(Part IV)

By ExistingPhantom (fxdlk@camelot.acf-lab.alaska.edu)

Dragons have very tough plated armour or thick leathery skin and can take more levels of health damage than other creatures. Dragons heal about as fast a normal humans, unless they use special aids or abilities. It takes a dragon about two weeks for their bodies to naturally heal one level or point of health damage.

To hit an opponent while in combat a dragon uses a variety of skills depending on the circumstance. For dragons using brawling or aerial combat see "Hit Roll" for the Attribute to be used with the fly or brawl talents to determine the number of die the player rolls. The player rolls the given number of die at a set difficulty determined by the attack used. Use the standard system of critical failures, successes and critical successes to determine if the dragon hits its opponent.

Dexterity + Firearms	For dragon using firearms & projectile weapons.
Dexterity + Melee	For dragon using melee weapons.
Attribute + Brawl	For dragon using brawling talents.
Attribute + Fly	For dragon brawling in aerial combat.

Once the dragon has hit the opponent the amount of damage to the opponent's health levels needs to be determined. To determine damage the player rolls the number of die equal to the damage listed from the attacks damage table. All damage rolls are made at a difficulty of 6. Any die roll of 6 or greater is counted as a single damage point that the opponent marks off of his health. Critical failures are ignored when trying to determine damage from the roll, and critical successes are just counted as a single damage point. Opponents get a chance to soak damage before marking it down on their character sheet except under special circumstances.

Once a dragon has been hit by an opponent, it may have a chance to soak damage that it has taken. To determine how many points of damage are soaked and ignored by the dragon the player rolls die equivalent to the number of points of stamina it has. All soaking rolls are made at a difficulty of 6. Any die roll of 6 or greater is counted as a single point of damage that the dragon's avoided acquiring and they do not need to mark it in their health. Critical failures are ignored when trying to determine soaking from the roll, and critical successes are just counted as a single soak point.

Dragons have devised some unique attacks due to their physical nature. They can also do some of the other standard brawl, melee and firearm attacks in White Wolf reference books if their abilities allow.

Bite: Hit Roll: Dex + Brawl Damage: Str+2 # Actions: 1 Dif: 7

Breath: Hit Roll: Dex + Breath Damage: Stamina + Breath & special # Actions: 1 Dif: Var A breath weapon is a special attack that can only be used if the attacker has breath weapon talent. Breath does damage noted above plus it may cause additional effects depending on the type of breath weapon. An example would be, fire breath would cause the opponent it continue to burn if flammable unless action was taken, electric or lightning breath would damage any sensitive technical equipment on the opponents person or near by, etc... Difficulty is determined by the GM.

Clamping bite: Hit Roll: Special Damage: Str # Actions:1 Dif: 6 The dragon must pit its strength vs its opponent's strength Dif: 6. If the dragon's successes are greater than the opponents then the bite can be held and the attacker can be controlled. The clamping bite can be turned into a vicious shake using a difficulty of 7 instead of 8 the next round and every round after that the opponent is still held. The opponent may make a strength vs dragons strength test every round to attempt to get free Dif: 6.

Claws: Hit Roll: Dex + Brawl Damage:Brawl+1 # Actions: 2 Dif: 6

Dusting: Hit Roll: Str + Brawl Damage:N/A # Actions: 1 Dif: Var The dragon uses its wings to blow up fine dirt and dust to blind opponents. The difficulty depends upon the terrain and particulate matter of the area. This attack will not work if there is no fine particulate matter around. All creatures directly in front of the dragon will be blinded for the first round and any rounds after the attack, until they roll a success using their perception starting at a difficulty of 7. The difficulty will go down by one each round. The opponent may roll each round after the attack to try and clear their sight. This attack can be used in aerial combat if opponents are on the ground.

Horn attack: Hit Roll: Dex + Brawl Damage:N/A # Actions:N/A Dif: N/A An Attacker may use their horns as melee weapons, but all attacks and parries are executed with brawl instead of melee.

Weapon: Horn Initiative: +3 Accuracy: +2 Parry: +1 Damage: Strength+4 Conceal: N

Roaring Intimidation Defence: Hit Roll: Com + Brawl Damage:N/A # Actions:1 Dif: 7 You may fend off multiple personal attacks by posturing and roaring. If you succeed all the attackers lose their attack for that initiative.

Roll: Hit Roll: Dex + Brawl Damage: Size + 2 # Actions:1 Dif: 7 The attacker rolls upon the opponent crushing and pinning the opponent to the ground. The opponent may make a strength vs attackers size Dif: 6 each round in order to try to get free. For the time that it is pinned, it is immobilized and can do nothing. For each round the opponent remains pinned it takes Size + 1 worth of crushing damage.

Squeeze: Hit Roll: Dex + Brawl Damage: special # Actions:1 Dif: 9 The dragon uses its tail, wings, arms and legs to crush and squeeze the the life out of its opponent. The opponent must roll each round using just its stamina to avoid damage. The difficulty is equivalent to 10 minus its stamina. It takes one damage one level of health damage for each round it fails. It does not get to try and soak damage. For every round after the first the opponent may roll before the stamina check in order to attempt to break free. The opponent uses strength (-2) vs the attacker's strength to break free Dif: 6.

Tail Whip: Hit Roll: Dex + Brawl Damage: Dex # Actions:1 Dif: 7 A tail whip can be used to knock an object or objects out of an opponents grasp or it can be used to inflict damage on an opponent.

Trip: Hit Roll: Dex + Brawl Damage: N/A # Actions:1 Dif: 6 By swiping with the tail, the dragon can knock down one or more opponents by tripping them. The number of opponents that are knocked down are equal to the number of successes rolled.

Vicious Shake: Hit Roll: Str + Brawl Damage: Str+4 # Actions:1 Dif: 8 The dragon grabs the the opponent in its jaws and shakes it causing ripping damage.

Wingslap: Hit Roll: Dex + Brawl Damage: Brawl # Actions:2 Dif: 7 The dragon by using its powerful wings can buffet an opponent hard. If the opponent's stamina is less than the dragon's strength they are knocked unconscious. Otherwise they are just knocked down, and require a round to recover to their feet.

Note: Some standard combats can be applied to areal attacks but they use the aerial attack roll Dexterity + Fly instead of Dexterity + Brawl.

Back Roll Defence: Hit Roll: Special Damage:N/A # Actions:1 Dif: 6 You may fend off anothers attack from above at the same initiative as your attacker by rolling in air and defending with teeth, arms, legs and claws. Instead of using a normal "Hit Roll" the dragon pits its Dex + Fly minus 1 die roll vs the attackers Dex + Fly Dif: 6. If you succeed both you and your opponent are finished for that initiative. If your opponent succeeds their initial attack automatically succeeds and they do not need to roll to hit you.

DiveAttack: Hit Roll: Dex + Fly Damage: Special # Actions: Special Dif: Special The attacker uses gravity and speed to increase the damage of some standard combat moves. Damage is the standard brawl's combat damage +3. The difficulty is the standard brawl combat move's difficulty + 2.

Grappling: Hit Roll: Dex + Fly Damage: Special # Actions:1 Dif: 8 A dragon can grab another flying creature's wings entangling the opponent causing both to fall. The dragon pulls out of the fall before hitting the ground while the opponent does not. See the falling table for damage. If the fall is higher than 2500 ft, the opponent may make an attempt to turn the tables (reverse the grapple) or break free the next round. Every round both the dragon and the opponent fall 2500 ft.

Reverse Grapple: opponents strength (-1) + fly vs dragon's strength + fly Dif: 6

Break Free: opponent strength (-2) vs dragon's strength. Dif: 6

Plummet: Hit Roll: Dex + Fly Damage: Str + Special # Actions:1 Dif: 9 The dragon dives and pins an opponent on the ground in a controlled fall. This is a very dangerous attack. If successful the opponent takes standard strength roll damage plus 6 health levels of damage. The opponent may only soak damage taken from the dragon's strength roll.

Reverse Plummet: opponents strength + fly. vs dragon's strength + fly Dif: 6

Break Free: opponent strength (-1) vs a dragon's strength. Dif: 6

Snatch: Hit Roll: Dex + Fly Damage:Str # Actions:1 Dif: Var The attacker grabs an opponent or object off of the ground or air.

Difficulty	Object/Opponent
6	Not Moving
7	Moving (ground)
9	Dodging (ground)
8	Falling (air)
(opponent's Dex + Fly)	Moving (air)

Standard Brawl Combat marked with a "^*" can be used as Aerial Combat but the hit roll used is Dex + Fly for everything except Breath.

Maneuver	Hit Roll	Damage	# Action	Difficulty
*Dusting	Str + Brawl	N/A	1	Var
Clamping bite	Special	Str	1	6
Vicious Shake	Str + Brawl	Str+4	1	8
*Claws	Dex + Brawl	Brawl+1	2	6
*Bite	Dex + Brawl	Str+2	1	7
*Wingslap	Dex + Brawl	Brawl	2	7
*Tail Whip	Dex + Brawl	Dex	1	7
*Horn attack	Dex + Brawl	Special	Special	Special
Squeeze	Dex + Brawl	Special	1	9
Trip	Dex + Brawl	N/A	1	6
*Breath	Dex + Breath	Sta+Breath & Special	1	Var
Roll	Dex + Brawl	Size + 2	1	7
*Roaring Defence	Com + Brawl	N/A	1	7

ManeuverHit RollDamage# ActionDifficulty
GrapplingDex + FlySpecial18
DiveAttackDex + FlySpecialSpecialSpecial
PlummetDex + FlySpecial19
SnatchDex + FlyStr1Var
Back RollSpecialN/A16

Due to their size weight and shape, dragons reach terminal velocity, which is the fastest speed an object will fall, at a different height and speed than humans. It takes an average dragon 6 seconds or 2500 ft to reach their maximum falling speed. The amount of damage taken is dependent on the speed at which the dragon makes contact with the ground. Dragons may make a stamina roll to soak damage when they fall. See Soaking Damage. The size of a dragon will change the damage taken by a fall. Add one extra damage level for every size point a dragon is above the standard dragon size (4 size points). Remove one extra damage level for every size point a dragon is below the standard dragon size.

Height in ft.	Building Heights (10 ft = 1 story)	Damage
2500+		15 (maximum falling speed of a dragon)
2000		12
1500		10
1000		9
700		8
600		7
500	50	6
400	40	5
300	30	4
200	20	3
100	10	2
50	5	1

Experience is awarded the same as the Mage: The Ascension TM experience system. See the Mage: The Ascension^TM manual for more info.

Awarding adventurers experience points after each chapter:

1pt Automatically
1pt For a characters learning skills.
1pt For a players character acting properly.
1pt For a player fulfilling personal goals.
1pt For heroism and risking their lives for others without stupidity.

The following chart should be used for a dragon's advancing and spending experience points.

Advancement	Experience Points Needed To Advance
Ability, New (any)	3 points per circle
Ability, Skills	Current rating X 3
Ability, Talents	Current rating X 2
Ability, Knowledge	Current rating X 2
New Sphere	10 points per circle
Sphere	Current rating X 7
Attributes	Current rating X 4
Gnosis	Current rating X 4
Willpower	Current rating
Pride	Current rating

Causes the wearer to have the powers of dragon whose spirit is imprisoned with in it.

This Gauze can be draped about a lair. Any invisible creature passing though or sneaking in will be enwrapped in it, alerting the dragon. The entering party will not be aware they are wrapped in the gauze.

The advanced technologies listed below are devices that have been created by dragons. They work on naturally existing laws of a realm and malfunction if magic is used against them or if used in a realm where the natural laws are different.

A Spatial pok is a small technical device about the size of a small marble. It uses gravimetric fields to lock all object stationary that are between it and a planetary body. Any creature trying to move them will be unable to. The spatial pok is activated when the dragon sets it down on an object. The pok is keyed only to a specific dragon and can not be turned on or off by another creature.

Dragon's Bane is a plant that grows in limited environments. The flowers of the plant, if inhaled by dragons will put them to sleep. The plant can also be made into a toxin that is poisonous to dragons by skilled herbalists who know the method.

Most dragons love milk, however just a little bit of it makes them very very sleepy.

Dragons enjoy ale and wine. They are hardy drinkers and can handle alcohol better than humans. The alcohol still effects them just as it does humans. Dragons love to engage in drinking contests and will hardly ever turn down a challenge. For that matter, they hardly turn down any free alcohol.

• Fill in the individual's name who is playing the dragon character.

• Fill in the name that you wish to call your dragon.

• Fill in the type of dragon you are. This may refer to a specific race of dragons or to a specific classification your dragon is. Examples: Oriental, AD&D Green, Perniese Brown, Water, Shadow, etc.

• Fill in the dragons clan if applicable. Many dragons are loners and may not associate regularly with other dragons. This may also be filled out by the GM.

• Fill out gender: Male, Female, Hermaphrodite, Other.

• Fill out your dragon age. Most starting dragons will probably be very young, at least 100 years old, out of hatchling stage, and on their own.

• Fill out you size. Size can influence many things. Such as fighting, moving through doors, weight issues, and flying, falling and other events. If the GM doesn't want to deal with size issues in the games chronicle set all dragon sizes to medium. Most values for this dragon character creation set were set for dragons of medium size. Length below includes from head to tail.

Points	Sizes	Range	Length	Description
*	1	Petite	2" - 11"	Size of many birds.
**	2	Very Small	1' - 4'	Fits through small animal doors.
***	3	Small	5' - 10'	Easily fit through standard doors.
****	4	Medium	11' - 25'	Average Dragon size, Tight squeeze through doors.
*****	5	Large	26' - 50'	Can fit in standard garage or vehicle lane.
******	6	Gigantic	51' - 100'	Might be able to fit into a airplane hangar.

Select the environment you are from: Magick Rich, Magick Weak, Non-Magical

Select 2 natures from the below list. The first one selected is your dragon's dominate nature the second is your dragon's lesser nature.

Gaba (The Trickster)	Heur (The Seers)	Odox (The Harmony)
Alni (The Creators)	Roun (The Wild)	Enri (The Warriors)
Rawn (The Seekers)	Hado (The Leaders)

Filling in circles and what they approximately mean.

For Attributes		For Abilities
*	1	Poor	Novice
**	2	Average	Practiced
***	3	Good	Competent
****	4	Really Good	Skilled
*****	5	Exceptional	Expert
******	6	Outstanding	Master

You may only fill in as many circles for each individual attribute or ability as you like.

For your 3 attributes (Physical (Str, Dex, Sta), Social (Chr, Man, Comm), Mental (Pre, Int, Wit)) figure out which is your best quality and fill in 9 circles in that group. Find your next best attribute and fill in 7 circles. For your last attribute fill in 5 circles.

For your 3 abilities (Talents, Skills, Knowledge [15 abilities in each category]) select one as your best abilities and fill in 19 circles. Find your next best abilities and fill in 15 circles, and for your last fill in 11 circles.

If you are from a Magick Rich Environment you can not fill in circles for Computer, Design and construction, Drive, Firearms, Medicine, Science, Security and Technology. You may fill them in later when you use your free points.

If you are from a Magick Rich Environment you receive 1 extra point for your Magick ability under Talents.

If you are from a Non-Magical Environment you can not fill in the Magick ability. You can fill it in later when you use your free points.

If you are from a Non-Magical Environment you receive 1 free point under each of your 30 Skills and Knowledge.

Spheres indicate what areas of magick you know.

Choose your spheres of magick if you are from a magick rich or magick poor environment. If you are from a Non-Magickal Environment skip to section 6. If you choose a Magick skill later with your free points, you will also have use your free points to fill your Spheres, and Quintessence.

If you are from a Magick Rich Environment you have 5 points to spend on your spheres.

If you are from a Magick Poor Environment you have 4 points to spend on your spheres.

No sphere my be higher than your magick rating. If you choose to fill a magick sphere that coincides with your nature you will receive an extra point in that sphere. This will only happen once per nature, and if your sphere is less than you magick.

Gaba (Entropy)	Heur (Spirit)	Odox (Mind)
Alni (Matter)	Roun (Life)	Enri (any)
Rawn (Prime)	Hado (Force)

Quintessence is the magical energy that mages store and use to forcefully patch the natural laws of the multi-verse. Dragons in the magick arts start out with 2 Quintessence.

Gnosis is your internal mystical wisdom and power to influence the world about you. Many innate gifts, vristral feats and fetishes requite a gnosis roll or expenditure of a gnosis point.

Fill out your Gnosis according to your environment:

Magick Rich = 2 Gnosis (fill in 2 circles)
Magick Week = 3 Gnosis (fill in 3 circles)
Non Magickal = 1 Gnosis (fill in 1 circle)

Figure out your Pride, Willpower & Background according to your Natures:

Gaba: P7 W1 B5	Alni: P4 W1 B7	Roun: P1 W9 B1
Heur: P3 W5 B4	Enri: P9 W3 B1	Rawn: P2 W1 B9
Odox: P1 W7 B3	Hado: P5 W5 B3

Find the average of your two natures, add the 2 like categories together and divided by 2 to get your stats, rounding up.

Example Gaba & Hado P7 W1 B5 + P1 W7 B3 = P8 W8 B8 / 2 = P4 W4 B4

Fill in your Pride.

Pride can be said to be the bane of many dragons. It is more than just a type of vanity in ones skills, it is the knowing and confidence in ones skills and abilities and letting the world know that their the best.

Pride can occur when ever using or showing off knowledge, skills, abilities. Pride can be gained when being acknowledged for abilities. Anytime a dragon's pride goes to 0 its skills suffer and it loses 1 die roll in all its skills.

A pride point can also be spent to accomplish the following:

• Remaining active. See rage in the Werewolf: The Apocalypse^TM manual.

• Pride can lead to poor decision making and showing off. For every point of pride above willpower dragons lose 1 point of Wits and gain 1 point of Chrisma.

• A dragon can spend a pride point to get one extra die roll in any Attribute it already has. A dragon can spend 2 pride points to get 1 extra die roll in an attribute that they don't have. It will not suffer any difficulty penalties for lacking the attribute.

• A dragon can cancel a critical failure by spending a pride point.

Fill in your Willpower.

Willpower works similar as in other White Wolf game characters. See the Werewolf: The Apocalypse^TM or Mage The Ascension^TM manuals.

• Using a willpower gives you 1 automatic success in an action.

• Any dragon with 0 willpower will not care about doing anything and all ability rolls lose 3 die rolls. Dragons with 0 willpower will often fade out of existence or sleep and become inactive for long periods of time.

For your Background you can choose a background category or categories and spread your background points among them. A dragon's background often reflects what it has done for itself in the past. For detailed information about backgrounds with "^*" see manuals by White Wolf.

*Allies	How many individuals will actively help the dragon out.
*Contacts	An informational base that the dragon has built up over a period of time.
Fame	The dragon's renown know thoroughout the land. Usually seen in a good light but not always. One point, it is known well in its small area. Two points, it is well known in a local city. Three points, it is known in several cities. Four, it is known in several states, or providences. Five, it is known throughout the country. Six, it is known throughout parts of the world.
Family	Brothers, sisters and kin and how close the dragon is to them. Each filled in point is a very close family member of the dragon's that will do almost anything for it or help it in any way it can.
*Influence	Dragon's political power.
Item	Special mystical and technical objects collected over time. See the "Other Dragon Info" section in this document. Includes Fetishes, Technologies and Talismans. Each point filled is a item the dragon owns. The dragon can get items from other White Wolf manuals.
*Mentor	An individual who how has taken the dragon under its wing and guided it and taught it much.
*Resources	Money and wealth the dragon has collected.
Restfits	Hideouts, caves and houses that the dragon has prepared and kept up to live and get away from it all. Each point filled in is a different house or hideout that the dragon has in different areas.
Retainers	Follower, Guards and Servants that the dragon has and that attend it constantly. Each point filled in is a human retainer that follows the dragon around and attend it.

Gifts are considered a dragon's innate magical abilities and can be used if a dragon has gnosis and is in a Magick Rich to Magick Poor Environment. If a dragon came from a Magick Rich Environment it may choose 2 gifts from its natures: one from its dominate nature and one from its lesser nature. If a dragon came from a Magick Poor Environment it may choose one gift from its dominate nature. Innate gifts can only be chosen when creating a character and spending free points. It can not be gained later by experience. GMs have the option of choosing the innate gifts for the character.

Every time a innate gift is activated instinctively it only costs a gnosis point. If the dragon has discovered and knows about its innate gift and wishes to use it at a specific time, the gift requires a willpower point in addition to the gnosis point to activate.

Gaba: The Tricksters	Heur: The Seers	Odox: The Harmony
Charge	Bind	Calm
Disruption	Expel	Complete Balance
Fire Starter	Sense Being	Controlled Climate
Failing Flight	Sense magick	Dragon's Sail
Hide It	Sense Umbral Disturbance	Healing Tongue
Slippery Scales	Spirit Block	Mind Block
Mental Instability	Talk With Spirits	*Resist Pain
Recolor	Transfer Spirit	Renew
Stooge Effect	Umbral Passage	Peace
Alni: The Creators	Roun: The Wild	Enri: The Warriors
Animate	Animal's Voice	Battle Lock
*Create Element	Calling the Wild	Breath Block
Morh Self	Camouflage	Death Blow
Resize Self	Feral	Find Weakness
Revitalize	Induce Fear	Firetail
Shape Light	Inspire Beast	Increase Mayhem
Shape Liquid	Survival	Sap Will
Shape Matter	Looseum	VenomDust
Storm Calling	Vocal Imitation	Vow
Stick
Rawn: The Seekers	Hado: The Leaders
Bargain	Captivate
Locate	Command
Loose Tongue	Dragonic Logic
*Open Seal	Group Persuasion
Perfect Recall	*Heightened Senses
Phantom Sight	Inspire Others
Truth	Know Intentions
Umbral vision	Paralyzing Roar
Vocal Comprehension	Summon Human

You have 17 free points to spend.

If you are from a Magick Poor Environment you have 5 extra free points to spend.

If you are from a Non Magickal Environment you have 15 extra free points to spend.

Innate Gifts	7 points per gift (you may only choose gifts from
Spheres	7 points per circle your natures)
Attributes	5 points per circle
Gnosis	3 points per circle
Abilities	2 points per circle
Willpower	1 point per circle
Pride	1 point per circle
Background	1 point per circle or new Background
Quintessence	1 point per 4 circles

You are now ready to roar!