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SHADOW DRAGON
Climate/Terrain: non-arctic/ruins, subterranean, and plane of shadow
Frequency: very rare
Organization: solitary or clan
Activity cycle: nocturnal (any on plane of shadow)
Diet: Special
Intelligence: genius (17-18)
Treasure: special
Alignment: chaotic evil
No appearing: 1(2-5)
Armor class: -4 (base)
Movement: 18, FL 30 (D), JP 3
Hit dice: 12 (base)
THACo: 9 (base)
No of attacks: 3+ Special
Damage/Attack 1-6/1-6/3-18
Special Attacks: special
Special Defenses: Variable
Magic resistance: Variable
Size: H(21' base)
Morale: Champion (16)
XP value: Variable

Shadow dragons are sly and devious. The are instinctively cunning and are not prone to taking risks. At all ages a shadows dragon's scales are translucent, so when viwed from a distance it appears to be a mass of shadows. Shadow dragons speak their own tongue and a tongue common to all evil dragons. Also, 17% of hatchling dragons can speak with any intelligent creature. The chance to posses this ability increases with 5% per age category.

COMBAT: Shadow dragons prefer to attack from hiding, usually employing invisibility or hiding in shadows. They use illusion/phantasm spells to confuse and misdirect foes. Older dragons are especially fond of their non detection ability.

BREATH WEAPON/SPECIAL ABILITIES: A shadow dragon's breath weapon is a cloud of blackness that is 40 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 20 feet high. Creatures caught in this cloud are blinded for one melee round and lose 3/4 (round up) of their life energy (levels or hit dice); a successful savings throw vs. breath weapon reduces this loss to 1/2 (round up). The life loss persists for a variable number of turns based on the dragons age.(more for older dragons less for younger) Negative plae protection spells prevent this energy loss.
A character who is reduced to 0 or fewer levels lapses into a coma for the duration of the clouds effect.
A shadow dragon casts spells and uses its abilities as 6th level plus combat modifiers.
Shadow dragons are born immune to energy drain, and with the ability to hide in shadows, with 40% chance of success. This increases 5% per age category to a maximum of 95%.
as they age, they gain the following additional powers: JUVENILE: mirror image 3 times a day(1d4+1 images). ADULT: dimensional door 2 times a day. OLD: non-detection 3 times a day. VENERABLE: shadow walk once a day. GREAT WYRM: create shadows 3 times a day.(this ability creates a mass of leaping shadows with a radius of 100 yards, duration 1 hour. All magical (and normal)light and darkness sources are negated as long as they remain in the radius. Creatures able to hide in shadows can do so in these magical shadows even if under observation. Shadow dragons and other creatures from the plane of shadow can move and act normally while hiding in these shadows, effectively giving them improved invisiblity. A successful dispel magic banishes these shadows.

HABITAT/SOCIETY: Shadow dragons hate both bright light and total darkness, preffering variegated lighting with patches of diffuse light and deep, inky shadows. On the prime material plane, their lairs are always private places that provide shadowy light for most of the day. They prefer ancient ruins, where they can hide underground when the sun is bright and still find shadow above ground during the dawn and twilight. In the plane of shadows they live in dense thickets and of trees and brambles, forified castles, or labyrinthine caves. In either plane, they prefer to locate their lairs near colonies of other creatures that can alert them to potential foes or victims. The dragons seldom ever cooperate with these allies, however, though the dragons commonly prey on them.
Shadow dragons love dark-colored, opaque gems, and especially prize black stones. They also collect magical items that produce shadows or darkness. They use these items to turn areas filled with total darkness or light into masses of shadows.

ECOLOGY: Shadow dragons eat almost anything. their favorite food is rotting carrion, though they often kill for sport. Slain victims are left to decay until they become suitably foul. These dragons are equally fond of frost-killed, water logged, or salt poisoned plants.

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