Draconian breath attacks

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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.
• Yellow: A glob of acid which corrodes equipment and can cause bleeding.
• Black: Creates uncontrollable wild electricity explosions 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.

Monster Version

Monstrous dragons and draconians are capable of identical breath attacks which are also determined by their associated element, though there are some exceptions:

• Monstrous green draconians and swamp dragons breathe poison clouds instead of noxious ones.
• Monstrous black draconians and storm dragons breathe regular Lightning Bolts in place of the uncontrollable havoc player black draconians create.
• Monstrous mottled draconians and mottled dragons have ranged Sticky Flame breath.
• Player ghosts of draconians will always have the undead breath attack, regardless of the character's initial color.
• The unique draconian Tiamat can breathe whichever breath attack matches her current color.

(also depending on their colour).