Dragon, Magnesium
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Climate/Terrain | Any Mountain |
| Frequency | Very Rare |
| Organization | Solitary or Clan |
| Active Cycle | Any |
| Diet | Special |
| Intelligence | Exceptional (15-16) |
| Treasure | Special |
| Alignment | Chaotic Good |
| No. Appearing | 1 (2-5) |
| Armour Class | 0 (Base) |
| Movement | 9, Fl 30(B), Jp 3 |
| Hit Dice | 14 (Base) |
| THAC0 | 8 (At 14 HD) |
| No. of Attacks | 3 + Special |
| Damage/Attack | 1D8/1D8/2D12 |
| Special Attacks | Special |
| Special Defenses | Variable |
| Magic Resistance | Variable |
| Size | G (45' Base) |
| Morale | Fanatic (17-18) |
| XP Value | Variable |
Description
| Age | Body | Tail | Ac | Breath | Spells | MR | Xp Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5-15 | 3-6 | 3 | 2D10+1 | Nil | Nil | 3000 |
| 2 | 15-25 | 6-12 | 2 | 4D10+2 | Nil | Nil | 4000 |
| 3 | 25-40 | 12-16 | 1 | 6D10+3 | Nil | Nil | 6000 |
| 4 | 40-50 | 16-20 | 0 | 8D10+4 | Nil | Nil | 8000 |
| 5 | 50-65 | 20-24 | -1 | 10D10+5 | Nil | 35% | 10000 |
| 6 | 65-70 | 24-30 | -2 | 12D10+6 | 1 | 40% | 13000 |
| 7 | 70-80 | 30-35 | -3 | 14D10+7 | 2 | 45% | 14000 |
| 8 | 80-88 | 35-40 | -4 | 16D10+8 | 2 1 | 50% | 15000 |
| 9 | 88-95 | 40-50 | -5 | 18D10+9 | 2 2 | 55% | 17000 |
| 10 | 90-100 | 50-70 | -6 | 20D10+10 | 2 2 1 | 60% | 18000 |
| 11 | 100-110 | 70-90 | -7 | 22D10+11 | 2 2 2 | 65% | 19000 |
| 12 | 110-120 | 90-100 | -8 | 24D10+12 | 3 2 2 | 70% | 20000 |
Appearance
At birth, Magnesium Dragons have silvery scales which shine. A Magnesium dragon's scales stay the same throughout its life. Magnesium Dragons speak Common, a language common to all Good dragons and 5% of Hatchlings have the ability to communicate with all intelligent creatures. This chance increases by 2% for each age category of the Dragon.
Combat
Magnesium Dragons are strange fighters. They employ tactics unknown to other dragons which may seem stupid, but are quite effective. The breath weapon of a Magnesium is a cone of flame 90' long and 5-30' wide doing the listed damage, saving throw vs. Breath weapon for half damage.
Magnesium Dragons are immune to Fire and Heat. They gain the following abilities as they age;
- Continual light 3/day at young
- Light (as per spell) at will at Adult
- Polymorph Self 3/day at Old
- Dancing lights 3/day at Venerable
- Cure Blindness 3/day at Wyrm
Magnesium Dragons cast their spells at 7th level plus combat modifier.
The most unique ability of the Magnesium Dragon is its glowing ability. Although they are immune to damage caused by fire based attacks, the Magnesium dragons are effected by them. Magnesium Dragons do not apply their Magic Resistance towards Fire Based attacks by choice. When a Magnesium Dragon is struck by a fire based attack, no damage is caused but the Dragon sheds a great amount of light. This light is harmless to the Dragon but very harmful to onlookers. The sphere of light emitted by a Magnesium dragon is ten yards in radius per die of damage the fire based attack would have caused. Each +3 on the damage dice count as one additional die with regard to this effect. Thus a Fireball cast by a 10th level wizard would cause the Magnesium Dragon to glow in a 100 yard radius.
Any creature caught in the radius of the light sphere must roll a saving throw vs. spell or be blinded for one round per die of the attack. If 10 or more dice were used, the roll is at a -3 penalty and the blindness is permanent until a Cure Blindness is caused. The Magnesium Dragon's favourite combat tactic is to breath on itself.
A Great Wyrm Magnesium Dragon sheds light in a 280 yard radius (24D10+12) and causes targets to save vs. spell at -3 or be blinded until a cure blindness is cast.
Habitat/Society
Magnesium Dragons are on a hopeless quest to unite all of good dragon kind. All good dragons are subject to this quest. The Magnesium dragons strive to unite the good dragons against their evil brethren and destroy them once and for all. They also want any Neutral Dragons to join too.
Ecology
Magnesium dragons are capable of metabolizing fire, including their own breath weapon, and thus need not actually eat, though they find their own fire quite bland. Magnesium dragons often polymorph into human form and perform the circus trick of eating fire, literally. They consider lava a delicacy, and will always try to eat an Efreet when one is encountered.
Should a Magnesium Dragon ever find its way to the Elemental plane of fire, things would be interesting indeed. The Inhabitants of this plane have recently realized what the Magnesium Dragon does and are taking careful steps to keep them from ever entering.