>>537552479
I don't really care to "misunderstand" intelligent but ultimately oversized lizards. They are whatever the setting or story needs them to be. Let's not dwell on why dragons even need to hoard huge piles of treasure in the first place. As for your claim that they could just acquire that wealth themselves, that's not true. The gith are the ones opening portals to other worlds to plunder them. So they both benefit from each other's help. It's a good relationship, symbiotic even.

>the most powerful lifeforms
We're talking about young adults, remember? A single one has a challenge rating of 10. Powerful, but not invincible.