Physical description
Physically, the bronze dragon is quite
fierce in appearance, despite its good nature. While most of its body is a reflective bronze color, the wings are often tipped
with green. The dragon has three large horns protruding from each cheek, pointing back towards the tail. The tips of these
points are black and very sharp, and are often used for grooming. The tongue is purple-gray, long and pointed, and not forked.
A large frill runs down the upper part of its neck. They smell like sea-spray. These dragons possess the ability to alter
their form, assuming the appearance of any type of animal or humanoid creature they choose. As such, folks can encounter a
bronze dragon without ever being the wiser. A friendly dolphin that saves a drowning child; a mercenary sailor eager to fight
pirates; a diver specializing in searching undersea shipwrecks for possible treasure… all of these could be a bronze
dragon. Many bronze dragons will use their shape-shifting abilities to get close to an enemy target; bronze dragons prefer
melee combat.
Combat
While bronze dragons are often fascinated with battles, especially fighting to
defeat evil, they have strong moral compunctions against killing living beings unless absolutely necessary. They will often
join good-aligned armies to fight the forces of evil, either in human form or their own. In battle, their weapon of choice
is to breathe repulsion gas, which is so putrid that it forces absolutely everything away. They also like to relocate a foe
to a remote location where it can do no harm when possible. When absolutely forced to kill, the bronze dragon is a deadly
combatant, roasting enemies with bursts of lightning or ripping them open with its clawed forelegs.
Breath weapon
Bronze dragons have two separate breath weapons. The first is a line of electricity
similar to a lightning bolt, and the second is a cone of gas with affects the mind to feel a great repulsion to the dragon.
EcologyEdit
They truly enjoy observing and interacting with smaller creatures, most especially
humans. They will often go out of their way to help them, such as rescuing humans from a shipwreck or a dangerous foe. In
many of these instances, the bronze dragon will transform itself into a human, so that those who it helps never know who really
did the rescuing. They never seek payment for their help, in any form. They always seek justice as best they can, and cannot
abide to see any creature being treated with cruelty of any sort. The older the dragon, the more pronounced that this passion
for justice becomes. They are probably the most social species of dragon, and often swim and play together in groups. They
also love to attend human festivals and parties, although usually in human form.
Lair
Bronze dragons are often found along the coastal regions of the world. They like
to dwell along the sea, to make use of their aquatic abilities, while staying close to humanoid settlements. Many ship merchants
will pay a bronze dragon to protect their trade routes. More nefarious bronze dragons will demand bribes for “protection”
while accepting similar bribes from pirates to operate within their territories. Given its exceptional abilities as a swimmer,
the entrance to a bronze dragon's lair is quite naturally underwater, and often disguised with seaweed and coral. The bulk
of the lair is above water level, however, consisting of multiple tunnels and large chambers, some as much as a thousand feet
above sea level. They prefer to make their lairs in an island volcano, if possible.
Parenting and developmentEdit
Bronze
dragon Wyrmling
Bronze dragons mate for life, and take their duties as parents with the utmost seriousness. They
will protect their eggs and their wyrmlings at any cost. Although bronze dragons always live near water, they lay their eggs
in a dry cave. Apart from a dry, relatively warm environment, bronze dragon eggs require no special conditions for incubation
like those of most dragons. Upon hatching, the wyrmlings are raised, taught, and protected by their parents. A newhatched
bronze wyrmling appears yellow with a tinge of green, and the scales will gradually shift to bronze as it matures. Bronze
wyrmlings love to swim in the ocean, and frolic in much the same manner as dolphins.
Known bronze dragons
Lhammaruntosz
Nymmurh
Felgolos
Liiravre
References
Andy Collins, James Wyatt, and Skip Williams (November 2003). Draconomicon:
The Book of Dragons. TSR, Inc. ISBN 0-7869-2884-0.
