Editing Dragonet (section)

==Mole Dragon==
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'''Mole Dragons''' are the largest of the dragonet species, growing to some 5ft long and with a thick, stubby tail that can stretch another two-and-a-half feet beyond that. Wingless, they have stout, bulky bodies paired with short, pugnacious snouts, somewhere between a toad and a bulldog. This species of dragonet only has a pair of forelimbs, dragging itself along much like a [[linnorm]]; its foreclaws are disproportionately large and powerful, with massive claws that help it to burrow under the ground - this resemblance to a mole's limbs is the source of their moniker. 

Mole dragon hides are dark and earthen in color, tending towards a bluish gray. The scales themselves are thick, bumpy ad irregular, reminiscent of a rough stone formation, but glitter like chips of mica. Unusually, as a mole dragon ages, its back develops a coat of gemstones - it's unclear if these form naturally or if mole dragons adhere them to their backs as they find them, but they serve as the closest thing to a hoard that this dragonet has. A mole dragon typically has 1d8 valuable stones per Hit Dice.

These dragonets are truly unique amongst their kind, not just for lacking flight, but for their attitudes. Most other dragonets range from neutral to goodly in alignment, but the mole dragon's dour, sadistic, bitter, vengeful nature makes them the only evil dragonet ever established in AD&D. These grumpy yet vicious dragonets will nurture grudges for years, even decades, and are highly antisocial; mole dragons only mate when their meanderings through the [[Underdark]] or cave systems lead to a chance encounter, whereupon the female will lay her eggs in a dead-end cavern and seal them in, leaving the hatchlings to burrow out or die upon birth.

Mole dragons make surprisingly dangerous combatants; their claws, wilst intimidating, are too clumsy to be used for combat, but their bites are vicious, and they can lock onto a victim like a living bear-trap. Though they lack a breath weapon, they have powerful magical abilities. All mole dragons have some innate earth [[elementalism]] powers; they can instantly vaporize a  significant portion of soil three times per day (treat as a Dig spell affecting a cube of 10ft per HD), summon a lesser [[elemental]] of the sandling or sandman varities 1/day, and cast three 1st level [[cleric]] spells. Upon reaching 4 hit dice, they can cast Passwall 3/day, Stone Shape at-will, and cast a single 2nd level cleric spell. The most powerful of all mole dragons, those that have reached 5 hit dice or more, have two 2nd level cleric spells per day, can cast Wall of Stone 3/day, and conjure an earth elemental once per week.

All mole dragon cleric spells come from the [[Cleric Domain|Spheres]] of Combat, Divination, Elemental, Guardian and Protection.

Between the fact that they are such nasty little bastards and the fact they can't tolerate coming above-ground for more than a few hours at a time, mole dragons onlyserve as companions or familiars to powerful, malevolent beings willing to live in the [[Underdark]] with them. They are most commonly associated with [[drow]], [[derro]], or the rare evil [[svirfneblin]]. Humanoid companions who do not share a mole dragon’s love of inflicting pain soon find themselves on the receiving end of the dragonet’s sadism. They are one of the few dragonet species who, when bound as familiars or companions, possess the capacity for full telepathic conversation with their chosen partners, and can speak to them from a range of 300 yards.

One last trait that makes mole dragons absolutely despised by [[dwarf|dwarves]] and any other species with a focus on mining metals is that their diet of choice happens to be precious metals. A mole dragon will seek out a vein of gold or silver and just munch its way from one end to the other, leaving behind nothing but worthless spoil. Whilst its writeup claims that they are often seen alongside [[duergar]], it's hard to imagine these evil dwarves being any more enthused about their gold-munching than surface dwarves are.