Orange Dragon conversion

[qstor]

My favorite dragon. Thanks to SK Reynolds for a few tips.

Scott, Erica anyone PLEASE give me feedback I know the table is off.

Mike

------------------------

Orange Dragon

From the Missing Dragons article in Dragon #65 and #248 (2nd edition)

An orange is the offspring of a red and yellow dragon. They share the same terrain with black dragons. They share their red dragon parents impluse to attack on site.

Dragon (Water)
Climate/Terrain: Any river and tropical forest and underground
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 Ratings:
Wyrmling 2;
Very young 3;
Young 4;
Juvenile 6;
Young adult 8;
Adult 10;
Mature adult 13;
Old 15;
Very old 17;
Ancient 18;
Wyrm 19;
Great wyrm 21
Treasure: Double standard
Alignment: Always Neutral evil

Advancement:
Wyrmling 4-5 HD (Tiny);
Very young 7-8 HD (Small);
Young 10-11 HD (Medium-size);
Juvenile 13-14 HD (Medium-size);
Young adult 16-17 HD (Large);
Adult 19-20 HD (Large);
Mature adult 22-23 HD (Huge);
Old 25-26 HD (Huge);
Very old 28-29 HD (Huge);
Ancient 31-32 HD (Huge);
Wyrm 34-35 HD (Gargantuan);
Great wyrm 37+ HD (Gargantuan)
Orange Dragons by Age

Attack Fort Ref Will Breath Fear
Age Size Hit Dice (hp) AC Bonus Save Save Save Weapon (DC) DC SR
--- ---- ------------- -- ------ ---- ---- ---- ------ ---- -- --
Wyrmling T 3d12+3 (22) 14 (+2 size, +2 natural) +5 +4 +3 +5 2d8 - -
Very young S 6d12+6 (45) 16 (+1 size, +5 natural) +8 +6 +5 +8 4d8 - -
Young M 9d12+18 (76) 18 (+8 natural) +11 +8 +6 +9 6d8 - -
Juvenile M 12d12+24 (102) 21 (+11 natural) +15 +10 +8 +12 8d8 - -
Young adult L 15d12+45 (142) 23 (-1 size, +14 natural) +18 +12 +9 +13 10d8 19 17
Adult L 18d12+72 (189) 26 (-1 size, +17 natural) +23 +15 +11 +17 12d8 20 18
Mature adult H 21d12+105 (241) 28 (-2 size, +20 natural) +27 +17 +12 +18 14d8 (26) 23 21
Old H 24d12+120 (276) 31 (-2 size, +23 natural) +31 +19 +14 +21 16d8 (27) 24 22
Very old H 27d12+162 (337) 34 (-2 size, +26 natural) +35 +21 +15 +23 18d8 (30) 27 23
Ancient H 30d12+180 (375) 38 (-2 size, +29 natural) +39 +23 +17 +26 20d8 (31) 28 25
Wyrm G 33d12+231 (445) 37 (-4 size, +32 natural) +41 +25 +18 +27 22d8 (34) 31 26
Great wyrm G 36d12+288 (522) 41 (-4 size, +35 natural) +45 +28 +20 +30 24d8 (36) 33 28
Orange Dragon Abilities by Age

Age Speed Str Dex Con Int Wis Cha Special Abilities Caster Level
--- ----- --- --- --- --- --- --- ----------------- ------------
Wyrmling 60 ft., fly 100 ft. 11 10 13 8 11 10 pass without trace, water breathing -
(average), swim 60 ft.
Very young 60 ft., fly 100 ft. 13 10 13 8 11 10 -
(average), swim 60 ft.
Young 60 ft., fly 150 ft. 15 10 15 10 11 12 -
(poor), swim 60 ft.
Juvenile 60 ft., fly 150 ft. 17 10 15 10 11 14 Neutralize poison 1st
(poor), swim 60 ft.
Young adult 60 ft., fly 150 ft. 19 10 17 12 13 14 Damage reduction 5/+1 3rd
(poor), swim 60 ft.
Adult 60 ft., fly 150 ft. 23 10 19 12 13 16 Control water 5rd
(poor), swim 60 ft.
Mature adult 60 ft., fly 150 ft. 27 10 21 14 15 16 Damage reduction 10/+1 7th
(poor), swim 60 ft.
Old 60 ft., fly 150 ft. 29 10 21 14 15 18 Heat metal 9th
(poor), swim 60 ft.
Very old 60 ft., fly 150 ft. 31 10 23 16 17 18 Damage reduction 15/+2 11th
(poor), swim 60 ft.
Ancient 60 ft., fly 150 ft. 33 10 23 16 17 20 Suggestion 13th
(poor), swim 60 ft.
Wyrm 60 ft., fly 200 ft. 35 10 25 18 19 20 Damage reduction 20/+3 15th
(clumsy), swim 60 ft.
Great wyrm 60 ft., fly 200 ft. 37 10 27 20 21 22 Hallucinatory terrain 17th
(clumsy), swim 60 ft.
Breath Weapon (Su): An orange dragon has one type of breath weapon, a stream of pure liquid sodium. 1/2 damage first round, 1/2 damage second round as per acid. If an attempt is made to wash the sodium off with water, full damage is taken as fire.
If a creature is west or standing in water, full damage is taken; half as fire, half as acid. In all cases damage is halved if the creature makes it's reflex save.

Water Breathing (Ex): The dragon can breathe underwater indefinitely and can freely use its breath weapon, spells, and other abilities while submerged.

Pass without Trace (Sp): Once per day as per the druid spell.

Other Spell-Like Abilities: 3/day- heat metal, suggestion and control water; 1/day-neutralize poison and hallucinatory terrain.

 

[Krishnath]

got to get with the color...

Ooh, nasty, I'll give it 5 out of 5. But then again, I'm partial towards dragons

Now we just need a brow/red cross: Napalm spitting dragon

Other fun crosses to consider:

Green/Red (speckled or striped): Pyroclastic breathweapon!!!
Red/Blue (purple): Pure Energy breathweapon
Black/Red: Another napalm spitter, probably won't happen with water and fire being opposed elements and all... to sad really...
Green/White (Mint Dragon ): Blizzard in a breathweapon.
Green/Black: Probably won't do much...
Blue/Black: What do you get when you cross electricity with acid???

Edit: Just wanted to add:
----------
Happy Birthday to Me

 

[Wolf72]

Try looking at the Dragon in DragonLord of Melnibone.

it's a straight up 23HD dragon (iirc) ... but it spits a venom that is pretty napalm like

 

[qstor]

It might need a bit of tinkering. I'm waiting to hear from Scott or Eric. Dragon #248 said the orange is larger than the black. I based the hit dice on the white so I'm inclined to bump the hit dice and strength to match its red parent.

Mike

 

[Krishnath]

Well, I think it's nice the way it is.

Anyone know how to calculate the SR of dragons, so far I'm only guessing when assigning SR on the dragons I've create.
I've got 4 or so new dragons I need to post some day:

Crown (LN dragon, that considers itself a noble).
Gravereaper (a planar dragon of sorts)
Storm (oriental style serpentine dragon, not a lung).
and the Uhuru Wyrm (Bigass firedragon that rivals the azure in size).

I might even repost the azure dragon.

 

[qstor]

*bump*

 

[qstor]

*bump*

 

[Sojourn]

Ah the Orange Dragon. Featured in (Spoiler Alert) Under The Storm Giant's Castle, one of my favorite 1st Edition 3rd party modules, a classic of the genre. 3E stats were printed in the Dragon Compendium making the orange a Very Young dragon at most. I made him a Mandarin Orange dragon and made him from Kara-Tur, only fitting since the other featured dragon was known only as "Chinese Dragon". This made his friend/foster Acorn a Wu-Jen Dracolyte (Dragon Foster)/Dracomancer. It's very unlikely I'll have another Orange in the game unless a Wild Surge happens. It is possible that the party could planeswalk or dimension hop to a world where the "standard" dragon types are replaced by less common types. I had a rather confused and convoluted plot that I never got to run featuring Timelords (who also appeared in Dragon 65, the debut of the orange dragon) and The Dark Is Rising Series. "When the dark comes rising, 6 will turn it back, 3 from the circle, 3 from the track: wood, bronze, iron, water, fire, stone, 5 shall return...and 1 go alone." Tom Baker's Dr. Who had a season tracking down the key of time or something, which had its parts disguised and spread across the multiverse. I was going to send the PCs on a similar quest, using the Dark Is Rising thematic elements. the 2ndary color dragons were going to be guardians of some of the pieces. Never got to run it.