Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Lung Dragons 

Ah! I see, thank you a lot! So that is more of an "Ow" sound, kind of "Lowng". I will endeavor to pronounce it correctly in future.

And of course "long" just means dragon.

And yes, your Chinese pronunciation is pretty awful. Watch a pinyin video please......

​@@sunsin1592 That's not his problem. It's a problem with the sourcebook "Oriental Adventures". The people who wrote it weren't trying too hard make already existing material match Asian mythologies/fantasy. I get the feeling the target market was non-Asians who were interested in having an oriental campaign. Consider that they tended to favour non-Chinese and non-Japanese romanization like wade-giles and hepburn for Chinese and Japanese-sounding words respectively rather than Chinese favoured ones like hanyu pinyin (which you mentioned. Also, I believe Asians who are familiar with D&D don't have many problems adjusting core stuff to oriental campaigns. I doubt anyone would have trouble just taking the core dragons, like Gold Dragon, and adjusting it to be more Chinese (not that much work would be needed there). While I don't like the lung (mainly because of lack of 3.5 update, and it's woefully underpowered like a lot of 3.0 monsters), I still like that book. It still offers some extra splat, decent feats, and has some creatures like the Kirin that I don't think an adjusted/modified unicorn would do enough justice. AJ Pickett has a great video about kirin too.

@@sunsin1592 hey, at least he's trying to pronounce it as faithfully as he can! Mandarin/Cantonese is quite difficult for Westerns to pronounce, you know?

Go figure.

Is it trying to hard maybe?

Flight or Wings, you can only have ONE.

You sound surprised 🤣

Apparently that was the inspiration for the pokemon Magikarp becoming Gyrados

That's how you evolve a Gyarados

@@tkshillinz9334 That explains the part of Pokemon Snap where bopping a magikarp makes a gyarados appear out of a waterfall later.

Isn't it Chinese mythology??

It Chinese

And they all know kung fu.

Aren’t the “half-dragons” of Kara-Tur called Spirit Folk?

So... basically, Chinese Mythology set the stage for a potential sequel where the vengeful yandi returns, overthrows the rightful Emperor, and establishes an evil, ‘Red’ regime...?

I am picturing Thor sitting behind a desk, stamping forms with Mjölnir like cracks of thunder, bellowing "NEXT!".

AJ Pickett Zeus in the background rutting as a swan

Zeus got sent to Human Resources

Not that I know of.

I kind of like the western look more.

On the original AD&D, the Gold was known as Draco aurum orientalis

Oh nice! Right on the money then, as we say.

Australia and Fiji have fantastic crab recipes, something New Zealand lacks, sadly. We have coastal paddle crabs, but they are not the same as a juicy and sweet mud crab.

I realize that Ravenloft as a campaign setting is now outdated/defunct, but I'd love for you to do some videos on its Darklord NPCs and some of its more iconic monsters.

Actually they have updated and brought Ravenloft back for 5th edition, I have not purchased the source book, but I might, as it has a lot of loyal fans.

It took me back as well! Reading the 5e materials it’s interesting how similar it is to 1st edition in many ways. More so than the last 3 editions any way. AJ when you read that wind spell description it really brought the focus of AD&D front and center. It referenced the time unit of a “turn” or ten minutes. I appreciate all the good work you’re doing and if I weren’t living on disability I’d be a subscriber. Still might do if I can get things worked out. Be well

Never take things too seriously :)

AJ Pickett I know that was slight sarcasm 😉 I liked it after all ☺

No, I would say it is a good life philosophy.. or perhaps it is just my chaotic good temperament.

AJ Pickett Theoretically... Yes 😉😘

Venkman!

that is both a fascinating and weird idea, i like it.

In earlier editions they did an anatomy of them, they have an organ that creates an antigravity effect.

Nope, you are thinking of the Mikado, the sire of all Celestial Dragons.

I'm holding off on more Character Class vids until I get my copy of Xanathars guide to everything, as it has loads of sub class options in there. So, more monsters, probably Ferris dragons.

Matt Colville is more a D&D historian from the perspective of someone who has just played the game since the very early days, he also has an excellent grasp of narrative and plot, so for him, the published lore is not much use, when he can just make it up on the fly.

AJ Pickett Ah, I totally see what you're saying. Thanks for replying, it seems like so many youtubers never check their comments.

I'll never understand why they don't. It's the best thing about RU-vid. This channel has literally been designed by the people who comment on it, I am almost exclusively producing content based on the requests of the viewers.

AJ Pickett well, you can be sure that it's more than just the great content that keeps me coming back to your channel. It's also the chance to interact with a knowledgable DM who clearly cares for this game!

I'm a lot like Colville. I see the WotC produced content more like ideas for me to rip off of, rather than solid Lore. My own head canon is more fun anyway. Lung Dragons and Gem Dragons, to me, are the same thing, for example.

Interesting! I like that idea.

In many ways that is quite right, however, the Stellar dragons are more fitting from a draconic perspective.

@@AJPickett I haven't seen the Stellar Dragon vid yet.

Naga is also a big thing in Khmer and Thai culture.

added to the list!

AJ Pickett a video on the characters behind certain spell names would be awesome, always wondered who Tasha was

rpg.rem.uz/Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons/AD%26D%201st%20Edition/Forgotten%20Realms/Kara-Tur%20The%20Eastern%20Realms%20Box%20Set.pdf In the meantime, most of the material is fluff, not crunch, and the mechanics of monsters are not hard to work out, since it is a pre-established group of characters, no need to worry about the player character class and race options either, just NPC's, locations, stories and encounters really. I think you will do fine.

Sweet. Thanks.

“Kami-Kaze”...? Huh. So it is. Neat. Yo, I’ve been watching Anime for 20+ years and I never noticed that? God, I’m dense. Well, regardless of how you feel about the Imperial Navy ~1942, you gotta admit their poetic irony game was top notch.

It's a quirk of mine that I feel like I build up credit I can spend on making non-ecology videos, by making ecology videos.. *shrug* whatever keeps the channel trucking eh?

The long, as far as I know, have little to do with any humanoid draconic breeds. I could be flat out wrong though, I need to learn much, much more.

Yeah, I was, I like the way it sounds, and it's suitably impressive for a creature that can level a civilization.

Good question... I dunno.

Also an Oceanus Dragon, but who's counting.

Gabriel Killian heyy I know

Yeah, there was a lot more diversity in dragon kind back when they dominated the whole world, so, much as there is often significant variation in the humanoids, there were draconic life forms that were quite outlandish.. take the dragon turtle for instance, that is weird, then we have wyverns, drakes, dragonborn, kobolds, spellscales..

Yes.

AJ Pickett Awesome thank you, BTW keep up the good work man your videos are amazingly informative. Very tantalizing for a guy like me who enjoys to learn everything about things.

I have no intention of ever stopping Joe, thanks for the kind words and your support :)

Harssafs. yes.

good point . i think any mortal creature can hear the call but after a certain point with intellect and power. It could just pay it no mind like a phone call you can't stop ringing.

I use keyword searches and just pull images that fit what I am looking for, I saw so many great tattoo designs with this topic, it was very interesting.

AJ Pickett yea MH is a game with a lot of cool monsters

In real life, they didn't have a creature close to them other than dragon, so they were named dragon and the word lóng became synamous with dragon, thus the idea of Chinese having the name "dragon".

Zion The Dragon no im asking if theyre true dragon like do they get more powerful as the get older. But thanks for the reply anyways

@@Borkeen2024 well, as far as my knowledge goes, they WERE (Past tense) true dragons, and are listed as true dragons, BUT in original/older material, no they were not. Also, they are also listed as spirits, aka NOT living creatures in the D&D universe, so take the true-ness with BAGS of salt. And they gained more types of powers and abilities as they aged, but intelligence & powers DIDN'T increase. And they changed species, this is all in 2e. In 1e they were not.

Very much so, yes.

i know, i know dnd dragons are not our mythical dragons, but still

Yes

*laugh track noise.

Mother puss bucket is one of the greatest utterances in the history of cinema.

How have I not noticed that line before. Perhaps it was too unexpected for my mind to comprehend. I did not know I could appreciate that movie more than I already did. This was the highlight of my birthday.

Happy Birthday!

Thanks : )

Heh, yes, of course.