(Metallic) Silver

The scales of this tall, elegant dragon shine like polished silver, and its tail has a feathered appearance.

LG dragon (cold)

CR 6; Size Small; Hit Dice 7d12
Speed 40 ft.
Natural Armor +6; Breath Weapon cone, 2d8 cold
Str 13, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 14, Wis 15, Cha 14

Change Shape (Su)

A silver dragon can assume any animal or humanoid form 3/day as if using polymorph.

Cloudwalking (Su)

A very young or older silver dragon can tread on clouds or fog as though on solid ground.

Cold Aura (Su)

An old or older silver dragon is surrounded by an aura of cold. All creatures within 5 feet of the dragon take 1d6 points of cold damage at the beginning of the dragon’s turn. An ancient dragon’s aura extends to 10 feet. A great wyrm’s aura damage increases to 2d6. A silver dragon can suppress or activate this aura at will as a free action.

Fog Vision (Ex)

A juvenile or older silver dragon can see perfectly well in fog and clouds.

Graceful Flight (Ex)

A young or older silver dragon’s aerial maneuverability is one step better than normal.

Paralyzing Breath (Su)

Instead of a cone of cold, a silver dragon can breathe a cone of paralyzing gas. Creatures within the cone must succeed on a Fortitude save or be paralyzed for 1d6 rounds plus 1 round per age category of the dragon.

Reflective Scales (Su)

Any spell that targets an ancient or older silver dragon but fails to penetrate the silver dragon’s spell resistance might be reflected. If the caster level check to penetrate the dragon’s spell resistance is failed by 5 or more, the spell is reflected. If the check fails by 4 or less, the spell is merely wasted. This otherwise functions as spell turning.

Spell-Like Abilities (Sp)

A silver dragon gains the following spell-like abilities, usable at will upon reaching the listed age category.

• Very young—detect evil;
• Juvenile—feather fall;
• Adult—fog cloud;
• Old—control winds;
• Ancient—control weather;
• Great wyrm—reverse gravity.

True Courage (Ex)

A great wyrm silver dragon can fight on through pain and death. When reduced to below 0 hit points, it remains conscious, automatically stabilizes, and can continue to act (although it is staggered). If it takes damage or is the target of a spell that causes its death, it remains alive for 1 round and can act normally (it is not staggered for this final round).

Age Category	Special Abilities	Caster Level
Wyrmling	Change shape, cold subtype, immune to acid, paralyzing breath	—
Very young	Cloudwalking, detect evil	—
Young	Graceful flight	1st
Juvenile	Fog vision, feather fall	3rd
Young Adult	DR 5/magic, spell resistance	5th
Adult	Frightful presence, fog cloud	7th
Mature adult	DR 10/magic	9th
Old	Cold aura, control winds	11th
Very old	DR 15/magic	13th
Ancient	Reflective scales, control weather	15th
Wyrm	DR 20/magic	17th
Great wyrm	True courage, reverse gravity	19th

ECOLOGY

Environment temperate mountains
Organization solitary
Treasure triple

Of all the dragons, silvers are the most courageous, holding themselves to a chivalrous code to help the weak, defeat evil, and behave in an honorable manner.