FREQUENCY: Very rare
NO. APPEARING: 1 (in lair: see below)
ARMOR CLASS: -3
MOVE: 12"/32"
HIT DICE: 12 (96 hp)
% IN LAIR: 80%
TREASURE TYPE: 100% H, Ux5
NO. OF ATTACKS: 3
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-10/1-10/5-40
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Breath weapon + magic
use
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Blink
(6/day)
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
INTELLIGENCE: Supragenius
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: 36' long
PSIONIC ABILITY: 344
Attack/Defense Modes:
All/all
CHANCE OF:
Speaking: 100%
Magic-use: 100%
Sleeping: 5%
Psionics: 100%
SUGGESTION: 75%
SPELLS GAINED:
**Sardior, the Ruby
Dragon, has 3 each of both Druidic and Magic-User spells of levels 1-7,
and has spell books listing all the Magic-User spells
of those levels.
Finally, we come to the Ruby Dragon. This
is not a breed of
dragon, but a unique individual. Sardior
the Ruby Dragon is the
Prince of Neutral Dragons. He dwells in
a magical castle that roams
the night sky, high up in the atmosphere.
He keeps his castle moving
so that it is always in earth’s shadow.
Often, when Sardior’s castle is
sighted, sages think they are seeing a
reddish star making unusual
conjunctions with other stars in the night
sky.
Sardior keeps a court of 5 thanes, one
each of the various breeds
of neutral dragons. Their names are: Hrodel
(a female Crystal dragon), psionic disciplines of Empathy and Invisibility;
Tithonnas (male
Topaz dragon), disciplines of Clairaudience,
Clairvoyance, and
Sensitivity to Psychic Impressions; Smargad
(male Emerald dragon), disciplines of Domination, Hypnosis, and Teleportation;
Charsima (female Sapphire dragon), disciplines of Cell Adjustment,
ESP, Suspend Animation, and Etherealness;
and Aleithilithos (male
Amethyst dragon), disciplines of Detection
of Good/Evil, Detection
of Magic, Object Reading, Energy Control,
and Dimension Walk.
Occasionally (10%), one of these dragons
will roam the earth
without Sardior and the other thanes.
If encountered, the thane may
reward beings that find favor with it,
usually in the form of gems, but
sometimes in the granting of a boon.
All of Sardior’s thanes are huge, ancient
dragons. It must be
remembered, of course, that Sardior and
company are a stay-athome lot, not given much to interfering with others’
businesses. All
the Neutral dragons honor Sardior, but
being what they are, his
sovereignty does not much affect their
daily lives of treasure-mongering. All are agreed. however, that Sardior
is the most brilliant
conversationalist and raconteur of all
dragons.
Sardior has two breath weapons which he
can employ twice per
day each: a shriek (like an Amethyst dragon)
or a dazzling cloud (like
a Crystal dragon). He has a ruddy appearance,
but his handsome
features and general grace ensure that
only a very inexperienced
dragon-hunter would mistake him for a
red dragon.
Sardior the Ruby Dragon has 4 minor and
3 major disciplines, as follows—Domination, ESP, Invisibility, Levitation,
Molecular Rearrangement, Energy
Control, Dimension Walk. All Neutral dragons
consider their level of
mastery for all disciplines to be equivalent
to twice their age level.
by Arthur Collins
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