Dragon

Dragons are an ancient race of intelligent reptilian creatures who often possess a variety of magical and unusual abilities, including winged or magical flight. Due to their power, they are counted among the most legendary creatures in all the Inner Sea region. They are sometimes referred to as wyrms and wyrmlings.

Physiology

Dragons are scaled, reptilian creatures with large wings capable of flight. A dragon has a long tail that can be used as a weapon, and typically has multiple horns on its head and a ridge or horns along its spine. While size depends on the dragon's type, very young dragons are about the size of an adult humanoid, whereas adult dragons rival the largest giants in size, and the oldest dragons can tower over buildings.

Abilities

Most dragons grow more powerful as they age, both in raw physical might, and in mental and magical ability. While a newly hatched wyrmling might be defeated by a small party of modestly-experienced adventures, an ancient dragon can pose a threat to a small army. Dragons are fierce fighters, and those attempting to battle them can expect to be bitten, raked with their fearsome claws, buffeted by the wings, and smacked by the long tail—not to mention the various breath weapons, ranging from fire, ice, acid, or even electricity. Many also learn to be formidable spellcasters, in addition to the various other supernatural abilities they possess.
Dragons have keen senses, able to see clearly in low light or complete darkness, and can even sense creatures that they cannot see. Each type of dragon has additional abilities usually including magical spells, often specialized to their chosen habitat and fighting style. For example, the swamp-dwelling black dragon can influence and control reptiles, whereas the coastal bronze dragons exhibit some control over water.6[citation needed] Most dragons are immune to the effects of paralysis and magic-induced sleep

Species of Dragon

Green Dragon

Green dragons are lawful evil, breathe acid-breath, live in temperate forests, and have a connection with both nature and the forest. Known to speak Elven and Fey languages, green dragons can often be swayed by diplomacy, anathema to many of their fellow chromatic dragons.

Appearance

Green dragons have the most immediately recognizable heads of any dragon due to the large snout horn that dominates their face; these horns continue to grow throughout the dragon's life. Their horns can grow so large that they actually create a blind-spot in the dragon's vision and each dragon's horn is unique in its shape. Green dragons require personal perfection in every aspect of themselves, including their body; they often undertake strenuous exercise regimes to keep in peak physical condition.

Habitat

Green dragons dwell by preference in forests and woodlands, and are known to inhabit environments ranging from arctic forests to tropical jungles. If possible, they make their home within natural caves (or humanoid-made burial mounds) with an easily-concealed entrance. Green dragons sculpt their lair using their acidic spittle to further excavate their homes. When such caves are unavailable, green dragons will lair atop cliffs or even high hills. Some (usually younger, smaller dragons) even roost amongst the highest canopy of particularly huge trees. Over time, the dragon will sculpt lairs supported by dozens of massive trees and capable of bearing even the weight of a fully-grown dragon and their treasure hoard. Green dragons normally like to have at least one nearby tree capable of supporting their weight from which they can observe their domain.
Whereas most chromatic dragons destroy, green dragons actually work to improve their surroundings. They feel a desire to improve their homes somewhat akin to their innate desire to improve themselves. Over time, their natural command of plans (and using lesser beings coerced into assisting them) results in the area around their lair being more verdant, healthy, and beautiful than the surrounding forest.

Ecology

Green dragons like to keep their bodies in peak physical condition through rigorous exercise including sparring with other dragons. Green dragons have incredible minds and are naturally gifted in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, and magic theory. This talent for magical theory leads many green dragons to focus on the arcane. Their thirst for knowledge often leads them down dark paths to seek lore best left unknown, whose discovery results only in insanity or death. Unfortunately, due to their evil bent, green dragons think nothing of sacrificing lesser creatures like humans, or even other dragons in their quest for knowledge. Green dragons are the most likely of all chromatic dragons to shed their evil alignment; though they rarely turn to good, they are much more likely to become strictly neutral. Green dragons are also unusual in that they are omnivores and display no preference between eating meat or plants; however, they refuse to eat scavenged carrion and only consume the flesh of creatures they have personally killed.

Society and Culture

Green dragons are almost the most socially well-balanced of the chromatic dragons, exceeded only by the manipulative blue dragons. They are always seeking to improve themselves both physically and mentally. Physically they undertake vigorous exercise regimes up to and including sparring with other dragons while mentally they undertake rigorous studies. Green dragons are willing to speak with lesser beings as long as they have knowledge to exchange which the dragon then uses to further its studies.
They generally do not associate with most other types of dragons, viewing other chromatics as uncouth hooligans and metallic dragons as moralising killjoys. The one exception to this is bronze dragons, whom they respect as fellow scholars. Unfortunately due to their competitively perfectionist nature most encounters between green dragons quickly devolve into bouts of one-upmanship that can quickly escalate into full blown duels. Only when mating can green dragons overcome this tendency and even then such "harmony" does not necessarily last very long. Green dragons are rarely religious, seemingly possessing only and academic interest in Apsu and Dahak, they do occasionally worship the human god Irori finding themselves drawn to his doctrine of self perfection.
Green dragon hoards are filled with books and tomes, as they value knowledge and wisdom above almost all other treasures. Their hoards do include coins (preferably bronze or silver) of older mintage, ideally from some ancient fallen kingdom; they also favour green gemstones such as emeralds. Green dragon's hoards often include unique books, either ancient beyond compare, or composed by the dragon itself. These hoards are so valued by scholars that they will sometimes hire dragon-slayers to retrieve these priceless libraries; this rarely ends well.
Green dragons also have a deep appreciation for wood carving, and often collect furniture, staves, and other objects made from valuable woods. Greens living in coastal forests sometimes augment their collection with whimsical driftwood finds.

Green Dragons of Note

The party encountered a young green dragon named "Threshpahn" in Undertown that was being kept and tortured by a kobold tribe.

Geographic Distribution

• Undertown

Constellations