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Fire dragons are deadly creatures, born of elemental
flame and all-consuming in nature. They're mesmerising
beasts to watch; their bodies flicker and dance in an almost
hypnotic pattern. Physically, they appear similar in shape
to red dragons, suggesting some ancient link between the two
races, but rather than being made of solid flesh, their
scales are pure flame. Fire dragons are also fiery-tempered.
They are quick to take action, whether it be a friendly
gesture or a deadly attack.
Fire dragons speak their own language, the language of
fire elementals, and a language common to all elemental
dragons. When born, there is a 13% chance that the dragon
can communicate with all sentient creatures. This chance
increases by 4% per age category.
Combat: Fire dragons
fight efficiently and mercilessly. They know they are
powerful, and they use that power to their advantage. Fire
dragons often like to attack with their breath weapon before
moving into physical combat. When fighting creatures that
seem useful or who could possess useful information, they
prefer to use their fire charm ability to soften them
up first.
Breath Weapon/Special
Abilities: A fire dragon's breath weapon is a
cone of elemental fire, 90' long, 5' wide at the dragon's
mouth and 30' at the base.
- Fire dragons are born immune to energy draining and
electricity. They take double damage from cold or water
attacks (easier said than done on the Plane of Fire,
however). When attacked with fire, they actually
gain a number of hit points equal to the number of
hit dice the attack would have inflicted. For example, a
12th-level mage casts a fireball, which would
normally do 12d8 damage. The fire dragon gains 12 hit
points instead of taking damage.
- Any being that comes into physical contact with a
fire dragon takes Xd8 points of damage, where X is equal
to the dragon's age category. A successful save vs.
breath weapon can halve this damage, and immunity and
resistance to fire can also reduce this damage. When a
being not immune to fire or heat comes within 30' of the
dragon, they take 1d4 points of damage per age category
of the dragon. Once within 30', anything combustible must
make a successful saving throw or catch fire.
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- A fire dragon cast spells and uses its magical
abilities at 16th-level plus its combat modifier.
- As they age, they gain the following additional
abilities: Very Young: fire charm at will. Young:
burning hands three times per day. Juvenile:
fireball three times per day. Adult: flame
strike three times per day. Mature Adult: delayed
blast fireball three times per day. Old: meteor
swarm three times per day. Very Old: summon fire
elemental three times per day.
Habitat/Society: Fire
dragons very rarely leave their home on the Elemental Plane
of Fire. Those that do normally make their homes in active
volcanoes and lava flows. They are solitary creatures, only
coming together to mate.
Most (50%) of fire dragons are neutral. The rest are
evenly split between good and evil (25% chance of either).
Of these dragons, roughly 40% are neutral, and the rest
lawful or chaotic (30% chance of either).
Ecology: Fire dragons
sustain themselves on flames and heat, very rarely actually
eating something. Even when they do this, sages speculate,
they don't gain any benefit from it. They hate water and ice
dragons and will attack them on sight (although the species
rarely encounter each other).
Fire dragons can be extremely damaging to the life
surrounding their lair (unless they're on the Plane of Fire,
of course!). When they leave the lair, their extreme body
temperature can ignite dry wood as far as 30' away. They can
easily start forest or brush fires, destroying an ecology
within a matter of hours. Fire dragons love doing this,
although permanent forest fires in one area tend to be a bit
of a giveaway that something odd is going on...
Chant goes that the efreet have a platoon of fire dragons
guarding their City of Brass. Considering that the efreet
hate fire dragons as much as they do any other creature, and
that the feeling's entirely mutual, it's likely that these
dragons are enslaved somehow. Djinn legends also tell of
fire dragons with efreet riders; a lethal combination of
malevolent force. Fortunately nobody seems to have seen
anything like this for hundreds of years, but those rumours
always have a habit or resurfacing.
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