Magma dragon

Magma dragon

(Creature)

CN

Dragon

Elemental

Fire

Level

9–18 (by age category)

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Images of magma dragons

Source: Bestiary 2, pg(s). 93–95

Magma dragons lacked the

Elemental

trait in Fires of the Haunted City 80–81.

Type

Dragon
(extraplanar, fire)

CR

4–20 (by age category)

Environment

Any (Plane of Fire)

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Images of magma dragons

Source: Bestiary 2, pg(s). 100-101

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Magma dragons are primal dragons native to the borderlands between the Elemental Planes of Fire and Earth.

Appearance

Magma dragons have black scales covered in rivulets of glowing lava.

Habitat and society

Magma dragons are temperamental creatures given to lashing out violently. Other dragons view them as dangerously unbalanced, with a great deal of justification, and as a result many magma dragons live solitary existences. Magma dragons rarely feel the urge to explain their actions to others.

An exception to the magma dragons' normally solitary lifestyles exists in the form of the Emberen Recess, a volcanic region in the Plane of Fire ruled by a collection of ancient magma dragons who govern their younger kin, and who are themselves led by the ancient dragon Caliniaya. The dragons of the Emberen Recess are served by salamander slaves who guard their borders and mine gemstones for their hoards.

Abilities

Ghalodz and Vrainheis, twin young magma dragons.

As with many types of dragons, magma dragons grow in power as they age, including magical abilities and sorcerous spellcasting.

They also have formidable physical abilities. In addition to their damaging fangs, all but the youngest of magma dragons also burn those they bite.

Magma dragons can breathe a cone of fire, and older specimens can instead breathe a cone of clinging lava that continues to burn its victims after the initial inferno. The most ancient can spit a glob of fiery lava which cools rapidly and can entrap a victim who somehow manages to survive contact with the lava.

Notable magma dragons

See also: Category:Magma dragon/Inhabitants

Some of the most notable magma dragons include:

• Caliniaya, the dangerously insane ruler of magma dragon holdings of the Emberen Recess, who has moments of lucidity in which she exhibits terrifying political shrewdness.
• Moschabbatt, a magma dragon who dwells beneath the Five Kings Mountains and guards a hoard of ancient dwarven artifacts, including the fabled Axe of the Dwarvish Lords.
• Ornathax, a part-time citizen of King’s Heart in Highhelm. She spends her summers in Burntown to take a "break from the Heat".

References

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