5e:Blue Dragon

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Blue Dragon Overview 

  

Vain and territorial, blue dragons soar through the skies over deserts, preying on caravans and plundering herds and settlements in the verdant lands beyond the desert's reach. These dragons can also be found in dry steppes, searing badlands, and rocky coasts. They guard their territories against all potential competitors, especially brass dragons.

Variant: Dragons as Innate Spellcasters

Many dragons have the ability to innately cast spells. Their Spellcasting Ability is Charisma, which also determines the number of spells it can cast.

Blue Dragon's Lair

 Blue dragons dig their lairs of "crystalized caverns and tunnels" in isolated, barren lands.

Lair Actions

 When fighting inside its lair, an blue dragon can use lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the dragon can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:

• Ceiling Collapses
• Cloud of Sand
• Lightning Arcs
• Thunderstorms
• Dust Devils
• Hidden Sinkholes

If the dragon dies, the effects fade over 1d10 days.

List of Blue Dragons

5 Blue Dragons

Monster	Size	Type	Tags	Alignment	HP	CR	Habitat	Marked	Source
Blue Dragon Overview		Overview	Dragon, Chromatic Dragon, Blue Dragon				Coastal, Desert	Noncanon	Varied
Adult Blue Dragon	Huge	Dragon	Chromatic Dragon, Blue Dragon	Lawful Evil	225	16	Coastal, Desert	Canon	SRD-OGL v5.1
Ancient Blue Dragon	Gargantuan	Dragon	Chromatic Dragon, Blue Dragon	Lawful Evil	481	23	Coastal, Desert	Canon	SRD-OGL v5.1
Blue Dragon Wyrmling	Medium	Dragon	Chromatic Dragon, Blue Dragon	Lawful Evil	52	3	Coastal, Desert	Canon	SRD-OGL v5.1
Young Blue Dragon	Large	Dragon	Chromatic Dragon, Blue Dragon	Lawful Evil	152	9	Coastal, Desert	Canon	SRD-OGL v5.1

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 3.5e lore 

A blue dragon’s scales vary in color from an iridescent azure to a deep indigo, polished to a glossy finish by blowing desert sands. The size of its scales increases little as the dragon ages, although they do become thicker and harder. Its hide tends to hum and crackle faintly with built-up static electricity. These effects intensify when the dragon is angry or about to attack, giving off an odor of ozone and sand. Their vibrant color makes blue dragons easy to spot in barren desert surroundings. However, they often burrow into the sand so only part of their heads are exposed.

Blue dragons love to soar in the hot desert air, usually flying in the daytime when temperatures are highest. Some nearly match the color of the desert sky and use this coloration to their advantage.

Blue dragons lair in vast underground caverns, where they also store their treasure. Although they collect anything that looks valuable, they are most fond of gems—especially sapphires.

  

• Breath weapon: Line of lightning
• Habitat: Sandy Deserts/ Coastal Areas
• Diet: Meat from large animals such as camels, snakes, lizards, and also plants
• Preferred Treasure: Sapphires
• Alignment: Lawful Evil
• Image: Wizards.com image
• Notes:

Blue dragons are the second most powerful of the classic chromatic dragons. They have single large horns protruding from their heads and large, frilled ears. The tail is thick and bumpy. The wings are more pronounced than most other species. They smell like ozone or sand.

They are more likely to be mocking and manipulative than outrightly cruel or murderous to 'lesser' creatures, aided by their natural talents for hallucination. They trick desert travelers into drinking sand or going miles out of their way.

Blue dragons are mostly carnivorous though they will eat plants on occasion. Camels are the preferred food. They are enemies of brass dragons.

Blue dragons are unusual for chromatics in that they keep fairly well-ordered, hierarchical societies.

Despite their evil nature, they are excellent parents to their young, and rarely leave their eggs unattended. Blue dragon eggs must be buried in warm sand to incubate. Blue wyrmlings are quick to taunt any other creature. They hunt small desert creatures for food.

The typical blue dragon lair is dug into desert rock formations with two entrances: one at ground level, hidden by the sand, and one opening onto a high ledge on which it can perch and survey its territory. Each lair also has a cavern with a pool of water and sandy beach, which its inhabitant will use for drinking and relaxation.

The blue dragon excels at aerial combat. They discharge lightning at aerial foes, or at creatures on the ground. They are powerful at spell craft and adept at burrowing in sand. They often lie in wait just below the surface of the desert for prey. When they are so burrowed, their large horns can be mistaken for pointed desert rocks.

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