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==Tome Dragon==
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With unclear origins, Tome Dragons are the sages of the dragon world, embodying the studious and esoteric aspects of magic. One of the smartest dragon species in existence, if not the smartest, these dragons spend their lives engaged in arcane and esoteric research, on topics including planar conjunctions, the ecology of outsiders, fate, destiny, and the flow of time itself. Highly social, by dragon standards, they often form cabals that pool their knowledge and their hoards in isolated, well-defended communal lairs, which often receive a not-unjustified reputation as library-monasteries dedicated to the most exotic and obscure of lore. Even lone tome dragons can develop powers of spellcraft and foresight said to rival those of deities, and as they age, spend increasing amounts of time exploring the world around them and the [[plane]]s beyond through astral projection.

Needless to say, when even a wyrmling tome dragon's intellect rivals that of the greatest human sage, this species has a justified tendency towards the heights of arrogance and hubris. Most find it inconceivable that they might be lacking in knowledge or judgment.

In appearance, tome dragons are unmistakable. If their disproportionately long tails - capped with pointed fins at the tip - and iridescent-sheened silver scales don't make their nature obvious enough, then their faces will; tome dragons are all but unique amongst dragondom for possessing great manes of silky, silver-colored hair. Their slender digits are highly dexterous, well-suited for manipulating tomes and scrolls that might be far smaller than their draconic reader, and their expressive faces are framed by cheek-frills of thin, backwards-pointing spines.  Their eyes reflect the colors of the sky; pale blue at birth, turning to azure by early adulthood, then deep purple, and finally a dark midnight blue flecked with silver starlight. The voices of tome dragons vary from wyrm to wyrm, but are always highly characterful; thick accents, raspy coughs, smokey whispers and booming laughs are all common traits.

Tome dragons have little interest in conventional wealth and beauty; their lairs are invariably given minimalist adornments. By extension, they have little general interest in food; they eat the basic minimums they need to fuel themselves, and that only when their biology demands sustenance. That said, as a species, they do have one consumptive vice; fine tea, the more exotic its ingredients the better, is irresistible to tome dragons.

All tome dragons automatically know all [[Conjurer]] and [[Diviner]] spells available to [[Sorcerer (Dungeons & Dragons)|Sorcerers]], as well as all spells associated with the Knowledge [[Cleric Domain]], with their potency as a caster growing as they age. They invariably develop an extensive library of Metamagic options, as their unique power of Free Metamagic allows them to apply metamagic effects with inhuman swiftness and with greater freedom than any humanoid sorcerer. Their breath weapon is unique; a bead of elemental matter that explodes at a designated point in an eruption of flames, howling wind, jagged stone or high-pressure water. They also possess multiple spell-like abilities; able to cast Arcane Sight at will from the age of wyrmling, juvenile tome dragons can cast clairaudience/clairvoyance 3/day, whilst adults can Plane Shift 1/day, ancient tome dragons can cast True Seeing 1/day, and great wyrms can cast Astral Projection 1/day.

Additionally, tome dragons are said to have the unique ability of "Precognition". In an infamous editing stuff up, the actual mechanics for this trait aren't printed in the issue!

It goes without saying that fighting tome dragons is a dangerous effort. With their mastery of divination spells, ambushing one is all but impossible, and they readily use their conjuration skills to create instant armies to defend them against assailants, supporting their minions with judicious spellcasting from above. With their advanced intelligence and extensive studies, tome dragons are natural tacticians, even without their potent divinations to back them up.

These dragons have the Air subtype and their expected [[alignment]] is Lawful Neutral.

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