The faerie drake is a close relative of the
faerie dragon. It is slightly larger than its
cousin but has its own distinctive appearance and abilities. Faerie drakes look like
miniature dragons with striped or spotted
wings, prehensile tails, and a metallic
sheen to their wings and scales. Females
have wing tips with a shade of color
lighter than their body color. Males have
wing tips darker than their body color and
also have a stronger metallic sheen than
females. The underbelly scale color
denotes a faerie dragon’s age (see Table 5).

Faerie drakes have innate spell abilities
that slowly increase as they grow older.
Only drakes of young adult and older ages
have offensive spells. Most prefer spells
useful in their everyday lives (as selected
by the DM); such spells are taught by the
older members of a faerie drake group.
Faerie drakes have been known to associate with and spy upon wizards and druids,
especially while the latter learn and cast
their spells. It is conjectured that watching
such activities enables faerie drakes to
learn spells other than those they acquire
early in life.

A faerie drake’s body color reveals what
sort of breath weapon and attack immunity it possesses (see Table 6). The bronze
faerie drake’s repulsion gas causes opponents to move away from the faerie drake
for six rounds unless they successfully
make saving throws vs. dragon breath.

The copper faerie drake?s slow venom
causes victims to move and attack at onehalf normal unless they make their saving
throw vs. dragon breath; this effect lasts
for six rounds. All other attacks do damage equal to the drake?s hit points, or half
that if a save vs. dragon breath is successfully made.

The color of a faerie dragon?s wing
markings is related to its innate magical
defense, as shown in Table 7. These magical defenses often mimic wizard or druid
spells, but they come into effect at will.

Like faerie dragons, faerie drakes can
become invisible at will. They also have
120? infravision and very keen senses of
smell. These drakes are very fond of
swimming, diving, and fishing; one can
stay submerged and active for up to three
turns, or twice that if inactive. While
submerged, they move through the water
with great speed and maneuverability.
They are even more at home in the air,
being able to hover and dart about. Faerie
drakes are omnivores and enjoy fish,
berries, and small-animal meat. They
usually mate for life. If encountered in a
lair, there is a 10% chance that 1-4 faerie
drake eggs are concealed in the nest.

Table 5
Faerie Dragons'<Drakes'> Ages and Spells                                                                                                                                                                                      Mage Spells                        Druid Spells

Belly	Magic resistance	Age	Hit dice	C	1	2	3	C	1	2	3
Red	20%	Very young	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Red-orange	25%	Young	2+2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Orange	30%	Sub-adult	2+4	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	0
Yellow	35%	Young adult	3	4	1	0	0	4	2	1	0
Green	40%	Adult	3+2	4	2	0	0	4	3	2	0
Blue-green	45%	Old	3+4	4	3	1	0	5	4	2	0
Blue	55%	Very old	4	5	4	2	0	5	5	3	0
Violet	60%	Ancient	5	5	5	2	1	5	5	4	1

Table 6
Faerie Drakes' Attacks and  Immunities

Body color	Breath weapon's type and frequency	Breath weapon's shape and dimensions	Attack type immunity
Black	Acid, 3 X /day	Line shaped, 1/2" X 40'	Acid
Blue	Electric bolt, 3 X /day	Line shaped, 1" X 30'	Electricity
Brass	Fear gas, 4 X /day	Cloud shaped, see below	Poison
Bronze	Repulsion, 5 X /day	Cloud shaped, see below	Electricity
Copper	Slow venom, 5 X /day	Line shaped, 1/2" X 40'	Acid
Gold	Fire or chlorine gas, 3 X /day	Cone shaped, see below	Fire and poison
Green	Chlorine gas, 3 X /day	Cone shaped, see below	Poison
Red	Fire, 3 X /day	Cone shaped, see below	Fire
Silver	Frost Cone, 3 X /day <mistake?>	Cone shaped, see below	Cold
White	Paralyzing gas, 3 X /day <mistake?>	Cloud shaped, see below	Cold

Breath weapon notes:
Line shaped: This breath weapon starts at the creature’s mouth and stretches out toward the target in a straight line. Each type of
this breath weapon has its own diameter and range as shown. Diameters are given in real inches.

Cloud shaped: This breath weapon billows forth from the drake’s mouth to form a 5’ X 5’ cloud, 2’ high, around its target.

Cone shaped: This breath weapon begins at the drake’s mouth (here, the cloud is ¼” in diameter) and spreads out to 3’ wide at its
end. The cone-shaped cloud is 8’ long.

Table 7
Faerie Drakes' Innate Defenses

Wing markings	Special powers	Duration or level of abilities
Black	Obscurement, 3 X /day	As per druid spell at 5th level of ability
Blue	Blink, 3 X /day	As per mage spell at 5th level of ability
Brass	Mirror image, 3 X/day	As per mage spell at 5th level of ability
Bronze	Scare, 3 X/day	As per mage spell at 5th level of ability
Copper	Entangle, 4 X/day	As per druid spell at 5th level of ability
Gold	Polymorph Self, 2 X/day	As per mage spell at 5th level of ability
Green	Regeneration, perm.	1 hp/six turns
Red	Haste, 1 X/day	As per mage spell at 7th level of ability
Silver	Gaseous form, 2 X/day	As per potion, with a duration equal to the faerie dragons'<x> hit dice in turns
White	Control temperature, 3 X/day	As per druid spell at 6th level of ability

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