Good Spells for Dragons?

[Ogrork the Mighty]

I have a dragon with caster level 7 (sorcerer spells) and am looking for some good spells to take.

Any suggestions?

 

[Jack Simth]

Ah, depends:
Do you want to kill the party, or pose a challenge?

If you want to kill the party, look at spells like Wraithstrike (swift action, makes all attacks resolve as incorporeal touch: goes well with Power Attack and Hover) and Wings of Cover (immediate action "no" spell - neutralize one effect per round), and Scintillating Scales (turns natural armor into deflection - although I'm not quite sure on the level on that one).

If you want to pose a challenge, look at spells like Cure Moderate Wounds, Bear's Endurance, Bull's Strength, Heroism, and Suggestion.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Be nasty- choose damage spells with an energy type different from the dragon's breath weapon. They'll prep their anti-Fire protections against a Red...and be surprised when he casts Ice Storm. And so forth.

 

[icallitdnd]

Be nasty- choose damage spells with an energy type different from the dragon's breath weapon. They'll prep their anti-Fire protections against a Red...and be surprised when he casts Ice Storm. And so forth.

Ah thats not right man what kind of dragon?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

For added giggles, have a Red memorize cold spells...and have the Feat Energy Substitution (Acid). Or a White memorize Electrical spells, and ESub (Fire). And so forth.

They won't know what to buff against!

 

[pawsplay]

If you want to split the difference between TPK and just playing around, I recommend obscuring mist, invisibility, protection from energy, and haste.

Some feat/spell combos:
Energy substitution + fireball is good
Practiced caster + dispel magic
Spell Focus (transmutation) + slow

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

Do you have spell compendium? It has a bunch of breath weapon spells that let you alter your breath weapon (like change the energy type, shape it differently, have it spring to life as an elemental... )

Spell Compendium also has the Scintillating Scales spell at spell level 2 to turn your natural armor bonus into a deflection bonus (and thus add to touch AC). Do I need to explain why this is helpful?

Blood Wind, a level 1 swift action spell, will let the dragon do a full attack with its natural weapons from range.

EDIT: Wings of Cover (which is in Races of the Dragon, btw) and Wraithstrike are horrendously broken spells, and I recommend you not use them just because you probably wouldn't want the party using them against you, and I happen to believe in "fair play."

 

[Ogrork the Mighty]

It's a black dragon but the caster level is only 7th so we're not talking high-level or blaster spells. More likely buff-type stuff or other cool low-level spells.

 

[frankthedm]

Can't go wrong with Mage armor and shield. Tanks won't hit until a caster breaks out a dispel.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

You know what people hate?

A dragon on a strafing run, using Mirror Image.

You know what else people hate?

A dragon doing a strafing run from the back of the party after casting an illusion of a dragon on a strafing run from the front.

You know what else people hate?

A dragon who uses a lot of illusions of attacks without actually attacking...then letting them get close while they think they're looking at another illusion.