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[RavinRay]

Peridot dragon

Peridot Dragon
Dragon (Fire, psionic)

Environment: Warm plains
Organization: Wyrmling, very young, young, juvenile, and young adult: solitary or clutch (2-5); adult, mature adult, old, very old, ancient, wyrm, or great wyrm: solitary, pair, or family (1-2 and 2-5 offspring)
Challenge Rating: Wyrmling 3; very young 5; young 7; juvenile 9; young adult 12; adult 15; mature adult 17; old 19; very old 20; ancient 22; wyrm 23; great wyrm 25
Treasure: Triple standard
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: Wyrmling 7-8 HD; very young 10-11 HD; young 13-14 HD; juvenile 16-17 HD; young adult 19-20 HD; adult 22-23 HD; mature adult 25-26 HD; old 28-29 HD; very old 31-32 HD; ancient 34-35 HD; wyrm 37-38 HD; great wyrm 40+ HD
Level Adjustment: Wyrmling ; very young ; young ; juvenile ; others (to be determined)


A peridot dragon has a sleek, low-slung, wingless body with fine, yellow-green gleaming scales, which enables it to blend into the grasslands environment it favors. Prominent ear frills, reminiscent of a blue dragon's, twitch and bend as the dragon tracks sounds. A set of backward-pointing spines sweeps backward from the dragon's head.

Peridot dragons like to stalk and ambush their prey like a great cat, but they are also expert burrowers and will chase down their quarry or lie just below the soil in wait for a meal to move within range.

Combat
Combat text.

Breath Weapon (Su): A peridot dragon has one type of breath weapon, a cone of magma that deals fire damage.

Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a peridot dragon must hit with a claw or bite attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold and can rake.

Pounce (Ex): If a peridot dragon charges a foe, it can make a full attack, including two rake attacks.

Ripping Claws (Ex): The claw attacks of a peridot dragon are more deadly than normal dragons and deal twice as much damage as the claw attacks of other dragons of the same size. This double damage also applies to rake attacks.

Rake (Ex): When a peridot dragon is in a grapple, it can make four rake attacks at its full attack bonus, dealing damage as its claw attacks.

Psi-Like Abilities: 3/day—control air, energy ball (fire), truevenom; 1/day—fiery discorporation.

Skills: Hide, Listen, and Move Silently are class skills for peridot dragons.

PERIDOT DRAGONS BY AGE
                                                            BAB/           ----Saves----  Breath Weapon  Fear
Age        Size  Hit Dice (hp)   Str Dex Con Int Wis Cha  Grapple  Attack  Fort Ref Will       (DC)       DC
Wyrmling      S   6d12+6 (45)     13  10  13  14  15  14   +6/+3     +8     +6   +5   +7     2d10 (14)     —
Very young    M   9d12+18 (76)    15  10  15  14  15  14   +9/+11   +11     +8   +6   +8     4d10 (16)     —
Young         M  12d12+24 (102)   17  10  15  16  17  16  +12/+15   +15    +10   +8  +11     6d10 (18)     —
Juvenile      L  15d12+45 (142)   19  10  17  18  19  18  +15/+23   +18    +12   +9  +13     8d10 (20)     —
Young adult   L  18d12+72 (189)   23  10  19  18  19  18  +18/+28   +23    +15  +11  +15    10d10 (23)    23
Adult         H  21d12+105 (241)  27  10  21  20  21  20  +21/+37   +27    +17  +12  +17    12d10 (25)    25
Mature adult  H  24d12+120 (276)  29  10  21  20  21  20  +24/+41   +31    +19  +14  +19    14d10 (27)    27
Old           H  27d12+162 (337)  31  10  23  22  23  22  +27/+45   +35    +21  +15  +21    16d10 (29)    29
Very old      H  30d12+180 (375)  33  10  23  23  24  23  +30/+49   +39    +23  +17  +24    18d10 (31)    31
Ancient       G  33d12+231 (445)  35  10  25  25  26  25  +33/+57   +41    +25  +18  +26    20d10 (33)    33
Wyrm          G  36d12+324 (558)  38  10  28  27  28  27  +36/+62   +46    +29  +20  +29    22d10 (37)    36
Great wyrm    C  39d12+351 (604)  41  10  29  28  29  28  +39/+70   +46    +30  +21  +30    24d10 (38)    38

PERIDOT DRAGON ABILITIES BY AGE
Age           Speed                Initiative  AC                          Special Abilities                           Manifester Level*  PR
Wyrmling      60 ft., swim         +0          16 (1 size, +5 natural),    Immunity to fire, improved grab, pounce,    -                  -
              5 ft, burrow 40 ft.              touch 11, flat-footed 16    rake, ripping claws, vulnerability to cold
Very young    60 ft., swim         +0          18 (+8 natural),            -                                           -                  -
              5 ft, burrow 40 ft.              touch 10, flat-footed 18
Young         60 ft., swim         +0          21 (+11 natural),           -                                           1st                -
              5 ft, burrow 40 ft.              touch 10, flat-footed 21
Juvenile      60 ft., swim         +0          23 (-1 size, +14 natural),  -                                           3rd                -
              5 ft, burrow 40 ft.              touch 9, flat-footed 23
Young adult   60 ft., swim         +0          26 (-1 size, +17 natural),  DR 5/magic                                  5th                20
              5 ft, burrow 40 ft.              touch 9, flat-footed 26
Adult         60 ft., swim         +0          28 (-1 size, +20 natural),  Control air                                 7th                22
              5 ft, burrow 40 ft.              touch 8, flat-footed 28
Mature adult  60 ft., swim         +0          31 (-2 size, +23 natural),  DR 10/magic                                 9th                24
              5 ft, burrow 40 ft.              touch 8, flat-footed 31
Old           60 ft., swim         +0          34 (-2 size, +26 natural),  Truevenom                                   11th               26
              5 ft, burrow 40 ft.              touch 8, flat-footed 34
Very old      60 ft., swim         +0          37 (-2 size, +29 natural),  DR 15/magic                                 13th               27
              5 ft, burrow 40 ft.              touch 8, flat-footed 37
Ancient       60 ft., swim         +0          38 (-4 size, +32 natural),  Energy ball (fire)                          15th               29
              5 ft, burrow 40 ft.              touch 6, flat-footed 38
Wyrm          60 ft., swim         +0          41 (-4 size, +35 natural),  DR 20/magic                                 17th               30
              5 ft, burrow 40 ft.              touch 6, flat-footed 41 
Great wyrm    60 ft., swim         +0          40 (-8 size, +38 natural),  Fiery discorporation                        19th               32
              5 ft, burrow 40 ft.              touch 2, flat-footed 40
*Peridot dragons manifest powers as if psions with psychokinesis as their primary discipline.

Peridot Dragon Society
Peridot dragon society text here.

 

[JiCi]

Dire subtype ? what does it do ?

 

[RavinRay]

Darn it, that should have been fire subtype.

 

[freyar]

I rather like Gothenem's idea of a cone of magma with damage spread over 2 rounds, rather than a plain vanilla cone of fire.

And let's remember Improved Grab + Constrict.

 

[freyar]

Finally got a chance to look at those aquatic dragons, RavinRay. They are excellent! If Dragon turned them down, then they've missed out (or else they have way too many good monsters available). Thanks for sharing them!

For peridot: What do you think about control air, energy ball, fiery discorporation as PLAs? I'm thinking of this dragon as being very fast, too, so maybe a Su or Sp ability to increase speed (including burrowing) as in expeditious retreat. What do you all think?

 

[RavinRay]

Thanks Freyar. I'll go through the XPH to check on those powers you suggested. In the meantime, for peridot dragon physical abilities I'm suggesting big cat strategies like a rake or rend ability, along with Improved Grab which was suggested earlier. This is my description of the dragon.

A peridot dragon has a sleek, low-slung, wingless body with fine, yellow-green gleaming scales, which enables it to blend into the grasslands environment it favors. Prominent ear frills, reminiscent of a blue dragon's, twitch and bend as the dragon tracks sounds. A set of backward-pointing spines sweeps backward from the dragons head.

Peridot dragons like to stalk and ambush their prey like a huge cat, but they are also expert burrowers and will chase down their quarry or lie just below the soil in wait for a meal to move within range.

 

[freyar]

Rake or rend sound good, and I like the description.

[threadjack]
So, RavinRay, you're a real-life paleontologist? Is the field work as exciting as popular magazines make it sound? I'm also a scientist, but it's all desk work.
[/threadjack]

 

[Jear77]

Here's a few requests for dragons:
Ivory dragon (terrain: perhaps in an old elephant graveyard or "regular" graveyards, breath weapon: animate dead-- skeletons)

Pearl dragon (strong magic users, cast Identify at will

And from 2nd ed:

Purple dragons

Orange dragons

Yellow dragons (not gold)

Skunk dragons (black with white stripes)

and maybe a few other combinations: a red, black and gold dragon

A green, black, and blue dragon

 

[RavinRay]

The orange, purple, and yellow "missing" chromatic dragons have already been updated to 3.5 in the Dragon Compendium Vol. 1. The pearl dragon is due for a conversion in the Converting True Dragons thread.

 

[Jear77]

Thanks for giving me the source where I could find the dragons. And my request about an ivory dragon?