Dragon, Titanium
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Climate/Terrain | Any mountains |
| Frequency | Very rare |
| Organization | Solitary or clan |
| Activity Cycle | Any |
| Diet | Special |
| Intelligence | Supra-genius (19-20) |
| Treasure | Special |
| Alignment | Lawful Good |
| No. of Appearing | 1 (2-5) |
| Armor Class | -5 (base) |
| Move | 12, Fl 45 (C), Jp 3 |
| Hit Dice | 18 (base) |
| THAC0 | 3 (base) |
| No. of Attacks | 3 + special |
| Damage/Attack | 2-12/2-12/5-50 (5d10) |
| Special Attacks | Special |
| Special Defenses | Variable |
| Magic Resistance | Variable |
| Size | G (58' base) |
| Moral | Fearless (19-20) |
| XP Value | Variable |
Description
| Age | Body Length | Tail Length | AC | Breath Weapon | Spells Wizard/Priest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8-20 | 4-14 | -2 | 4d8+1 | Nil |
| 2 | 20-34 | 14-28 | -3 | 8d8+2 | Nil |
| 3 | 34-48 | 28-38 | -4 | 12d8+3 | Nil |
| 4 | 48-64 | 38-51 | -5 | 16d8+4 | 1 |
| 5 | 64-82 | 51-70 | -6 | 20d8+5 | 2 1 |
| 6 | 82-100 | 70-88 | -7 | 24d8+6 | 3 2 1 |
| 7 | 100-120 | 88-110 | -8 | 28d8+7 | 4 3 2 1 |
| 8 | 120-140 | 110-128 | -9 | 32d8+8 | 5 4 3 2 1 / 2 |
| 9 | 140-162 | 128-147 | -10 | 36d8+9 | 6 5 4 3 2 1 / 2 2 |
| 10 | 162-170 | 147-158 | -11 | 40d8+10 | 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 / 2 2 2 |
| 11 | 170-178 | 158-166 | -12 | 44d8+11 | 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 / 2 2 2 2 |
| 12 | 178-190 | 166-175 | -13 | 48d8+12 | 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 / 2 2 2 2 2 |
| Age | Magic Resistance | Treasure Type | XP Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nil | Nil | 5,000 |
| 2 | Nil | Nil | 6,000 |
| 3 | Nil | Nil | 8,000 |
| 4 | Nil | H, W, T | 10,000 |
| 5 | 45% | H, W, T | 12,000 |
| 6 | 50% | H, W, T | 15,000 |
| 7 | 55% | H, W, T | 16,000 |
| 8 | 60% | H, W, Tx2 | 18,000 |
| 9 | 65% | H, W, Tx2 | 19,000 |
| 10 | 70% | H, W, Tx2 | 20,000 |
| 11 | 75% | H, W, Tx3 | 21,000 |
| 12 | 80% | H, W, Tx3 | 22,000 |
Titanium dragons are among the most powerful of all good dragons. They hate everything evil and their goal in life is to defeat the forces of evil in any way they can. Like gold and silver dragons, titanium dragons are often encountered in human form. The two forms they usually choose are paladins and ancient wizards; females opt to appear as beautiful young maidens. At birth, a titanium dragon's scales are dull gray or even white; as they age the scales become silver, platinum, and finally a deep titanium in color. Due to these colorations, and because their appearances are similar, younger titanium dragons can be mistaken for silver dragons. A titanium dragon has two "fins" on top of its head, instead of one like the silver, and they also have two smaller "fins" on the sides of their necks; otherwise, they are nearly identical to silver dragons.
Titanium dragons speak their own tongue, a tongue common to all good dragons, and 20% of hatchling titanium dragons have an ability to communicate with any intelligent creature. The chance to possess this ability increases by 5% per age category of the dragon.
Combat
Because of their great strength, few intelligent creatures are willing to attack a titanium dragon; those that do, usually meet with a swift death. A titanium dragon will only attack unprovoked only if it witnesses acts of great evil.
Breath Weapon: A titanium dragon has two forms of breath weapons, each of which maybe used once every three combat rounds. The first type is similar to a fireball when used, a two-foot diameter sphere shoots forth from the dragon's mouth out to any distance the dragon chooses, up to 50 yards, plus 10 yards per age category of the dragon. Any creature caught in the straight-line path of this weapon receives half normal damage (save vs. breath weapons for a quarter of the damage.) The burst radius is of any size the dragon wishes up to 10' per age category of the dragon. Creatures within the burst radius may save versus breath weapons for half damage.
The second breath weapon is a bolt of chain lightning which is identical to the spell of the same name, except for the following: damage is taken as per the table above (all victims may save versus breath weapons for half damage.) The possible number of targets affected is equal to the number of hit dice of the breath attack; each additional arc loses 1d8 points of damage. Thus, a juvenile dragon can affect up to sixteen targets with this breath weapon. The first target will suffer 16d8+4 damage, the second 15d8+4, the third 14d8+4, and so on. The range is 50 yards plus 10 yards per age category of the dragon. The chain will never arc back on the originating dragon, or to any other lawful good dragon. There is only a 50% chance it will arc to acreature that is immune to lightning (electricity.) If the chain gets out of hand the dragon, the originating dragon can end it at will.
A titanium dragon casts its spells and uses its magical abilities at 12th level, plus its combat modifier. Like gold dragons, titanium dragons usually seek formal magical training; they also use spell books which will contain carefully selected and useful spells.
At birth, titanium dragons are immune to fire and electricity. They may also polymorph self four times per day as a gold dragon can. As they age, they gain the following additional powers:
| Age | Special Ability |
|---|---|
| Young | Wall of fire (three times per day) |
| Juvenile | Prayer (twice a day) |
| Adult | Luck bonus (same as gold dragon's except +2 instead of +1) |
| Mature adult | True seeing (priest version, permanent duration) |
| Very old | Monster summoning VII (once per day, good creatures only) |
| Venerable | Prismatic sphere (once per day) |
Habitat
Titanium dragons can be found in any mountainous region; they lair in the tops of the highest mountain peaks in caves or castles. They have loyal guards such as storm giants, good cloud giants, ki-rin, and even gold and silver dragons. They have been known to help good adventurers in times of need (they will usually require a service in exchange for their help, such as a quest to further the goals of good.)
Because their territories often overlap, titanium dragons often clash with red dragons, which are one of the few creatures brave (or foolish) enough to attack titanium dragons. Because of their mutual immunity to fire, reds will usually attack in groups using spells, while titanium dragons use their chain lightning breath weapon and spells. The red dragons usually come out on the short end of such battles; there have been reports of an ancient titanium dragon killing five reds with a single chain lightning breath attack, but this remains unproven. If a red dragon is lucky enough to survive these combats, it will usually avoid titanium dragons in the future - even red dragons are not that foolish.
Ecology
Titanium dragons can eat nearly anything, but they prefer a diet of metals and gems. They will always have plenty of this stored in their treasure hoards, but will gratefully accept more from adventurers; they consider this a great gift, and will reward the gift-givers, if they are sincere.