Dragon, Linnorm, Flame [2064]

Climat/Terrain	Any/land
Organisation	Solitary
Fréquence	Très rare
Diète	Special
Cycle d'activité	Any
Intelligence	11-12 - Très intelligent
Trésor	See below
Alignement	Neutre Mauvais
Nombres	1
Classe d'armure	-4 (base)
Mouvement	Au sol : 24 Vol : 39" - Classe de vol : B Nage : Enfouissement : Web :
Dés de vie	20 (base)
Thac0	1 (base)
Nbre d'attaques	3 + special
Dommage / attaques	3-18x2/3-30
Attaques spéciales	Spells, breath weapon
Défenses spéciales	See below
Résistance à la magie	See below
Taille	G - gargantuan ( 25+' ) (40’ base length)
Morale	17-18 - Fanatique
Valeur en XP	See below

Commentaires : Flame linnorms, the most beautiful of the Norse dragons and perhaps the most rare, live to bend others to their will and to accumulate wealth. The scales of a hatchling are black, but they fade to a soft, dull gray by the juvenile stage (when the flame is often confused with gray linnorms.) The scales become vibrant, glowing orange in the young adult, and pure scarlet in the wyrm. Adult and older linnorms appear as masses of fire when they walk, and great wyrms are said to look like fireballs. Flames speak their own language and can communicate with all other Norse dragons. Very young linnorms have a 20% chance to pick up human tongues, and the percentage chance increases 10% per age category.

Combat : In combat a flame linnorm prefers to attack from above, almost always striking first with spells, hoping to take dowm its targets without damaging any valuables. It continues if necessary with its breath weapons and magical fire abilities, fighting with claws and bite only if it has no other choice.

Habitat / Société : Flame linnorms attack nonintelligent creatures only for food. They are loners, making their homes in deep caverns that accommodate their huge forms and even larger piles of treasure. They don’t hate other linnorms, but they choose to isolate themselves, not wanting to risk the theft of their cherished wealth. They regularly inventory their hoard, and magical treasures are especially prized – they spend long hours trying to discover what those items do. Flame linnorms use their magical items in battle or to enslave humans and demihumans, who help the linnorm acquire yet more treasure. Flames memorize every inch of their territory and guard it zealously. Also, there’s a 25% chance for a flame linnorm of venerable or greater age to have 1d4 fire elementals guarding its lair. Sages are uncertain whether the elementals are summoned by magic or whether they willingly serve the linnorm in exchange for treasure. Flame linnorms mate every 30 years, then separate. The female is left to lay eggs on her own, and she abandons the young as soon as they hatch.

Ecologie : Flame linnorms eat herd animals, trees, and the very earth. However, their favorite food is any object on fire. These creatures sometimes set sections of forest ablaze just to dine.

Age	Body Length (')	Tail Lenght (')	AC	Breath Weapon	Spells W/P	MR	Treasure Type	XP Value
1 Hatchling	3-24	3-24	-1	2d8+1	1	40%	½E	14000
2 Very young	24-42	24-42	-2	4d8+2	2	45%	E	18000
3 Young	42-57	42-57	-3	6d8+3	3	50%	E,G	21000
4 Juvenile	57-76	57-76	-4	8d8+4	3 1	55%	E,G	22000
5 Young adult	76-96	76-96	-5	10d8+5	3 2 1	60%	E,G,H	24000
6 Adult	96-107	96-107	-6	12d8+6	4 3 2	65%	E,G,H,I	25000
7 Mature adult	107-129	107-129	-7	14d8+7	5 3 3 1	70%	E,G,H,I×2	26000
8 Old	129-156	129-156	-8	16d8+8	5 4 3 2	75%	E,G,H,I×2	27000
9 Very old	156-186	156-186	-9	18d8+9	6 4 4 3	80%	E,G,H,I×2	28000
10 Venerable	186-217	186-217	-10	20d8+10	6 4 4 4 1	85%	E,G,H,I×3	29000
11 Wyrm	217-237	217-237	-11	22d8+11	7 5 4 4 2	90%	E,G,H,I×3	30000
12 Great Wyrm	237-265	237-265	-12	24d8+12	7 5 5 4 3	95%	E,G,H,I×3	31000