Deep Dragon Wyrmling

D&D 2024 monster: Deep Dragon Wyrmling. Source: Fizban's Treasury of Dragons. challenge rating 1, creature type Dragon, Medium size, speed 30 ft., burrow 15... Making their lairs in the depths of the Underdark, deep dragons are nightmarish cousins of chromatic dragons. The warped magical energy of their subterranean realm gives them the ability to exhale magical spores that instill fear and scar the mind. Deep dragons' black-and-gray hide is smooth like a salamander's, and their eyes are pale. As they age, their spore breath causes fungi to bloom across their skin, especially around the head and neck. Their wings are attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels. Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge of far-off lands. Many seek out new insights and tricks that they can use against other denizens of the Underdark, preferring social manipulation and crafty dealmaking to exerting themselves in combat. Deep dragons look down on any creature that isn't useful to them, though they are willing to bargain for knowledge they lack. Creating a Deep Dragon Use the Deep Dragon Personality Traits and Deep Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive deep dragon characters, and use the Deep Dragon Spellcasting table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. Deep Dragon Personality Traits 1 I will not risk injury at the hands of weaker creatures-especially while I can turn them against one another and have them fight in my stead. 2 It is difficult for anyone not of dragonkind to penetrate the twisting labyrinth of my thoughts. 3 I might disagree with other dragons, but we are superior beings and should not lower ourselves to direct conflict. 4 I have no interest in going to the surface world. It's where one sends one's servants. 5 While the petty squabbles of other creatures bore and irritate me, I might hear out those who demonstrate an apprec...