List of Chromatic dragons

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The following is a list of the chromatic dragons from the role playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Chromatic dragons are typically of evil alignment. Tiamat is the queen of chromatic dragons. Chromatic dragons have played a large role in D&D's various monster compilation books: white, black, green, blue and red dragons being the classic chromatic dragons.

Contents 1 Types 1.1 Black dragon 1.2 Blue dragon 1.3 Brown dragon 1.4 Green dragon 1.5 Orange dragon 1.6 Purple dragon 1.7 Red dragon 1.8 White dragon 1.9 Yellow dragon 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Types

[edit] Black dragon

• Breath weapon: Line of Acid
• Terrain: Swamps and Jungles
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Notes: Black dragons are the second weakest of the classic chromatic dragons.

[edit] Blue dragon

• Breath weapon: Line of Lightning
• Terrain: Desert
• Alignment: Lawful Evil
• Notes: Blue dragons are the second most powerful of the classic chromatic dragons.

[edit] Brown dragon

• Breath weapon: Acid
• Terrain: Desert
• Alignment: Neutral Evil
• Notes:

[edit] Green dragon

• Breath weapon: Cloud of Chlorine Gas
• Terrain: Forest
• Alignment: Lawful Evil
• Notes: Green dragons are the third most powerful of the classic chromatic dragons.

[edit] Orange dragon

• Breath weapon: Explosive oil
• Terrain: Forest
• Alignment:
• Notes:

[edit] Purple dragon

• Breath weapon: Searing energy, Blinding flash, Energy blade
• Terrain: Plains
• Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
• Notes:

[edit] Red dragon

• Breath weapon: Cone of fire
• Terrain: Mountains & Volcanoes
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Notes: Red dragons are the most powerful of the classic chromatic dragons.

[edit] White dragon

• Breath weapon: Cone of frost
• Terrain: Arctic
• Alignment: Chaotic evil
• Notes: White dragons are the weakest and least intelligent of the classic chromatic dragons.

[edit] Yellow dragon

• Breath weapon: Salt
• Terrain: Aquatic and coastal areas
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Notes:

[edit] References

• Andy Collins, Skip Williams, James Wyatt [November 2003]. Draconomicon The Book of Dragons.

[edit] See also

• Dragon (Dungeons & Dragons)
• List of Metallic dragons
• List of Gem dragons
• List of Planar dragons
• List of less common dragons in D&D

[edit] External links

• The chromatic dragons at draconika.com