Dragon, Violet
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Climate/Terrain | Mountains, ruins and special |
| Frequency | Very rare |
| Organization | Solitary |
| Activity Cycle | Any |
| Diet | Carnivore and special |
| Intelligence | Exceptional (15-16) |
| Treasure | Special |
| Alignment | Lawful Evil |
| No. Appearing | 1 (2-5) |
| Armor Class | -1 (base) |
| Movement | 18, Fl 30 |
| Hit Dice | 14 (base) |
| THAC0 | 9 (base) |
| No. Attacks | 3 + special |
| Damage/Attack | 1-8/1-8/4-32 |
| Special Attacks | Breath weapon |
| Special Defences | See below |
| Magic Resistance | Special |
| Size | H |
| Morale | Fanatic (18) |
| XP Value | See below |
Description
| Age | Body Length | Tail Length | AC | Breath Weapon | Spells as a Wizard/Priest | MR | Treasure Type | XP Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 2 | 2d10+2 | Nil | 5% | Nil | 1,000 |
| 2 | 6-20 | 4-12 | 1 | 4d10+4 | Nil | 10% | Nil | 2,000 |
| 3 | 20-30 | 16-22 | 0 | 6d10+6 | Nil | 15% | Nil | 4,000 |
| 4 | 30-40 | 22-32 | -1 | 8d10+8 | Nil | 20% | H/2 | 8,000 |
| 5 | 40-50 | 32-42 | -2 | 10d10+10 | 2nd / 1st | 25% | H | 12,000 |
| 6 | 50-70 | 42-52 | -3 | 12d10+12 | 4th / 2nd | 30% | Hx2 | 15,000 |
| 7 | 70-80 | 52-62 | -4 | 14d10+14 | 6th / 3rd | 35% | Hx3 | 20,000 |
| 8 | 80-90 | 62-72 | -5 | 16d10+16 | 8th / 4th | 40% | Hx4 | 25,000 |
| 9 | 90-110 | 72-82 | -6 | 18d10+18 | 10th / 6th | 45% | Hx5 | 30,000 |
| 10 | 110-120 | 82-92 | -7 | 20d10+20 | 12th / 8th | 50% | Hx6 | 35,000 |
| 11 | 120-130 | 92-102 | -8 | 22d10+22 | 14th / 10th | 55% | Hx7 | 45,000 |
| 12 | 130-140 | 102-112 | -9 | 24d10+24 | 16th / 12th | 65% | Hx8 | 55,000 |
The rare violet dragon (not to be confused with the purple dragon which is a crossbreed) is much feared for its insidious breath weapon (see below). They are reclusive creatures who prefer to fight at their convenience, and become exceptionally irate (and dangerous) when disturbed, especially by humans and other beings they consider to be lessers.
The scales of a violet dragon are a vibrant purple, and glow slightly in the dark. About 15% of hatchlings posess the ability to communicate with any intelligent creature. The chance to posess this ability increases by 5% per age category.
Combat
The violet dragon's reclusive tendancies should not be confused with cowardice, nor lack of desire to pad their hoards. They wish to be in control of the time, place and victim; adventurers who disturb these dragons had better be able to talk fast or fight hard (preferably both).
Violet dragons are extremely fond of physical combat, and enjoy rending their victims before eating them. Whenever possible, violet dragons will (like most dragons) fight from the air. When faced with an obviously powerful or numerous foe, they will "soften them up" with a blast or two from their powerful breath weapon.
Breath Weapon: The violet dragon's breath weapon consists of a deadly cone of nuclear radiation. The blast itself is invisible and totally silent, though sparks and phosphorescent effects are often seen on objects in the area of effect. The cone is as long as the dragon's body, and its terminating diameter is 1/5th its length.
Two saving throws are required against this weapon: one verses death magic to avoid being slain outright, and a breath save for half damage. Anyone caught in the breath weapon is aflicted with radiation sickness, losing 1d4 constitution points per day until dead. Only a cure disease and a remove curse followed by 1 months rest per lost constitution point will reverse the effects. Even those cured of this dread disease may show signs of it for years to come.
Violet dragons gain the following abilities as they mature.
- Young: Ultravision, as normal visual range.
- Juvinile: X-Ray vision at will.
- Young Adult: Metal/Mineral detection at will
- Adult: Polymorph self at will.
- Mature Adult: Move earth, 3/day.
- Old: Death spell, 3/day.
- Very Old: Call lightning 12th level 3/day.
- Venerable: Monster summoning VII, 3/day.
- Wyrm: Lightning bolt, 6d6 at will.
- Great Wyrm: Disintegrate 3/day.
Habitat
Violet dragons prefer isolated mountaintops and ruins near deposits of radioactive minerals. They are solitary creatures who associate with other dragons only to mate and rear young. After the young are strong enough to fend for themselves, the parents go their seperate ways.
Ecology
These dragons must suppliment their diets with radioactive minerals. They greatly value dwarven slaves to help them mine the minerals they need. Since turnover is rather high, they will pay handsomely for suitably "tamed" dwarves. Needless to say, dwarves particularly despise violet dragons.
Though they do not engage in the sort of wide spread destruction reds so enjoy, (they are much more measured and calculating in their use of force) the area within a mile of a violet dragon's lair is filled with bizzard plant and animal mutations.
Violet dragon flesh is highly toxic, inflicting immediate radiation sickness on anyone eating it (no save). Their eyes are useful in potions of X-ray vision, and as is the case with any dragon, virtually every body part has magical characteristics.