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Positive energy dragons, often simply called positive
dragons, are creatures brimming with energy and life.
Indeed, that energy is their very make-up. Positive dragons
are one of the most energetic creatures known to walk the
planes. Motion is one of the grains of their nature; a
positive dragon has never been observed to be standing
still.
Positive dragons look similar in form to gold dragons.
Except for the shape, the similarity ends there. They are
pure white in colouration, with glowing fluorescent yellow
eyes. They are surrounded by a halo of softly glowing light.
This light intensifies when the dragon nears a being filled
with negative energy (such as most kinds of undead).
Positive energy dragons speak their own tongue, the
tongue of xag-ya, and a tongue common to all elemental
dragons. At birth, there is a 21% chance that the dragon can
speak with any intelligent creature. This chance increases
by 7% per age category.
Combat: Positive
energy dragons despise combat. They view the loss of life as
something to be avoided at all costs. They can, and will,
attack those that wantonly destroy or cause untimely deaths.
Because of their nature, positive dragons have interesting
advantages and disadvantages.
Breath Weapon/Special
Abilities: Positive energy dragons, as noted, are
made completely of positive energy. As such, rather than
inflict damage, they inflict life. Although this may seem a
boon, it has the same affect as being exposed to the
Positive Energy Plane. "Damage" inflicted by a positive
dragon is added to a victim's life total. This can even
increase hit points beyond maximum capacity. If twice a
creature's life total is exceeded, it explodes in a
brilliant display of positive energy. Extra hit points
gained in this way remain until lost through normal
means.
- A positive energy dragon's breath weapon is a beam of
pure positive energy that is 5' wide and 60' long. It
inflicts the listed damage if a save vs. dragon breath is
failed; if such a save is passed only half damage is
inflicted. This attack also destroys any creature that is
connected to the negative energy plane (all undead but
mummies [who have a connection with the
positive], shadow dragons, etc.)
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- A positive dragon cast spells and uses its magical
abilities at 15th level plus its combat modifier.
- Positive energy dragons are born immune to almost all
forms of attack. They take double damage from creatures
connected to the negative energy plane, however. The hit
dice loss incurred by level draining is doubled when it
affects a positive dragon. They take normal damage from
weapons of +3 enchantment or greater. Their touch
destroys any undead that fails a saving throw vs.
spells.
- As they age, they gain the following additional
abilities: Young: cure light wounds at will.
Juvenile: cure serious wounds at will. Adult:
cure disease three times per day. Mature Adult:
heal three times per day. Old: restoration
three times per day. Very Old: resurrection three
times per day.
Habitat/Society:
Positive energy dragons are the bane of undead, shadow
dragons, and other negative energy creatures. They hate the
Doomguard and Dustmen for obvious reasons, and will go out
of their way to destroy any members of the factions they
meet.
Positive dragons rarely leave their home plane. Those
that do only leave for a short while, returning within a few
days. They can survive anywhere outside of their home plane
indefinitely, except for on the negative energy plane.
Despite their seeming despise of evil acts and
destruction, positive dragons have no predisposition over
good or evil, nor law or chaos. All positive energy dragons
are true neutral.
Ecology: Positive
energy dragons live on the life energy that permeates the
multiverse. They don't absorb this force from other beings,
rather they sense it and gain energy from its presence.
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