A Dragon Master is excellent at rallying Drakes to their side. Drakes are technically not Dragons, but rather Dragon-wannabes; all of them are still Animals by nature, whereas the "true" Dragons have higher self-respect and divine eligibility.

Drakes are out-of-battle Conjuration summons spread across five different magic paths; the "Five Elements", as the T'ien Ch'i mystics know them. For every point of the "Dragon Master" trait a Dragon Master has, they get one additional Drake through the summoning rituals. This is the only reasonable way to get Drakes; only one nation, Late Agartha, can technically hire some with Gold, and the Dragon Master trait doesn't apply there.

The following are Drakes:

Sprite	Unit Name	Special Attributes	Comments
	Fire Drake Summon Fire Drake (Conj 4, 2, 6)	Undisciplined Animal Cold-Blooded Wasteland Survival Fire Resistance (15)	Fire Drakes are desired for their Drake Fire. This is a "beam" weapon, dealing AOE AP Fire DMG. (DMG = 6 + 0.5 x STR) Other than that, they're slow, and not very durable.
	Zmey Summon Zmey (Conj 5, 2, 5) Rus, Vanarus, and Bogarus ONLY	Animal Flying Cold-Blooded Mountain Survival Fire Resistance (15)	Zmeys are shockingly-good Drakes; they have Drake Fire, wings, and three good melee attacks. However, they're bound to a series of factions with Cold preference, which hinders their Encumbrance (unless you swing hard towards Heat).
	Storm Drake Summon Storm Drake (Conj 4, 2, 5)	Undisciplined Animal Flying Storm Immunity Cold-Blooded Wasteland Survival Mountain Survival Shock Resistance (15)	Storm Drakes are known for their Drake Lightning. This behaves like the Orb Lightning spell; it does 2 AN Shock DMG to someone, then bounces to neighboring foes a certain number of times. Otherwise, they have the least HP of all Drakes, though their DEF is among the highest.
	Wyvern Summon Wyverns (x2) (Conj 4, 2, 3)	Animal Flying Cold-Blooded Wasteland Survival Mountain Survival Poison Resistance (15) Shock Resistance (15)	Wyverns do not get imitation Dragon-breath. Their special attack is a barbed tail, which dumps 50 points of Fatigue on foes who fail an MR check… if the tail gets through Protection, anyway. (DMG = STR - 2, Magic Piercing) The Fatigue is reduced by Poison Resistance.
	Ice Drake Summon Ice Drake (Conj 4, 2, 7)	Undisciplined Animal Snow Move Cold Resistance (15)	Ice Drakes are famed for their Drake Ice. This is a "beam" weapon, dealing AOE AN Cold DMG in two bursts, both of which can hit the same fellow. (DMG = 0.5 x STR - 3)
	Sea Serpent Summon Sea Serpent (Conj 4, 2, 4) Underwater ONLY	Undisciplined Animal Aquatic Poison Resistance (15) Fear (+5)	Sea Serpents also lack imitation Dragon-breath. Instead, they have a Magic Piercing attack, a different attack that also deals 35 Poison DMG, and a Dragon's AOE Tail Sweep. The Tail Sweep is dodged in the same way one would dodge a Trampler. (DMG = STR - 5) They also have a Fear Aura, and substantial bulk. UNFORTUNATELY, Sea Serpent MR is quite poor.
	Cave Drake Summon Cave Drake (Conj 4, 2, 4)	Undisciplined Animal Cold-Blooded Mountain Survival Darkvision (100%)	Though Earth-type Dragons were added to Dominions 6, Cave Drakes still lack imitation Dragon-breath. They instead possess the best bulk of all Drakes; they even fare better than Sea Serpents, unless AN elemental damage is being used.
	Swamp Drake Summon Swamp Drake (Conj 4, 21, 5) Swamps ONLY	Undisciplined Animal Cold-Blooded Swamp Survival Swimming Poison Resistance (15) Poison Barbs (5)	Swamp Drakes are known for their Drake Gas. This is a "beam" weapon that spreads Poison Clouds. They're also slightly above-average in melee combat, by Drake standards; their bite has 5 extra Poison DMG, and melee attackers take (5 - Length) Poison DMG too. ("Length" being the attacker's weapon length)

The western Dragon Pretender God chassis are all Dragon Masters; to be specific, they have 1 point of the trait. For example, a Red Dragon gets two Fire Drakes at once from a casting of Summon Fire Drake, while non-Dragon-Masters get only one. These chassis also have the points in their human forms; this is a mighty boon for those looking to push their Dragon Mastery further, especially since the Magic skills of Dragons are substantially lessened in their Dragon forms.

With 3 and 30, anyone can cast the Dragon Master spell; this Ritual is found in Level 8 of the school of Enchantment, and it permanently adds 2 points of the Dragon Master trait. All sources of Dragon Master points stack, but not with themselves; you cannot re-cast Dragon Master for another 2 points, for example.

Two different Magic Items provide 1 point of the Dragon Master trait each. These are the Dragon Crown and the Dragon Sceptre. The former is forgeable starting at Level 5 of Construction, requiring 11. The latter requires Level 7 of Construction, and 2.