Monster Files/Dragons

Summary

Draconic Beings tend to have special abilities or unique skills, and all-around high stats to the point that it takes an exceptional person to solo one. There’s a legend of Wyvern Riders from before written times, but no Person of the Land, Hero, nor Adventurer has managed to tame such creatures as long as time can remember. In general, it is considered that these beings, each and everyone, have such a nice animal-like stubborn free spirit that they refuse to be tamed or even make deals with people that would put them in a situation that would go against their nature.

As far as the civilized regions know, none of these creatures hold any sentience of any sort, nor are they able to speak.

In general, Draconics have a themed affinity, though not always elemental in nature. Fire, Lightning, Ice and Acid are the more common ones; but it is possible to find crystal dragons or mist dragons.

Types

Wyverns

Wyverns are the most ‘common’ of the Draconic monsters. They have two hind legs, and use the center half of their powerful wings for quadrupedal movement when on land. They come in a variety of sizes, from the more common truck sized Young Wyverns to the rare jumbo-jet sized Elder Wyverns. They tend to feature a stinger for a tail, and their wing-gusts can easily send lightweights flying. They, however, lack a dragon’s breath attacks and instead have to rely on direct magic casting.

Wyverns are rarely found alone. They tend to move in packs of three, which makes them that much more dangerous. There’s a saying that a Lone Wyvern is the most dangerous of Wyverns, because that just means you don’t know where its partners are.

Dragons

Dragons are oft considered one of the most powerful monsters in Elder Tale Online. These four-legged massive beings, winged beasts have armored hide, dragon’s breath, and a series of unique skills - such as aura fear effects, or extreme elemental condition auras - that often make them impossible to fight for anything short of an army led by multiple heroes, or a well equipped raid group with a plan.

They're sometimes compared to magpies in how they hoard items, building massive lair-like nests where they make their home. Though it changes for every dragon what they hoard. Non-sentient monsters are oft cowed into submission within their domain.

Old dragons tend to attune to the region they call their lair - creating such sights as sand or lava dragons. This, however, creates more dangerous dragons, like armor over their standard form.