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Characteristics:
  • Friendliest of the Gems
  • Mischevious and curious about the world
  • Solitary, but will talk with good-intentioned visitors
  • If visits turn bad, will run and hide to plan its attacks
  • Irresponsible rulers
  • Prefer talking to fighting
  • Enemies: Whites since they hunt crystals for food, and all giants
  • Likes to look at the stars in the cold
  • Known to adopt white dragon babies and teach them to be good
  • Can magically charm a person at will
  • Very intelligent
Habitat:
  • Cold northern reaches, ice castles
  • Likes gems and metal ores for food
Physiology:
  • Born glossy white and becomes translucent and luminescent with age
  • Breath weapon: cone of glowing shards
  • Born immune to light-based attacks and normal cold
Appearances in Literature and Folklore:
  • Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
Sources:

AD&D Monster Manual 1993, www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/2734, www.polenth.demon.co.uk/dragon/typedd.html

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