridiculous, to me. The CR rating for this monster, is 36, by the way. The highest CR is the ancient Gold Dragon: 37. To me, this really is over the top for size, HP, etc. Still, it is easy for the individual DM to massage the statistics to more acceptable levels.

One of the most interesting things I noticed, is that some Black Dragons can change their breath weapon from a narrow stream, into a a cone, one-half the normal length. Neat option, which makes great sense. They also name every example printed, so you get around five names for every true Dragon type, listed. They also cover lesser Dragons, but in much less detail (more than the Monster Manual, typically, but less than the space alloted to the true Dragons.

There is a section dealing with generating a Dragon's hoard of treasue, as well as other crunch on Dragons, their larirs, and minions who serve, or even worthip them.Just about every aspect of Dragons is covered.

They list magical items for use by Dragons, such as a magical mouthpiece, which increases their bite damage. They cover uses for Dragon body parts, making armor out of their hides, and such. As stated, there are a lot of pages in this book! It is packed with fun-to-read information on the most iconic monster in the game. This book is just fun to read, whether I use the material in my games, or not.

I would highly recommend this book to any DM. There is, however, a Pleyer's Section, as well, for would-be dragon slayers. I skipped that section. I feel my players need to research that on their own.

Anyway, I highly recommend this book, regardless of what rules set you play. It is a fun romp through all things Dragon. I feel it was worth the price of hard-copy admission. Cheers!

This is one of my favorite 3.5 books. The artwork is gorgeous, and there is plenty of it--the major dragon types all get their own full body drawing in addition to head studies, anatomical doodles, and even in-flight sketches. The amount of "fluff" is super high as the book includes descriptions of dragon lairs, life cycles, languages, gods, even more down-in-the-weeds info like a dragon's metabolism and senses. If you prefer rules to fluff, the book offers tons of that as well: dragon prestige classes, feats, spells, and a ton of sample dragons (with full stats) in addition to over two dozen new dragon-based monsters. There are even example hoards and tables to help you build unique treasure troves for dragons in your campaign. The end result is that this is one of those rare books that's not only super useful for anyone who wants to add more mechanics in a gaming session, but it's also a ton of fun to read. PDF quality is excellent, even at very high zooms, and the whole package is bookmarked and searchable. Highly recommended.