Pathfinder is a fantasy table-top game (and expanding franchise) that can trace its origins directly to earlier editions of Dungeons and Dragons. As such, this means the game features a reasonable number of both dragons and dungeons. One such beastie is the Cloud Dragon, a blue flying lighting breathing lizard.

In the world of Pathfinder, cloud dragons are aimless wanderers, who like to travel and explore, finding new treasures and people to talk to.  They live for the moment, essentially draconic flower children who draw their power from air itself. They are poor planners but keen collectors; their hoards tend to be in hard-to-reach places and are filled with strange and unusual things from across the world of Golarion.

The pre-painted plastic model is rather friendly looking. The dragon is light blue, with its wings configured in a way that makes it look like it’s built for speed over grace. It’s buff looking beastie, looking more like a long-tailed and winged pit-bull than something more elegant. Its head is sculpted with four horns and a very positive looking smile (or is that a grimace).  The piece communicates the power and intelligence of these monsters. It’s well put together, robust and cleverly and efficiently painted, as we’ve come to expect from Wizkids.

This piece is interesting to compare to its D&D equivalent, the Icons Of The Realms: Adult Blue Dragon. The blue is a wicked beast and is sculpted appropriately, where as the cloud is almost a friendly puppy of a beast. Both sculpts convey an incredible and inhuman intelligence, but are very different it approach. Wizkid’s dragon models tend to be strong character pieces, and the Adult Cloud Dragon is worthy addition to any Dungeon Master’s dragon collection.