Editing Chromatic Dragon (section)

===Brown Dragon===
There are two distinct varieties of Brown Dragon in D&D lore; the [[Forgotten Realms]] version and the [[Nentir Vale]] version.

The Realms version debuted in [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 2nd edition, in "The Old Empires", before being updated in the Monstrous Compendium Appendix: Forgotten Realms [[splatbook]], and from there making it on to the Monstrous Manual. This dragon, also known as the "Great Desert Dragon", is a flightless burrowing dragon that inhabits the desert regions of the Realms, namely Raurin and Eastern Mulhorand, where it competes with the better-known Blue Dragon for prey. Armed with an acidic spray, these Brown Dragons prefer to dig themselves into the sands and then launch themselves at any edible creature that gets nearby. Their favorite food is horseflesh. It's noted that the natives of the deserts have a peculiar respect for these dragons, so they often describe them as less evil than their Blue Dragon rivals. It may be because Brown Dragons have little interest outside of being apex predators and are freely hunted by the natives, whilst Blue Dragons are more inclined to setting themselves up as overlords reigning over human slaves.

The [[World Axis]] version is, of course, unique to [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]], appearing in the Chromatic [[Draconomicon]]. This version possesses distinctive sail-like frills down its sides and ''is'' capable of flight, although they are much better at burrowing. Also known as "Sand Dragons", these Brown Dragons are largely disinterested in the idea of ruling over anything; their most predominant trait is that they are gourmet epicures. Their love of food and cooking skills is so great that a Brown Dragon's hoard is often based on a mixture of exotic animals, long-forgotten (and thus highly valuable!) cook books, cooking utensils made out of fabulously expensive materials, rare spices, precious wines and liquors... basically, Sand Dragons are the only dragons who would earn an entry in the Great Book of Grudges for carrying off barrels of Bugman's XXXXXXXX and enslaving dwarven brewers. Best characterized as hedonists, 4e Brown Dragons only care about living a life of ease and comfort, and so they actively prefer to avoid stirring up trouble with humanoids - raiding a farmer's flocks every now and then is much less hassle than demanding human sacrifices from a neighboring village. These Brown Dragons have a breath weapon made of high-velocity sand gouts, which can scour flesh from bone.
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====Blight Dragon====
The Blight Dragon is a brown dragon from the [[Shadowfell]] that also appeared in the Chromatic Draconomicon.  Blight Dragons have rust-colored scales.  They have the ability to drain life and create dust storms, and their breath weapon is a searing wind of grit and dust that rots whatever it touches, doing both fire and necrotic damage.  Very little is known about them besides them having a compulsion to drain life out of everything in their environment, turning the place they live into a lifeless wasteland.  They do collect treasure, but the book doesn't say what kind.