Swamp dragon

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For a list of all dragons, see list of dragons.

swamp dragon D
HP	52-80
HD	9
XP	700
Speed	10
AC	7
EV	7
Will	36
Attack¹	20 (bite: plain)
Attack²	11 (claw: plain)
Attack³	11 (trample: plain)
Resistances	rPois+, rDrown, rWater
Vulnerabilities	Dragon Slaying
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Animal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Natural
Size	Giant
Type	dragon, swamp dragon
Flags	Fake spells Flying Warm-blooded Silence immune

A large slimy dragon, its gnarly hide covered in swamp muck. Noxious gasses dribble from its snout.

“On the other hand, Confucius is made to say to his disciples, ‘I know how birds can fly, how fishes can swim, and how animals can run. But the runner may be snared, the swimmer may be hooked, and the flyer may be shot by the arrow. But there is the dragon. I cannot tell how he mounts on the wind through the clouds, and rises to heaven. Today I have seen Lao-tsze, and can only compare him to the dragon.’”
-Life of Confucius

“This Dragon had Two furious Wings
Each one upon each Shoulder;
With a Sting in his Tail as long as a Flail,
Which made him bolder and bolder.
He had long Claws, and in his Jaws
Four and forty Teeth of Iron;
With a Hide as tough, as any Buff,
Which did him round environ.”

-“An Excellent Ballad of a most dreadful Combat, fought between Moore of Moore-Hall, and the Dragon of Wantley”, retold by Ambrose Philips, _A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies Extant. With Introductions Historical, Critical, Or Humorous_. 1723.

Useful Info

Swamp dragons are medium-sized dragons which breathe poisonous clouds at you, but are otherwise less threatening than most dragons. You can usually find a few of them in the Swamp, particularly in the rune chamber on Swamp:5.

Spells

Spell set
Slot¹	Poisonous Cloud (3d7)
Slot²	Poisonous Cloud (3d7)
Slot³	none
Slot⁴	Poisonous Cloud (3d7)
Slot⁵	Poisonous Cloud (3d7)
Slot⁶	none

Tips & Tricks

Poison resistance takes most of the fight out of swamp dragons. If you lack this, you can stand in one of the naturally-occurring clouds of the Swamp to be (temporarily) safe from its breath.
Swamp dragon hide is sometimes produced when you butcher a swamp dragon corpse. This provides poison resistance, and can be turned into a much more useful swamp dragon armour through use of a scroll of enchant armour.