Swamp drake

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

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HP	19-40
HD	4
XP	135
Speed	10
AC	3
EV	11
Will	20
Attack¹	14 (bite: plain)
Resistances	rPois+
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Animal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Natural
Size	Large
Type	drake, swamp drake
Flags	Flying Warm-blooded

A small and slimy dragon, covered in swamp muck and giving off a terrible stench.

“Sweet is the swamp with its secrets,
Until we meet a snake;
’T is then we sigh for houses,
And our departure take

At that enthralling gallop
That only childhood knows.
A snake is summer’s treason,
And guile is where it goes.”
-Emily Dickinson, “A Snake”. ca. 1865.

Useful Info

Swamp drakes are tiny dragons often found in the Swamp which confuse their victims with noxious gas before moving in for the kill. They are resistant to poison, but nothing else.

Spells

Tile	Name	Damage	Range	Flags
	Noxious Cloud	—	5	Natural flag, Breath flag

Tips & Tricks

Poison resistance renders their breath harmless, making them little more than flying pests.
Clouds prevent other clouds from forming, so if you have no other resistances, use one of the Swamp's atmospheric floating clouds to keep from being confused, or create your own with a spell or scroll of fog.
Certain entrances to the Orcish Mines have a swamp drake in them. Swamp drakes are far more dangerous at that point in the game, especially if you haven't found poison resistance yet.