CLIMATE/TERRAIN: Temperate cities; rarely, temperate hills, barrens or forested hills
FREQUENCY: Very rare
ORGANIZATION: Solitary
ACTIVE TIMES: Any
DIET: Omnivore
INTELLIGENCE: Supra-genius (19-20)
TREASURE: [U]
ALIGNMENT: Lawful neutral (good tendencies)
REACTION MODIFIER: +2

NUMBER APPEARING: 1
ARMOR CLASS: 0
MOVEMENT: 12"/24" (MC: E)
HIT DICE: 11
THACO: 10
NUMBER OF ATTACKS: 2 claws, 1 bite
DAMAGE PER ATTACK: 1-10 (claw) x 2, 3-30 (bite)
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Breath weapon, magic use
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Spell immunity
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 75%
SIZE: Huge (25 feet long)
MORALE: Fanatical (20)
EXPERIENCE VALUE: 6200 + 20/hp

Greyhawk dragons love the companionship of humankind,
and prefer to live in cities. They are highly magical
and intellectual.

Physical Appearance: Although considerably smaller
than many of its kin, the Greyhawk dragon shares the
strength and robustness typical of other dragons. Its scales
are a rich metallic grey reminiscent of brushed steel, ranging
to a darker hue-almost like blued gunmetal-on the
creature's underside and towards its tail. The membranes
of its wings have the sheen of fine silk.

Combat: At heart a peaceful creature, the Greyhawk
dragon avoids combat where it can. If conflict is inevitable,
however, it fights with great intelligence and lethality. In
addition to its clawlclawhite attack routine, three times
per day it can exhale a highly toxic gas (save vs. poison at
-4 or die). The maximum amount it can exhale would fill a
cube 30 feet on a side; however, the dragon can carefully
meter the amount. The gas is quickly absorbed through the
skin, and is just as lethal as if breathed. Partial protection
can be gained through coating all exposed skin with lard or
other grease, as this attenuates the effect of the poison (the
save is now made at - 2). The toxicity is very short-livedwithin
two minutes of exposure to oxygen, the gas becomes
inert.

In preference to any physical attack, the dragon is likely
to use magic. At the very young age, it has four 1st level
spells. Thereafter, it gains four spells of progressively higher
level at each new age bracket (thus at old age, it has four
spells of each level 1st through 6th). From birth, it can also
polymorph self five times per day. Unlike the regular
magic-user spell, this ability has an unlimited duration.
The Greyhawk dragon is immune to magic user spells of
1st through 4th level. Against all other magical effects, it
has a magic resistance of 75%. It can use all magical items
permitted to the magic-user class.

Habitat/Society: Because of its love for and fascination
with humanity, the Greyhawk dragon usually lives polymorphed
into human form. Its favored habitat is a large
city, where it typically owns a large house, and where it’s
often the center of artistic and intellectual gatheringspoetry
readings, discussion groups, etc. In their human
identities, Greyhawk dragons are often well-known among
the intelligentsia and patrons of the arts. They keep their
true nature inviolably secret.

Food is usually the creature’s biggest problem:
Although it might take the form of a man or woman, it
must eat enough to maintain its true bulk. Every two
weeks or so, it drops out of sight and travels to nearby wilderness
areas (where it might claim to own a hunting
lodge). Here it hunts, making up for its enforced fast (at
least, by dragon terms) in the city. Like other dragons, the
Greyhawk variety is omnivorous, but prefers fresh meat. It
never eats domesticated herds, preying instead on wild
animals-particularly those baneful to man.
Greyhawk dragons are very rare creatures: even the
largest city might have only one or two living (secretly) in
its midst. Although they take stringent precautions to prevent
their true nature from being discovered, one
Greyhawk dragon can recognize another on sight. Dragons
in the same city are usually cordial to each other, though
they don’t usually seek each other’s company. Every
twelve years, however, the dragon seeks a mate, often from
another city. When it has found one, the couple retires to
the wilderness, where they raise a single offspring. Once
the youngster is old enough to fend for itself-about 24
months-the parents separate and return to their individual
lives. The creatures very rarely select the same mate
twice.

Greyhawk dragons speak their own language and the
languages of most humans, demihumans and humanoids.
They can be found-if they wish to be found-in any large
town or city. There are reputed to be no fewer then five
Greyhawk dragons in the city whose name they bear! . . .
although nobody-least of all the dragons themselves seems
willing or able to substantiate this.

Niche: Greyhawk dragons are at the top of the food
chain, with no natural enemies. In cities, they rarely work
as artisans, preferring to act as collectors and disseminators
of information (like sages).