Which Dragon did you pick?
 

I chose the Green one with the treasure hunter ability
Playing as Paladin on Hard (no resurrect spell????), first time i've played the game, so far so good.

I also select the green one every time, so I can treasure hunt right from the start. It usually pays off.

However, as a DragonLord Paladin (or at least I call him that way), I select the Blue one.

And yes, no more resurrection right from the start with a Paladin.

I'm playing a normal warrior game. Want to explore first, and get a feel for the difficulty of the game before embarking on hard/impossible.

I chose the yellow dragon, the one with the 2% critical chance.

The pirates/sea dogs' evade ability is really a pain, but on the other hand it's now much more tricky to fight them, especially if you're going for no losses.

I have chosen blue one

Blue one for me too. I know what DGD is saying about the Treasure Searcher ability, but you can pick that up pretty quickly anyway and the +1 initiative lasts for the whole game. I like the Yellow one too for the critical chance.

I too went blue, though I do wish that I it gave a better first skill than mana acceleration, totally useless for a warrior like me.

Is it? Even though I'm finding myself spamming crushing blow, my warrior's mana pool is really low so this ability has come in handy a couple of times, especially because you can choose where to place it so the mana is guaranteed (unlike the random chargers).

Mana acceleration skill is a treasure to behold, especially as a warrior. It practically turns the Rage pool into a Mana pool. Max Mana accelerator straight away is my advice. 25 rage for 25 mana is wicked, and lvl 3 phantom spell costs exactly 25 mana - which is just perfect! Phantom the paladins and enjoy no-loss victories even on impossible.

Green , and the 1st thing i mastered is the "hunt".

Well, it's useless for me so far since I only have distortion, 16 mana, and four spells.