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CHAPTER 4
DRACONIC
BEASTS
Illus. by A. Swekel
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Blazewyrm
SAMPLE ENCOUNTER
Left to their own devices, blazewyrms rage uncontrollably,
burning everything in sight and cavorting amid the flames
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BLAZEWYRM LORE
Characters with ranks in Knowledge (the planes) can learn
more about blazewyrms. When a character makes a skill check,
the following lore is revealed, including the information from
lower DCs.
Knowledge (the planes)
DC Result
15 Blazewyrms look something like dragons, but they are
elementals from the Elemental Plane of Fire.
20 A blazewyrm’s main attack is to tumble through foes,
burning them with its body.
25 Left alone, blazewyrms are as wild and uncontrollable
as a forest fi re, but they are somewhat intelligent, and
a more powerful creature can enforce its will upon
them.
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and smoke. Yet just as the wild beasts of the
Material Plane can be captured and trained,
so too can blazewyrms be brought under
control by those of strong will.
Fire Knights (EL 10): Three average
salamanders have trained blazewyrms to
be their mounts; together, they fly through
the air to raid a dwarven mine for its metal.
In combat, the salamanders leap from
their mounts to constrict foes so the
blazewyrms can tumble through the
grapplers with impunity.
ECOLOGY
Like the Material Plane, the Elemental
Planes host countless types of creatures.
In the ecology of the Elemental Plane
of Fire, blazewyrms are like wyverns.
Although they do not require sustenance,
they delight in waylaying
travelers, especially those who are
not native to the plane.
Environment: Elemental Plane
of Fire.
Typical Physical Characteristics:
Blazewyrms can be up to 14 feet in
length, but they weigh very little for
their size, averaging only 200 pounds.
SOCIETY
Blazewyrms often travel in small family groups of three
or four members. Once every two years, these groups join
with others in huge mating moots. Eventually, this vast
conglomeration of writhing fire splits up back into family
groups, with half again as many full-sized blazewyrms now
among the throng.
TYPICAL TREASURE
Blazewyrms carry little or no treasure because few items
can withstand the constant heat of their bodies. They do not
hoard treasure on the Elemental Plane of Fire, so they have
no concept of accumulating wealth when summoned to the
Material Plane. Even so, some who call the elementals to do
their bidding outfit them with items that the blazewyrms
submit to carrying or wearing.
ADVANCED BLAZEWYRMS
Blazewyrms of up to 15 Hit Dice are large, while those of 16
to 20 Hit Dice assume Huge size. Blazewyrms rarely advance
in Hit Dice on the Elemental Plane of Fire, but those brought
to the Material Plane can grow more powerful at an astonishing
rate, leading sages to believe that blazewyrms increase
in power based on what they burn.