Editing Catastrophic Dragon (section)

==Avalanche Dragon==
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{{Topquote|I’ve seen plenty of rock slides down this pass, but one I won’t ever forget. I saw something dance in the crushing boulders. I saw a dragon with wings of stone, coming for me. It haunts my dreams.|Jak Ironwheel, caravan guard}}

The elementals of 4th edition were not as clear-cut as those of the [[Great Wheel]]. Thus, the existence of the Avalanche Dragons, born of equal parts dragon, earth and air. These dragons have are among the more "ambiguously featured" Catastrophics, appearing more as a draconic outline within a fast-descending cloud of dust and flying boulders than as anything as solid as their Earthquake Dragon cousins. The dragons who became the children of the avalanche were a unique splinter-faction of those dragons disheartened by Io's death. Implicitly driven insane by the experience, they came to despise death itself, and during their wanderings, they fell into the company of Athuam the Falling Sky. Having himself recently been bested by [[Nerull]], the Primordial saw useful tools in these pitiful wretches, and filled their heads with the idea that if death itself could be destroyed, than that would revive Io. Feasting on Athuam's muddy blood, the transformed Avalanche Dragons swore to destroy Nerull. Though most of them perished or were imprisoned alongside Athuam when they fought Nerull in Pluton, enough escaped to propagate the breed. It perhaps goes without saying that Avalanche Dragons have developed a deep, abiding, near-instinctual hatred for [[undead]] and the [[necromancer]]s who create them.

But then, Avalanche Dragons hate pretty much everyone. See, although their elemental nature makes them the one Catastrophic Dragon with some semblance of a sense of serenity, giving them a love for long periods of resting equalling their wrath, their immensely long memories are matched by equally intense vindictiveness. Avalanche Dragons can hold grudges to a level that even dwarves marvel at, and have no problems with transferring a grudge against one creature to include any and all of that creature's allies, companions or descendants. As such, efforts to form alliances of convenience to defeat the undead by other races invariably end in failure; all too often, the dragon's rage blinds it and causes it to lash out against friends and foes alike. Avalanche Dragons most readily ally with beasts of the high mountain peaks that they are drawn to, but find sufficient common ground with Earthquake and Volcanic Dragons to readily ally with them.

These Catastrophic Dragons are swift and agile fliers, thanks to their airy attunement. Surrounded by constantly swirling stony shards and debris, anyone who gets too close is certain to be pummelled mercilessly. Their fluid nature also makes them resistant to effects that would normally slow them, but prevents them from using bite attacks. Instead, powerful sweeping claw attacks are combined with smothering, crushing trample attacks. They can create swirling clouds of dust to blind their foes, and intensify their auras to crush and scatter those who get too close with flying boulders. The most ancient of their breed can even launch boulders from their mass as projectile weapons, making them one of a small number who have something approaching the draconic breath weapon.