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WHITE DRAGONS BY SIZEOverall Body Neck Tail Body Standing Maximum MinimumSize Length Length Length Length Width Height Wingspan Wingspan WeightMedium 14 ft. 6 ft. 4 ft. 4 ft. 2½ ft. 3½ ft. 21 ft. 12 ft. 300 lb.Large 29 ft. 12 ft. 7 ft. 10 ft. 4½ ft. 6½ ft. 32 ft. 18 ft. 2,400 lb.Huge 52 ft. 19 ft. 13 ft. 20 ft. 7 ft. 11 ft. 55 ft. 30 ft. 19,500 lb.Gargantuan 82 ft. 26 ft. 21 ft. 35 ft. 9 ft. 15 ft. 72 ft. 40 ft. 159,000 lb.Favored TreasureWhite dragons prefer treasure that glitters like ice,particularly diamonds and other light-hued gemstones.Highly polished platinum and silver alsoserve, as do works of art that involve mirrors or mirror-polishedsurfaces.Life CycleWhite dragon eggs incubate for a period of roughlyfourteen months, the first three and a half of whichA white dragon’s environmental diffusion resultsin an area of intense, biting cold. Frost covers theground at all times, and liquids freeze after a fewmoments of exposure to the elements. The terrainbecomes as slippery as ice, even if it does not appearfrozen.Physical CharacteristicsWhite dragons are the smallest of the chromatics,albeit only slightly smaller than their blackcousins. Their scales and limbs are heavy, makingCHROMATIC DRAGONS IN DETAILthey spend within the female’s body. White dragonslay clutches of eight to ten eggs each, but only a quarterto a third of them survive until they hatch.A white dragon’s wyrmling stage lasts for threeor four years. The young stage lasts until the age ofone hundred. An adult dragon becomes an elder atroughly 750 years, and an elder becomes ancient atabout 1,700. White dragons have been known to liveas much as 2,100 years.OPTIONAL RULESA white dragon gains a +1 bonus to its defenses to avoidany effect that causes blindness due to bright light,and it gains a +1 bonus to saving throws to end saidblindness.A white dragon can burrow through ice and snow at aspeed equal to half its land speed.The features of a white dragon’s claws that grant its icewalkingability also grant a +4 bonus to Athletics checksmade for climbing.them seem ponderous, though in fact they move asswiftly and dexterously as other dragons. Rangingfrom true white to gray or ice-blue, white dragons’scales serve as excellent camouflage in icy andsnowy terrain.The toes of white dragons are more widelyspaced than those of other dragons, granting greaterstability on uncertain footing. Claws are barbed andjagged, not to cause any extra damage in combat, butto aid the dragon in walking on ice.Nictitating membranes protect the eyes fromextremes of light while still allowing the dragonto see. These parchment-thin lids prevent snowblindness when a dragon looks over vast, gleamingexpanses of its territory.White dragons have a dry scent—more a lack ofodor than a smell in its own right.SAM WOODCHAPTER 1 | Dragon Lore43