Pink dragons were a very, very rare species of chromatic dragon.[1] They were also called rosrarr dragons by dignified sages.[2]
Description[]
Pink dragons, true to their name, had a delicate pink coloration. They were often said to be "dopey-looking".[1]
Personality[]
Pink dragons loved to talk and make jokes but, while not actually malevolent, were prone to eating those who didn't laugh at their jokes.[1]
Abilities[]
Pink dragons lacked the fear-inducing aura of other true dragons and their innate magical abilities were erratic: only a little less than a quarter of pink dragons could cast spells, always as illusionists.[1]
Pink dragons were best known for their unusual breath weapon: a special gland in them mixed a fatty secretion with a lye-like liquid and the resulting goop came out as many, many bubbles, forming a cloud some 60 feet (18 meters) long, 50 feet (15 meters) wide, and 20 feet (6.1 meters) high. The soap-like substance was painful if it got into the eyes and the cloud overall effectively blinded those within it. The pain was also known to be sufficiently distracting as to render fighting impractical. Pink dragons were immune to their own breath weapon by virtue of a transparent third eyelid and bat-like sonar.[1]
Combat[]
Despite their decidedly ridiculous appearance, pink dragons were quite dangerous in combat and many adventurers fatally underestimated them because of their coloring. Pink dragons typically used their breath weapon in combat before relying on their claws and teeth.[1]
Ecology[]
Pink dragons were exceptionally rare, and were known to live in most any terrain. They typically made their homes in underground lairs.[1] In the 1490s DR, there were only around 20 mature pink dragons living on Toril.[2]
Reproduction[]
Pink dragons, like other true dragons, could breed with other dragon species, but they were very picky about who they mated with, refusing vain or aggressive suitors. Moreover, the majority of the time, the hatchlings of such mixed unions were of the other species- the innate magic of the pink dragon had to "come alive" while the eggs were forming internally for the hatchlings to be pink dragons. Clutches with a pink dragon parent normally contained one, but could be up to three, eggs.[2]
Notable pink dragons[]
- Galahlahothlor - an adult female living in the easternmost peaks of the mountains flanking southern Raurin.[2]
- Mahront - an adult male living in "the Maw", a large cavern on the eastern face of the Nountfang in the Greypeak Mountains.[2]
- Meeiarrora - an ancient female living under Mount Urelhond in Narfell.[2]
- Pelarrand - an adult male believed by the sage Halvaerand Beltorn of Lushpool to the be same individual as that seen by the people of Sammaresh hunting over the Mhair Jungles, though other sages rejected this as mere conjecture.[2]
- Sazeztlorund - a young male living in the caves under Azrrhat in Anauroch.[2]
Appendix[]
Background[]
The pink dragon and other unusual creatures first appeared in Dragon #156, an April Fool's Day issue, as part of "Not Necessarily the Monstrous Compendium", a compilation of creature submissions received over the years considered to be weird or ridiculous.
Appearances[]
Novels & Short Stories
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Various (April 1990). “Not Necessarily the Monstrous Compendium”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Dragon #156 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 18–19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Ed Greenwood (2023-12-28). "Pink dragons". Greenwood's Grotto (Discord).
Connections[]
Chromatic dragons: Black • Blue • Brown • Gray • Green • Orange • Pink • Purple • Red • Salt • White • Yellow
Gem dragons: Amethyst • Beljuril • Crystal • Emerald • Obsidian • Sapphire • Topaz • Ruby
Neutral dragons: Amber • Jacinth • Moonstone • Pearl
Lung dragons: Chiang lung • Li lung • Lung wang • Pan lung • Shen lung • T'ien lung • Tun mi lung • Yu lung
Ferrous dragons: • Cobalt • Iron
Planar dragons: Adamantine • Astral • Battle • Blight • Chaos • Ethereal • Hellfire wyrm • Howling • Mirage • Oceanus • Pyroclastic • Radiant • Rust • Shadow • Styx • Tarterian
Spelljamming dragons: Moon/lunar • Radiant • Sun/solar
Epic dragons: Force • Prismatic • Time
Catastrophic dragons: Blizzard • Earthquake • Volcanic
Miscellaneous dragons: Cobra • Dzalmus • Mist • Rattelyr • Song • Vishap
Linnorms: Corpse tearer • Dread • Stygian
Drakes: Ambush • Black firedrake • Dragonne • Elemental (Earth • Fire • Ice • Magma • Ooze • Smoke • Water) • Felldrake (Crested • Spitting) • Greater • Guard • Mind • Portal • Rage • Space • Storm • Vulture
Dragonbloods: Draconic creature • Dragonborn of Bahamut • Dragonspawn
Drow-dragon (shadow) • Drow-dragon (deep) • Half-dragon • Kobold (Dragonwrought • Urd) • Weredragon • Zar'ithra • Zekyl
Hybrid monsters: Dracimera • Dracolisk • Mantidrake • Wyvern drake