- This article is about the dragon shape breath; for the standard dragon breath, see Gas dragon breath.
Innate level: 9
Range: touch
Save: reflex 1/2
Spell resistance: no
Area of effect: 15 meter cone
Duration: instantaneous
Description: The dragon breathes a poisonous gas dealing acid damage based on the dragon's age. The DC for resisting the acid is 15 + (druid level + shifter level)/2 with a 4 point penalty if the dragon does not have 10 shifter levels. The poison, which is applied independent of the reflex save, is epic wyvern poison.
Notes[]
- This ability is intended for shifters in the ancient green dragon form of dragon shape.
- The dragon's age is normally the sum of druid and shifter levels. If used by a creature with neither druid nor shifter levels, the age is character level, halved for player characters.
- Under normal conditions, the minimum effective level for shifters is 15, while the minimum effective level for druids is 18.
- The damage for each age category is given in the following table. (Aside from an anomaly at level 37 and a minimum of 1d6, the damage increases by 2d6 for every 3 levels past 10.) Four more dice are rolled if the caster has at least 10 shifter levels. (Italicized entries are not possible under standard circumstances.)
| Effective age | Category | Damage dealt | Shifter damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 or less | wyrmling | 1d6 | |
| 7 to 9 | very young | ||
| 10 to 12 | young | 4d6 | |
| 13 to 15 | juvenile | 2d6 | 6d6 |
| 16 to 18 | young adult | 4d6 | 8d6 |
| 19 to 21 | adult | 6d6 | 10d6 |
| 22 to 24 | mature adult | 8d6 | 12d6 |
| 25 to 27 | old | 10d6 | 14d6 |
| 28 to 30 | very old | 12d6 | 16d6 |
| 31 to 33 | ancient | 14d6 | 18d6 |
| 34 to 37 | wyrm | 16d6 | 20d6 |
| 38 to 39 | great wyrm | 18d6 | 22d6 |
| 40+ | epic wyrm? | 20d6 | 24d6 |
- The levels for "wyrm" and beyond differ from the normal dragon breath determination.
Custom content notes[]
- script:
X2_S2_edragbrth - This ability corresponds to the second listing of "dragon breath, gas" in the creature special abilities tab in the Toolset.
- Monsters normally should use gas dragon breath breath (the first listing of "dragon breath, gas"), even though that ability lacks poison.