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Dragons

Brown Dragon

Often referred to by desert nomads as the great desert dragon or dragon hunts by burying itself in the sand, waiting patiently until
sand dragon, the brown dragon is a cunning creature, but it is also it senses vibrations caused by a prey's movement, after which it
haughty, irritable, paranoid, and slothful. It provides for itself in explodes from its hiding place, showering sand everywhere as
whatever way requires the least inconvenience and steers clear of it leaps toward its target. The brown dragon's breath is a line of
unnecessary trouble. It makes its home in underground caverns highly corrosive sand that can also blind those that are hit by it.
and the ruins of ancient cities buried beneath the wastelands. Prey, Foes, and Allies. The brown dragon is fiercely territorial
Desert Predator. The brown dragon is a flightless creature that and will slay and consume other burrowing predatory creatures
swims under vast desert sands like a bloodthirsty shark at sea. Its such as ankhegs, bulettes, kruthiks, and umber hulks. It tolerates
scales are leathery and softer than the typical dragon's metallic- the presence of oozes and ooze elementals, as well as desert-
like ones and have the color that matches its natural hunting dwelling vermin like giant antlions and scorpions, only because
grounds, ranging from dark brown at birth to dull light brown in the brown dragon doesn't see them as competition or threat to its
their old age. The brown dragon has four short, muscular limbs well-being and treasure hoard. The brown dragon dislikes other
that end with webbed claws suitable for digging through the sand dragons, though, and especially hates and fears blue dragons,
and a pair of leathery wing vestiges at the back of its shoulders. A which often shares its territory with them. If an older blue dragon
few lucky survivors who survived a brown dragon's attack recall threatens it, the brown dragon will establish a new lair, move its
seeing twin dorsal-like fins, which were the dragon's wings, cutting treasure, and abandon its old home.
through the sand during its approach. Aloof and Self-Serving. The brown dragon sees anything weaker
Ambush Hunter. The brown dragon consumes minerals than itself as nothing more than prey. It does not care much for
but prefers meat. It particularly relishes the taste of livestock, speaking with other intelligent creatures, especially adventurers,
especially camels and horses. It will go to great lengths to attack as it finds it odd and beneath itself to talk to its food. If it does
caravans and herders but is careful enough to do so only in participate in a conversation, the brown dragon will feign boredom
isolated areas and to not leave any survivors to avoid attracting and disinterest and even toy with whoever it is talking to, subtly
unwanted attention, such as a party of adventurers. The brown steering topics to potential prey, treasure, and threats.
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