Dragon, Chromatic, Green
Green Dragon
Green Dragons are conniving, deceitful creatures. As a Green Wyrm once put it, "Hunting for dinner is no fun. Getting your dinner to offer itself to you? That is fun." Green Dragons view all creatures as lesser, and therfore as either prey or pawn; more often than naught, a Green Dragon will corrupt politicians, whether through threat or bribery, in a neighboring town to gain power by proxy, just for the fun of it.
Even so, Greens will negotiate to live peacefully with their neighbors, but one should be very wary when entering into any contract with a Green, as nothing makes one's heart sing with joy quite like finding a loophole and exploiting it.
Diet
Greens prefer sentient mammalians, with a particular taste for elves, but such prey is rare, so they usually subsist on forest life such as deer, bears, and wolves.
Tactics
Greens are just as comfortable fighting on the ground as they are in the air, likely due to the dense vegetation that limits their flight when hunting. They take cover in trees or behind hills and boulders; the trees prove more of a hindrance to the arrows of humanoids than they do to the poisonous gas of the Green Dragon.
Greens also spend most of their time patrolling their territory, not just looking for intruders, but memorizing the landscape and every possible hiding place and path through the trees.
If given the opportunity, a green dragon will attempt to talk to its foes. They are among the most cunning of dragons, and they are fully aware of the time constraints of spells and other such effects, so they will try to hold a conversation long enough for those effects to wear off. During the course of the conversation, the dragon will attempt to get its foes to lower their guard (of course lying through its teeth the whole time), while leading them into a disadvantageous position (such as grouping them in such a way that a single breath weapon attack would hit them all). Then, when the dragon has them exactly where it wants them, it drops all cordiality and attacks.
Terrain and Habitat
Green Dragons prefer temperate or cold forests to wet jungles or nonforested areas, but they will take the latter in the absence of the former. They particularly love old forests with large trees.
Lairs If they can find one, Green Dragons prefer caves in forested hills and cliffsides. Some have been known to topple enormous trees into piles and lair inside of these makeshift huts, and still others have set up residence in enormous trees touched by fae magic.
Favored Treasure
Green Dragons love any treasure that required a lot of work to be put into it, such as a large sculpture or a magic sword. They keep coins and gems around as a part of their hoard, which they sometimes use (sparingly, as they hate parting with any bit of their hoard) to bribe or coerce minions into doing things that will ultimately bring them greater wealth, power, or amusement.
Of course, a green dragon's absolute favorite treasure is the creatures that it has under its command.
Eggs and Life Cycle
The eggs of a green dragon need to incubate for about a year before hatching. They are laid in clutches of three to five, and usually two to four of those hatch under good conditions. A Green Dragon can live to be as old as 2,250.
Environmental Diffusion
When a Green Dragon undergoes Environmental Diffusion, the area becomes overgrown with dense, enormous, beautiful, and deadly plant life, which can range from bushes and flowers to enormous trees, but all of it is poisonous. These areas are often connected to fae.
Genetic Ancestor(s)
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