Dragon, Onyx
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Climate/Terrain | Forest |
| Frequency | Very Rare |
| Organization | Solitary or Clan |
| Active Cycle | Any |
| Diet | Special |
| Intelligence | Exceptional (15-16) |
| Treasure | Special |
| Alignment | Chaotic Evil |
| No. Appearing | 1 (2-5) |
| Armour Class | -4 (Base) |
| Movement | 12, Fl 40(C), JP 3 |
| Hit Dice | 15 (Base) |
| THAC0 | 5 (At 15 HD) |
| No. of Attacks | 3 + Special |
| Damage/Attack | 1D10/1D10/5D6 |
| Special Attacks | Special |
| Special Defenses | Variable |
| Magic Resistance | Variable |
| Size | G (48' Base) |
| Morale | Fanatic (17-18) |
| XP Value | Variable |
Description
| Age | Body | Tail | Ac | Breath | Spells | MR | Xp Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5-15 | 3-6 | -1 | 2D12+1 | Nil | 5% | 3000 |
| 2 | 15-25 | 6-10 | -2 | 4D12+2 | Nil | 10% | 4000 |
| 3 | 25-32 | 10-18 | -3 | 6D12+3 | Nil | 17% | 6000 |
| 4 | 32-48 | 18-24 | -4 | 8D12+4 | 1 | 24% | 8000 |
| 5 | 48-55 | 24-30 | -5 | 10D12+5 | 2 | 31% | 10000 |
| 6 | 55-62 | 30-36 | -6 | 12D12+6 | 2 1 | 38% | 13000 |
| 7 | 62-70 | 36-42 | -7 | 14D12+7 | 2 2 | 45% | 14000 |
| 8 | 70-75 | 42-50 | -8 | 16D12+8 | 2 2 1 | 52% | 15000 |
| 9 | 75-85 | 50-62 | -9 | 18D12+9 | 3 2 2 | 62% | 17000 |
| 10 | 85-95 | 62-70 | -10 | 20D12+10 | 4 3 2 1 | 70% | 18000 |
| 11 | 95-105 | 70-80 | -11 | 22D12+11 | 4 3 3 2 | 75% | 19000 |
| 12 | 105-125 | 70-95 | -12 | 24D12+12 | 5 4 3 2 | 80% | 20000 |
Appearance
Onyx Dragons appear similar to Black Dragons except that their scales are quite shiny, as well as the physical shape differences all dragon sub-species have. Onyx Dragons always have shiny scales, even as they age.
Onyx Dragons speak Common, a language common to all Evil Dragons and 15% of Hatchlings have the ability to communicate with all intelligent creatures. This chance increases by 5% for each age category of the dragon.
Combat
Onyx dragons are deadly predators. They prefer to lay in the shadows of their lairs, letting their dark colour hide them, and pounce out with their breath weapons at the last moment.
The Breath Weapon of the Onyx Dragon is a cloud of "Anhialation Gas" which fills a 100' cube directly in front of the dragon. The gas does the damage listed, save vs. Breath weapon for half damage. Any damage caused by this breath weapon is caused by destruction of the flesh, similar to that of a "Disintegration" spell and must be healed with a Regenerate spell. Victims slain by the breath weapon are considered to have been disintegrated.
Onyx Dragons are immune to Disintegration at birth and gain the following abilities as it ages;
- Sphere of Darkness, 5/day at Very Young (20' rad./Age category)
- Cause Blindness, 3/day at Mature Adult
- Dimension Door, 3/day at Venerable
- Disintegrate, 1/day at Great Wyrm
Onyx Dragons cast their spells at 11th level plus combat modifier.
Habitat/Society
There are very few Onyx Dragons up and about. They are very dangerous and Good dragons often band together to deal with them, harshly. Onyx Dragons enjoy to terrorize creatures and watch them flee in terror. They scorn the lesser dragons and never co-operate with anything except another Onyx Dragon, which is their major downfall. Two Onyx Dragons co-operating will eventually turn on one another.
Ecology
Onyx Dragons live very solitary lives. They hunt good and other Evil dragons alike. Onyx Dragons will eat anything, even other dragons.