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==Chromium (Chrome) Dragon==
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With scales that initially resemble tarnished silver and grow shinier as they age, it should be no surprise that Chrome Dragons are often mistaken for Silver Dragons. That would be a terrible mistake to make, as Chromium Dragons are known for their greed, malice and cruelty, which gives them a Chaotic Evil alignment in AD&D and a Lawful Evil one in 3e.

Avaricious enough to give a Red Dragon pause and sadistic enough to make a Black Dragon take notes, Chrome Dragons live for the sake of hunting treasure and killing anything that catches their attention. Although fully capable of living off of nothing but ice and snow, they vastly prefer raw, bloody meat.

Chrome Dragons inhabit only cold regions that see plenty of ice and snow, where their various innate powers over frost can be used most effectively. This brings them into conflict with both White and Silver Dragons, and whilst they are strong enough to easily dominate Whites, Silver Dragons are their deadliest enemies, and the two races will fight to the death upon sighting each other.

These dragons wield two different breath weapons; a conical gout of super-chilled snow that numbs and paralyses victims, and a gout of solid ice that can freeze whatever it touches. Naturally, they're immune to cold, and have other spell-like abilities relating to their environment. From their youth, they can cast an Arctic-exclusive variant of Pass Without Trace three times per day. Adults (or Young Adults, in AD&D) can cast Ice Shape, a variant of Stone Shape, twice per day. Those that reach Old age can create a Wall of Ice twice per day. In 3rd edition, Ancient Chrome Dragons can cast Gelid Blood once per day. Those Chrome Dragons who live to the state of Great Wyrmdom can also cast Flesh to Crystal, a variant of Flesh to Stone, once per day.

Chromium Dragons enjoy attack from the air, seeking to cripple foes with their numbing breath before closing in to enjoy a close and bloody combat. Most of their spell-like abilities are used defensively, in order to escape from prey that turns out to be more competent than the Chrome Dragon expected.

Chrome [[Half-Dragon]]s are Immune to Cold and possess their draconic progenitor's Line of Ice breath weapon.