Dragon, Orange
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Climate/Terrain | Any Forest or Mountain |
| Frequency | Very Rare |
| Organization | Solitary or Clan |
| Active Cycle | Any |
| Diet | Special |
| Intelligence | Very (11-12) |
| Treasure | Special |
| Alignment | Lawful Evil |
| No. Appearing | 1 (2-5) |
| Armour Class | -1 (Base) |
| Movement | 9, Fl 30(C), Br 12 |
| Hit Dice | 12 (Base) |
| THAC0 | 9 (At 12 HD) |
| No. of Attacks | 3 + Special |
| Damage/Attack | 1D8/1D8/2D12 |
| Special Attacks | Special |
| Special Defenses | Variable |
| Magic Resistance | Variable |
| Size | G (44' Base) |
| Morale | Fanatic (17 Base) |
| XP Value | Variable |
Description
| Age | Body | Tail | Ac | Breath | Spells | MR | Xp Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 2 | 2D6+1 | Nil | Nil | 1400 |
| 2 | 7-20 | 4-10 | 1 | 4D6+2 | Nil | Nil | 2000 |
| 3 | 20-31 | 12-15 | 0 | 6D6+3 | Nil | Nil | 3000 |
| 4 | 32-44 | 16-25 | -1 | 8D6+4 | 1 | 8% | 6000 |
| 5 | 45-54 | 25-35 | -2 | 10D6+5 | 2 | 16% | 8000 |
| 6 | 55-63 | 35-45 | -3 | 12D6+6 | 2 | 24% | 9000 |
| 7 | 64-70 | 45-55 | -4 | 14D6+7 | 2 | 32% | 10000 |
| 8 | 70-78 | 55-65 | -5 | 16D6+8 | 3 1 | 40% | 11000 |
| 9 | 78-85 | 65-75 | -6 | 18D6+9 | 3 2 | 48% | 13000 |
| 10 | 85-90 | 75-85 | -7 | 20D6+10 | 4 3 1 | 56% | 16000 |
| 11 | 90-98 | 85-95 | -8 | 22D6+11 | 4 3 2 | 68% | 17000 |
| 12 | 98-105 | 95-105 | -9 | 24D6+12 | 4 4 3 | 72% | 18000 |
Appearance
Orange Dragons are a dull orange as they hatch, but become brighter and brighter as they age.
Orange Dragons speak Common, a Language common to all Evil Dragons and 20% of hatchlings have the ability to communicate with all intelligent creatures. This chance increases by 5% per age category of the Dragon.
Combat
Orange Dragons are fierce fighters who like to use all their combat abilities and not just stick to the most effective ones. An Orange Dragon may use Claw/Claw/Bite, Wing Buffet, Tail Slap, Breath, then some spells and cycle through the entire routine again. They enjoy battles against large numbers of pathetic foes, such as armies of level zero fighters and will attack these for fun whenever possible.
The breath Weapon of an Orange Dragon is a jet of flame 70' long and 10' wide all along its length. Damage is as listed above, save vs. Breath weapon for half damage.
Orange Dragons are immune to Fire and gain the following abilities as they age;
- Cantrip 3/day at very young.
- Polymorph other 1/day at juvenile
- Slay Living 1/day at adult
- Fireball 5/day at old
- Delayed Blast Fireball 3/day at Venerable
- Magic Missile at will at Great Wyrm
All of the Orange Dragons spell powers are at the 8th level plus combat modifier.
Habitat/Society
Orange dragons are particularly evil and malevolent in the fact that they will form alliances with other evil creatures if it serves to better their cause. If one crosses an Orange dragon, the Dragon will ruin his/her life by destroying all his/her possessions, and leaving the offender standing, perfectly unharmed, on the site of his/her former residence.
Ecology
Orange Dragons prefer to eat large numbers of Goblinoid creatures such as Orcs, Goblins, Kobolds and Hobgoblins. They don't like the texture of Gnolls, but will eat them gladly if their hair has been burnt off. They consider Trolls a wonderful snack because there's always more for later.