Hero Abilities Package - Dragon, Gray

Gray Dragon Racial Package (Cost 286-136=150)

Ability
- Armor - 5 resistant ED and PD - Cost 15
- Characteristics - +25 STR, +5 CON, +4 BODY, +1 INT, +1 EGO - Cost 46
- Damage Reduction (Resistant Earth and Water) - 25% resistant ED, only vs. earth/water (-1/2) - Cost 15/10
- Elemental Control "Dragon Powers" Reserve - 22 point - Cost 22
- A. Drain (Cone of Paralyzing Frost Breath) - 12D6 effect vs. SPD, recovers per minute (+1/4), area of effect - cone (+1), charges - 16 (+0), no range (-1/2), restrainable (-1/2), limited power - can only activate once a minute (-1) - Cost 270/83
- B. Flight (Wings) - 30 inches, restrainable (-1/2) - Cost 60/15
- C. Killing Attack: Hand-To-Hand (claws and bite) - 2D6 damage, reduced endurance - 0 END (+1/2), restrainable (-1/2) - Cost 45/20
- Enhanced Senses - +3 to all perception rolls, night vision, spatial awareness - Cost 36
- Knockback Resistance - 4 inches - Cost 8
- Life Support - longevity - does not age, impervious to intense cold - Cost 7
- Mental Defense - 30 points, only vs. sleep and hold spells (-1) - Cost 30/15
- Running - +2 inches - Cost 4
- Stretching - 1 inch, reduced endurance - 0 END (+1/2), always direct (-1/4), no non-combat stretching (-1/4) - Cost 7/5
- Language: Dragonese (native) - Cost 0
Optional
- Universal Translator - INT +5 or less, spoken language only (-1/2) - Cost 25/17
Disadvantage
- Combat Levels - -2 DCV - Cost -10
- Distinctive Features - adept, small group, noticed - Cost -5
- Distinctive Features - gray dragon, not concealable, major reaction - Cost -25
- Hunted - by anti-monster forces, 8 or less, as powerful - Cost -10
- Physical Limitation - 14' tall and 800 kg, all the time, greatly - Cost -20
- Physical Limitation - clumsy hands, frequently, greatly - Cost -15
- Psych Limitation - covetous and greedy, common, strong - Cost -15
- Quirk - Prefers to live in the arctic. - Cost -1
- Reputation - powerful monster, 14 or less, extreme - Cost -20
- Rivalry - with other dragons - Cost -5
- Vulnerability - 25 percent more BODY damage from fire and electricity - Cost -10

Conversion Notes: This package represents the minimum abilities of a young (16 to 25 year old) gray dragon for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons as presented in Dragon Magazine #146. This write-up uses Champions 5th edition rules.

Gray dragons are one of the smaller, weaker of the common dragon types. Although it can survive in any climate, it prefers frozen tundra and arctic regions. They can breath a cone of paralyzing cold or attack with their powerful claws and bite.

Although generally considered an evil race of dragons, player characters can play any alignment. The major enemies of the gray dragon include silver dragon, who are generally much more powerful unless the gray dragons is much older the the silver in question. They are also rivals to white dragons and chrome dragons.

Some sages believe that gray dragons may be a hybrid of the white dragon and silver dragon, having a skin tone and breath weapon that seems to combine both races.

Their favorite food is frozen meat. Like most dragons they can live for over 1000 years, sense the presence of invisible things, see in the dark, are immune to sleep and hold spells, and have large wings which allow flight.

Gray Dragon created by Gregory Detwiler and illustrated by Tom Baxa.
Champions rules conversion by Mathew R. Ignash - mathewignash@comcast.net.
Last Updated - May, 2010

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