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AD&D Nickel Dragons
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Characteristics:
  • Lives in swamps and marshlands, but sometimes the lair is only for storing treasure and the dragon "lives" where he feels good at the moment
  • Weakest of the ferrous dragons
  • Tenacious and vicious
  • Fights are unpredictable
  • Erratic child rearing
  • Species is dying out slowly
  • Enemies: Blacks, but both are immune to the attacks of the other
Habitat
  • Likes to eat giant swamp lizards
Physiology:
  • Low to average intelligence
  • Approx 27' long
  • Scales are charcoal grey at birth and mutate to a more metallic with age. Then grey returns to white until he is finally a bright metallic white color
  • Breath weapon: cloud of acidic vapors
  • Can breath water from birth
  • Immune to all acids
Appearances in Literature and Folklore:
  • Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
Sources:

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