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When draconians reach XL 7, they receive a colour and an associated draconian breath attack. Each colour receives its own unique attack, except for grey draconians (they stop breathing entirely and become immune to certain effects as a result). While these attacks are fairly powerful, they all come with a significant hunger cost and inflict the breath status effect, preventing you from using them repeatedly in combat.

Red: A bolt of flame which leaves clouds of fire in its trail.
White: A bolt of frost which ignores AC and knocks back flying creatures.
Green: A bolt of noxious fumes, which leaves Mephitic Clouds in its trail. The monster version instead creates poison clouds.
Yellow: A glob of acid which corrodes equipment and can cause bleeding.
Black: Creates uncontrollable wild explosions of lightning mixed with (also uncontrollable) lightning bolts.
Pale: A line of steam clouds which deal minor damage, but also block LOS.
Purple: A bolt of power which deals irresistible damage and remove buffs.
Mottled: Breathes Sticky Flame on an adjacent monster which may splash onto other adjacent monsters.
Undead (Lichform): Breathes a Bolt of Draining at a line of targets.

The monster versions of draconians have the same breath attacks (also depending on their colour).

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-When [[draconian]]s reach XL 7, they have a chance to get a colour with a breath attack. The type of attack depends on the colour of the player. The monster versions of draconians have the same breath attacks (also depending on their colour).
+When [[draconian]]s reach XL 7, they receive a colour and an associated '''draconian breath attack'''. Each colour receives its own unique attack, except for grey draconians (they stop breathing entirely and become immune to certain effects as a result). While these attacks are fairly powerful, they all come with a significant [[hunger]] cost and inflict the [[breath]] status effect, preventing you from using them repeatedly in combat.
-*'''Red:''' A bolt of flame which leaves clouds of fire in it's trail.
-*'''White:''' A bolt of frost which ignores AC and knocks back flying creatures.
+*'''Red:''' A bolt of flame which leaves [[cloud]]s of fire in its trail.
-*'''Green:''' A bolt of noxious fumes, which leaves [[Mephitic Cloud]]s in it's trail. The monster version instead creates [[Cloud#Poison|poison clouds]].
+*'''White:''' A bolt of frost which ignores [[AC]] and knocks back flying creatures.
-*'''Yellow:''' A glob of acid which corrodes equipment and can cause bleeding.
+*'''Green:''' A bolt of noxious fumes, which leaves [[Mephitic Cloud]]s in its trail. The monster version instead creates [[Cloud#Poison|poison clouds]].
+*'''Yellow:''' A glob of acid which [[corrode]]s equipment and can cause [[bleed]]ing.
 *'''Black:''' Creates uncontrollable wild explosions of lightning mixed with (also uncontrollable) lightning bolts.
-*'''Pale:''' A line of steam clouds, which only do minor damage, but also block LOS.
+*'''Pale:''' A line of steam clouds which deal minor damage, but also block [[LOS]].
-*'''Purple:''' A bolt of power, which deals irresistible damage, and remove buffs.
+*'''Purple:''' A bolt of power which deals irresistible damage and remove buffs.
-*'''Mottled:''' Breathes [[Sticky Flame]] on an adjacent monster. Can spread to nearby monsters.
+*'''Mottled:''' Breathes [[Sticky Flame]] on an adjacent monster which may splash onto other adjacent monsters.
+*'''Undead ([[Lichform]]):''' Breathes a [[Bolt of Draining]] at a line of targets.
+The monster versions of draconians have the same breath attacks (also depending on their colour).