'I actually had them in Fizban's as 'dragonnes' until pretty late, well into the layout process. That name change almost didn't stick, however. However, they were called 'dragonnes' prior to Fourth Edition, when they were renamed liondrakes to make things less confusing. These dragons also come with a lot of expectations from their past appearances in the game. They also need legendary actions, lair actions, regional effects, breath weapons, and enough solid story text to help the DM understand why they might want to use a crystal dragon (for example) in place of a white or silver dragon in an adventure. 'We need them to be interesting in combat without being ridiculously difficult to play, and they need solid hooks that make them different from other dragons. 'The bar for the new full-on dragons in the book - the five gem dragons, the deep dragon, and the moonstone dragon - is pretty high,' he tells SYFY WIRE. When creating these new monsters - especially the proper dragons - Wyatt said the pressure was on, since they're, you know, half of the game's name. Some of those are just a single stat block, while others have two or more, depending on if the monster in question has different forms or age categories.

In addition to introducing new dragon-related subclasses, player race options, and lots of lore, Fizban's features more than 30 new entries in its bestiary.

26 release, SYFY WIRE spoke with the book's lead designer, James Wyatt, for an exclusive preview of some of the new monsters in the book. There's a whole hoard of draconic content inside its pages, including several new dragons and dragon-adjacent monsters that dungeon masters can throw at their players. Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, the next Dungeons & Dragons book, lives up to its name.

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