Now, we come to the final dragon. At least before the metallic dragons. And the dragon turtle.
White dragons are the smallest, dumbest, and most animalistic of all the dragons. They lack the cunning tactics of their peers but make up for it in instinct and tenacity, being the best hunters of their kin. They don’t play games or attempt trickery; they focus entirely on surviving.
Using their ice magic, white dragons will freeze their prey. If they aren’t frozen, they won’t devour them. Even their trophies, from their hoard to their slain rivals, are made into statues of ice. Within a white dragon’s lair, you’ll often find the frozen bodies of other dragons, giants, and many other creatures. Often times, they serve as warnings to those that would enter their territory.
What they lack in intelligence they more than make up for in memory. They recall everything and hold grudges for as long as they live. This is especially true in regards to silver dragons, who share in their natural, frigid habitat. Rarely do they gloat over their victories, since these dragons speak less than any other.
Unless looking for a mate, white dragons tend to avoid all others of its ilk. Even then they’ll only stay together as long as it takes to conceive children. They are isolationists by nature, only taking servants when they prove powerful or intelligent enough to be worth the pain of having them around. However, they’ll often serve as servants to those that manage to defeat them, such as frost giants.
White dragons love the glisten of ice and are attracted to treasure with a similar gleam. Their hoards often contain diamonds, tusk ivory, ship figureheads, and other such things. With its flawless memory, it knows how it got everything and where they all are. It builds an emotional connection with each one, which makes it incredibly difficult to bribe.
Though not as difficult as it is to kill it. This thing has all the stats as the other dragons. Only, you know, with frost breath rather than fire or lightning.
Honestly, in comparison to the other dragons we’ve discussed so far, this guy’s lore really isn’t all that interesting. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still great! You can definitely get some cool stories out of this! But I don’t find them nearly as fun or engaging as others.
With all that in mind, let’s put the White Dragons on the Best of the Bestiary!
- Beholder
- Death Tyrant
- Green Dragons
- Red Dragons
- Blue Dragons
- Black Dragons
- White Dragons <—————
- Couatl
- Behir
- Aboleth
- Chuul
- Chimera
- Death Knight
- Bone Devil
- Dracolich
- Ankheg
- Shadow Demon
- Marilith
- Aarackockra
- Azer
- Demilich
- Spectator
- Cambion
- Animated Armor
- Banshee
- Basilisk
- Yochlol
- Bulette
- Cloaker
- Darkmantle
- Doppelganger
- Pit Fiend
- Erinyes
- Chain Devil
- Bearded Devil
- Barbed Devil
- Spined Devil
- Ice Devil
- Nalfeshnee
- Glabrezu
- Chasme
- Barlgura
- Horned Devil
- Balor
- Shadow Dragon
- Vrock
- Dretch
- Goristro
- Hezrou
- Manes
- Quasit
- Planetar
- Imp
- Displacer Beast
- Carrion Crawler
- Rug of Smothering
- Bugbear Chief
- Bugbear
- Vine Blight
- Twig Blight
- Needle Blight
- Bullywug
- Cockatrice
- Lemure
- Solar
- Deva
- Cyclops
- Centaur
- Dinosaurs (All six of them)
- Flying Sword
- Crawling Claw
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