Dragon, Aluminum
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Climate/Terrain | Any Mountains |
| Frequency | Very Rare |
| Organization | Solitary or Clan |
| Active Cycle | Any |
| Diet | Special |
| Intelligence | Exceptional (15-16) |
| Treasure | Special |
| Alignment | Lawful Good |
| No. Appearing | 1 (2-5) |
| Armour Class | 1 (Base) |
| Movement | 9, Fl 30(C), Br 12 |
| Hit Dice | 12 (Base) |
| THAC0 | 8 (At 12 HD) |
| No. of Attacks | 3 + Special |
| Damage/Attack | 1D6/1D6/4D6 |
| Special Attacks | Special |
| Special Defenses | Variable |
| Magic Resistance | Variable |
| Size | G (35' Base) |
| Morale | Fanatic (15) |
| XP Value | Variable |
Description
| Age | Body | Tail | Ac | Breath | Spells | MR | Xp Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 4 | 2D6+1 | Nil | Nil | 1400 |
| 2 | 8-18 | 4-10 | 3 | 4D6+2 | Nil | Nil | 2000 |
| 3 | 18-25 | 10-13 | 2 | 6D6+3 | Nil | Nil | 3000 |
| 4 | 25-35 | 13-20 | 1 | 8D6+4 | Nil | 7% | 6000 |
| 5 | 35-45 | 20-30 | 0 | 10D6+5 | 1 | 11% | 8000 |
| 6 | 45-60 | 30-40 | -1 | 12D6+6 | 1 | 15% | 9000 |
| 7 | 60-70 | 40-50 | -2 | 14D6+7 | 2 | 21% | 10000 |
| 8 | 70-78 | 50-60 | -3 | 16D6+8 | 2 1 | 27% | 11000 |
| 9 | 78-85 | 60-70 | -4 | 18D6+9 | 3 1 | 29% | 13000 |
| 10 | 85-90 | 70-80 | -5 | 20D6+10 | 3 2 1 | 31% | 16000 |
| 11 | 90-98 | 80-90 | -6 | 22D6+11 | 4 2 1 | 35% | 17000 |
| 12 | 98-105 | 90-100 | -7 | 24D6+12 | 4 3 2 | 40% | 18000 |
Appearance
At hatchling, Aluminum dragons are a bright silver which becomes brighter as the Dragon Matures until it finally dulls to grey (Rather suddenly) upon reaching the Very Old age category.
Aluminum dragons are able to speak Common, a Language common to all good dragons and 15% of Aluminum dragons have the ability to speak with all intelligent creatures at Hatchling. This ability increases 1% for each age category of the dragon.
Combat
Aluminum dragons generally avoid violence, but will welcome a chance to fight if provoked, which doesn't take too much. They will attack a White Dragon on sight.
Breath Weapon: The breath weapon of the Aluminum Dragon is a 90' long, 10-50' wide cone of cold. Damage is as listed, save vs. Breath Weapon for half damage.
Aluminum dragons are immune to Cold at birth and as they mature, they gain the following abilities;
- Magic Missile, 5/day at Juvenile
- Wall of ice, 1/day at Adult
- Conjure Water Elemental 3/day at Venerable
- Crystalbrittle 1/day at Great Wyrm
All spells and spell like abilities are cast at 7th level plus combat modifier.
Habitat/Society
Aluminum dragons prefer large amounts of treasure but not particularly valuable treasure. They will often sleep on huge mounds of copper coins. They care not for the overall value of their horde but rather the size and bulk of it. An Aluminum dragon would probably trade a small amount of gold for a larger amount of copper if it would increase the size of his/her horde and make for a better sleeping environment.
Ecology
Because of their metallic nature, Aluminum dragons prefer the taste of metal. They will, however, eat almost anything, especially a creature which challenges the dragons. Aluminum dragons also have a nasty habit of keeping a container of some kind around full of live monsters, usually small creatures such as Goblins and Kobolds, to munch on when hungry. On occasion, a larger creature may be found in this container, but never one large enough to cause the Dragon a problem.