- DRAGON BREEDS

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DRAGON BREED - BREATH WEAPON

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Blue - Electricity
Brass - Fire
Bronze - Electricity
Copper - Acid
Gold - Fire
Green - Acid
Red - Fire
Silver - Cold
White - Cold [/ul]

AFTER DEATH

[/url] - retains breath weapon from life. can fly.

Skeletal Dragon - cannot use any breath weapon. cannot fly.

Zombie Dragon - cannot use any breath weapon. can fly.

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Black Dragons

Black Dragons are among the most evil-tempered dragons. They prefer dismal swamps or bogs, the more stagnant and fetid the better, but can be encountered anywhere water and dense vegetation can be found together-including jungles, rain forests, and moors.. They have no natural enemies, though they attack and kill almost anything unfortunate enough to stumble upon them. Black Dragons living in forest areas often encounter Green Dragons, but the two breeds usually manage to maintain and uneasy truce, so long as the Black Dragons stick to the watery areas.

Black Dragons make their lairs in large, damp caves or multichambered submerged caverns. They always dwell near water, and their lairs usually have a submerged entrance and a land entrance. Older Black Dragons hide both entrances to their lairs with plant growth.

Black Dragon Identifiers

A Black Dragon has deep-socketed eyes and broad nasal openings that make its face look like a skill. It has segmented horns that curve forward and down, somewhat like a ram's horns, but not as curly. These horns are bone-colored near their bases, but darken to dead black at the tips. As the dragon ages, the flesh around the horns and cheekbones deteriorates, as though eaten by acid, leaving only thin layers of hide covering the skull. This phenomenon is not harmful to the dragon, but enhances its skeletal appearance.

Most of a Black Dragon's teeth protrude when the mouth is closed, and big spikes stud the lower jaw. A pair pf small horns jut from the chin, and a row of hornlets crow the head. The tongue is flat, with a forked tip, and the dragon often drools acidic slime.

A Black Dragon smells of rotting vegetation and foul water, with an acidic undertone.

A Black Dragon flying overhead is marked by a distinctive profile. Its horns, with their characteristic forward curve, are clearly visible. The wing membranes are marked by blobby stripes, and the leading edges of the wings are fringed or scalloped near the tips. A Black Dragon also has exceptionally long alar thumbs. The trailing edges of the wing membranes join the body ahead of the back legs.

On hatching, a Black Dragon's scales are thin, small, and glossy. As the dragon ages, they become larger, thicker, and duller, helping it camouflage itself in swamps and marshes.

Habits

Black Dragons primarily dine on fish, mollusks, and other aquatic creatures. They also hunt for red meat but like to "pickle" it by letting it lie in ponds within or near their lairs for days before being eaten. The rotting flesh helps make the area even more foul-just the way the dragon likes it.

In keeping with their reputation for ferocity, Black Dragons usually fight for their mates. The females do most of the fighting, flying far and wide to locate a desirable male then impressing him with a victory over a rival. Eggs are usually laid near the male's lair, and the male is left to guard the young. Black Dragon parents are protective, but give their offspring little support beyond the occasional bit of advice. Eventually, the parent advises its offspring to leave the area before the older dragon decides to eat the youngster.

Although capable of breathing underwater, Black Dragons do little actual swimming; instead, they wallow in the shallows, enjoying the feel of mud or simply lying in wait for prey. Black Dragons prefer to ambush their targets, using their surroundings as cover. When fighting in heavily forested swamps and marshes, they try to stay in the water or on the ground; trees and leafy canopies limit they aerial maneuverability. When outmatched, a Black Dragon attempts to fly out of side, so as not to leave tracks, and takes refuge in the deepest water it can find.

Black Dragons By Size

Size	Overall Length	Body Length	Neck Length	Tail Length	Body Width	Standing Height	Maximum Wingspan	Minimum Wingspan	Weight
Tiny	4 ft	1 ft	1 ft	2 ft	1 ft	1 ft	8 ft	4 ft	5 lb
Small	8 ft	2.5 ft	2 ft	3.5 ft	2 ft	2 ft	16 ft	8 ft	40 lb
Medium	16 ft	5 ft	5 ft	6 ft	3 ft	4 ft	24 ft	12 ft	320 lb
Large	31 ft	9 ft	9 ft	13 ft	5 ft	7 ft	36 ft	18 ft	2,500 lb
Huge	55 ft	16 ft	15 ft	24 ft	8 ft	12 ft	60 ft	30 ft	20,000 lb
Gargantuan	85 ft	24 ft	23 ft	38 ft	10 ft	16 ft	80 ft	40 ft	160,000 lb

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Blue Dragons

Blue Dragons are vain and territorial. They favor hot, arid areas. They prefer sandy deserts, but can be found on dry steppes and in hot badlands. A Blue Dragon guards its territory against all potential competitors, including other monster such as sphinxes, dragonnes, and especially Brass Dragons. Blue Dragons detest Brass Dragons for their frivolous ways, chaotic alignment, and propensity to flee from battle.

Blue Dragons prefer vast underground caverns for lairs-the grander the cavern, the better. They often choose lairs at the bases of cliffs where the windblown sand has accumulated. The dragon burrows through the sand to reach the caves below. Most Blue Dragons don't bother to keep the entrances to their lairs free of sand; they simply burrow to get in or out. Many deliberately bury the entrances to their lairs before settling down to sleep or when leaving to patrol their territory.

Blue Dragon Identifiers

A Blue Dragon is conspicuous by its dramatic frilled ears and a single massive horn atop its short, blunt head. The horn juts forward from a base that takes up most of the top of the head, and it usually has two points. The primary point is slightly curved and reaches well forward, with a smaller, secondary point behind. Rows of hornlets line the dragon's brow ridges, and run back from the nostrils (which lie close to the eyesockets) along the entire length of the head.

A Blue Dragon has a short snout with an underslung lower jaw. It has a cluster of bladelike scales under its chin, and hornlets on its cheeks. Most of the dragon's teeth protrude when its mouth is closed.

A Blue Dragon's scales vary in color from and iridescent azure to a deep indigo, polished to a glossy finish by blowing desert sands. The size of its scales increases a little as the dragon ages, although they do become thicker and harder. Its hide tends to hum and crackle faintly with built-up static electricity. These effects intensify when the dragon is angry or about to attack, giving off and odor of ozone and sand.

A Blue Dragon flying overhead is easily distinguished from a Brass Dragon by its batlike wings, which have short alar thumbs and a mottled or dappled pattern. The alar phalanges (the fingerlike bones that support the wing) have knobby joints, and the phalanges are all the same length, giving the wing a rounded look. The trailing edge of the wind membrane joins the body well ahead of the rear legs.

The dragon has a short, thick neck. The head is mostly featureless when viewed from below, but the ears are visible. The dragon's tail is thick and flat.

Habits

A Blue Dragon's vibrant color makes it easy to spot in barren desert surroundings, especially when the dragon is on the ground. When it wishes to be less conspicuous, a Blue Dragon burrows into the sand so that only the top of its head is exposed. This trick leaves the dragon's massive horn sticking above the surface, but from a distance the horn tends to look like a jagged rock.
Blue Dragons love to soar in the hot desert air, usually flying in the daytime when the temperatures are the highest. Some nearly match the color of the desert sky and can be difficult to see from below.

Although they collect anything that looks valuable, Blue Dragons are most fond of gems-especially blue sapphires. They consider blue to be a noble hue and the most beautiful color.

Blue Dragons are dedicated carnivores. They sometimes eat snakes, lizards, and even desert plants to sate their great hunger, but they especially prefer herd animals such as camels. When they get the chance, they gorge themselves on these creatures, which they cook with their electric breath.

Blue Dragons have a highly developed sense of order (with themselves at the top, at least locally). The oldest Blue Dragon in an area acts as an overlord to all the lesser Blue Dragons living nearby. This suzerain receives homage from its subjects and settles any disputes, particularly those involving mates or territorial boundaries. Although any Blue Dragon in an area can challenge the suzerain for the right to rule, this seldom happens. A Blue Dragon that is unhappy with its suzerain usually moves to a new area-either one with a suzerain more to its liking, or no suzerain at all.

Blue Dragons observe elaborate courtship and mating rituals involving exchanges of food and treasure, the consent of the suzerain, and announcements to other Blue Dragons. Older dragons of either sex might have multiple mates, but infidelity is rare. Blue Dragons are usually attentive and effected parents, and do not often leave eggs unattended.

Typically, Blue Dragons attack from above or burrow beneath the sands until the opponent comes within 100 feet. When stalking intelligent prey, they often use ventriloquism and mimicry to confused and divide groups before closing in for the kill. A Blue Dragon runs from a fight only if it is severely damaged, since all Blue Dragons view retreat as cowardly.

Blue Dragons By Size

Size	Overall Length	Body Length	Neck Length	Tail Length	Body Width	Standing Height	Maximum Wingspan	Minimum Wingspan	Weight
Small	8 ft	3.5 ft	1.5 ft	3 ft	2 ft	2 ft	16 ft	8 ft	40 lb
Medium	16 ft	7 ft	4 ft	5 ft	3 ft	4 ft	24 ft	12 ft	320 lb
Large	31 ft	13 ft	7 ft	11 ft	5 ft	7 ft	36 ft	18 ft	2,500 lb
Huge	55 ft	20 ft	14 ft	21 ft	8 ft	12 ft	60 ft	30 ft	20,000 lb
Gargantuan	85 ft	28 ft	22 ft	35 ft	10 ft	16 ft	80 ft	40 ft	160,000 lb

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Brass Dragons

The most gregarious of the dragons, Brass Dragons are the most famous (some would say infamous) for their love of conversation. They crave sunlight and dry heat, so they frequent hot, arid regions, particularly sandy deserts. Their choice of terrain often puts them at odds with Blue Dragons, which are both more powerful and more aggressive. Brass Dragons usually cope with attacking Blues by using their superior speed to escape, either through the air or by burrowing to safety.

Brass Dragons like to make their lairs in high, rocky caves, preferably facing east so the rising sun can warm the rocks. Most Brass Dragons also have several bolt-holes dug into the bases of cliffs where the desert winds have piled up sand. The dragons burrow tunnels parallel to the cliff face in the hard-packed sand. They can move quickly along these tunnels, exiting into subterranean caverns, or out other burrows farther down the line.

Brass Dragon Identifiers

A Brass Dragon's head has a massive, fluted plate sweeping back from its eye sockets, forehead, and cheeks. The one-piece plate is dished like a plowshare. When burrowing in the sand, the dragon often uses its head like a plow. A Brass Dragon also sports bladed chin horns that grow sharper with age. It has supple, expressive lips and along forked tongue. As the dragon grows older, its pupils fade until the eyes resemble molten metal orbs.

A Brass Dragon has odor redolent of hot metal or desert sand.

Brass Dragons have short, raylike wings that run from their shoulders all the way back past the tips of their tails. The wings get most of their support from long spines running perpendicular to the backbone. The neck is stubby and thick, with a comparatively long body. When the body is viewed from below, the chin horns are visible.

At birth, a Brass Dragon's scales are a dull mottled brown. As the dragon gets older, the scales become more brassy until they reach a warm, burnished appearance. The wings and frills are mottled green where they join the body, and have reddish tints at the outer edges. These markings darken with age.

Habits

Brass Dragons can and will eat almost anything if the need arises, but they normally consume very little. They seem to understand that the desert is a fragile environment, and they live lightly upon the land. They are able to get nourishment from the morning dew, a rare commodity in the desert, and they go forth at dawn to gently lift minute beads of dew off plants with their long tongues.

Though it values all precious things, a Brass Dragon prefers organic treasures over cold stone or metal. Its hoard often includes items made from rare woods, textiles, and other examples of fine handcrafts rendered in exquisite materials. The warm, dry air of its lair helps keep these delicate treasures from deteriorating with age. A Brass Dragon takes great care to keep its fire breath weapon well away from its delicate treasure, and often keeps its hoard in a separate chamber within its lair.

Brass Dragons love intense, dry heat and spend most of their time basking in the desert sun. Their territories always contain several spots where they can sunbathe and trap unwary travelers in conversation. A Brass Dragon will talk for hours with any creature capable of putting two syllables together.

Many scholars believe that Brass Dragons are the most humble of the dragons. While any Brass Dragon certainly will agree that humility is among its many virtues, a Brass Dragon's loquacity is really a form of draconic hubris. Brass Dragons consider themselves such gifted conversationalists that they simply cannot bear to allow any sentient being to miss the benefit of their company.

For all their love of conversation, what Brass Dragons seem to prefer the least is the company of other Brass Dragons. Each one remains in loose contact with its neighbors, and Brass Dragons will band together whenever a common enemy threatens, but otherwise they keep to themselves.

Brass Dragons would rather talk than fight. If an intelligent creature tries to leave without engaging in conversation, the dragon might force compliance in a fit of pique. Though basically friendly, Brass Dragons are quick to act if they feel threatened, often using their fire breath weapon to fend off aggressors.

When faced with real danger, younger Brass Dragons fly out of sight, then hide by burrowing into the sand. Older dragons spurn this ploy but tend to avoid pitched fights unless they have some tactical advantage.

Brass Dragons By Size

Size	Overall Length	Body Length	Neck Length	Tail Length	Body Width	Standing Height	Maximum Wingspan	Minimum Wingspan	Weight
Tiny	4 ft	1.5 ft	1 ft	1.5 ft	1 ft	1 ft	6 ft	4 ft	5 lb
Small	8 ft	3.5 ft	1.5 ft	3 ft	2 ft	2 ft	12 ft	8 ft	40 lb
Medium	16 ft	7 ft	4 ft	5 ft	3 ft	4 ft	18 ft	12 ft	320 lb
Large	31 ft	13 ft	7 ft	11 ft	5 ft	7 ft	27 ft	18 ft	2,500 lb
Huge	55 ft	21 ft	12 ft	21 ft	8 ft	12 ft	45 ft	30 ft	20,000 lb
Gargantuan	85 ft	29 ft	21 ft	35 ft	10 ft	16 ft	60 ft	40 ft	160,000 lb

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Bronze Dragons

Bronze Dragons have a strong sense of justice and do not tolerate cruelty or anarchy in any form. Many a pirate or robber has faced swift retribution from a Bronze Dragon. Bronze Dragons also have an inquisitive side and find the activities of other creatures endlessly fascinating.

Bronze Dragons wage a constant struggle against evil sea creatures, particularly ones that menace the coasts, such as sahuagin, merrow, and scrags. They sometimes find themselves with Black or Green Dragons for neighbors. While the Bronzes are content to live and let live, they evil dragons are seldom willing to return the favor.

Bronze Dragons prefer to make their lairs in caves that are accessibly only from the water, but their lairs are always dry-they do not lay eggs, sleep, or store treasure underwater. Often, a Bronze Dragon's lair has a lower area that floods at high tide and an upper area that remains dry around the clock.

Bronze Dragon Identifiers

A Bronze Dragon can be recognized by the ribbed and fluted crests sweeping back from its cheeks and eyes. The ribs in the crests end in curving horns. These horns are smooth, dark, and oval in cross-section, and curve slightly inward toward the dragon's spine. The largest horns grow from the top of the head. In older dragons, the smaller horns often develop secondary points. The dragon also has small horns on its lower jaw and chin.

A Bronze Dragon has a beaklike snout and a pointed tongue. It has a small head frill and a tall neck frill.

A Bronze Dragon has webbed feet and webbing behind the forelimbs. Its scales are smooth and flat.

A Bronze wyrmling's scales are yellow tinged with green, showing a hint of bronze. As the dragon approaches adulthood, its color deepens slowly to a darker, rich bronze tone. Very old dragons develop a blue-black tint to the edges of their scales. Their pupils fade as they age, until in the oldest the eyes resemble glowing green orbs. A smell of sea spray lingers about them.

When viewed from below, a Bronze Dragon's wings show green mottling on the back edges. The trailing edge of the wing membrane joins the body behind the rear legs, at the point where the tail meets the pelvis.

Most of the alar phalanges are very short and form a wide frill just beyond the alar thumb. The innermost phalange is the longest, and it provides most of the support for the wings, along with a modified slar olecranon at the "elbow" of the alar limb. This arrangement allows the dragon to use its wings as big fins underwater. A Bronze Dragon can flap its wings when submerged and literally fly through the water.

Habits

A Bronze Dragon value moral order and altruism.

Bronze Dragons frequently congregate with others of their kind, making them among the gregarious of the dragons. They sometimes swim or play together in the waves. They gather even more frequently when observing some event of interest to them. They find warfare fascinating, and many have served in armies fighting for good causes. Afterward, they may spend decades debating the course of the war, its causes, and its consequences.

Courtship and mating among Bronze Dragons is always a deliberate and respectful affair. Bronze Dragons mare for life, and one often refuses to take a new mate after the death of the original mate. They always tend their eggs and offspring carefully and defend them to the death if necessary.

Bronze Dragons eat aquatic plants and some varieties of seafood. They especially prize shark meat, and often spend days at sea hunting sharks. They also dine on the occasional pearl. They often keep pearls in their lairs, both as treasures and snacks. They admire other treasures from the sea as well, such as bits of rare coral and amber. Though they don't care to admit it, their favorite metal is gold, which does not tarnish in their humid lairs.

Bronze Dragons usually attack only in self-defense or to defend those unable to defend themselves. They dislike killing anything they don't plan to eat, and they try especially hard to avoid killing animals that are merely defending themselves. They usually try to distract attacking animals with food, using their electric breath weapon to fend them off is distraction fails.

Often, a Bronze Dragon figures out a way to be victorious in a conflict without dealing damage, such as stranding a foe on an island.

Bronze Dragons By Size

Size	Overall Length	Body Length	Neck Length	Tail Length	Body Width	Standing Height	Maximum Wingspan	Minimum Wingspan	Weight
Small	8 ft	2 ft	2 ft	4 ft	2 ft	2 ft	16 ft	8 ft	40 lb
Medium	16 ft	5 ft	5 ft	6 ft	3 ft	4 ft	24 ft	16 ft	320 lb
Large	31 ft	9 ft	9 ft	13 ft	5 ft	7 ft	36 ft	18 ft	2,500 lb
Huge	55 ft	16 ft	15 ft	24 ft	8 ft	12 ft	60 ft	30 ft	20,000 lb
Gargantuan	85 ft	23 ft	23 ft	39 ft	10 ft	16 ft	80 ft	40 ft	160,000 lb

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Copper Dragons

Copper Dragons have a well-deserved reputation as incorrigable pranksters, joke-tellers, and riddlers. They appreciate all forms of humor. Most are good-natured, but also have a covetous, miserly streak.

Copper Dragons like dry, rocky uplands and mountains. Their territories sometimes adjoin or overlap Brass Dragon's territories. The two species tend to get along well, but meetings between the two usually devolve into marathon conversations in which the Copper Dragons bombard the Brass Dragons with humor while the Brass Dragons blithely continue to banter. Such sessions usually end with one dragon or the other taking its leave none too gently.

Copper Dragons also find themselves with Silver, Red, or Blue Dragons for neighbors. The Silvers avoid too much contact with the Coppers. Blue or Red Dragons inevitably try to slay the Coppers or at least drive them away. Many a Copper Dragon considers the presence of a Blue or Red Dragon as challenge, and does all it can to annoy and embarrass the evil dragon without getting itself killed.

Copper Dragons usually make their lairs in narrow caves. They use their ability to move and shape stone to enhance their lairs, often concealing the entrances using move earth and stone shape. Within the lair, they construct twisting mazes, often with open tops to allow the dragon to fly or jump over intruders. Unlike most dragons, however, Copper Dragons are often happy to have cramped lairs that don't allow them space for flight; they depend on their ability to climb stone surfaces for mobility inside the lair.

Copper Dragon Identifiers

Copper Dragons are powerful jumpers and climbers with massive thighs and shoulders.

A Copper Dragon's head has a short face and no beak. Broad, smooth browplates jut over the eyes, and long, flat coppery horns extend back from the browplates in a series of segments. The dragon also has backswept cheek ridges and frills on the backs of the lower jaws that sweep forward slightly. Layers of triangular blades point down from the chin, and as the dragon gets old, more layers with larger blades develop. The dragon has a long tongue that comes to a single point.

At birth, a Copper Dragon's scales have a ruddy brown color with a metallic tint. As the dragon gets older, the scales become finer and more coppery, assuming a soft, warm gloss by the young adult stage. A very old dragon's scales pick up a green tint. A Copper Dragon's pupils fade with age, and the eyes of a great wyrm resemble glowing turquoise orbs.

Copper Dragons have a stony odor.

Copper dragons have mantalike wings that show green and red mottling along the trailing edges. The upper alar limb is exceedinly short, giving the leading edges of the wings a U-shaped profile when viewed from below. The wings run down the dragon's entire body, almost to the tip of the tail.

The main portion of the wing is supposed by three phalanges and a modified alar olecranon. Spines sweeping backward at an angle from the backbone support the remainder of the wing.

A Copper Dragon's distinctive wing profile makes it easy to distinguish from the Brass Dragon, which can occupy similar habits.

Habits

A Copper Dragon's sense of humor compels it to seek out companionship-it takes at least two beings to share a joke. Consequently, a Copper Dragon is basically a social creature. Except when mating, however, Copper Dragons tend to avoid each other, mostly because they cannot resist getting into competition to prove which has the sharpest wit. When two or more Copper Dragons get together, the meeting usually escalates into verbal sparring. The dragons initially trade witticisms and banter, but the conversation eventually devolves into pointed barbs growing ever more vicious, until one of the dragons pulls away, vowing revenge. Such encounters rarely lead to violence or lasting enmity, but often create a rivalry. Rival Copper Dragons have carried on wars of practical jokes and colorful insults that have lasted for centuries.

Copper Dragons courtship is an odd mix of tenderness and outrageous humor. Although males and females exchanged small gifts of food and treasure, the real currency between Copper Dragons is wit. Copper Dragons are attracted to mates who can make then laugh. Such liaisons are never permanent, but the couple stays together long enough to raise their offspring to adulthood. After that, each dragon's free-wheeling spirit takes over and the couple splits, with each individual going its own way.

Copper Dragons are known to eat almost anything, including metal ores. However, they prize monstrous scorpions and other large poisonous creatures. (They say the venom sharpens their wit; their digestive systems can handle the venom safely, although injected venoms affect then normally.) They are determined hunters. They consider good sport at least as important as the food they get, and doggedly pursue any prey that eludes initially eludes them.

Copper Dragons would rather tell a riddle or pull a prank than fight. Any Copper Dragon appreciates wit wherever it can be found, and will usually not harm a creature that can relate a joke, humorous story, or riddle the dragon has not heard before. The dragon quickly gets annoyed with anyone who doesn't laugh at its jokes or accepts its tricks with good humor. Copper Dragons love being the center of attention and do not appreciate being upstaged.

When cornered, a Copper Dragon fights tenaciously, using every trick it knows to defeat the foe. Copper Dragons show similar aggression when defending lairs, mates, or offspring. In most other circumstances, a Copper Dragon prefers to outwit and embarrass a foe. To a Copper Dragon, a perfect victory comes from taunting and annoying an opponent into just giving up. In any situation, Copper Dragons favor thinking and planning over brute force. They often deal with superior foes, such as Red Dragons, by drawing them into narrow, twisting canyons or tortuous caves where they can use their climbing ability to outmaneuver the foe.

Copper Dragons By Size

Size	Overall Length	Body Length	Neck Length	Tail Length	Body Width	Standing Height	Maximum Wingspan	Minimum Wingspan	Weight
Tiny	4 ft	1.5 ft	1 ft	1.5 ft	1 ft	1 ft	8 ft	4 ft	5 lb
Small	8 ft	3 ft	2 ft	3 ft	2 ft	2 ft	16 ft	8 ft	40 lb
Medium	16 ft	6 ft	5 ft	5 ft	3 ft	4 ft	24 ft	12 ft	320 lb
Large	31 ft	11 ft	9 ft	11 ft	5 ft	7 ft	36 ft	18 ft	2,500 lb
Huge	55 ft	18 ft	16 ft	21 ft	8 ft	12 ft	60 ft	30 ft	20,000 lb
Gargantuan	85 ft	25 ft	25 ft	35 ft	10 ft	16 ft	80 ft	40 ft	160,000 lb

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Gold Dragons

Gold Dragons are dedicated foes of evil and foul play. They often embark on self-appointed quests to promote good. Woe to the evildoer who earns a Gold Dragon's wrath. The dragon will not rest until the malefactor has been defeated and either slain or brought to justice. Gold Dragons do not settle for anything less than complete victory over evil.

Gold Dragons can live anywhere, but they prefer secluded lairs. Favorite locales include the bottoms of lakes, high plateaus, islands, and deep gorges. A Gold Dragon's lair is always made of stone, with numerous chambers, all beautifully decorate. The lair usually has loyal guards: always animals appropriate to the terrain.

Gold Dragon Identifiers

A Gold Dragon is easily recognized by its large, twin horns that are smooth and metallic, twin neck frills, and the whiskers around its mouth that look like the barbels of a catfish. Gold wyrmlings lack whiskers, but they quickly develop them as they mature. Younger dragons have either whiskers, four on the upper jaw and four below. Older dragons have more.

A Gold Dragon has a short face with spines above the nostrils. The eyes are slanted and very narrow. Along with the whiskers, the eyes give the dragon a sagacious look. As the dragon ages, its pupils fade until the eyes resemble pools of molten gold. The dragon has a long, pointed tongue, backswept tendrils on the lower jaws that develop into frills with age, and cheek horns that jut out sideways.

On hatching, a Gold Dragon's scales are dark yellow with golden metallic flecks. The flecks get larger as the dragon matures until, at the adult stage, the scales grow completely golden. A Gold Dragon smells of saffron and incense.

A Gold Dragon has an extremely long tail and broad, mantalike wings that run all the way to the tip of the tail. When at rest, the dragon closes its wings over its back like a massive, golden moth. It folds its wings back when walking or running.

A Gold Dragon flies with a distinctive rippling motion, almost as if it were swimming through the air. Many scholars argue that Gold Dragons are the most elegant flyers of all True Dragons (and the Gold Dragons agree). When viewed from below, a flying Gold Dragon can be distinguished by its long tail and rippling wings. Its whiskers and horns also show.

Habits

Gold Dragons always seek the news of the wider world and local gossip about recent events. Any Gold Dragon is a good listener and even the most long-winded talker does not try its patience (though even a Gold Dragon will draw the line if a Brass Dragon bends its ear for too long). The dragon usually avoids philosophical or ethical arguments with lesser beings, though often it cannot resist trumping and argument that advocates chaos with an aphorism or fable promoting law. When it encounters a being that advocates evil, a Gold Dragon tends to be silent, but marks the speaker for future attention.

Gold Dragons have a worldwide hierarchy with a single leader at the top. This leader is elected by the whole species from the ranks of great Gold wyrms and serves for life or until he or she decides to resign. Many serve until the onset of their twilight; others serve until they believe a successor can do a better job. The leader is always addressed by the honorific "Your Resplendence."

When a vacancy occurs, every Gold Dragon in the world participates in the selection of a replacement, who is almost always selected by acclamation. Occasionally, two candidates of equal merit are available when the previous ruler dies or retires. In such cases, the two work out some method of sharing of office. During the past, there have been co-rulers, and rulers who simply retired early to make way for another.

The ruler's duties usually prove light because the position's authority rarely needs exercised. Most Gold Dragons know how they are expected to behave, and they act accordingly. The ruler mostly serves to advise individual Gold Dragons on nature and goals of their quests against evil. The ruler can often point out hidden consequences for a quest, such as the effects on the politics of lesser creatures or the impact on the local environment or the balance of power. The ruler also serves as the Gold Dragons' chief representative in dealing with other species (in the rare event when some matter of interest to all Gold Dragons arises), and as chief enforcer and judge (in the exceptionally rare case of Gold Dragon misconduct).

Gold Dragon courtship is both deliberate and dignified. Often two prospective mates spend years debating philosophy and ethics, and go on several quests together, so as to get the full measure of one another. Once a pair agrees to mate, they seek the ruler's approval as a matter of protocol. Permission to mate is rarely withheld.

Despite their lawful nature, Gold Dragons allow themselves remarkable freedom. Some mate for life, others for a short time. Some are monogamous, and others have multiple mates at the same time. Gold Dragons always tend and instruct their young carefully, though it is common for parents to send their offspring into the care of foster parents (always lawful good) when they perceive the need. Young Gold Dragons may be fostered to protect them when danger threatens, to free up the parents for a quest, or simple to broaden their horizons.

Gold Dragons usually parley before fighting. When conversing with intelligent creatures, they use discern lies to help them determine is combat really will be necessary. They prefer to delay combat until they can cast preparatory spells.

Gold Dragons By Size

Size	Overall Length	Body Length	Neck Length	Tail Length	Body Width	Standing Height	Maximum Wingspan	Minimum Wingspan	Weight
Medium	16 ft	5 ft	5 ft	6 ft	3 ft	4 ft	27 ft	12 ft	320 lb
Large	31 ft	10 ft	9 ft	12 ft	5 ft	7 ft	40 ft	18 ft	2,500 lb
Huge	55 ft	15 ft	16 ft	24 ft	8 ft	12 ft	68 ft	30 ft	20,000 lb
Gargantuan	85 ft	23 ft	23 ft	39 ft	10 ft	16 ft	90 ft	40 ft	160,000 lb
Colossal	120 ft	33 ft	33 ft	54 ft	15 ft	22 ft	135 ft	60 ft	1,280,000 lb

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Green Dragons

Green Dragons are belligerent creatures and masters of intrigue, politics, and backbiting. They prefer forests; the older the forest the bigger the bigger the trees, the better. Green Dragons are territorial and aggressive as any other kind of evil dragon, but their aggression often takes the form of elaborate schemes to gain power of wealth with as little effort as possible.

Green Dragons seek out caves in sheer cliffs or hillsides for their lairs. They prefer locations where the lair's entrance is hidden from prying eyes, such as behind a waterfall or near a lake, pond, or stream that provides a submerged entrance. Older Green Dragons often conceal their lair with plants they have magically grown. Green Dragons sometimes clash with Black Dragons over choice lairs. The Greens frequently pretend to back down, only to wait a few decades before returning to raid the Black Dragon's lair and loot its hoard.

Green Dragon Identifiers

A Green Dragon's notable features include a heavily curved jawline and a crest that begins near the eyes and continues down most of the dragon's spine. The crest reaches its full height just behind the skull.

A Green Dragon has no external ears, just ear openings and leathery plates that run down the sides of the neck, each plate edged with hornlets. The dragon also has hornlets over its brows and at the chin. The nostrils are set high on the snout, and the teeth protrude when the mouth is closed. The dragon has a long, slender, forked tongue.

The stinging odor of chlorine wafts from a Green Dragon.

A wyrmling Green Dragon's scales are thing, very small, and a deep shade of green that appears nearly black. As the dragon ages, the scales grow larger and lighter, turning shades of forest, emerald, and olive green, which helps it blend in with its wooded surroundings.

A Green Dragon's legs and neck are proportionately longer in relation to the rest of its body than any other chromatic or metallic dragon. When it stands on all fours, its body stays fairly high off the ground, enabling it to pass over brush or forest debris lying on the ground. The neck is often longer than the rest of the dragon's body (excluding the tail), and older dragons can peer over the tops of mature trees without rearing up.

A Green Dragon's long neck gives it a distinctive, swanlike profile when aloft. The head looks featureless when viewed from below.

The wings have a dappled pattern, darker near the leading edges and light toward the trailing edges. The alar thumb is short, and the alar phalanges are all the same length, giving the wingtips a rounded look. The trailing edge of the wing membrane joins the body well ahead of the rear legs.

Habits

A Green Dragon patrols its territory regularly, both on the wing and on the ground, so as to get a good look over and under the forest canopy. These patrols serve twin purposes. First, the dragon stays on the lookout for prey. Although they have been known to eat practically anything when hungry enough, including shrubs and small trees, dragons especially prize deer and other animals of the like.

Second, Green Dragons like to note anything new happening in their domains. They have a lust for power that rivals their desire to collect treasure. Its favorite means of gaining influence over others is intimidation, but it tries more subtle manipulations when dealing with other dragons or similarly powerful creatures. Green Dragons are consummate liars and masters of double talk and verbal evasion. Just talking to a Green Dragon can lead a being to ruin.

When dealing with most other creatures, Green Dragons are honey-tongued, smooth, and sophisticated. Among their own kind, they are loud, crass, and generally rude, especially when dealing with dragons of the same age and status. Younger dragons are forced to use some restraint when interacting with their elders, but the veneer of civility they adopt is paper-thin, and the dragons know it. A clear pecking order, based on age and status but with no formal hierarchy, develops among Green Dragons within a given area. Green Dragons know each other too well to depend on formal social structure.

Courtship among Green Dragons is a coarse and indelicate affair. Once a pair decide to mate, however, their lawful natures comes to the fore, and a strong bond develops between them. Parents take extreme care to invest their offspring with all the skills necessary for effective manipulation and double-dealing. A mated pair seldom leaves its first set of offspring untended, but may produce addition clutches to fend for themselves while the first clutch grows up. Once the first clutch reaches adulthood, the parents chase off the youngsters and go their separate ways. If the pair is about the same age, they divide their shared territory between them. (Such agreements usually last at least a few decades before the former mates seek ways to encroach on each other's turf.) Otherwise, the younger parent leaves at the same time the youngsters do.

Green Dragons are not picky about the treasure they collect. Anything valuable will do. Among items of similar value, however, a Green Dragon favors the item that reminds if of a particularly noteworthy triumph.

Green Dragons often attack with little or no provocation, especially when dealing with creatures passing through their territory. (Such creatures don't offer much opportunity for a scam or other long-term manipulation, so the dragon simply attacks.) Victory in such an encounter often nets the dragon some treasure and helps demonstrate the dragon's power to its neighbor and subjects. The dragon typically stalks its victim for days before attacking. If the target appears weak, the dragon makes its presence known quickly - it enjoys evoking terror. A Green Dragon seldom slays all its opponents, preferring instead to try to establish control over one of the survivors by using intimidation or magical enchantments. It then questions its prisoner to learn what is going on in the countryside, and if there is treasure nearby. Green Dragons occasionally release such prisoners if they can arrange for a ransom payment. Otherwise, the prisoner must prove its value to the dragon daily, or die.

Green Dragons By Size

Size	Overall Length	Body Length	Neck Length	Tail Length	Body Width	Standing Height	Maximum Wingspan	Minimum Wingspan	Weight
Small	8 ft	2.5 ft	2.5 ft	3 ft	2 ft	2.5 ft	16 ft	8 ft	40 lb
Medium	16 ft	5.5 ft	6 ft	4.5 ft	3 ft	5 ft	24 ft	12 ft	320 lb
Large	31 ft	10 ft	11 ft	10 ft	5 ft	9 ft	36 ft	18 ft	2,500 lb
Huge	55 ft	17 ft	18 ft	20 ft	8 ft	15 ft	60 ft	30 ft	20,000 lb
Gargantuan	85 ft	24 ft	28 ft	33 ft	10 ft	20 ft	80 ft	40 ft	160,000 lb

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Red Dragons

The most covetous of all True Dragons, Red Dragons tirelessly seek to increase their treasure hoards. They are exceptionally vain, even for dragons, which is reflected in their proud bearing and disdainful expressions.

Red Dragons love mountainous terrain, but also inhabit hilly regions, badlands, and other locales where they can perch high and survey their domain. Their preference for mountainous homes often brings them into conflict with Silver Dragons, which Red Dragons passionately hate. Silver Dragons usually get the better of Red Dragons in battle which merely serves to stoke the flames of resentment among Red Dragons. Red Dragons also vie for territory with Copper Dragons from time to time, and the weaker Copper Dragons are often hard-pressed to survive any direct confrontation.

A Red Dragon seeks out a large cave that extends deep into the earth for its lair. Caves with some kind of volcanic or geothermal activity are the most highly prized. No matter what its lair is like, however, the dragon always has a high perch nearby from which to haughtily survey its territory.

Red Dragon Identifiers

Two massive horns sweep back atop a Red Dragon's head. These horns can be straight, or twisted, and can be any hue from bone white to night black. Rows of small horns run along the top of a Red Dragon's head, and the dragon has small horns on its cheek and lower jaw as well.

A Red Dragon has a beaked snout with a small nose and chin horns. Its tongue is forked, and little flames often dance in its nostrils and eye sockets when it is angry.

The dragon has fringed ears that tend to merge with the cheek horns as the dragon ages. A Red Dragon's teeth protrude when its mouth is closed, and it has a single back-swept frill that begins behind the head and runs all the way to the tip of the tail.

The small scales of wyrmlings are a bright glossy scarlet. Toward the end of the young age, the scales turn a deeper red, and the glossy texture is replaced by a smooth, dull finish. As the dragon grows older, the scales become large, thick, and as strong as metal. The pupils of a Red Dragon fade as it ages; the oldest Red Dragons have eyes that resemble molten lava orbs.

The odor of sulfur and pumice surrounds a Red Dragon.

A Red Dragon has the longest wings of all chromatic dragons, both in actual measurement and in relation to body length. This is mostly due to the outermost alar phalange, which is very long and gives the wing a tapering look. The longest part of the wing is right at the trailing edge. This trailing edge of the wing membrane attaches to the dragon's body behind the rear legs and well down the tail. The wings have a bluish or blue-black tint along the trailing edge (the dragon's frills show a similar pattern); the color resembled metal burned blue in a fire.

The great horns on a Red Dragon's head are clearly visible from below.

Habits

Red Dragons are so rapacious, ferocious, vengeful, and avaricious that scholars regard them as the archetypical evil dragons. Red Dragons share this opinion of themselves. They believe that, above all other species, they are the closest to the ideals of draconic nature and behavior, and that the rest of dragonkind has slipped from this purity.

Younger Red Dragons often find life difficult. Their vivid red scales make them dangerously conspicuous in most landscapes, and so they lurk underground by bay and venture forth only at night. Older Red Dragons, however, are both less vividly colored and more aware of their presumed status as the epitome of dragonkind.

All Red Dragons are solitary by nature and fiercely territorial; they keep constant watch for trespassers of any kind and for encroachment by other dragons. Entering a Red Dragon's territory uninvited is asking to be attacked. For all their ferocious independence, however, Red Dragons always seek to know about events in the wider world. They often make use of sub-species as informants, messengers, and spies. The dragons invariably adopt patronizing attitudes toward these servants, and do not hesitate to slay and eat them when they bring bad news.

A Red Dragon is particularly interested in news about other Red Dragons, mostly because its own status relative to its peers remains a top concern. A Red Dragon's pride is easily wounded, because any defeat or insult left unanswered causes a loss of status. This is one reason why Red Dragons are prone to destructive rages. A Red Dragon usually can recover some lost status by wreaking havoc.

Every Red Dragon firmly believes that no being deserves to keep anything it is not strong enough to defend. Red Dragons apply this rule to their own kind. Occasionally, Red Dragons perceive weakness among one of their own, and the subject is not allowed to live. The victim is attacked, and its lair is stripped.

Courtship among Red Dragons can be a perilous affair, because most would-be suitors are treated as dangerous rivals. Successful Red Dragon courtship usually involves a younger dragon with fairly high status among its peers carefully approaching an older one. Females do most of the courting, but males are also known to do so. After mating, the younger dragon is usually left to guard the eggs. Most Red wyrmlings are left to fend for themselves. Occasionally, two parents of about equal age mate and tend their young together.

Red Dragons rarely fight for mates. Most are wise enough to know that any battle will be fatal, and prudently quit the field when a superior rival makes a claim.

Red Dragons are confident fighters for whom retreat or compromise is not an option. They spend years formulating plans of attack; upon spotting potential foes, they simple choose a strategy and immediately put it into practice. Besides being sift but not particularly agile flyers, they often choose to fight on the ground when they can. There, Red Dragons often display considerable mobility and tactical savvy. They are excellent jumpers, and often leap from place to place or take short flights to gain the most favorable position possible when using spells or breath weapons. Any Red Dragon is well aware that its fiery breath can destroy treasure, and it uses its breath weapon judiciously so as to avoid incinerating the spoils of victory.

For all its legendary ferocity, a Red Dragon also knows when not to attack. If it recognizes a superior foe, it (reluctantly) withdraws to fight another day if it can do so without losing face. Likewise, when dealing with a clearly weaker foe, a Red Dragon might attempt to bully or fool the creature into rendering it some service or supplying information. In either case, the dragon gets what it wants, or the creature dies. The dragon will accept no other outcomes.

Red Dragons do not slay every foe they meet in battle. Always conscious of status, they often allow a few survivors to escape and spread word of the dragon's victory.

Red Dragons By Size

Size	Overall Length	Body Length	Neck Length	Tail Length	Body Width	Standing Height	Maximum Wingspan	Minimum Wingspan	Weight
Small	8 ft	3 ft	2 ft	3 ft	2 ft	2 ft	20 ft	8 ft	40 lb
Medium	16 ft	6 ft	5 ft	5 ft	3 ft	4 ft	30 ft	12 ft	320 lb
Large	31 ft	11 ft	9 ft	11 ft	5 ft	7 ft	45 ft	18 ft	2,500 lb
Huge	55 ft	18 ft	16 ft	21 ft	8 ft	12 ft	75 ft	30 ft	20,000 lb
Gargantuan	85 ft	25 ft	25 ft	35 ft	10 ft	16 ft	100 ft	40 ft	160,000 lb
Colossal	120 ft	35 ft	35 ft	50 ft	15 ft	22 ft	160 ft	60 ft	1,280,000 lb

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Silver Dragons

Silver Dragons cheerfully assist good creatures in genuine need, but usually avoid interfering with other creatures until their assistance in requested or until inaction would allow something evil to come to pass. They hate injustice and cruelty, though they concern themselves less with punishing or rooting out evildoers than with protecting the innocents and healing their hurts.

Though they can be found nearly anywhere, Silver Dragons love high mountains and vast, open skies with billowing clouds. They enjoy flying and sometimes soar for hours just for the pleasure of it.

Silver and Red Dragons often come into conflict. This is only partly because they lair in similar territories. Silver Dragons despise Red Dragons for their love of carnage and penchant for destruction. Duels between the two varieties are furious and deadly, but Silver Dragons generally get the upper hand, usually by working together against their foes, and often by accepting assistance from other dragons.

Silver Dragons prefer aerial lairs on secluded mountain peaks.

Silver Dragon Identifiers

A Silver Dragon can be recognized by the smooth, shiny plate that forms its face. The dragon also has a frill that rises high over its head and continues down the neck and back to the tip of the tail. A Silver Dragon has the tallest frill of any metallic or chromatic dragon. Long spines with dark tips support the frill. The dragon also has ear frills with similar spines. It has two smooth, shiny horns, also with dark tips.

A Silver Dragon has a beak-like nose and a strong chin with a dangling frill that some observers say looks like a goatee. It has a pointed tongue.

A Silver wyrmling's scares are blue-gray with silver highlights. As the dragon approached adulthood, its color slowly brightens until the individual scales are scarcely visible. From a distance, these dragons look as if they have even sculpted from pure metal. As a Silver Dragon grows older, its pupils fade until in the oldest the eyes resemble orbs of mercury. A Silver Dragon carries the scent of rain about it.

When viewed from below, a flying Silver Dragon shows a remarkably similar profile to a Red Dragon. It has long wings that are broadest along the trailing edge. The wing membrane attaches to the dragon's body behind the rear legs and well down the tail, and the head has clearly visible horns. The wings also show darker markings along the trailing edges, just as a Red Dragon's do. Fortunately, a Silver Dragon has one minor feature that sets it apart from a Red Dragon; the outer alar phalange forms a second "thumb" at the leading edge of each wing. Viewers unable to discern the dragon's color would do well to look for this vital detail.

Habits

Silver Dragons believe themselves to be superior to most other beings, just as other kinds of dragons do. Unlike other dragons, however, Silvers believe that being a dragon imposes some limitations. Many of these are practical in nature, such as their massive size and the huge living space requirements that go along with it.

What concerns a Silver Dragon the most, however, is the draconic sense of time. They're happy to live more than 2,000 years, but they constantly fight their tendency to reflect on things and let opportunities pass them by. They understand that short-lived races must seize every opportunity that comes their way, which gives them a drive toward accomplishment that most dragons lack.

Though lawful and good, Silver Dragons have no great love for hierarchies and formal authority. They believe that living a moral life involves doing good deeds and taking no actions that bring undeserved harm to other beings.Actions that cause harm are not their business. Silver Dragons are hardly pacifists, however, they are quick to battle other beings who would do evil or harm the innocent. They usually do not take it upon themselves to root out evil, as Gold and Bronze Dragons tend to do. Silver Dragons find that, in time, evil tends to make itself felt almost everywhere, and they seek to stamp it out whenever it appears in their vicinity. Should they discover widespread evil looming over the land, however, they are both willing and able to locate its source and tackle it there.

Silver Dragons form loosely knit family units or clans with a matriarch or patriarch (called the "senior") presiding. The senior gives advice, settles disputes, and coordinates any actions the clan might take as a group. A clan of Silver Dragons can spread over an entire continent, with the individual dragons in it establishing their own lairs and otherwise going about their business. Individual Silver Dragons might go for decades without associating directly with other clan members, but the clan takes care of its own and is always available to provide support or advice.

Courtship and mating among Silver Dragons is always a civilized and decorous affair. They always seek mates outside their own clan - mating within the clan is a serious taboo. Either sex can initiate courtship. When two Silver Dragons agree to be mates, they seek the approval of the seniors from both clans. The approval is highly ceremonial, and is rarely withheld (never without good reason). Many Silver Dragons mate for life, but not all do so. Once a courtship is completed, one of the pair leaves its clan and joins the mate's clan. Usually, the younger dragon or the dragon of lower status is the one to change clans, but this is not always so.

Silver Dragons are dedicated omnivores and always seek a variety of foods. Though many Silver Dragons have favorite dishes, they seldom pass up the chance to try something new.

Silver Dragons are nonviolent and avoid combat except when faced with evil or aggressive foes. Often they attempt to quickly end battles using their spells and magical abilities, if they have any. Otherwise they use a short blast of their breath weapon, always preferring to remain airborne. No matter who or how they are fighting, Silver Dragons usually seek to eliminate the leader or the most aggressive foe first, in hopes of persuading the survivors to surrender or retreat.

Silver Dragons By Size

Size	Overall Length	Body Length	Neck Length	Tail Length	Body Width	Standing Height	Maximum Wingspan	Minimum Wingspan	Weight
Small	8 ft	3 ft	2 ft	3 ft	2 ft	2 ft	20 ft	8 ft	40 lb
Medium	16 ft	6 ft	5 ft	5 ft	3 ft	4 ft	30 ft	12 ft	320 lb
Large	31 ft	11 ft	9 ft	11 ft	5 ft	7 ft	45 ft	18 ft	2,500 lb
Huge	55 ft	18 ft	16 ft	21 ft	8 ft	12 ft	75 ft	30 ft	20,000 lb
Gargantuan	85 ft	25 ft	25 ft	35 ft	10 ft	16 ft	100 ft	40 ft	160,000 lb
Colossal	120 ft	35 ft	35 ft	50 ft	15 ft	22 ft	160 ft	60 ft	1,280,000 lb

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White Dragons

The smallest, least intelligent, and most animalistic of the the True Dragons, White Dragons prefer frigid climates - usually arctic areas, but sometimes very high mountains, especially in winter. Mountain-dwelling White Dragons sometimes have conflicts with Red Dragons living nearby, but the Whites are wise enough to avoid the more powerful Red Dragons. Red Dragons tend to consider White Dragons unworthy opponents and usually are content to let a White Dragon neighbor skulk out of sight (and out of mind).

White Dragons' lairs are usually icy caves and deep subterranean chambers that open away from the warming rays of the sun. Dungeon-dwelling White Dragons prefer cool areas and often lurk near water, where they can hide and hunt.

White Dragon Identifiers

A White Dragon's face expresses a hunter's intense and single-minded ferocity. A White Dragon's head has a sleek profile, with a small, sharp beak at the nose and a pointed chin. A crest supported by a single backward-curving spine tops the head. The dragon also has scaled cheeks, spine dewlaps, and a few protruding teeth when its mouth is closed.

When viewed from below, a White Dragon shows a short neck and a featureless head. Its wings appear blunted at the tips. The trailing edge of the wing shows a punk or blue tinge, and the back edge of the wing membrane joins the body near the back leg, at about mid-thigh.

The scales of a wyrmling White Dragon glisten pure white. As the dragon ages, the sheen disappears, and by very old age, scales of pale blue and light gray are mixed in with the white.

Habits

A White Dragon will consume only food that has been frozen. Usually a White Dragon devours a creature killed by its breath weapon why the carcass is still stiff and frigid. It buries other kills in snowbanks within or near its lair until they are suitably frozen. Finding such a larder is a good indication that a White Dragon lives nearby.

White Dragons love the cold sheen and sparkle of ice, and they favor treasure with similar qualities, particularly diamonds.

White Dragons spurn the society of others of their kind, except for members of the opposite sex. They are prone to carnal pleasures and often mate just for the fun of it. They seldom tend their eggs, but they often lay their eggs near their layers, and one or both parents allow the youngsters to move in for a time. The offspring are expected to care for themselves, but they gain some measure of protection and education from having their parents nearby.

It would be a mistake to consider a White Dragon a stupid creature. Older White Dragons are at least as intelligent as humans, and even younger one are much smarter than predatory animals. Though not known for their foresight, White Dragons prove cunning when hunting or defending their lairs or territories. White Dragons know all the best ambush spots for miles around their lairs, and they are clever enough to pick out targets and concentrate attacks until one foe falls, then move on to the next foe. White Dragons prefer sudden assaults, swooping down from aloft or bursting from beneath water, snow, or ice. They loose their breath weapons, then try to knock out a single opponent with a follow-up attack.

Although they are not pillars of intellect, White Dragons have good memories, especially for events they have witness or experienced directly. They remember any slight or defeat and have been known to conduct malicious vendettas against beings or groups that have offended them.

White Dragons By Size

Size	Overall Length	Body Length	Neck Length	Tail Length	Body Width	Standing Height	Maximum Wingspan	Minimum Wingspan	Weight
Tiny	4 ft	1.5 ft	1 ft	1.5 ft	1 ft	1 ft	7 ft	4 ft	5 lb
Small	8 ft	3.5 ft	1.5 ft	3 ft	2 ft	2 ft	14 ft	8 ft	40 lb
Medium	16 ft	7 ft	4 ft	5 ft	3 ft	4 ft	21 ft	12 ft	320 lb
Large	31 ft	13 ft	7 ft	11 ft	5 ft	7 ft	32 ft	18 ft	2,500 lb
Huge	55 ft	20 ft	14 ft	21 ft	8 ft	12 ft	55 ft	30 ft	20,000 lb
Gargantuan	85 ft	23 ft	22 ft	35 ft	10 ft	16 ft	72 ft	40 ft	160,000 lb