Dragon, Yellow
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Climate/Terrain | Any Desert |
| Frequency | Very Rare |
| Organization | Solitary or Clan |
| Active Cycle | Any |
| Diet | Special |
| Intelligence | Average (8-10) |
| Treasure | Special |
| Alignment | Chaotic Evil |
| No. Appearing | 1 (2-5) |
| Armour Class | -1 (Base) |
| Movement | 9, Fl 30(C), Br 12 |
| Hit Dice | 15 (Base) |
| THAC0 | 7 (At 15 HD) |
| No. of Attacks | 3 + Special |
| Damage/Attack | 1D8/1D8/4D6 |
| Special Attacks | Special |
| Special Defenses | Variable |
| Magic Resistance | Variable |
| Size | G (45' Base) |
| Morale | Fanatic (17) |
| XP Value | Variable |
Description
| Age | Body | Tail | Ac | Breath | Spells | MR | Xp Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 2 | 2D8+1 | Nil | Nil | 3000 |
| 2 | 7-20 | 7-12 | 1 | 4D8+2 | Nil | Nil | 4000 |
| 3 | 21-30 | 13-17 | 0 | 6D8+3 | Nil | Nil | 6000 |
| 4 | 31-45 | 18-25 | -1 | 8D8+4 | Nil | 7% | 8000 |
| 5 | 46-51 | 26-34 | -2 | 10D8+5 | Nil | 12% | 10000 |
| 6 | 52-62 | 35-43 | -3 | 12D8+6 | 1 | 21% | 13000 |
| 7 | 63-71 | 44-55 | -4 | 14D8+7 | 2 | 25% | 14000 |
| 8 | 72-78 | 56-68 | -5 | 16D8+8 | 3 | 34% | 15000 |
| 9 | 78-85 | 69-82 | -6 | 18D8+9 | 3 1 | 39% | 17000 |
| 10 | 85-90 | 83-102 | -7 | 20D8+10 | 4 2 1 | 45% | 18000 |
| 11 | 90-98 | 103-110 | -8 | 22D8+11 | 5 3 2 | 59% | 19000 |
| 12 | 98-105 | 111-120 | -9 | 24D8+12 | 5 4 3 | 65% | 20000 |
Appearance
At birth, Yellow Dragons are dull yellow. As they age, their colour becomes brighter, but never glitters like gold, instead appearing similar to a yellow crayon.
Yellow dragons speak Common, a Language common to all Evil Dragons and 1% of Hatchlings have the ability to communicate with all intelligent creatures. This chance increases by 5% for each age category of the Dragon.
Combat
Yellow dragons love to fight. They can never get enough combat and often go out looking for it. A yellow dragon motto is that if it doesn't fight back, its not worth eating. Though different species of Evil dragons don't get along that well, there is one exception. Yellow and Orange dragons get along.
Yellow dragons are the only dragons known to exist which have three breath weapons - count them, three. The first is a cone of flame 50' long and 10-50' wide doing the listed damage. The second is a Lightning bolt which is 100' long and 5' wide, also doing the listed damage. Both breath weapons allow a save vs. Breath weapon for half damage.
The third breath weapon of the Yellow dragon is a cloud of yellowish gas which fills a 40' cube. This "Laughing Gas" effects all targets in the area of effect as a "Tasha's uncontrollable hideous Laughter" unless a save vs. Breath weapon is successful. Creatures with more hit dice (or levels) than the dragon are immune.
Yellow Dragons are immune to Fire, Gas and all Electrical attacks. They gain the following abilities as they age;
- Magic Missile 2/day at very young.
- Stinking Cloud 2/day at Juvenile
- Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter 3/day at Adult
- Haste 1/day at Venerable
- Otto's Irresistible Dance 1/day at Great Wyrm
Yellow dragons cast their spells at 8th level plus combat modifier.
Habitat/Society
Yellow Dragons consider themselves to be superior to all other dragons and tend to brag about having three breath weapons. Anything in their domain must either leave or be attacked. They will tolerate other Yellow dragons, and even Orange Dragons, providing they spar with them on occasion.
Ecology
Yellow dragons love fruit, especially those yellow in colour which they consider to be reflective of their own perfection.