On the left, the Faerie Dragon! Dragons about 1 to 1.5 feet long, 30 to 46 cm. They also come in every color of the rainbow! They're pranksters with the power to summon grasping plants, have "euphoria gas" breath, a prehensile tail, and a TON plenty of fun spells for manipulation and hallucination! Polymorph, mage hand, changing the sights and smells and temperature of the area, mind manipulation, and more!

On the right, Orog! 7 ft (2.1 m) tall, they're mountain orcs adapted to the underdark. However, while everyone else who goes to the underdark seems to become way more evil, these orcs just improved their smithing and came back basically the same. Just got a trade degree and a bit pale. Tougher and more knowledgeable than the average orc, that's the power of an honest education in a trade you enjoy. If you're interested in an orc that would be forklift certified, this one's for you!

Started out as a Faerie Dragon NPC for my DM but it ended up looking like blue from wof

Anyway process under the cut

Oh god I'm literally one of those artists that go like: "Ok start off with a circle, then add a little color, and boom you're done!"

i would die for some ink like this ༺𐀔༻

“The Folk of the Faerie Kingdom” are now more often known as the fey.  (Robert Klasnich from Vince Garcia’s article in Dragon 155, March 1990)  “While faeries of all sorts can see and venture through the otherwise invisible gates into the Faerie Realm, only Rhiannon’s messengers (the sylphs) may shift between planes at will.”

Fio! My sprite darter fairy! Faerie dragon fairy?

sorry I couldn't actually get this out on the day I had some shit come up but WOOOO I LOVE TRANS PEOPLE (they're like me!!)

Another patron reward for ColdSilverD. This is Umbra Hoof and his faerie dragon companion Meep. Umbra Hoof is a Circle of Wildfire druid. He's Peruserofpieces character in the 5th Edition campaign they're participating in.

Wild vs Tamed Magic and Faerie Petal Dragons! - December Big Dreamer physical patron rewards! If you want the set of a print, the stickers and a personalised doodle, you can do so by pledging to the Big Dreamer tier at https://www.patreon.com/sleepimali hehe. You’d have my undying love and gratitude, but I completely understand if that’s not something you want or something that’s in your budget! But if you want to get it, it’s available until December 31st, 2022 :) Lore below!

Faerie dragons aren't a new concept exactly, but these are mine. My patrons voted for the reward theme for December to be Wild Vs Tamed Magic, but I just can’t help myself and got a creature involved too. Buckle up, this is going to be a bit long! (And a heads up, the dragon section is going to be a bit dark.)

The Lore of Wild and Tamed Magic:

It's said these are the two kinds of magic in the Devil in the Details world, but they're both really just umbrella terms.

Wild magic is what some might consider "real" magic, in that it is unpredictable, incomprehensible and comes with a considerable amount of danger with each use. It is not something that can be controlled or understood; The second it is, it is no longer considered Wild, but Tamed. Wild magic is found among various magical flora and fauna, as well as magic folk and these days also humans. Generally Wild Magic occurs when strong feelings, instincts or wishes have been triggered. But if you use it, you may not get the result you wanted, and certainly not when you wanted either. There are plenty of records of uses of Wild Magic that have seemingly resulted in absolutely nothing, and suddenly years later it finally triggered and resulted in both unexpected disasters and blessings. But likewise, there are plenty of cases where the magic happened immediately in reaction to the user's strong emotions - sometimes with great results, and sometimes with the result of the user finding themself in a flood when all they wished for was a sip of water.

Meanwhile, Tamed Magic is the result of trying to understand and control this immense and strange force. Some people would call it science, and that isn't wrong, but the truth is even as people's ability to control magic has grown better, no one still knows what magic actually is. Certain methods have been proven somewhat effective in controlling the result of it, but the reason why they work is still a mystery.

There is now a vast amount of knowledge of spells and magic technology thanks to a collaboration between magic folks and humans, but even so, the amount of magic to still be explored seems infinite. As mentioned earlier, Tamed Magic is also an umbrella term, under which there are countless magic systems - ways of practicing controlled magic. A lot of them are known, but some magic folks keep their spells a secret, and a lot of the recorded ones are locked away and kept safe from the public for safety reasons.

The taming of magic is a constant, and dangerous work in progress.

Faerie Petal Dragons, and their relation to Tamed Magic: It is believed that faerie petal dragons are the first species to have learned how to tame magic. While this is hard to actually prove, tales of them have been passed down through generations of magic folk for thousands and thousands of years. In ancient times, various species of dragon were fairly common, especially in lands where humans didn't thrive. And the smallest of them all were the faerie dragons. Rather than trying to compete with other dragon species by growing bigger and stronger, they instead grew to focus on stealth and blending in. Faerie Petal Dragons in particular lived in evergreen and ever flowering lands, and had grown reliant on hiding among flowers in order to throw off eventual predators, like larger dragons. Unfortunately, as centuries and millennia passed, the other species of dragons only grew bigger, stronger, and above all more destructive. It wasn't uncommon for an entire field to become completely inhabitable from a single breath of a larger species. As such, the need to adapt and defend themselves rose among the faerie petal dragons. But there was only one thing they had that they could use to defend themselves and their territories - magic. But how could they, if using Wild Magic came with the possibility of destroying their lands themselves? Ultimately, they had no choice though, as their lands shrunk more and more, and more of them perished to the bigger, mightier dragons. And it was then, pushed to the brink, they learned that if they were doomed regardless, they might as well go down with a fight - and somewhere along the line they also learned that if they were very, very angry, the magic they used would reflect that with targeted destructive power similar to what had previously been used on them as their territories were destroyed. And that was the first time magic had been tamed, that we know of. And you'd think it would end there, but these tiny dragons are highly intelligent, and once they realised they had a chance at controlling magic, they then spent thousands of years expanding on that idea and learning how to tame it in more instances than just those where they were threatened and angry. But as intelligent as they were, they were also equally reckless, and ironically a lot of them perished in the process of trying to tame magic due to accidental curses or unfortunate accidents. Instead of being hunted by larger dragons, they themselves were now their worst enemies. However, those who survived this process went on to grow extremely strong. Ultimately, they became beings no one would want to pick a fight with, except maybe the gods themselves.

In the end, magic folks and other magical beings saw what the tiny dragons were doing, and became inspired to tame magic themselves.

These days, the faerie petal dragons have recovered their numbers quite a bit, and are friendly to humans. Given that they are basically just tiny little magic nerds (very powerful magic nerds) they are always extremely curious about the spells these weird, short lived humans are developing.

A fair warning though: If you're a spell crafter, they will try to get into your lab at all costs. And they will succeed. And you do not want that, given their reckless history. In face, there are laws and safety protocols that forbid you from disclosing the location of a spell crafter study, lab or spell vault to faerie petal dragons. In short - they're lovely beings that could destroy your home with a sneeze, and if you wanted one as a companion, they will not be the pet. You will be 😉

a commission for @dragonmasque ! always a pleasure

On the left, Hobgoblin! Human height range, and we're talking about normal hobgoblins. The honorable but brutal goblinoid leaders with the strong warriors they revel in. They're clever with a mind for organization and teamwork. They do have a vindictive streak, it's just a part of us goblinoids, though we can overcome it with effort. Even raised outside that militaristic society, we find that codes of conduct, keeping word, and honor are core to who they are. But more importantly: They strong, can be dominant or follow orders perfectly, and can keep rhythm.

On the right, the Faerie Dragon! Dragons about 1 to 1.5 feet long, 30 to 46 cm. They also come in every color of the rainbow! They're pranksters with the power to summon grasping plants, have "euphoria gas" breath, a prehensile tail, and a TON plenty of fun spells for manipulation and hallucination! Polymorph, mage hand, changing the sights and smells and temperature of the area, mind manipulation, and more!

Faerie dragon in the works!

Finished my Fae Folk Pack just in the nick of time! In this character and creature pack, you'll have seven creatures to utilize in your VTTRPG. Be it within the feywilds, a vast forest, or just along your adventure, surely this colorful pack can be utilized in your campaign setting.

You can find them on my Ko-fi Shop or Itch.io! Coming to you soon on the Roll20 Marketplace.

kaliyah the fey dragon with colors of that of the Rare Blue Wings Butterfly Plant known as Clerodendrum ugandense.

Spindle the faerie dragon & Mr. Noodles the blink dog & Mira the half-elf wizard :3

Dewdrop Body Ref

GOD THIS ONE TOOK FOREVER but here have my fae dracthyr gorl

For context Neltharion saw the faerie dragons and went "hmm" and tried to recreate them with her, so she has a lot of their same abilities and obviously their looks!

yes her being genderfae is a pun okay bye (also I decided to add little pride flags that represent the character because pride flags are neat and almost all my characters are queer LOL)

Alright today is backlog day cover your butts

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The Lord Caelum was a beautiful blue dragon who lived in an oasis deep within the Fyrusian Desert of Terris. A temptress of riches, the greedy and lost alike would be drawn to her territory — whether to steal from her vast horde or seek refuge from the deadly heat of the desert — and the Lord would welcome them in with open claws only to charm them out of their possessions and leave them to the desert. Some settled in her oasis afterward, so charmed by the dragon they didn’t want to leave, giving rise to the small bazaar town of Goldcup Bazaar, which Caelum ruled over with glee.

Caelum was a devout follower of an old god of gods, The Singularity, and would often offer her riches and knowledge stolen from humanoids in hopes for eternal life and youth. She eventually did get her wish in the form of a goblet of deep red water and eternal life, though her beauty soon left her and her small kingdom among the sands was soon swallowed by lethal sandstorms and dragged deep into the Abyss.

She now reigns a domain surrounded by lethal sandstorms, delusionally believing she's still beautiful even as her flesh sloughs off her skeleton and their wings are tattered ribbons, even as their jewelry rusts and tarnishes, even as the clocks tick onward relentlessly.