Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Tiamat
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- The real Mother of Dragons, Chromatic Queen, Dark Maiden and embodiment of the ideal of supremacy. Tiamat is one of the greatest foes, the most potent villains and iconic monsters of Dungeons and Dragons.
Timestamps and Spoilers Below:
0:06 Intro, Become a Member!
0:15 Tiamat Inspiration and Mythology
1:06 Presence in early D&D
2:02 Godhood
4:52 Immortal and Her Conflict with Bahumat
6:17 Children and Consorts, Consorts in Combat
7:52 Former Queen of Avernus and the Favor of Asmodeus
8:49 Armies in Avernus and the Abashai
12:45 Dragon Queen and her Other Aspects in the multiverse
13:49 Cults and Priests of Tiamat
16:15 Tiamat in Combat
17:17 Five Heads, One Mind
18:59 Symbology and World Ending Catastrophy
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I was surprised to find that this video didn't have someone who had done timestamps yet. I think I knew about Tiamat before I knew of just about any other of the Evil Gods in D&D, she is legitimately that classic. Definitely check out AJ's Bahumat video if you enjoyed this content, subscribe if you haven't already, and see you all next time.
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i realize I am quite off topic but does anyone know of a good place to watch new tv shows online?
I’m just asking
I’m just asking
'Tathamet and Anu' and Bahamut and tiamat...any resemblance? 5 head vs. 7 head dragon? Anu and Ao? Diablo and D&D lore...just something I noticed, might not mean anything...
I like how you explained the relation of Tiamat and Bahamut: Love Hate, then Hate Hate, finally she loves to Hate him XD
Yeah, I liked that bit to :D
So Rich Siblings who have beef
Tiamat is the more knowledgable of two also
Ok if they where to do a dnd movie that has Tiamat in it and she gets voiced by Cate Blanchett “Galadriel” when she was doing the whole “in place of a dark lord you would have a queen” good idea or nay?
Well, when Tiamat calls herself "we" it makes a lot more sense than when queen Elisabeth does it.
She is a boss among bosses. What an incredibly frightening arch-nemesis for an epic party in an epic campaign. I find her Krynnish aspect, that of Takhisis, to be absolutely terrifying as the central antagonist of the Dragonlance Chronicles. Wonderful video.
She got hers in the war of souls, shame about paladine though
Tiamat."Everything will be mine, and if it isn't mine... *I WILL KILL IT.*"
I hear she once killed a mountain.
And yes, it can be done.
I'd like to thank you foor not making an ex joke.
Yeesh! At least take me out to dinner first! Note, not as dinner-AAAHHH!!! *Runs from flame breath.*
Those who are not with me are against me, and I destroy all who stand against me!
I first remember Tiamat from the Dungeon & Dragons cartoon from the 80's.
I lost all respect for unicorns thanks to that show.
Ha! Well the other unicorns were pretty cool it was just Uni who was an annoying child.
Tiamat should have been able to take the 6 of them out in 1 round, I think she was just toying with them.
The realm seemed to be very sparsely populated, she must have been bored as hell.. maybe she was stuck on a demi-plane with that idiot Venger, as he and the Dungeon Master sorted out their family scwabble.
The only cool thing about that show was the ranger's bow. Everything else was troll poop.
The Wizard, pulls things out of his magic hat, has no knowledge of spells what so ever... clearly, these people are experts on the game.
Nowadays, Tahkisis has been killed by the other Krynnish gods for stealing their world from them. However, in the Dragonlance saga, it is said that Tahkisis isn't really dead, just dormant like an Elder God. If she wakes up, then the Final Cataclysm begins and destroys Krynn.
Dragonlance lore is a slight mess.
I can't see them killing her. But I can see them using combined divine power to put her in a death like sleep. As a punishment for her unrepentant selfishness. No willful interactions until such time the other gods get things sorted to their liking. That is, to the point she can do minimal damage.
@@jacobfreeman5444 Nah removed her godhood then stabbed through the chest with a Dragonlance. She dead dead.
"... The default state of hiding from tiamat."
I laughed so hard I frightened my dog. :p
Sounds like Dungeons and Dragons the cartoon. 😆
You seem to have skipped the entire thing about the Tiamat murdering her unnamed sister over the creation of the Lesser Chromatics who aren't really under her control
I didn't come across that lore, can you point me to where to find that please?
Originally, it was in Dragon and Dungeon magazines during at least the AD&D era, the info was reworked in the 3rd edition period somewhat, before being reprinted with an update to 3.5 in the Dragon Compendium. It was part of the Lore of the Orange, Purple, and Yellow dragons.
You saying "abishai with intoxicating breath" I was inspired to create a captured abishai that breathes alcoholic fumes for use in a tavern!
Well, the Alehouse drakes have to come from somewhere...
"no smoking allowed"
Need this now more than ever, DMing Baldur’s Gate: Decent into Avernus and my group has had run-ins with Cult of the Dragon since their inception (albeit, having Not run Rise of Tiamat) and the Arkhan the Cruel side quest is a key place I’d like them to go. This detailed video is amazing, bringing lore and insight to portray Tiamat in the light needed. Thank you
Dude you earned a sub. For the very first time ever, CZcams put something in my recommended that I love
Fun fact: Tiamat is officially part of the Godzilla cannon! :D
Details plz?
No.
I rly hope ur joking lol
King Ghidora: oh shit oh fu-
Im currently running a campaighn where Tiamat took over. Its fun.
Nice, throw the Mindflayers and Aboleth in there, see how the players handle it :)
AJ Pickett is the aboleth named whimsy and have a split personality??😃😃
Daniel Cuevas Puffin Forest?
ABSERD
I became done with rise of tiamat not so long ago
Tiamat is my favorite evil God. She is so fckn badass. 5 Godamned Chromatic dragon heads?! That shit *screams* kneel & gravel.
I really enjoyed tiamat in the dragonlance setting. The whole raistlin series was pretty fantastic.
Great fiction, the Dragonlance books were some of the first I ever read. I think the first novel I read was 'Voyage of the Dawntreader.'
The Dark Queen. Vintage DL was amazing.
Takhisis, you put some respect on her name.
Wonderful work as always A.J. You always seem to be putting out the perfect info at just the right time. Bravo good Sir. I’m still a relative newbie, and dming my first campaign for a couple 15+ year vets of the game. Your info has made me look like I know what I’m doing, even when I am floundering a bit. You have my deepest thanks, and I’m sure, the thanks of many others.
Thank you, don't forget, if you ever have any D&D questions, I am right here, ready to help out.
I killed her champion under a contract and offered one to her right after she was shocked but accepted so long as I became her new champion for 100 years I agreed and I'm now a unique Dragon actually just a modified Red Dragon with black& red scales
I kind of wish she had a different form than just her five heads. Like, she would be chromatic like a rainbow, but is a seamless fusion of all five dragons.
Nothing stopping you from doing something like that. I would use it more as a underling. Where it is the herald of Tiamat since having 5 heads is really strong for her since she usually could focus pretty easily on different things with them. But the other version works fine as a dragon that is the aspect of tiamat, but not as strong. But it has access to all the different breath attacks that she has
If you're going with the "Takhisis is Tiamat" thing then she can also appear as a human(ish) woman. The standard version might also be able to do that if she wanted to.
It's a God. Have it look like whatever you want.
She is a greater god. She can look however she pleases. Maybe you could have her with iridecent scales that shift colors constantly?
A gay dragon, interesting.
Currently in a campaign where my character is a Tiamat cultist and due to it going all the way to level 20 he was able to form his own cult and meet Tiamat in person. This weekend he’s going to be proposing to her with a legendary magic ring because he’s deeply in love with her! Wish me luck!
dead.
How bad was the party TPK'd?
@@wherewiiwentwrong It actually went kinda well in the end! We were all level 20 and prepared for a fight to basically win her respect over for my character to then do the proposal. He'd been a very loyal servant up until that point and had a grand vision of creating a nation of dragons with her aid so chromatics could have somewhere to live where they weren't hunted. The battle was by no means easy and we had several go down, but thanks to our teamwork we eventually swung a victory. I made the proposal to her with the ring successfully, and then me with my other cultists formed a new Wyrmspeaker council under her to go about enacting my dragon nation plan. In the campaign epilogue, we were successful in doing so, carving out a territory near some mountains for us to settle down and start building in. And thus the nation of Scalinkirr was born! And the story of Kilmash Krenkus came to a close, as the first Dragonfather of the new nation.
Just found your channel. You got so many video I don't even know where to begin. I guess this video im already on.
All hail Tiamat! May her dominion over the materiel plane come swiftly!
Alexander Bahn huzzah! *fires magic missiles into the air at random*
🙏🐉🙏🐉🙏🐉
Running Rise of Tiamat is pretty fun I gotta say. Knowing the horrors that await my players is just lovely.
Thank you for making this video on my fav evil D&D goddess.
Thanks, man, I'll be using Tiamat in a adventure...this helps immensely.
Me too!
Same here.
Just trap in a pit with a carpet over it
Fool proof
Yes the d&d cartoon I see you are a man that enjoys the finer arts
I play as a red Dragonborn Sorcerer who's clan gives worship to Tiamat. She is incredibly passionate and prone to anger, with which once she's broken bad will set things on fire in a hissy fit. Though she is quite useful to the party and is not very hostile when calmed down, she tends to command a bit of respect from NPC's who talk to her. Very fun to role play.
One thing the party doesn't like about her (other than being Neutral Evil) is that she tends to covet and horde any gold she gets her clutches on and she has been caught a few times performing a personal version of "The Tything" when she is silently holding clawfuls of gold over a lit candle silently and waiting for it to disappear. It's only worked once so far but when it did it was an awesome "Bless" spell that the DM gave her after rolling the percentile dice. The way he does it, the more gold I offer to Tiamat, the better the chance for the percentile.
So far she's convinced the two party paladins not to attack her because of persuasion and a score of beneficial things she has done for the party. But I think I'm on borrowed time.
And yes, she's slept with the Bard once too. Not very proud about that one but hey, it was cold outside and Bard "Needed warmth", which I rolled a "1" for as far as persuasion/insight goes!
I have a weird idea that was inspired by a science fiction novel for a dnd campaign . Essentially you start out as a Deity , then you go backwards in time on each level starting a new adventure each time. Until you see your own origin based upon your actions the story of your origin changes based upon your actions as a deity showing who you are based upon how you acted in the origin.
Keep up the hard work AJ! These videos make the vast collaborative lore created by all the writers of this marvelous game accessible to those of us who want to plunge face first into this Rich well of inspiration. Thank you.
SO MUCH LORE! I could make these videos forever.
0:26 The first son or daughter of the Sea Goddess, Tiamat and the Fresh Water God, Abzu should have been named Brackish... Eh? Eh?! Anyone?:D
Door's this way, yea?
Never stop trying.
I get it
I don't get it
Tatsusama 😔😔😔😔
LegitGamerXpro Brackish water is when fresh and salt water mix.
Only way to beat her is get some epic dragon buddies that would be hard.
I like to think her heads operate like a sub-hivemind. Technically separate, but also acting as a single entity. If that makes sense.
I got hooked on Tiamat from the D&D cartoon.
Venger WAS my childhood!
Tiamat does in fact have 5 seperate minds, as this is stated in both her entry in the 4e draconomicon and in The Rise of Tiamat campaign for 5e
Yikes...how dumb is the White Dragon head?
So you could potentially distract her - even momentarily - with the old "Which head is the best head" trick?
@@dubuyajay9964 Considering that her base Int is 26, which is supra-genius, I'd say it's probably at least 20, since the ancient white has an Int of 10.
@@JanusHoW the white & blue heads might fall for that but I highly doubt the Red & Green heads would fall prey to that shit.
@@st4ne4rmthevill63 True, but also remember that red dragons are supremely egotistical. Unless all of the heads have worked out in advance who the "best head" is, the trick might be enough to catch her off guard for at least a combat round, maybe two.
Holy shit bro I love this so.much. keep the mythos in our cosmos
You bet!
lol sorry about this, but Tiamat & Asmodeus relationship is now not good. In 5ed Monster Manual, it reads:
"She also holds special enmity for Asmodeus, who long ago stripped her of the rule of Avernus and who continues to curb the Dragon Queen's power."
WarnarI aha! The plot thickens. Thanks for the update.
AJ Pickett the thick plottens
Love this. Makes me wish Horde of the Dragon Queen and Rise og Tiamat were better written campaigns.
They make for a pretty dry read.
Good to know; I'll skip those. After viewing a video like this, my mind is bubbling with great Tiamat stories...
Yeah, the WoTC team have been pretty honest about those two books, they admit they were not great, but, for the first foray into 5th edition adventures, they don't suck entirely.
Haven't read such books since the days of Gord the Rogue & the earliest Xanth series. Seventh Son is on my shelf, eyeing me..
Tell me about it, I have a pile of books that are basically just a quality housing complex for a colony of dust mites.
Just don't tell Venger.
AJ, have you considered to upload these as podcasts? I'd love to binge these on headphones while doing my daily strolls.
I am considering all sorts of options for next year. nice to hear from you, it's been a while :)
I'd be around more, but I'm more on the move these days! :D
Question if tiamat would "breed" with an humanoid to have an humanoid servant for whatever reason
Would it be an tiefling or a dragonborn or an halfdragon?
Good question. Create a new race
Demonic multicolored halfdragon?
Dragon born
She isn’t an actual devil
She just lives in Baator
Draconic demigod. She is a god, even if she is evil and locked up in Avernus. So anything mortal that bred with her would result in a demigod. But I can't see her breeding with anything not a full dragon(because of her vanity and pride). She does produce children from time to time, as if I remember right that is how Kurtelmak came to be.
Great informative vid.
I always liked the idea she has a hive mind, but that each head is almost like a distilled part of her personality, and that is how kinda the extreme personalities of her children come into being thru. Though i always also liked to play her as unknown to her children, and even other Dragon kind via her assuming a different god-personas suited to her worshippers an using that head alone to interact with them. Though in a story-line in which she is not banished, I could see maybe she was sundered into five dragon-aspects of her divinity an seek to be merged back into her true form, maybe even with her sundered form being sealed/pinned into specific places that she needs worshippers to help unseal/unbind before being able to become whole again (maybe why she created her five chromatic breeds of dragons)..
THough in the Cult of Tiamat I like to use the idea of the hierarchy of chromatic dragons for how they structure themselves, with the top priest/priestess alone using a similar style of combining all five colors. So kinda like in ways that a kingdom/area would be divided into five (maybe more) zones that are not equally divided among the five head dragon-priests/priestesses, which than would directly report to the high-priest/priestess or chromatic priest/priestess.
Excellent reasoning for the operation of her cult. (I looked it up, cult is the correct name for a group who worship a living leader, which I thought was pretty interesting).
Perhaps the mother of monsters is more fitting since the mother or father of dragons is more akin to asgorath since he or she originated all dragons and is a greater god
I think of him as Io.
Lamstu is the mother of monster
AJ Pickett, I think Asgorath is the incarnation of Io, like Mystra is the incarnation of Mystryl🤔
-Double D
Also, Bahumat and Tiamat created the Metalic and Chromatic dragons respectively, but there were many other draconic monstrosities born in the dawn age.
18:28 nice reference to one of the best DnD shows ever made.
I've been arguing with my friends about this for weeks and I suppose this is the perfect time to ask, how do you suppose Tiamat feels about her Worshippers in relation to Vampirism? That is to say, Say a Githyanki sworn to her becomes a full blown Vampire, Would she reject them? What about one of her direct creations, like a Red Dragon? (Though I suppose Fang and Gray dragons could help answer that in one way or another)
She would be fine with it, Vampires, after all, are apex predators, as you say, a full blown vampire is not in thrall to any master, other than it's appetite.
AJ Pickett Quick Follow up, is there enough on Undead transformations of Illithids to ever do a video on them (not necessarily soon), or is there just not enough there?
AJ Pickett Also,
>When Senpai Notices You
I actually want to do a follow up video on Illithid, since my first one has crappy sound quality and there is SO MUCH lore on them.. I think I could make a better video now. So yeah, its in the pipeline.
AJ Pickett Well I'm Very Excited
Ok, I didn't hear you mention the fact that Tiamat is Io's daughter. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong about him mentioning it) and she didn't kill her brother, she killed Io's pet and blamed her brother, Bahamut, simply because she was jealous and believed that Io loved Bahamut more than her.
This was untrue, as Io loves all of his children equally, and had tolerated Tiamat's scheming, proud of her intellect and ingenuity.
However, that day, Io saw through her machinations and banished Tiamat from his house in the Outlands. Bahamut, seeing his sister for what she truly is, decided to dedicated his life to being her antithesis. Where as Tiamat embodies evil, is the Queen of all Evil Dragonkind, scheming and plotting akin to Lolth; Bahamut is the Platinum Godking of all Good Dragonkind. Bahamut embodies wisdom, the North wind, and is the adoptive father to all Dragonborn.
Tiamat is NOT a demon, devil, fiend or any other creature from the Lower Planes. Tiamat is a goddess. A Lesser Deity of Divine Rank 10 (as of D&D 3.5e Deities and Demigods supplement Pg. 93) However, this is directly following both her an Bahamut's reduction in Divine rank for their fighting on the Prime Material plane.
Since then, both Bahamut and Tiamat have been restored to their original place as Intermediate Deities (Rank 11-15), however, neither of them are allowed on the Prime Material Plane in their natural forms. Tiamat gets around this by flooding Faerun with evil dragonkind, and building up her influence, indirectly inhabiting the Prime Material Plane. Bahamut gets around this by travelling as a hermit.
If ever you meet an old, bald hermit carrying a gnarled oaken staff, surrounded by seven yellow canaries on your journeys throughout Faerun, I suggest you pay the old man respect, for you are in the presence of the Platinum Godking and his 7 Celestial Gold Great Wyrm Dragons.
Ok, this needs a little explaining... See, Io created the first dragons, and many dragon deities, all of which are his children. There are Bahamut and Tiamat, obviously, but their siblings include: Aasterinian, Chronepsis, Garyx, Lendys, and Tamara to name a few.
After he had created the others, Io set out to create a child that embodied all the aspects of Chromatic Dragonkind, but would hopefully rise above the limitations of the Chromatics, hoping she would be a fine ruler for them, without being wicked at heart herself. And so Tiamat came into being.
At first, Io was sure he succeeded, and so, spurned by his apparent success, Io created a ruler for the Metallic Dragons. One that he hoped would be as impartial as Tiamat was, so that they could rule over all of Dragonkind impartially.
And at first, this is how it was.
However, Tiamat was just as dark and twisted as the Chromatics over which she held dominion...
Tiamat grew jealous of Bahamut and her other siblings, wanting all of Io's affection for herself. And so she plotted and schemed to gain more of Io's affection.
However, for all of Tiamat's schemes, and for as proud of her a Io was for showing such a remarkable intellect, she never could take more of his love than her siblings received, and this infuriated the Chromatic Queen. She despised Bahamut most of all, as he ruled the Metallic Dragons, those directly in opposition of her children. Not only did Tiamat attempt, on multiple occasions, to kill Bahamut, but one day she hatched a plan to finally get Bahamut banished from Io's house. She slaughtered Io's favorite pet, leaving both the blood and the corpse near Bahamut's sleeping form (and it the case of the blood, all over him).
Tiamat called out for Io, claiming Bahamut the guilty party, and Io saw through her deception. Saddened and ashamed that she would do something so evil and twisted, Io banished Tiamat from his house, and his very realm, casting her down into the pits of Ba'ator.
Bahamut, seeing Tiamat for what she was, the embodiment of all the shortcomings of the Evil Dragons, decided to leave Io's house and rule the Good Dragonkind from Mt. Celestia, and Io weeped that day, for he had lost both of his children. One to Evil, and the other to Good.
From that day, Bahamut and Tiamat have ever been the bitterest of enemies. Tiamat scheming to take Bahamut's life, and Bahamut doing everything in his power to check her influence in Aber-Toril. This clashing of Dragon Gods came to a head in the Dragonfall War, and has, in recent years, been... almost peaceful.
Tiamat still plots, creating more and more Chromatic Dragons, Dragon Chimeras, and other evil draconic abominations. To combat this, Bahamut began recruiting mortals to help him. He sent out a call, and those who answered his call became his adoptive children, the Dragonborn. But, the tale of the Dragonborn, and more specifically, the first Dragonborn, the Bard Marlow Rodan, is a tale for another time...
Does Tiamat speak with one head at a time or with all 5 heads at once?
Either, she often speaks with the Red dragon head, but they can all speak (they don't hold individual conversations though).
So it’s not like a hydra and they all share a mind?
Correct. Tiamat is a god, embodying all Chromatic aspects in a single, unified, divine entity (rather than being various individuals divided across mortal brains).
Depending on the subject being discussed Tiamat might respond with a different head which is more inclined to be interested in a particular issue she's being addressed about...
That echo effect would be sick.
Strange, you didn't describe the White Abishai's abilities and preferred combat tactics.
I'm curious if the various monsters and major NPCs (like Tiamat) would still be viable if they retained their 1E stat blocks in 5E. Like were they buffed over time due to power creep? Or did their stats just change to fit in better with the updated game mechanics?
Like would 1E Tiamat still be Endgame boss level against a 5E party at the same level you'd expect a 1E party to be facing 1E Tiamat back in the day?
The stats get updated, or altered, there is not a whole lot of consistency to it to be honest.
@@AJPickett Thanks. I recall checking out the stats to alot of high tier 1E bosses and thinking their HP seemed really low.
I figured this was because for the time those were considered high HP for bosses and a decent mid-level 5E team could blow through that easily.
Hardly something a high-level 5E team would struggle with. But maybe in most cases the way AC and resistances/immunities were calculated back in 1E made up for the seemingly low HP.
For example in 1E you can decap Tiamat's heads with 16 dmg each and if you inflict 48 damage to her body you banish her to Hell.
Having 128 HP total 1E Tiamat has incredibly low HP for a boss from my 5E perspective. In 5E Tiamat has 600+ HP. Putting her 1E HP to shame.
I would love to see a little piece about Kurtulmak :3 once you have time.
I talked a little bit about him in my video on Kobolds, but he does need his own video.
As always, informative and engaging. Thanks AJ!
most welcome Mike!
Great video! 😀
Thanks Jorphdan!
Love your vids, too, Jorphdan!
5:00 the green dragons high af
XD
I am a fan of warhammer, warcraft, and elder scrolls. Glad to see I can now get into dnd also. Great videos man, ty ty
The Dragon of many colors and none.
Was that hank from the cartoons fighting Tiamat?
Jonah Marx no the hawk works for Shonuff and as such cannot actually “Fight” Tiamak
It is like trying the art of love when one “does not have a paintbrush... does not even know how to draw.”
to simplify the multiple heads thing, I usually recommend taking a page from Larry Niven's Puppeteers, and declaring that Tiamat has a single brain, which lies within her torso rather than in any of her heads.
Yeah, the individual dragon skulls are full of ear wax and cotton bugs... its a nightmare. :)
She is a God. She can multitask to an extant we cannot comprehend. I see the multiple heads as a kind of physical manifestation of this. Maybe the limit of the lines of thought she can entertain while performing all her godly functions. Which when you consider all the stuff the gods must be doing in the background is still a shocking amount.
@@jacobfreeman5444 fun fact: that's actually the exact logic behind all the hindu gods being depicted with multiple arms.
If I were to run her, I'd have each of her heads has a personality that roughly coincides with the basic temperament of each of the five chromatic dragon species - the black head is the most vile and evil-tempered; the blue head is the most vain and territorial; the green head is the most cunning and treacherous; the red head is the most covetous and proud, and would be the "leader"; and the white head is the most savage and brutal. Of course, Tiamat has all of these traits at once, but players might be able to read her mood depending on which head is doing the talking.
Big question: would Tiamat recruit evil dragons from other realms and pantheons? Like trying to poach the Typhoon Dragons of Kara-tur? Or coerce stronger dragons to try and serve her, like Time and Astral Dragons? What do you think she feels about these other kinds of dragons?
"I can fix her"
-The Bard.
Tiamat rules and Venger drools.
4:55 : I don't know which edition you use, but concerning 3rd edition, even if she's immortal (like all gods), she can be killed.
Being immortal meaning, in their case, that they can't die by natural means (old age, starvation, natural illness, breathe). But they can die during a physical or magical fight, against anyone who's strong enough to beat them.
@DreamPioneer12777 : so you're both (you and Pickett) considering the 5th edition. Ok, that was just to be sure.
Still love this video
Malphas has long been my handle online from its proper origins, but I know many devils names have their roots in biblical or occult roots. So I'm glad to find that my namesake serves the Queen of Dragons.
Did you ever do a deep dive on the Spawn of Tiamat?
I can...
Has anyone ever playtested a Tiamat Vs. Terrasque fight to see who would beat who? Or worse, can she control the Terrasque due to her extreme magical prowress and/or her ability to control reptiles?
Tiamat will win every time. Immunity to non-magical damage of any form, ability to fly, and her literal god-tier elemental breaths lead to the Tarrasque being one very crusty reptile.
In regards to control, I do not think any god can control the Tarrasque as much as point it in the right direction and hope for the best.
Brother Malachai yeah Tiamat would win due to the simple fact she can summon other evil dragons as well as cast spells!
She’s sound to OP for any party to fight. It’s pretty cool that she can shapeshift into a woman w/ black hair.
She is a greater god. She should only be capable of being defeated by puny mortals when they are recieving some equivalent aid. Thankfully you can count on Bahamut to at least keep an eye on her so there is a ready ally.
Nice work. However, I can't conceive of a monster like this ever facing defeat at the hands of a PC party. I would like to take a long hard look at that 5th Edition module. How could she possibly be slain??
She is not intended to be faced in the module, essentially it ends with either the cult managing to summon her and game over.. or the PC's thwart the cult and retire as heroes... Tiamat doesn't even get a stat block. I might make a vid at some point on how a very high level game could encompass the god killer story lines, it is as much about (actually more about) cosmic politics as it is about combat and such.
AJ, Tiamat does have a stat block in the 5E book Rise of Tiamat. While it’s possible to prevent the summoning ritual and keep Her from entering the world, it is also possible to fight Her. And she’s a rightfully hard fight. The book explicitly tells the DM to play Her ruthlessly, because anything less would undermine the entire adventure. And yes, it’s very likely that the fight will end in a TPK, but that’s okay; that just means the DM can expand on that and start a new campaign in which Tiamat has taken over, and now new adventurers need to figure out how to end this Tyranny of Dragons.
Aha! There she is on page 92, thank you Doug, don't know how I missed that.
Glad Fifth Edition has whole Rise of Tiamat storyline.Epic!
Did AJ ever do the weredragons? I heard him mention them but i cant find a video
Not yet
I saw the thumbnail for this video and had to change my pants and smoke a cigg. I feel like I owe you flowers and dinner now, Mr. Pickett;3
Bring me Subs worthy of Mordor! :)
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lmao!!!
she is also the mother of monsters in babylonian mythology
I'd like to know more about felazure, you should if you haven't already do a video on him
Hhmmnoname my deity of death and necromancy uses Falazure as a mount! Hes his bitch😉
Wait, so the 5 dragon heralds in well of the dragons in neverwinter online game are the 5 consorts of tiamat?
er, perhaps? I have not got to that bit.
Cover kyuss. Vecna has a ungodly amount of lore.
I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of a Vecna video.
Funny. Got an ad for Alexstraza in Heroes of the Storm while watching this.
I had to look up what that was.. well, at least it is gaming related.
AJ Pickett Not just gaming related. Also dragon and RPG related. And a female dragon no less.
I got the greatest showman trailer.
I got a rock.
I once defeated tiamat in a one off session. I was lvl 17 in 5e with no other PCs. How did I do it? I cast banishment and she failed her save. Combat ended before initiative was even rolled.
really ;p and a level 17 was able to by pass her magic resistance? doubtful
Apparently I was. Then again he was a first time Dm. Maybe he forgot.
She is bound to Avernus but could she walk the prime material plain in her Sorceress form ? A.J mentioned people having met her and her consorts without even knowing . Anyone know please ?
You only have her enemies side of the Story she is back now with us
Do tell...
@@AJPickett She was erased from all records by her Murderer We had to go get her back from a trap box in Space
I remember a story my dad told me, it was his 2nd edition character wielding frostbrand and flametongue, then fought and defeated tiamat.
Tiamat: "This plane of existence is below me!!!"
Asmodeus: "Hey boo this will always be your realm even though the creators deem it not. Also your my number 1 bestie. Call on me anytime."
You missed talking about the white abishai.
Love this! Thank you sir! 👍🏻
Great video AJ, i was wondering can Tiamat have paladins in service to her and if so what changes would the class need if any.
Totally up to the DM, I just answer lore questions, it's not really my place to tell anyone how to play their own homebrew games 😎
She is the best of all worlds!
so what are her stances on ferrus and jem dragons?
Gem dragons were creations of Io, so, she is not a fan of them. Ferrus dragons she takes a keen interest in, since most of them are evil.
AJ Pickett is their any perticular reason why evil dragons obcess with torture? i understand devils & demons, but why do dragons like to play torture time timmys?
I thought you said Jam Dragons.🤦🏿♂️
Tiamat was initially a creation goddess. Marduk was the usurper of her domain and she was later vilified by the Sumerians when they invaded the lands of her followers. Much like Baal
The further back you go, the more closely related all of those deities become.
Awesomeness! Thank you AJ!
Most welcome :)
Your vids are great. I love the lore. Although I think you should keep a more steady, constant and strong volume and accentuation on your voice. Some time i can understand perfectly but other times you drop your voice too much and at the same time speed it up. Just a tought though. Your vids are great anyway!! :D
Thanks for the good critique Jaime, stuff like that is actually really helpful to me, I have found, oddly enough, that if I make hand gestures when I talk, my voice does sound a bit more even, rather than when I am sort of just staring at the script pages.
AJ Pickett Thanks to you mate for doing this videos! Also I really prefered to have images about what im being told. I had this idea to actually for every video of this type make every images (digital drawing) so if you tell about some flying cosmic castle you dont use images from google but actually have the exact images for this. If you want to try sometime let me know! (Im a 3d artist)
Thanks Jaime, feel free to send me an email and we can have a chat about it.
I wish there was more lore and books with Dragonborn. I am having a hard time playing my Dragonborn paladin.
I hope you found the video I made about them
AJ Pickett yeah I found it but overall. Info on Dragonborn is still very limited and lore is more fuel by the DM. For example do Dragonborn lay eggs or are born? Some say yes and some say no.
Most of these rumors aren't true. My mom went to high school with Tiamat. She stood up to bullies and was homecoming queen.
Thanks for the info!
Where did you find the stats on tiamat that gives her the summon devil abilities, and the abershi(sorry I don't know how to properly spell there name) stats?
Nicholas Hengstler dragon magazine.
AJ Pickett which one
AJ Pickett which specific magazine's(there numbers)
Number 38 Nicholas, I did say that specifically in the video man, come on.
AJ Pickett ok, sorry I didn't hear it sorry :(
Fun Fact: Tiamat is technically in the Bible.
Tiamat has been claimed to be cognate with Northwest Semitic word tehom (תהום) ("the deeps, abyss"), in the Book of Genesis 1:2.
@@rachdarastrix5251 yep
You failed to mention her METAL origin...Io was fighting the primordial known only as the Lord of Terror, until he gets *CUT IN HALF* But at that point, he just isn't dead, no, it just breaks apart into Bahamut and Tiamat. Who kill him.
Thats the thing with some deities, they exist on multiple planes of existence, so, Tiamat and Bahamut may well have more than one origin, in different dimensions, parallel realities, on ascension to divine status, these entities combine into a pan dimensional super being. So yeah, she still has the gnarly origin via Adamantine primordial god slayer axe.. that totally happened.
AJ Pickett i love it when the lore supercedes its own contradictions to become even more incomprihensible and unsermountable than before.
It makes sense to me. Beings as powerful as deities completely bypass simple limits like space and time. As soon as they exist, they can do anything, including rewriting their own origin story. As crazy as that sounds.
Are their playable K9 race if them can you do monthology?
Nothing official, you could give the Wolffolk a try? www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Wolffolk_(5e_Race)
Thank you
if her heads talk to each other like we can talk to ourself then getting them to argue among each other would not break them all being one her. we can get into arguments with ourself if we can truly see reasons for both sides. with her it's just more visual.
Is Takhissis the same Goddess?
Also everyone is scared of tiamat so doesn't have any worshippers.
totally fine if you want to run it like that.
I have this idea for a scenario with Tiamat in _Baldur's Gate Descent Into Avernus_ that I may or may not have posted in one of your other videos, but here it is again:
Party is cruising along in one of their infernal war machines when Tiamat shows up on one of her regular jaunts around Avernus, and catches up to them. But she's not in the mood to kill them, and instead demands them to entertain her because she's bored - probably using the skills the party has. For example, she might demand a bard come up with a short ballad for her on the spot, or a cleric come up with a prayer dedicated to her. If their efforts please her, and especially if they cooperated with the dragon cultists back in Baldur's Gate, Tiamat says she might do them a small favor down the line if it piques her interest. If the PCs fail to amuse her, attack her, or run away, she leaves in disgust and nothing more comes of it.
Those who succeed in amusing the Dragon Queen can get some surprisingly significant leverage in dealing with her and her servants in two ways:
1. If the PCs dealing with Arkhan the Cruel to get the reliquary of Tiamat's blood for Uldrak, the empyrean-turned-spine devil to spill, she will force Arkhan to trade the reliquary for the _orb of dragonkind_ without having to sacrifice a celestial ally such as Lulu or Mooncolor the unicorn. She might even mention that Arkhan, while a useful servant, is ultimately expendable, and the _Hand of Vecna_ would occupy a prime space in her hoard if he should perish.
2. If the PCs meet Arkhan to try to convince Tiamat to shatter the chains holding the Companion, she will ask for less in return.
Its need in neverwinter nights 😔
Currently playing a paladin of Tiamat, oath of teachery. He isn't
exactly faithful, as he believes his actions follow the example set by Tiamat (but in a much more cunning way). He's a gifted, extremely egoist manipulator who grew up with a dwarf.