5e:Green Dragon

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Green Dragon Overview 

  

The most cunning and treacherous of true dragons, green dragons use misdirection and trickery to get the upper hand against their enemies. Nasty tempered and thoroughly evil, they take special pleasure in subverting and corrupting the good-hearted. In the ancient forests they roam, green dragons demonstrate an aggression that is often less about territory than it is about gaining power and wealth with as little effort as possible.

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.

Green Dragon's Lair

 Green dragons lair in forests

Lair Actions

 When fighting inside its lair, an green 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:

• Grasping Roots
• Wall of Thorns
• Magic Fog

Regional Effects

 Regional effects:

• Labrinthine Thickets
• Untrackable
• Rodent and Bird Spies. Large Game Absent.

If the dragon dies, effects fade within 1d10 days

List of Green Dragons

5 Green Dragons

Monster	Size	Type	Tags	Alignment	HP	CR	Habitat	Marked	Source
Green Dragon Overview		Overview	Dragon, Chromatic Dragon, Green Dragon				Forest	Noncanon	Varied
Adult Green Dragon	Huge	Dragon	Chromatic Dragon, Green Dragon	Lawful Evil	207	15	Forest	Canon	SRD-OGL v5.1
Ancient Green Dragon	Gargantuan	Dragon	Chromatic Dragon, Green Dragon	Lawful Evil	385	22	Forest	Canon	SRD-OGL v5.1
Green Dragon Wyrmling	Medium	Dragon	Chromatic Dragon, Green Dragon	Lawful Evil	38	2	Forest	Canon	SRD-OGL v5.1
Young Green Dragon	Large	Dragon	Chromatic Dragon, Green Dragon	Lawful Evil	136	8	Forest	Canon	SRD-OGL v5.1

Other Lore

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 3.5e lore 

A wyrmling green dragon’s scales are thin, very small, and a deep shade of green that appears nearly black. As the dragon ages, the scales grow larger and lighter, turning shades of forest, emerald, and olive green, which helps it blend in with its wooded surroundings.

  

 Wikipedia 

• Breath weapon: Cloud of chlorine gas (changed to cone of acidic mist in Edition 3.5)
• Habitat: Forests with tall trees
• Diet: Small humanoids such as gnomes are preferred, but prize elves and sprites most. Will eat any animal if hungry.
• Preferred Treasure: Emeralds, artwork, and sculptures
• Alignment: Lawful Evil
• Image: Wizards.com image
• Stats: OGL stats
• Notes:

Green dragons are the third most powerful of the classic chromatic dragons. They have a large, waving crest or fin that starts at the dragon's nose and runs the length of the dragon's body. They also have long, slender forked tongues and smell like chlorine gas. They are highly adept at magic.

Green dragons are reasonably good parents, with both mother and father typically staying close to their eggs while they are incubating. Females either keep their eggs in a solution of acid or bury them in leaves moistened with rainwater. The green wyrmling may be mistaken for a black, due to their nearly black scales. As the wyrmling matures, its scales lighten in color. The wyrmlings typically stay with both parents until they reach adulthood (approximately 100 years).

A green dragon lair will be a complex of caves and tunnels, with its main entrance hidden behind a waterfall. The dragons prefer caves high up on a cliff.

The territories of Green and Black dragons frequently overlap, but as greens are more powerful, they typically hold the upper hand. Greens may allow a Black dragon to remain in their forest, as long as the lesser dragon remains in the swamps.

Green dragons revel in combat, and will often attack for no apparent reason. They are territorial, and may view any intrusion into their domain as an affront. They are cunning and duplicitous foes, and love to double-cross. A traveler who stumbles into a green dragon's territory may be able to bribe the dragon for safe passage, but the dragon may pretend to agree and then attack the unsuspecting offender once their guard is down. Though aggressive, green dragons prefer to use magic before attacking physically.

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