Editing Tiamat (section)

==Depictions==
* In Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Tiamat first appears as a unique boss-monster in the [[Greyhawk]] setting.  Later, she has the first layer of the Nine Hells assigned to her as her 'home plane,' giving her Outsider status and the ability to avoid permanent death.
* In the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, she was powerful enough to kick the shit out of both the [[DM|Dungeon Master]] and Venger, the show's main antagonist, giving you a general grasp of how goddamned powerful she is.
* When she feels the need to deal with mortals, she typically assumes the form of an exquisitely beautiful dark-haired human sorceress.
* In the [[Dragonlance]] setting, the goddess of evil stuff "[[Takhisis]]" uses a Tiamat form as her avatar and is essentially a slightly tweaked version of her.
* In AD&D 2nd edition, the [[Forgotten Realms]] campaign setting has a religion dedicated to her.
* In D&D 3rd edition, she's pretty much still the same, though she favors her natural, five-headed form.
** Her cult and an avatar appear in [[Red Hand of Doom]]. Pretty much all the dragon themed books have evil dragon stuff related to her.
* [[Eberron]] has a vastly different Tiamat. Tiamat is not a true god but [[Rakshasa|a demon overlord]] that was imprisoned long ago. She has the ability to corrupt dragons, especially chromatic ones, and provide a "blessing" that imbues servants [[Half-Dragon|with draconic might]]. Her minions, like those of the other overlords, are attempting to free her. If they succeeded it would be dark times for Khorvaire, not merely because of Tiamat herself but because the dragon armies will go full scorched earth to contain or destroy her (and if you're unlucky, they'll do this just because of the possibility). 
* In D&D 4th edition, she is no longer considered a unique type of dragon, but always referred to as a goddess who happens to have a draconic primary avatar.
* In [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]], her cult in the Forgotten Realms attempts to bring her back to Faerun from the Nine Hells, which is the focus of the first major storyline, "Tyranny of Dragons". If your players ''really'' fuck up, the cult could even succeed. In a lot of ways this version is like the Dragonlance Takhisis, because if she actually succeeds and returns to Faerun, the first thing she does is eat all the Cult of the Dragon cultists and humiliate their leader Severin, who brought her back - despite them worshipping her - just because she feels like being a dick, again. Tiamat can be defeated if she's summoned, which the campaign book notes is basically suicide unless you take the steps the campaign gives to weaken her first. At full strength she's the most dangerous monster you can come up against in 5E by a wide margin, she regenerates HP each turn, does an insane amount of damage (more than any other monster in the game, her average damage is enough to kill a level 20 character in one round) and can't be effected by spells level 6 or lower.
** She managed to act surprisingly affable in the ''Descent into Avernus'' adventure. Since the Holy City of Elturel has been bound by infernal chains, the players will need something with serious punch to destroy them. Turns out that infernal iron, forged in the very fires of Hell itself, is ''nothing'' compared to a god. Surprisingly, her only demand is that the players stick around to witness her power.  Of course, she '''hates''' Zariel, who commands that level at the time. Of course if all goes well if you get her on your side, her loyal servant Arkhan stands to become the new rule of Avernus.