Sapphire dragons

Sapphire dragons are territorial, militaristic dragons who normally lived in the Underdark. The majority of their diet is composed of giant spiders, and sapphire dragons consider all the evil races of the Underdark their enemies. Their breath weapon is a blast of noise that caused panic. Because of their sparkling, multi-blue-colored scales, they are sometimes mistaken for blue dragons.

Gem dragons are all inherently psionic creatures. They develop telepathic abilities shortly after hatching—sometimes even before—that grow in strength as they age. Some hone these mental powers further, manifesting

powerful magical abilities through their minds.

These psychically adept dragons often find themselves at odds with aberrations, particularly mind flayers and aboleths. The gem dragons are skilled at locating areas where the Far Realm intrudes upon the Material Plane and set themselves against the alien creatures spawned or twisted in such places.

Physical description

Sapphire dragons are covered in scales of various shades of blue, which sparkle with starburst patterns under sunlight. They are sometimes mistaken for blue dragons. Some of their extremities, such as their tail barbs and the tips of their horns are physically disconnected from their bodies, held aloft by the dragon's psionic force. These appendages move or shift in response to the dragon's mood. An amused sapphire dragon might have its horns oscillate up and down, while an angry dragon will have its appendages flare and widen threateningly.

Combat

Sapphire dragons breath a cone of extremely high-pitched sonic energy, which harm opponents and cause them to panic and to become incapacitated for a few seconds.

They are also known to employ their considerable psionic abilities in combat, flinging enemies away, teleporting over short distances, and charming their opponents.

Lair

Gem dragons set themselves apart from the affairs of other beings, even their own kind. They search out lairs far from established populations which they can tend in solitude, or so they can carefully cultivate a circle of servants or vassals to tend their interests in the surrounding region.

Gem dragons break their natural inclination to solitude to mate and protect their clutches of eggs, but rarely for any other reason.