EW4: Draconic Ideals

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DRACONIC IDEALS

Reading the Ideal Entries
Each Ideal below has the following format:

• Written by: Credit to the person who originally wrote the Ideal. If none is given, it's sirpercival ("sirp").
• Source: The original source of the dragon writeup.
• Breath Weapon: The damage type and damage die adjustment for breath weapons gained via the Breath or Scaleshift class features, as well as for Dragon Projections. Any special rules for these breath weapons when this Ideal is expressed are included here.
• Attack: The damage type and damage die adjustment for attacks modified by the Blade class feature, or natural weapons granted by the Scaleshift class feature. Any special rules for these attack modes when this Ideal is expressed are included here.
• Defense: The energy resistance type, or the save bonus type, granted by the Scales class feature when this Ideal is expressed.
• Skills: The associated skills for the Ideal.
• Ideal Powers: The five Ideal Powers (Wyrmling, Juvenile, Adult, Ancient, Wyrm) granted by expressing this Ideal.

Ideal Categories

• Chromatic Dragon Ideals
• Metallic Dragon Ideals
• Gem Dragon Ideals
• Planar Dragon Ideals (I, II)
• Lung Dragon Ideals
• Faerunian Dragon Ideals
• Ferrous Dragon Ideals
• Other Dragon Ideals
• Eberron Ideal Templates
• Other Ideal Templates
• Prestige Ideals
• Epic Dragon Ideals

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Chromatic Dragon Ideals

Black Dragon

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Source: SRD

Breath Weapon: Acid damage, standard die size
Attack: Acid damage, standard die size
Defense: Acid resistance
Skills: Hide, Swim

Ideal Powers:

• Scalykind (Sp): You can use charm animals as a spell-like ability at will, against reptiles only. [Wyrmling]
  
• Water breathing (Ex): You can breathe water as easily as you breathe air. [Juvenile]
  
• Plant growth (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use plant growth as a spell-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Shadow aura (Su): You are constantly surrounded by a deeper darkness effect, which you can suppress or resume as a free action at any time.  You can see through the darkness created by this ability with no difficulty. [Ancient]
  
• Insect plague (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use insect plague as a spell-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Blue Dragon

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written by Garryl
Source: SRD

Breath Weapon: Electricity damage, standard die size
Attack: Electricity damage, standard die size
Defense: Electricity resistance
Skills: Bluff, Intimidate

Ideal Powers:

• Sound Imitation (Ex): You can imitate any voice or sound you have heard in the past 24 hours, anytime you like. Listeners must succeed on a Will save (DC equal to the result of your Bluff check) to detect the ruse. [Wyrmling]
  
• Burrow (Ex): You gain a burrow speed of 10 feet. [Juvenile]
  
• Dessicate (Su): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to destroy all liquids within 30 feet. Unattended liquids are turned to dust.  Magic potions, elixirs, and other magical liquids are allowed a Fort save to avoid being rendered inert.  Living creatures take 2d6 damage and are dehydrated (see below); affected creatures may make a Fort save to halve the damage and negate the dehydration. Creatures with the Water subtype instead take 1d6 damage/idealist level, Fort half. You can choose to affect or not affect creatures or objects of your choice.  You can also use this ability to undo the destruction of liquids caused by this ability within the last 1 minute, restoring destroyed items and healing damage done. [Adult]
  
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  Characters who have taken nonlethal damage from lack of water are considered dehydrated and become fatigued. In addition, if a dehydrated character would take nonlethal damage from hot conditions (such as those described in this book or on page 303 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide), that damage instead becomes lethal damage.
  
  A character who falls unconscious from nonlethal damage due to thirst begins to take the same amount of lethal damage instead.  Damage from thirst, whether lethal or nonlethal, cannot be recovered until the character has been treated; not even magic that restores hit points heals this damage.
• Desert Mirage (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use hallucinatory terrain or major image as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Personal Mirage (Su): A mirage constantly shrouds your position, granting you 8 mirror images, as the spell.  Images which are destroyed reappear at a rate of 1 per round. [Wyrm]
  

Green Dragon

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written by Garryl
Source: SRD

Breath Weapon: Acid damage, standard die size
Attack: Acid damage, standard die size
Defense: Acid resistance
Skills: Bluff, Escape Artist

Ideal Powers:

• Iron Lungs (Ex): You are immune to inhaled poisons. [Wyrmling]
  
• Water Breathing (Ex):  You can breathe water as easily as you breathe air. [Juvenile]
  
• Suggestion (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use suggestion as a spell-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Command Plants (Sp): Once per day you may use command plants as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Noxious Aura (Su): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you may surround yourself with the effect of the acid fog spell.  The aura moves with you; treat it as an emanation centered on you. You are immune to its damaging and slowing effects, although it obscures your sight as normal.  You can dismiss the aura as a free action. [Wyrm]
  

Red Dragon

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written by Garryl & sirp
Source: SRD

Breath Weapon: Fire damage, standard die size
Attack: Fire damage, standard die size
Defense: Fire resistance
Skills: Appraise, Tumble

Ideal Powers:

• Fireproof (Ex): You and your equipment take no damage from catching on fire.  You can ignite yourself as a free action, as long as you have a source of fire, and remain ignited for 1d8 rounds; while on fire, any creature who attacks you with a natural weapon or non-reach melee weapon takes 1d4 points of fire damage. [Wyrmling]
  
• Hoard Sense (Su): You are automatically aware of the most valuable magic item you do not already own within 120'. You can pinpoint its location (as the blindsense ability), and you may make a DC 15 Appraise check as a free action to determine its abilities as the identify spell by spending a use of your ideal powers. [Juvenile]
  
• Greed (Su): You gain a morale bonus to melee attack and damage rolls against an opponent (including those made during martial strikes) based on the value of the most expensive magic or psionic item your opponent is benefiting from, as shown on the table below.  You may determine what the price of such an item is by making a DC 20 Appraise check as a free action. [Adult]
  

  Price	Morale Bonus
  0-1,999	+0
  2,000-7,999	+1
  8,000-17,999	+2
  18,000-31,999	+3
  32,000-49,999	+4
  50,000-71,999	+5
  72,000-97,999	+6
  98,000-127,999	+7
  128,000-161,999	+8
  162,000-199,999	+9
  200,000 or more	+10

• Hoard Sense, Greater (Su): You are automatically aware of all unattended objects worth at least 20,000 gp within 1 mile. You can sense the approximate direction, distance, and value of any such object you focus on as a standard action. By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can use find the path as the spell to find the path to the object you concentrate on. Multiple objects within 60' of each other count as a single object for the purpose of this ability. [Ancient]
  
• Focused Envy (Su): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to temporarily disable an item wielded or worn by an opponent as per the dispel magic spell, making an Appraise check in place of a dispel check. [Wyrm]
  

White Dragon

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written by Garryl
Source: SRD

Breath Weapon: Cold damage, standard die size
Attack: Cold damage, standard die size
Defense: Cold resistance
Skills: Balance, Move Silently

Ideal Powers:

• Surefooted (Ex): You no longer need to make Balance checks for walking on ice, nor do you suffer penalties for climbing icy surfaces. [Wyrmling]
  
• Icy Wake (Su): You leave a layer of frost rime in your path. Every surface you walk or climb on (in the spaces you move through) is covered by a layer of ice for 1 minute, which functions as the grease spell. This also allows you to walk on liquids, freezing the surface of the liquid up to 1 inch thick per two idealist levels. Acid, lava, and other dangerous liquids deal contact damage (not immersion) each round to the ice. You can suppress or resume this ability as a free action, even in the middle of movement. [Juvenile]
  
• Blizzard (Su): Spend a use of your ideal powers to conjure a blizzard that follows you. This functions as the sleet storm spell, except that it is an emanation centered on you. [Adult]
  
• Wall of Ice (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use wall of ice as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Control Weather (Sp): Once per day you may use control weather as a spell-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

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Metallic Dragon Ideals

Brass Dragon

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written by Garryl and sirp
Source: SRD

Breath Weapon: Fire damage, standard die size
Attack: Fire damage, standard die size
Defense: Fire resistance
Skills: Gather Information, Tumble

Ideal Powers:

• Speak with Animals (Sp): You can use speak with animals as a spell-like ability by spending a use of your ideal powers. [Wyrmling]
  
• Sleep Breath (Su): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to turn your breath weapon into sleep gas.  This gas deals minimum damage, and all damage it deals is nonlethal; however, any creature within the area must make a Will save or fall asleep as per the sleep spell (however, the gas is not a mind-affecting or compulsion effect).  Creatures who fail their Will saves sleep for 1 round per 2 dice of damage dealt. [Juvenile]
  
• Gust of Wind (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can use gust of wind as a spell-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Control Winds (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use control winds as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Summon Djinni (Sp): Once per day you may use summon monster VII as a spell-like ability to summon a single Djinni.  You cannot summon a noble djinni with this ability. [Wyrm]
  

Bronze Dragon

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written by Garryl and sirp
Source: SRD

Breath Weapon: Electricity damage, standard die size
Attack: Electricity damage, standard die size
Defense: Electricity resistance
Skills: Disguise, Survival

Ideal Powers:

• Swim (Ex): You gain a swim speed equal to your base land speed. [Wyrmling]
  
• Sustenance (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use create food and water as a spell-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Call Ally (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can use summon nature's ally III as a spell-like ability, to summon animals only. [Adult]
  
• Know Minds (Su): You continuously gain the benefit of the detect thoughts spell. [Ancient]
  
• Storm (Sp): You may use call lightning storm as a spell-like ability by spending a use of your ideal powers. [Wyrm]
  

Copper Dragon

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written by Garryl and sirp
Source: SRD

Breath Weapon: Acid damage, standard die size
Attack: Acid damage, standard die size
Defense: Acid resistance
Skills: Bluff, Hide

Ideal Powers:

• Joke (Sp): Spend a use of your ideal powers to use hideous laughter as a spell-like ability. [Wyrmling]
  
• Slow Breath (Su): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to turn your breath weapon into slow gas.  This gas deals minimum damage, and all damage it deals is nonlethal; however, any creature within the area must make a Will save or be slowed as per the slow spell.  Creatures who fail their Will saves are slowed for 1 round per 2 dice of damage dealt. [Juvenile]
  
• Burrow (Ex): You gain a burrow speed equal to half your base land speed. [Adult]
  
• Wall of Stone (Sp): Once per day, you can use wall of stone as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Move Earth (Sp): You may use move earth as a spell-like ability by spending a use of your ideal powers. [Wyrm]
  

Gold Dragon

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written by Garryl
Source: SRD

Breath Weaon: Fire damage, standard die size
Attack: Fire damage, standard die size
Defense: Fire resistance
Skills: Disguise, Heal

Ideal Powers:

• Luck Gem (Su): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to infuse a gem worth at least 50gp with the power of good fortune. Whoever holds it can discharge the effect as a standard action to gain a reservoir of luck, which manifests as bonus points the creature can use as desired to improve their odds of success at various tasks.  This bonus pool consists of 2 points per Idealist level, which the creature can spend as they like to improve attack rolls, skill checks, and ability checks at the rate of a +1 luck bonus per point spent, although no single check can receive a bonus greater than one-half your Idealist level.  The creature must declare any bonus point usage before the appropriate roll is made.  Used points disappear from the pool; after 1 round per Idealist level, any remaining points are lost.  After being used, if you stop expressing the Gold Dragon Ideal, or after 24 hours, the gem returns to normal. [Wyrmling]
  
• Weakening Breath (Su): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to turn your breath weapon into a nerve gas.  Instead of its normal damage type, this gas deals 1 Strength damage per two dice of damage normally dealt to creatures within the area.  A successful Fortitude save negates the Strength damage. [Juvenile]
  
• Fortune Gem (Su): When using your Luck Gem ability, if you infuse a gem worth at least 250g, you can spend an additional use of your ideal powers to have the gem instead grant a +2 luck bonus to all attacks, saves, and skill checks made by the creature for 1 round per Idealist level. [Adult]
  
• Holy Radiance (Sp): By spending a use of your Ideal powers, you emit light as per the daylight spell for 24 hours or until you dismiss it. Any enemy within 30 feet that can see the bright light suffers a 20% miss chance on all attacks that rely on sight until it leaves the area or becomes unable to see the light, and it must make a Fortitude save each round at the beginning of its turn of be sickened for 1 round. This ideal power has the Good and Light descriptors. [Ancient]
  
• Auspicious Gem (Sp): When using your Luck Gem ability, if you infuse a gem worth at least 1250g, you may spend two additional uses of your ideal powers to use this ability.  In this case, once the gem is activated, whenever the holder makes an attack roll, skill check, ability check, or saving throw, they may roll twice and select which die roll to use.  [Wyrm]
  

Silver Dragon

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written by Garryl & sirp
Source: SRD

Breath Weapon: Cold damage, standard die size
Attack: Cold damage, standard die size
Defense: Cold resistance
Skills: Balance, Jump

Ideal Powers:

• Obscuring Mist (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you may use obscuring mist as a spell-like ability.  [Wyrmling]
  
• Slow Fall (Ex): You gain the Slow Fall ability of a monk of your Idealist level. [Juvenile]
  
• Cloudwalk (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use air walk as a spell-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Paralyzing Breath (Su): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to turn your breath weapon into paralyzing gas.  This gas deals minimum damage, and all damage it deals is nonlethal; however, any creature within the area must make a Fortitude save or be paralyzed for 1 round per die of damage dealt. [Ancient]
  
• Holy Aura (Sp): Use holy aura as a spell-like ability by spending a use of your ideal powers. [Wyrm]
  

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Gem Dragon Ideals

Amethyst Dragon

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Source: MMII

Breath Weapon: Untyped damage, counts as a [Force] effect, standard die size
Attack: Untyped damage, counts as a [Force] effect, standard die size
Defense: Reduces damage taken from [Force] effects
Skills: Bluff, Listen

Ideal Powers:

• Stomp (Ps): You can use stomp as a psi-like ability at will. [Wyrmling]
  
• Body Equilibrium (Ps): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use body equilibrium as a psi-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Suggestion (Ps): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use psionic suggestion as a psi-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Telekinesis (Ps): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can use telekinetic maneuver as a psi-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Explosive Gem (Ps): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use hail of crystals as a psi-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Crystal Dragon

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Source: MMII

Breath Weapon: Untyped damage, counts as a [Light] effect; die size is reduced by one step (1d6 becomes 1d4, 2d4 becomes 1d6, 2d6 becomes 2d4, etc.), but the breath weapon deals double damage to creatures particularly vulnerable to light.
Attack: Untyped damage, counts as a [Light] effect; -1 damage per die.
Defense: Untyped bonus on saves against dazzling, blindness, and Light effects.
Skills: Gather Information, Tumble

Ideal Powers:

• Charming (Ps): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you may use psionic charm person as a psi-like ability. [Wyrmling]
  
• Blinding Breath (Ex): Any creature failing the Reflex save against your breath weapon is also blinded for 1d4 rounds. [Juvenile]
  
• Control Winds (Ps): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use control air as a psi-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Domination (Ps): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can use psionic dominate as a psi-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Superior Flight (Ex): The maneuverability of the flight speed granted by your Wings class feature improves to perfect. [Wyrm]
  

Emerald Dragon

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Source: MMII

Breath Weapon: Sonic damage, standard die size
Attack: Sonic damage, standard die size
Defense: Sonic resistance
Skills: All Knowledge skills

Ideal Powers:

• Lore (Ex): You gain the Bardic Knowledge ability of a bard of your Idealist level. [Wyrmling]
  
• Sculpt Sound (Ps): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can use control sound as a psi-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Keening Breath (Ex): Any creature who fails a save against your breath weapon is deafened for 1 round per 2 dice of damage. [Adult]
  
• Shield of Prudence (Su): You can spend a use of your ideal powers as an immediate action to gain an insight bonus to AC equal to your Charisma modifier for 1 round. [Ancient]
  
• Touchsight (Su): At all times, you benefit from the effect of the touchsight power, with a manifester level equal to your Idealist level. [Wyrm]
  

Obsidian Dragon

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Source: Mind's Eye Article 2003-01-24 (renegade gem)

Breath Weapon: Fire damage, standard die size
Attack: Fire damage, standard die size
Defense: Fire resistance
Skills: Autohypnosis, Survival

Ideal Powers:

• Fireburst (Ps): You can use energy ray (fire only) as a psi-like ability three times per day.  You may spend uses of your ideal powers for additional uses of this ability. [Wyrmling]
  
• Biofeedback (Ps): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use biofeedback as a psi-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Wall of Ectoplasm (Ps): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use wall of ectoplasm as a psi-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Ectoplasmic Armor (Ex): You gain damage reduction 10/psionics. [Ancient]
  
• Saved by Fire (Ps): Once per day, you may use fiery discorporation as a psi-like ability.  [Wyrm]
  

Sapphire Dragon

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Source: MMII

Breath Weapon: Sonic damage, standard die size
Attack: Sonic damage, standard die size
Defense: Electricity resistance
Skills: Autohypnosis, Climb

Ideal Powers:

• Skate (Ps): You can use skate as a psi-like ability by spending a use of your ideal powers. [Wyrmling]
  
• Anticipate Teleportation (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use anticipate teleportation as a spell-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Stone Shape (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can use stone shape as a spell-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Panicking Breath (Su): Any creature who takes damage from your breath weapon must make a Will save (DC as normal for your breath weapon) or become panicked for 1 round per 2 dice of damage. [Ancient]
  
• Teleport (Ps): Once per day, you may use psionic teleport as a psi-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Topaz Dragon

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Source: MMII

Breath Weapon: Dehydration damage - this breath weapon looks like a watery blast. When directed against an aqueous liquid (water or a liquid composed mainly of water), this effect evaporates one cubic foot of water per hit point of damage dealt. Each creature within the area takes the indicated damage with the standard die size, or half that amount with a successful Reflex save, as normal.
Attack: Cold damage, standard die size.
Defense: Cold resistance
Skills: Autohypnosis, Swim

Ideal Powers:

• Featherfall (Sp): You can use featherfall as a spell-like ability by spending a use of your ideal powers. [Wyrmling]
  
• Fog Cloud (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can use fog cloud as a spell-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Ego Whip (Ps): Three times per day, you can use ego whip as a psi-like ability. You may spend uses of your ideal powers for additional uses of this ability. [Adult]
  
• Control Weather (Sp): Once per day, you can use control weather as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Metamorphosis (Ps): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use metamorphosis as a psi-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

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Planar Dragon Ideals (I)

Adamantine Dragon

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written by littha
Source: Dragon #321

Breath Weapon: Fire damage, standard die size
Attack: Fire damage, standard die size
Defense: Fire resistance
Skills: Heal, Tumble

Ideal Powers:

• Powerful Build (Ex): Your physical stature and training lets you function in many ways as if you were one size category larger. Whenever you are subject to a size modifier or special size modifier for an opposed check (such as during grapple checks, bull rush attempts, and trip attempts), you are treated as one size larger if doing so is advantageous to you. You are also considered to be one size larger when determining whether a creature’s special attacks based on size (such as improved grab or swallow whole) can affect you. You can use weapons designed for a creature one size larger without penalty. However, your space and reach remain those of a creature of your actual size. The benefits of this ability stack with the effects of powers, abilities, and spells that change the subject’s size category. [Wyrmling]
  
• Improved Sunder (Ex): You gain the use of the Improved Sunder feat even if you do not meet the prerequisites. [Juvenile]
  
• Alternate Form (Su): You may assume the form of any animal or humanoid of Medium size or smaller as a standard action by spending a use of your ideal powers.  You may remain in this form until you choose to assume a new form or your natural form. [Adult]
  
• Adamantine Blades (Su): All weapons you wield are treated as adamantine for all purposes. This effect lasts 1d4 rounds after you let go of the weapon at which point it reverts to its normal material.  [Ancient]
  
• Reverse Gravity (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use reverse gravity as a spell-like ability.  [Wyrm]
  

Arboreal Dragon

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written by littha
Source: Dragon #321

Breath Weapon: Piercing damage, standard die size
Attack: Piercing damage, standard die size
Defense: DR/bludgeoning or slashing
Skills: Balance, Survival

Ideal Powers:

• Earthen Resistance (Ex): You gain resistance 5 to Sonic and Acid. [Wyrmling]
  
• Enchanter's Bane (Ex): You are immune to mind-affecting effects. [Juvenile]
  
• Frightful Presence (Su): You emit the essence of untapped power that does much to terrify your opponents. You gain the frightful presence ability with a range of 30' and an effect duration of 1d6 rounds. [Adult]
  
• Telekinesis (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you may use telekinisis as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Harmless Enemy (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you may use baleful polymorph as a spell-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Astral Dragon

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written by littha
Source: Dragon #344

Breath weapon: Slashing damage, standard die size
Attack: Slashing damage, standard die size
Defense: DR/bludgeoning or piercing
Skills: Concentration, Sense Motive

Ideal Powers:

• Astral Familiarity (Ex): You may move through the Astral plane as though your wisdom were 8 points higher than it really is when making a check to alter the subjective directional gravity. [Wyrmling]
  
• Extraplanar Sight (Sp): At will, you may detect creatures who are not native to your current plane.  This ability otherwise functions as the detect evil spell, but does not reveal alignment. [Juvenile]
  
• Banishment (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use banishment as a spell-like ability [Adult]
  
• Sundering Silver (Su): You can sever a silver cord with a successful critical hit. [Ancient]
  
• Null Gravity Aura (Su): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you may project an aura of nullified gravity for 1 minute.  When active, the planar gravity trait within a 60-foot radius emanation is altered to "No gravity". [Wyrm]
  

Axial Dragon

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written by littha
Source: Dragon #321

Breath weapon: Untyped damage, counts as a [Force] effect, standard die size
Attack: Untyped damage, counts as a [Force] effect, standard die size
Defense: Reduces damage from [Force] effects
Skills: Balance, Spellcraft

Ideal Powers:

• Bane of Plague (Ex): You are immune to disease. [Wyrmling]
  
• Bane of Poison (Ex): You are immune to poison. [Juvenile]
  
• Bane of Fists (Ex): You are immune to nonlethal damage. [Adult]
  
• Bane of Death (Ex): You are immune to death effects, as per the death ward spell. [Ancient]
  
• Bane of Subtlety (Ex): You are immune to critical hits and precision damage. [Wyrm]
  

Battle Dragon

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written by littha
Source: Draconomicon

Breath weapon: Sonic damage, standard die size
Attack: Sonic damage, standard die size
Defense: Sonic resistance
Skills: Diplomacy, Perform (Oratory)

Ideal Powers:

• Warding (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use protection from evil as a spell-like ability. [Wyrmling]
  
• Inspire Courage (Su): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to replicate the Inspire Courage ability of a Bard of your idealist level. [Juvenile]
  
• Battle Fury (Ex): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to gain the benefit of the Rage ability of a Barbarian of your idealist level.  You do not gain any higher tiers of rage, such as Mighty Rage or Tireless Rage. [Adult]
  
• Quick Recovery (Ex): You gain fast healing 2. [Ancient]
  
• Heroes' Feast (Sp): You can use heroes' feast once per day as a spell-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Beast Dragon

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written by littha
Source: Dragon #321

Breath weapon: Half cold damage, half electricity damage, standard die size
Attack: Half cold damage, half electricity damage, standard die size
Defense: Half cold resistance, half electricity resistance
Skills: Jump, Survival

Ideal Powers:

• Scent (Ex): You gain the Scent ability. [Wyrmling]
  
• Gore (Ex): You grow a pair of horns that allow you to deal 1d6 damage (for a Medium creature) with a gore attack. This damage varies by your size as normal for natural weapons [Juvenile]
  
• Powerful Charge (Ex): Whenever you make a charge, in addition to the normal benefits and attacks, you may also make a gore attack at your highest attack bonus. [Adult]
  
• Bestial Toughness (Ex): You gain damage reduction 15/magic and piercing. [Ancient]
  
• Regenerate (Sp): You can use regenerate as a spell-like ability by spending a use of your ideal powers. [Wyrm]
  

Chaos Dragon

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written by littha
Source: Draconomicon

Breath weapon: Random damage type, standard die size. At the beginning of each round, determine your damage type by rolling a d100; 01-20 acid, 21-40 Cold, 41-60 electricity, 61-80 fire and 81-100 sonic.
Attack: Random damage type, standard die size. At the beginning of each round, determine your damage type by rolling a d100; 01-20 acid, 21-40 Cold, 41-60 electricity, 61-80 fire and 81-100 sonic.
Defense: Random resistance type.  At the beginning of each round, determine your resistance type by rolling a d100; 01-20 acid, 21-40 Cold, 41-60 electricity, 61-80 fire and 81-100 sonic.
Skills: Knowledge (the Planes), Jump

Ideal Powers:

• Aberrant Psychology (Ex): You are immune to compulsion effects. [Wyrmling]
  
• Chaos Hammer (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use chaos hammer as a spell-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Chaos Breath (Ex): In addition to the normal useage of your Breath, you also gain the ability to emit a cloud of disorienting gas. Creatures caught in the gas must succeed on a Will save (at the same DC as your breath weapon) or become confused for 1d4 rounds. [Adult]
  
• Word of Chaos (Sp): You gain the ability to use word of chaos as a spell-like ability once per day. [Ancient]
  
• Protection of Chaos (Su): You are continually protected by the effect of the cloak of chaos spell. [Wyrm]
  

Chole Dragon

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written by littha
Source: Dragon #344

Breath weapon: Instead of dealing normal damage, your breath weapon poisons affected creatures. On a failed Fortitude save, creatures within the area take 1 point of Wisdom and 1 Point of Charisma damage for every 2 dice of damage your breath weapon would normally do (min 1).
Attack: Your attacks gain an injury poison: Fortitude save, 1 Wis and 1 Cha primary and secondary for each die of damage it would normally have dealt (min 1).
Defense: Saves to resist poison.
Skills: Hide, Move Silently

Ideal Powers:

• Poison (Ex): You may, as a full round action, extract some of your own poison and apply it to one of your weapons or up to 50 arrows. The poison decays in a number of hours equal to your Constitution modifer and has no market value. Any creature damage by a poisoned weapon is affected as if by your Poison Breath. [Wyrmling]
  
• Darkness (Sp): You may use darkness at will as a spell like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Tentacles (Ex): You gain two tentacle natural attacks that may be used to deal 1d4 damage (for a medium character). These tentacles have reach 5 feet greater than your normal reach, and their damage scales normally for natural weapons dependent on size. [Adult]
  
• Repulsion (Su): You are continually surrounded by a repulsion effect, as the spell. If dispelled, this ability reactivates in 1d4 rounds. [Ancient]
  
• Time Stop (Sp): Once per day you may use time stop as a spell-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Concordant Dragon

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Source: Dragon #321

Breath weapon: Antiethical damage, standard die size. Antiethical energy has different effects depending on relative alignments. The further the target or attacker is from True Neutral the more Severe the effects. True Neutral creatures are unaffected by Antiethical Energy and ignore Antiethical Energy resistance. Creatures one step away from True Neutral (Lawful Neutral, etc.) take normal damage from antiethical energy and all energy damage they deal is resisted as normal by antiethical energy. Creatures two steps away from True Neutral (Chaotic Evil, etc) take double damage from antiethical energy, and all energy damage they deal is resisted by twice the normal amount.  Creatures whose alignment is obscured in some way (such as the undetectable alignment spell or similar effects) are treated as True Neutral by Antiethical Energy.
Attack: Untyped damage, standard die size; deal double damage to creatures with no Neutral in their alignment, and no damage to True Neutral creatures.
Defense: Reduce damage from aligned attacks
Skills: Climb, Sense Motive

Ideal Powers:

• Detect Alignment (Sp): Three times a day you may use detect good, detect evil, detect law, or detect chaos as a spell-like ability. You may spend uses of your ideal powers for additional uses of this ability. [Wyrmling]
  
• Nondetection (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you may use nondetection as a spell-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Invisibility (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you may use invisibility as a spell-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Pure Body (Ex): You gain damage reduction 10/silver and magic. [Ancient]
  
• Temporal Stasis (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use temporal stasis as a spell-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Elysian Dragon

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Source: Dragon #344

Breath weapon: Sonic damage, standard die size
Attack: Sonic damage, standard die size
Defense: Sonic resistance
Skills: Bluff, Diplomacy

Ideal Powers:

• Fête (Sp): You may use create food and drink and create wine (as create water, but wine instead) as a spell-like ability at will. These products have no market value but are exceedingly tasty.  [Wyrmling]
  
• Intoxicating Breath (Su): In addition to your normal breath weapon, by spending a use of your ideal powers, you may choose to instead spew a 30' cone of alcohol-laced gas at your opponents. Creatures in the area must succeed on a Fortitude save or become sickened for 10 minutes. While suffering this sickened effect, affected creatures are upbeat and happy, recieving a +1 morale bonus on saves vs fear effects. Creatures who are immune to poison are immune to this effect. [Juvenile]
  
• Hold Your Liquor (Ex): You are immune to poison. [Adult]
  
• Shrink (Su): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you may reduce your size catagory by 3 (though no smaller than Fine) for as long as you wish.  It takes 1 round per size catagory to change size, and your ability scores and other attributes remain the same; however, your equipment and natural weapons change size with you (including damage).  Your equipment reverts to its original size if it leaves contact with you. [Ancient]
  
• Dominate Monster (Sp): Once per day you may use dominate monster as a spell-like ability.  [Wyrm]
  

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Planar Dragon Ideals (II)

Ethereal Dragon

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written by littha
Source: Draconomicon

Breath Weapon: Untyped damage, counts as a [Force] effect, standard die size
Attack: Untyped damage, counts as a [Force] effect, standard die size
Defense: Reduce damage from [Force] effects
Skills: Hide, Lucid Dreaming

Ideal Powers:

• Ethereal Sight (Su): While on the Material plane, you can see creatures on the Ethereal plane normally.  While on the Ethereal plane, you can see creatures on the Material plane out to a range of 60 feet.  [Wyrmling]
  
• Strike Ethereal (Su): While on the Material plane, you can make attacks against creatures on the Ethereal plane normally. [Juvenile]
  
• Dimensional Anchor (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use dimensional anchor as a spell-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Ethereal Jaunt (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use ethereal jaunt as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Summon Ether Cyclone (Su): Once per day, you can summon the awesome power of an Ether Cyclone, as described in the Manual of the Planes, page 57 (or here). This requires a full round action and lasts 1 minute.  [Wyrm]
  

Gloom Dragon

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Source: Dragon #344

Breath Weapon: Apathy. Instead of a normal breath weapon, creatures in the area must make a Fortitude save and a Will save; failing both causes them to become helpless for 1 round for every 2 dice of damage.
Attack: Instead of damage, struck creatures must make a Fortitude or Will save (whichever is better) or become fatigued for 1 round. Has no effect on creatures who are already fatigued.
Defense: Saves to resist poison
Skills: Bluff, Knowledge (the Planes)

Ideal Powers:

• Aura of Gloom (Su): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you may project an aura of gloom that saps the will of those nearby for 3 rounds. Any living creature than ends its turn within 30' of you must succeed on a Will save or become shaken. Once a creature has made a save against this ability (pass or fail) they can not be affected again by it for 24 hours. [Wyrmling]
  
• Deep Slumber (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers you may cast deep slumber as a spell like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Wasting Strike (Su): Whenever you successfully strike a creature with a melee attack, the opponent must make a Fortitude save or contract Gray Wasting. Gray Wasting has an incubation time of 1 day, and inflicts 1d4 points of Charisma drain. [Adult]
  
• Ethereal Binding (Su): Whenever you strike the killing blow on a living opponent, you seal a part of their soul within yourself, in the form of a tattoo that bears their name, date and place of birth, and date and place of death.  Only a carefully worded wish or miracle, followed by resurrection, may return the creature to life, and only after you have been slain. [Ancient]
  
• Mass Hold Monster (Sp): Once per day, you may use a special version of mass hold person as a spell-like ability, which ignores the normal type restriction of Humanoid only. [Wyrm]
  

Howling Dragon

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written by littha
Source: Draconomicon

Breath Weapon: Sonic damage, standard die size.
Attack: Sonic damage, standard die size.
Defense: Sonic resistance
Skills: Jump, Perform

Ideal Powers:

• Shatter (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use shatter as a spell-like ability. [Wyrmling]
  
• Gust of Wind (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use gust of wind as a spell-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Shout (Sp): You can use shout as a spell-like ability at will. [Adult]
  
• Maddening Wail (Su): Once per round as a standard action, you may emit a maddening wail that causes 1 point of Wisdom damage for every 5 idealist levels you have to each other creature within 50'. A successful Will save negates this effect. This is a Sonic, Mind-affecting ability.  [Ancient]
  
• Weird (Sp): Once per day you may use weird as a spell-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Oceanus Dragon

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written by littha
Source: Draconomicon

Breath Weapon: Electricity damage, standard die size.
Attack: Electricity damage, standard die size.
Defense: Electricity resistance
Skills: Sense Motive, Swim

Ideal Powers:

• Smite Evil (Su): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to Smite Evil as a paladin of your idealist level. [Wyrmling]
  
• Water Breathing (Ex): You gain the ability to breathe underwater as easily as you breathe air, and may use your breath weapon and spell-like abilities while submerged. [Juvenile]
  
• Resistant to Damage (Su): You are supernaturally resistant to damage and gain damage reduction 5/evil. [Adult]
  
• Control Water (Sp):You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use control water as a spell-like ability.  [Ancient]
  
• Control Winds (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you may use control winds as a spell-like ability.  [Wyrm]
  

Pyroclastic Dragon

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Source: Draconomicon

Breath Weapon: Half fire damage, half sonic damage, standard die size.
Attack: Half fire damage, half sonic damage, standard die size.
Defense: Half fire resistance, half sonic resistance
Skills: Disable Device, Spellcraft

Ideal Powers:

• Produce Flame (Sp): You may use produce flame as a spell-like ability; after three uses of this ability, each additional use requires you to spend a use of your ideal powers. [Wyrmling]
  
• Sound Burst (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use sound burst as a spell-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Supernatural Toughness (Su): You gain damage reduction 5/good. [Adult]
  
• Annihilating Breath (Su): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to charge your breath weapon into a beam of pure destructive energy. Instead of dealing its normal damage, targets are struck by the effects of a disintegrate spell, with a caster level equal to your Idealist level, and a save DC equal to the DC of your breath weapon. [Ancient]
  
• Power Word Stun (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use power word stun as a spell like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Radiant Dragon

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written by littha
Source: Draconomicon

Breath Weapon: Untyped, counts as a [Force] effect, standard die size.
Attack: Untyped, counts as a [Force] effect, standard die size.
Defense: Reduce damage taken from [Force] effects
Skills: Concentration, Heal

Ideal Powers:

• Daylight (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use daylight as a spell like ability. [Wyrmling]
  
• Healing Touch (Su): You may heal a target with a touch as a standard action by spending a use of your ideal powers. This ability bestows the effect of one of the following spells as long as your Idealist level is more than twice the minimum caster level for that spell: any single-target spell with Cure in its name, regenerate, remove blindness/deafness, remove disease, remove paralysis, or restoration.  [Juvenile]
  
• Dispel Darkness (Su): You automatically dispel any darkness effect within 60' with a spell level equal to or less than half your Idealist level. You may supress or resume this ability as a free action.  [Adult]
  
• Searing Light (Sp): You may use searing light as a spell-like ability; after three uses of this ability, each additional use requires you to  spend a use of your ideal powers. [Ancient]
  
• Prismatic Sphere (Sp): You may use prismatic sphere once per day as a spell-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Rust Dragon

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written by littha
Source: Draconomicon

Breath Weapon: Acid damage, standard die size
Attack: Acid damage, standard die size
Defense: Acid resistance
Skills: Disable Device, Search

Ideal Powers:

• Rusting Strike (Su): You may attempt to sunder armor as though it were a weapon. In addition whenever you attempt to sunder a metal object you may choose to have the target make a Reflex save rather than rolling damage. If an object fails its save it is rusted to dust within seconds. [Wyrmling]
  
• Rusting Breath (Su): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to cause your breath weapon to spew rusting slime instead of its normal effects. Unattended objects struck are destroyed immediately but worn, held or magic objects recieve a Fortitude save to resist the effect. This ability only affects metal objects.  [Juvenile]
  
• Resist Metal (Ex): You gain DR 5/magic and DR 10/nonmetal and magic.  [Adult]
  
• Rusting Defense (Su): Whenever a metal weapon with an enhancement bonus lower than 1/4 of your Idealist level strikes you, it must make a Reflex save or rust away to nothing. [Ancient]
  
• Repel Metal or Stone (Sp): Once per day you may use repel metal or stone as a spell-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Shadow Dragon

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written by littha
Source: Draconomicon

Breath Weapon: Negative energy damage, standard die size
Attack: Negative energy damage, standard die size
Defense: Reduce damage from negative energy effects
Skills: Autohypnosis, Hide

Ideal Powers:

• Mirror Image (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you may cast Mirror Image as a spell like ability. [Wyrmling]
  
• Shadow Door (Su): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to travel between shadows as if by means of a dimension door spell. The limitation is that the magical transport must begin and end in an area with at least some shadow.  You may move a total distance of up to 5 feet per Idealist level each time. [Juvenile]
  
• Shadow Blend (Su): While within an area of shadowy illumination, you gain a miss chance of 10% per three Idealist levels (rounded down, to a maximum of 50% at 15th level). [Adult]
  
• Breath of Shadows (Su): By spending a use of your idea powers, you may imbue your breath weapon with the clinging power of negative energy. Instead of its normal effects, creatures affected by your breath weapon must succeed on a Fortitude save or receive 2 negative levels.  [Ancient]
  
• Create Shadows (Su): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to draw upon the power of the Plane of Shadow, releasing true darkness into the world.  This ability has a radius of 100 feet and a duration of 1 hour. All normal and magical light sources are negated within this radius. All creatures gain a +4 bonus on Hide checks and may hide even if directly observed. You and other creatures with a connection to the Plane of Shadow also gain total concealment and are considered invisible. This is a conjuration (creation) effect. [Wyrm]
  

Styx Dragon

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written by littha
Source: Draconomicon

Breath Weapon: Acid damage, standard die size
Attack: Acid damage, standard die size
Defense: Acid resistance
Skills: Swim, Use Rope

Ideal Powers:

• Improved Grab (Ex): You gain the Improved Grab ability, which functions whenever you strike an opponent with any weapon that does not have reach. [Wyrmling]
  
• Breathe Water (Ex): You may breathe water just as easily as you can breathe air, indefinitely. [Juvenile]
  
• Disease (Su): Whenever you successfully strike an opponent with a melee attack, you may inflict the Stygian Wasting disease upon them, provided they fail a Fortitude save.  The symptoms of the disease include flesh rotting away and hair falling out. The incubation period is 1 day and the disease deals 1d6 Charisma damage per day. A victim must succeed on three consecutive Fortitude saves (one per day) to recover from Stygian Wasting.  [Adult]
  
• Constrict (Ex): With a successful grapple check, you may crush a grabbed opponent to deal 2d8 + 1.5 times your Strength bonus bludgeoning damage. [Ancient]
  
• Pervasive Breath (Su): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to charge your breath weapon with a special lingering energy.  If you do so, the effect of your breath stays in the targeted area for 3 rounds and deals damage whenever a creature enters the area and at the beginning of your turn. [Wyrm]
  

Tarterian Dragon

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written by littha
Source: Draconomicon

Breath Weapon: Untyped, counts as a [Force] effect, standard die size.
Attack: Untyped, counts as a [Force] effect, standard die size.
Defense: Reduce damage taken from [Force] effects
Skills: Escape Artist, Knowledge (the Planes)

Ideal Powers:

• Resist Force (Su): You gain a +4 bonus to saves vs spells and effects with the Force descriptor. [Wyrmling]
  
• Strength of Will (Su): You gain a +4 morale bonus to saves vs all charms and compulsions. [Juvenile]
  
• Breath of Despair (Su): In addition to its normal use, you may use your breath weapon to spread a cloud of Crushing Despair gas. This is a 40' cone, creatures in the area must succeed on a Will save or suffer a -2 penalty on all saving throws, attack rolls, skill checks and weapon damage rolls for a number of rounds equal to your Charisma modifier. [Adult]
  
• Freedom of Movement (Su): You are continuously treated as though you were under the effects of a freedom of movement spell. [Ancient]
  
• Imprisonment (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use imprisonment as a spell like ability. [Wyrm]
  

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Lung Dragon Ideals

A note about Lung dragons
All Lung dragons have the same abilities during their first three age categories, and are identified as Yu Lung dragons.  Thus, all Lung dragon Ideals have the same Wyrmling and Juvenile ideal powers, which are shown below under the Yu Lung sub-Ideal.  Skills, discipline, and spell list are still determined by the adult-form Ideal.  The Yu Lung sub-Ideal cannot be selected independently.

Yu Lung (Carp Dragon)

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Source: Oriental Adventures

Ideal Powers:

• Invisibility (Su): As a swift action, you can spend a use of your ideal powers to become invisible for 1 round, as per the invisibility spell. [Wyrmling]
  
• Detect Thoughts (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can use detect thoughts as a spell-like ability. [Juvenile]
  

Chiang Lung (River Dragon)

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Source: Oriental Adventures

Breath Weapon: Cold damage, standard die size
Attack: Cold damage, standard die size
Defense: Cold resistance
Skills: Sense Motive, Swim

Ideal Powers:

• Remove Curse (Sp): Once per day, you can use remove curse as a spell-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Major Creation (Sp): Three times per day, you can use major creation as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Cause Rain (Su): You can breathe storm clouds at will, causing rain whenever and wherever you choose. The rain lasts for 2d4 hours and extends in a two-mile radius centered on you. [Wyrm]
  

Li Lung (Earth Dragon)

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Source: Oriental Adventures

Breath Weapon: Sonic damage, standard die size
Attack: Sonic damage, standard die size
Defense: Sonic resistance
Skills: Intimidate, Jump

Ideal Powers:

• Tunneling (Ex): You gain a burrow speed of 10 feet, and can even tunnel through solid stone at a speed of 5 feet. [Adult]
  
• Roar (Ex): At will as a free action, you may emit a roar so loud that it automatically deafens all creatures within 60 feet (no save), including you, for as long as you maintain it. [Ancient]
  
• Earthquake (Sp): Once per day, you can use earthquake as a spell-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Lung Wang (Sea Dragon)

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Source: Oriental Adventures

Breath Weapon: A jet of steam which deals fire damage, standard die size.
Attack: Superheated air which deals fire damage, standard die size.
Defense: Fire resistance
Skills: Diplomacy, Swim

Ideal Powers:

• Scaly Command (Sp): Three times per day, you can use mass charm monster as a spell-like ability, on scaled animals only (reptiles and fish). You can spend uses of your ideal powers to gain more uses of this ability. [Adult]
  
• Fog Cloud (Su): Once per day, you can create an enormous fog cloud (as the spell) with a radius of 25 feet per Idealist level. [Ancient]
  
• Capsize (Ex): Whenever you are submerged and subsequently surface under a boat or ship less than 20 feet long, you have a 95% chance to capsize the vessel. You have a 50% chance to capsize a vessel from 20 to 60 feet long, and a 20% chance to capsize one over 60 feet long. [Wyrm]
  

Pan Lung (Coiled Dragon)

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Source: Oriental Adventures

Breath Weapon: Fire damage, standard die size
Attack: Fire damage, standard die size
Defense: Fire resistance
Skills: Bluff, Tumble

Ideal Powers:

• Constrict (Ex): Whenever you make a successful grapple check, you deal 1d6 (for a Medium creature) + 1.5 times your Strength bonus bludgeoning damage to your opponent. [Adult]
  
• Water Fire (Su): Whenever you are touching or submerged in water, as a standard action you can surround yourself with an aura of ghostly, flickering, multi-colored flames that cause fire damage to any creature touching you. Any creature striking you with natural or melee weapons deals normal damage, but also takes 3d6 fire damage. Lung dragons of any variety, as well as other Idealists expressing a Lung dragon ideal, are immune to water fire. You can dismiss the water fire aura at any time as a free action, and it is automatically suppressed by any contact with normal or magical fire, in which case you cannot activate it again for 2d6 minutes. [Ancient]
  
• Minion (Su): When you express the Pan Lung Ideal, you gain a Minion, the returned spirit of an unfaithful wife or husband being punished for its infidelity by servitude.  This Minion is a human Expert of level equal to half your Idealist level, rounded down; you permanently control the Minion's actions as if via dominate person.  If the Minion dies, you do not gain another until you re-express this Ideal and at least 24 hours have passed. [Wyrm]
  

Shen Lung (Spirit Dragon)

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Source: Oriental Adventures

Breath Weapon: Cold damage, standard die size
Attack: Cold damage, standard die size
Defense: Electricity resistance
Skills: Balance, Diplomacy

Ideal Powers:

• Vermin Barrier (Su): No vermin, normal or giant, can approach within a radius of 60 feet of you. [Adult]
  
• Cone of Cold (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use cone of cold as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Long Tail (Ex): You gain a tail slap primary natural weapon.  This attack has 5-foot longer reach than normal for your size, and deals 4d6 bludgeoning and piercing damage (for a Medium creature). [Wyrm]
  

T'ien Lung (Celestial Dragon)

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Source: Oriental Adventures

Breath Weapon: Fire damage, standard die size
Attack: Fire damage, standard die size
Defense: Fire resistance
Skills: Listen, Spot

Ideal Powers:

• Weather Sight (Su): You can see through weather-based impediments (including magical fog, snow, rain, and similar effects) with no penalty. [Adult]
  
• Pyrotechnics (Sp): You can use pyrotechnics as a spell-like ability at will. [Ancient]
  
• Plane Shift (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can use plane shift as a spell-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Tun Mi Lung (Typhoon Dragon)

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Source: Oriental Adventures

Breath Weapon: Electricity damage, standard die size
Attack: Electricity damage, standard die size
Defense: Reduce damage taken from [Air] and [Water] effects.
Skills: Concentration, Survival

Ideal Powers:

• Water Breathing (Ex): You can breathe water as easily as you breathe air. [Adult]
  
• Chain Lightning (Sp): You can use chain as a spell-like ability three times per day. [Ancient]
  
• Divine Wind (Su): Once per day, you can summon a divine wind equivalent to a hurricane-force wind (see Table 3–17: Wind Effects in the DMG). The wind blows in an area with a radius of one mile per two Idealist levels, centered on you, and lasts for 6d4 hours. [Wyrm]
  

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Faerunian Dragon Ideals

Brown Dragon

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Source: Monsters of Faerun

Breath Weapon: Acid damage, standard die size
Attack: Acid damage, standard die size
Defense: Acid resistance
Skills: Hide, Knowledge (the Planes)

Ideal Powers:

• Create Water (Sp): Three times per day, you can use create water as a spell-like ability.  You may spend uses of your ideal powers for additional uses of this ability. [Wyrmling]
  
• Tremorsense (Ex): You gain tremorsense to a distance of 5 feet per Idealist level. [Juvenile]
  
• Sandstorm (Su): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can create a vortex of violently-churning sand up to 120 feet away.  All creatures within 60 feet of the center of the vortex take 1d6 points of damage each round they are within the sandstorm.  Additionally, the sandstorm blinds all creatures within, and whenever a creature moves more than 5 feet in a round, it must make a DC 15 Balance check or fall prone. [Adult]
  
• Disintegrate (Sp): Once per day, you may use disintegrate as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Summon Air Elementals (Sp): Once per day, you may use summon nature's ally VII as a spell-like ability, to summon air elementals only. [Wyrm]
  

Deep Dragon

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Source: Monsters of Faerun

Breath Damage: This Ideal's breath weapon is a cloud of flesh-corrosive gas which deals acid damage, standard die size. However, it deals minimum damage to objects and constructs (but full damage to undead).
Attack: Acid damage, standard die size, but deals minimum damage to objects and constructs (but full damage to undead).
Defense: Half cold resistance, half fire resistance
Skills: Bluff, Move Silently

Ideal Powers:

• Detect Magic (Sp): You may use detect magic as a spell-like ability at will. [Wyrmling]
  
• Humanoid Form (Sp): Three times per day, you may use the humanoid form draconic invocation (Dragon Magic pg 80) as a spell-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Constrict (Ex): You deal 2d6 (for a Medium creature) + 1.5 times your Strength bonus bludgeoning damage with a successful grapple check. [Adult]
  
• Freedom of Movement (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use freedom of movement as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• True Seeing (Sp): You continually gain the benefit of true seeing, with a caster level equal to your Idealist level. [Wyrm]
  

Fang Dragon

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Source: Draconomicon

Breath Weapon: Instead of a normal breath weapon, you gain a secondary bite attack which deals normal and Con damage based on your Idealist level, as shown on the table below. If you gain a breath weapon via the Breath class feature of a Dragonmage or Wyrm Warrior, the bite attack lasts for a number of rounds equal to the level of the expended maneuver or sacrificed spell slot.

Idealist Level	Base Damage	Con Damage
1-2	1d4	1
3-6	1d6	1d2
7-10	2d4	1d3
11-14	2d6	1d4
15-18	2d8	1d6
19+	2d10	1d8

Attack: Half piercing damage, half slashing damage, standard die size + 1 Con damage.
Defense: DR /bludgeoning
Skills: Bluff, Use Rope

Ideal Powers:

• Increased Damage (Ex): Any melee attacks you make (including martial strikes) deal damage as if the weapon or natural weapon was one size category larger. [Wyrmling]
  
• Mimic (Ex): You can mimic any voice or sound you have heard in the past 24 hours, anytime you like. Listeners must succeed on a Listen check (DC equal to the result of your Bluff check) to detect the ruse. [Juvenile]
  
• Trip (Ex): Whenever you hit an opponent with a melee attack (but not a martial strike), you can attempt to trip the opponent as a free action. If the attempt fails, the opponent cannot react to trip you.  You cannot use this ability on an opponent who is already prone. [Adult]
  
• Dipel Magic (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use greater dispel magic as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Spell Turning (Sp): Once per day, you may use spell turning as a spell-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Mercury Dragon

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Source: Dragons of Faerun

Breath Weapon: Fire damage, counts as a [Light] effect, standard die size
Attack: Fire damage, counts as a [Light] effect, standard die size
Defense: Fire resistance
Skills: Bluff, Tumble

Ideal Powers:

• Color Spray (Sp): You spend a use of your ideal powers to use color spray as a spell-like ability. [Wyrmling]
  
• Protected Sight (Ex): You are immune to blindness and dazzling, and gain a +3 racial bonus to saves vs [Light] and [Pattern] effects. [Juvenile]
  
• Hypnotic Pattern (Sp): Three times per day, you may use hypnotic pattern as a spell-like ability.  You may spend uses of your ideal powers to gain additional uses of this ability. [Adult]
  
• Telekinesis (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use telekinesis as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Project Image (Sp): Once per day, you may use project image as a spell-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Mist Dragon

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Source: Dragons of Faerun

Breath Weapon: Fire damage, standard die size
Attack: Fire damage, standard die size
Defense: Half acid resistance, half fire resistance
Skills: Balance, Survival

Ideal Powers:

• Obscuring Mist (Sp): You spend a use of your ideal powers to use obscuring mist as a spell-like ability. [Wyrmling]
  
• Caustic Slime (Su): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to turn your breath weapon into caustic slime. This gas deals minimum damage, and all damage it deals is nonlethal; however, any creature within the area must make a Fortitude save or be sickened for 1 round per 2 dice of damage dealt. [Juvenile]
  
• Sleet Storm (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use sleet storm as a spell-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Mist Form (Su): By spending a use of your ideal powers, as a standard action, you can assume a misty form. This ability works just like a gaseous form spell with a caster level equal to your Idealist level, except as follows: you loses your natural armor bonus, but gains a deflection bonus to AC equal to your Idealist level. While in mist form, you are indistinguishable from mist or fog and gain total concealment when in any kind of natural or magical fog or mist. You gain damage reduction 10/magic, and can fly at a speed of 15 feet per round, with perfect maneuverability. You cannot use manufactured or natural weaponry or your breath weapon, but you can use your spell-like abilities and spells (if any). You can dismiss the effect as a standard action. [Ancient]
  
• Solid Fog (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use solid fog as a spell-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Rattelyr Dragon

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Source: Shining South

Breath Weapon: Fire damage, standard die size
Attack: Fire damage, standard die size
Defense: Fire resistance
Skills: Hide, Listen

Ideal Powers:

• Electricity Resistance (Ex): You gain electricity resistance equal to your Idealist level. [Wyrmling]
  
• Tremorsense (Ex): You gain tremorsense out to a radius of 5 feet per Idealist level. [Juvenile]
  
• Rattle (Ex): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you may emit a frightening rattle as a standard action.  Any non-dragon within 10 feet per Idealist level must make a Will save (DC 10 + 1/2 Idealist level + your Cha modifier) or be shaken for 4d6 rounds.  A creature who fails a save against your rattle cannot be affected by it further for 24 hours.  In addition, all creatures who hear your rattle (whether or not they are shaken) must make a DC 15 Concentration check to employ any spells or spell-like abilities for 1 round. [Adult]
  
• Damage Reduction (Ex): You gain damage reduction /magic equal to your Idealist level. [Ancient]
  
• Hood Extension (Su): As a swift action, you may spend a use of your ideal powers to extend a hood from your neck which grants you the benefit of the spell turning spell. [Wyrm]
  

Song Dragon

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Source: Monsters of Faerun

Breath Weapon: Electricity damage, standard die size
Attack: Electricity damage, standard die size
Defense: Electricity resistance
Skills: Disguise, Perform

Ideal Powers:

• Countersong (Su): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to produce the countersong effect of a bard of your idealist level. [Wyrmling]
  
• Disguise Self (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use disguise self as a spell-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Song of Confusion (Su): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to sing a discordant song which causes all creatures who fail a Will save to be confused (as the confusion spell). Creatures who have saved against your song are immune to it for 24 hours. [Adult]
  
• Song of Slumber (Su): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to sing a magical lullaby which causes all creatures within 100 feet who fail a Will save to fall into a light, peaceful sleep. Despite being asleep, such creatures still hear all sounds around them, and may make Listen checks with no penalty as if they were awake. Even mildly threatening sounds (weapons being drawn, any creature approaching within 10 feet of them) allows them a second saving throw, and any loud sounds (combat, etc) automatically wake them up. In addition, since they are still partially aware of their surroundings, they are not considered helpless, but do lose any Dex bonus to AC and are considered prone. This sleep lasts for as long as you continue the lullaby and for 1 minute after you stop singing. This is a [Mind-affecting] effect considered to be of the enchantment school. Creatures who have saved against your song are immune to it for 24 hours. [Ancient]
  
• Captivating Song (Su): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to sing a Captivating Song, which works as the harpy's ability. Creatures who have saved against your song are immune to it for 24 hours. [Wyrm]
  

Steel Dragon

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Source: Dragons of Faerun

Breath Weapon: Acid damage, standard die size
Attack: Acid damage, standard die size
Defense: Acid resistance
Skills: Balance, Disguise

Ideal Powers:

• Poison Resistance (Ex): You gain a resistance bonus to saves vs poison equal to half your Idealist level (rounded down, minimum 1). [Wyrmling]
  
• Poison Breath (Su): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to turn your breath weapon into a poisonous cloud. Instead of its normal damage type, this gas deals 1 Constutition damage per two dice of damage normally dealt to creatures within the area.  A successful Fortitude save negates the Strength damage. [Juvenile]
  
• Alternate Form (Su): You may assume the form of any animal or humanoid of Medium size or smaller as a standard action by spending a use of your ideal powers. You may remain in this form until you choose to assume a new form or your natural form. [Adult]
  
• Spell Resistance (Su): You gain spell resistance 10 + Idealist level, which you can raise or lower as a free action (even when it isn't your turn). [Ancient]
  
• Arcane Shield (Su): You gain a +10 to your spell resistance against arcane spells of 4th level or lower. [Wyrm]
  

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Ferrous Dragon Ideals

Chromium Dragon

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Source: Dragon #356

Breath Weapon: Cold damage, standard die size.
Attack: Cold damage, standard die size.
Defense: Cold resistance
Skills: Appraise, Survival

Ideal Powers:

• Covet (Su): You can make an Appraise check to identify a magic item.  If you spend 1 hour studying an item, at the end of that time you may spend a use of your ideal powers and make an Appraise check against a DC of 5 + the magic item's caster level.  If you succeed, you identify the item as per the identify spell. [Wyrmling]
  
• Freezing Shards (Su): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can alter your breath weapon into freezing crystals.  Any creature within the area of your breath weapon takes 1 point of Dexterity damage per 2 dice of damage your breath weapon would normally deal (Fortitude half). [Juvenile]
  
• Ice Shape (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to produce an effect identical to that of the stone shape spell, which works on ice instead, as a spell-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Eyebite (Sp): Once per day, you may use eyebite as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Flesh to Crystal (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to turn a target creature to crystal as a spell-like ability.  This ability functions exactly like the flesh to stone spell, except that the victim is turned into a crystalline statue instead of stone, which makes it particularly vulnerable to effects which damage crystal (such as shatter). [Wyrm]
  

Cobalt Dragon

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Source: Dragon #356

Breath Weapon: This breath weapon is Magnetic: untyped, counts as a [Force] effect, and the die size is reduced by one step (1d6 becomes 1d4, 2d4 becomes 1d6, 2d6 becomes 2d4, etc.).
Attack: Untyped, counts as a [Force] effect, -1 damage per die.
Defense: Electricity resistance
Skills: Craft (trapmaking), Hide

Ideal Powers:

• Create Trap (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use create trap as a spell-like ability. [Wyrmling]
  
• Water Breathing (Ex): You can breathe water as easily as you breathe air. [Juvenile]
  
• Magnetic Pulse (Su): Whenever you deal magnetic damage to a creature, that creature is automatically bull rushed, with a check result equal to the amount of magnetic damage dealt. [Adult]
  
• Plant Growth (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use plant growth as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Summon Monster V (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you may use summon monster V as a spell-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Iron Dragon

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Source: Dragon #356

Breath Weapon: Half electricity damage, half fire damage, standard die size
Attack: Half electricity damage, half fire damage, standard die size
Defense: Fire resistance
Skills: Gather Information, Knowledge (Arcana)

Ideal Powers:

• Metalsense (Ex): You can sense the location and amount of any non-precious metal (precious metals include adamantine, copper, gold, mithral, platinum, and silver) within a distance of 10 feet per Idealist level.  This makes it nearly impossible to sneak up on you when wearing armor or wielding weapons made from steel.  Like blindsense, opponents you can't actually see still have total concealment against you. [Wyrmling]
  
• Heat Metal (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use heat metal as a spell-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Sleep Breath (Su):  You can spend a use of your ideal powers to turn your breath weapon into sleep gas. This gas deals minimum damage, and all damage it deals is nonlethal; however, any creature within the area must make a Will save or fall asleep as per the sleep spell (however, the gas is not a mind-affecting or compulsion effect). Creatures who fail their Will saves sleep for 1 round per 2 dice of damage dealt. [Adult]
  
• Transmute Rock to Mud (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use transmute rock to mud as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Flesh to Iron (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you may turn a target creature to iron as a spell-like ability.  This ability functions exactly like the flesh to stone spell, except that the victim is turned into a iron statue instead of stone, which makes it particularly vulnerable to effects which affect metal (such as the attack of a rust monster). [Wyrm]
  

Nickel Dragon

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Source: Dragon #356

Breath Weapon: Acid damage, standard die size
Attack: Acid damage, standard die size
Defense: Acid resistance
Skills: Heal, Swim

Ideal Powers:

• Entangle (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use entangle as a spell-like ability. [Wyrmling]
  
• Minor Irritation (Itch) (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, as a spell-like ability you can create a field of corrosion which irritates the skin of living opponents.  Creatures who do not have skin (such as most constructs, elementals, and oozes) are immune to this effect.  When you activate this ability, all non-immune creatures within 30 feet must make a Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 Idealist level) or itch uncontrollably, imposing a -4 penalty to Armor Class and a -2 penalty to attack rolls and Dexterity-based checks for 1d4 rounds.  An affected creature must make a Concentration check (DC 20 + spell level) to cast a spell. [Juvenile]
  
• Confusion (Sp):  By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can use confusion as a spell-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Minor Irritation (Rash) (Sp): When you use your Minor Irritation (Itch) ability, you can instead cause a rash on affected creatures.  Any creatures who fail their saves suffer spreading red welts which impose a -1 penalty to all Dexterity- and Charisma-based checks.  Each day, the rash spreads, increasing the penalties by -1, to a maximum of -10.  The effect is permanent, but can be dispelled or removed with a remove disease spell or similar effect.  [Ancient]
  
• Seven-Year Itch (Su): The effects of both of your Minor Irritation ability are permanent, and can only be removed by a casting of break enchantment or similar higher-level effect, followed by a casting of remove disease or a similar effect. [Wyrm]
  

Tungsten Dragon

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Source: Dragon #356

Breath weapon: Half bludgeoning damage, half fire damage, standard die size
Attack: Half bludgeoning damage, half fire damage, standard die size
Defense: Fire resistance
Skills: Gather Information, Spellcraft

Ideal Powers:

• Alarm (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use alarm as a spell-like ability. [Wyrmling]
  
• Discern Lies (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use discern lies as a spell-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Sand Cloud (Sp):  By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can create a cloud of sand as a spell-like ability. This ability is similar to a fog cloud spell but with swirling sand instead of fog.  These fine grains of sand smother unprotected flames and have a 50% chance to choke even protected flames.  The swirling sand also makes it difficult to cast spells.  Casters must succeed at a Concentration check when casting a spell within a sand cloud (DC 15 + spell level) or the spell is lost.  This is the equivalent of a 3rd-level spell. [Adult]
  
• Dispel Evil (Sp): You may use dispel evil as a spell-like ability by spending a use of your ideal powers. [Ancient]
  
• Immolate (Su): You may spend a use of your ideal powers as a standard action to cause creatures nearby to burst into flame.  You may target up to three creatures within 10 feet times your Idealist level; these creatures immediately take d6's of fire damage equal to your Charisma modifier.  Additionally, targets catch fire, taking an additional 2d6 points of fire damage each round until the flames are extinguished.  A successful Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 Idealist level + Cha mod) halves the initial damage and prevents the target from catching fire. [Wyrm]
  

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Other Dragon Ideals

Brainstealer Dragon

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Source: Dragon #337

Breath Weapon: Untyped, counts as a [Mind-Affecting] effect, standard die size.
Attack: Untyped, counts as a [Mind-Affecting] effect, standard die size.
Defense: Bonus on saves vs mind-affecting effects
Skills: Knowledge (the Planes), Sense Motive

Ideal Powers:

• Tentacle (Ex): You gain a primary tentacle natural attack.  The tentacle has 5' longer reach than normal for your size, and deals 1d4 damage (for a Medium creature). [Wyrmling]
  
• Improved Grab (Ex): You have the Improved Grab ability with your tentacle attack, which can be used against any creature up to one size category larger than you. [Juvenile]
  
• Mind Blast (Su): Whenever a creature is damaged by your breath weapon, it must make a Will save (at your breath weapon's normal DC) or be stunned for 1 round per 2 dice of damage. [Adult]
  
• Telepathy (Su): You can communicate with any creature within 100 feet which has a language. [Ancient]
  
• Extract (Ex): If you maintain a hold with your tentacle for 5 consecutive rounds, you can extract the brain of your opponent, killing it instantly.  This ability does not work against constructs, elementals, oozes, plants or undead; it is not instantly fatal to creatures with more than one head, such as hydras or ettins. [Wyrm]
  

Dzalmaus Dragon

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Source: Dragon #349

Breath Weapon: Negative energy damage, standard die size
Attack: Negative energy damage, standard die size
Defense: Bonus on saves vs enchantment effects
Skills: Hide, Survival

Ideal Powers:

• Camouflage (Ex): You gain a +10 racial bonus to Hide checks grassland environments. [Wyrmling]
  
• Trackless Step (Ex): You gain Trackless Step, as the druid class feature. [Juvenile]
  
• Threebite (Su): You gain three primary natural bite attacks, which deal 1d8 damage (for a Medium creature) plus your Strength modifier each. [Adult]
  
• Vampiric Breath: Any creature which takes damage from your breath weapon must also make a Fortitude save (at your breath weapon's normal DC) or suffer 1 point of Constitution drain per 2 dice of damage. [Ancient]
  
• Storm of Vengeance (Sp): Once per day, you may use storm of vengeance as a spell-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Ectoplasmic Dragon

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Source: Mind's Eye Article 2004-01-23

Breath Weapon: Fire damage, standard die size
Attack: Fire damage, standard die size
Defense: Fire resistance
Skills: Concentration, Gather Information

Ideal Powers:

• Chameleon (Ps): You may use chameleon as a psi-like ability by spending a use of your ideal powers. [Wyrmling]
  
• Whitefire Breath (Ex): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to breathe a blob of whitefire instead of your normal breath weapon. Instead of a line of fire, you emit a blob of ectoplasm which explodes on impact.  This blob has a range equal to the normal range of your breath weapon, and creates a 15-foot burst centered on the targeted square. [Juvenile]
  
• Ectoplasmic Cocoon (Ps): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can use ectoplasmic cocoon as a psi-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Whitefire Aura (Su): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to activate your whitefire aura for a number of rounds equal to your Charisma modifier.  Any creature striking you with a melee weapon or natural attack while your aura is active takes damage as if affected by your breath weapon (Reflex save at the normal DC for half damage). [Ancient]
  
• Planar Travel (Su): Once per day, you can travel between the Material Plane and the Astral Plane as a standard action.  This ability otherwise functions as the plane shift spell. [Wyrm]
  

Hex Dragon

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Source: Dragon #343

Breath Weapon: Instead of dealing normal damage, your breath weapon poisons affected creatures. On a failed Fortitude save, creatures within the area take 1 point of Constitution damage for every 2 dice of damage your breath weapon would normally do (min 1), and must make a second save at the same DC 1 minute later or take the same amount of damage again.
Attack: Your attacks gain an injury poison: Fortitude save, 1 Con/1 Con for each die of damage it would normally have dealt (min 1).
Defense: Bonus to saves vs disease and poison
Skills: Intimidate, Spellcraft


Ideal Powers:

• Vile Resistance (Ex): You gain a +4 racial bonus on saves vs death effects, enchantment spells, and spells and effects which deal negative energy damage. [Wyrmling]
  
• Retributive Curse (Sickness) (Su): You can channel your pain and anger into terrible retributive magic.  On any round in which you are injured (taking hit point or ability damage), you may curse an opponent who injured you as a free action by spending a use of your ideal powers.  The opponent must make a Will save (DC 10 + 1/2 your Idealist level + your Charisma modifier) or be sickened for 1d4 rounds. [Juvenile]
  
• Agony (Su): When you use your Retributive Curse ability, you may instead spend two uses of your ideal powers to nauseate the opponent for 1d4 rounds on a failed Will save. [Adult]
  
• Blindness (Su): When you use your Retributive Curse ability, you may instead spend three uses of your ideal powers to blind the opponent permanently (as the blindness/deafness spell) on a failed Will save. [Ancient]
  
• Insanity (Su): When you use your Retributive Curse ability, you may instead spend four uses of your ideal powers to make the opponent permanently insane (as the insanity spell) on a failed Will save. [Wyrm]
  

Incarnum Dragon

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Source: Magic of Incarnum

Breath Weapon: Untyped, standard die size, but only damages living creatures, not constructs, undead, or objects; requires a Fortitude save instead of a Reflex save. In addition, any creature with an essentia pool who fails the Fortitude save loses 1 essentia point per 2 dice of damage for 1 hour.
Attack: Untyped, standard die size, but only damages living creatures, not constructs, undead, or objects. Also deals 1 essentia damage with each successful strike (essentia returns within 1 hour).
Defense: Bonus to saves vs essentia damage
Skills: Concentration, Spellcraft

Ideal Powers:

• Meldshaping (Su): You gain the ability to shape a single soulmeld from the Soulborn class list, with a meldshaper level equal to your Idealist level.  You may choose a different soulmeld each time you express this Ideal. [Wyrmling]
  
• Essentia Pool (Su): You gain an essentia pool equal to your Idealist level divided by 3 (rounded down), or your existing essentia pool increases by the same amount. [Juvenile]
  
• Souls of Past, Present, and Future (Ex): You gain an insight bonus to all Knowledge checks equal to half your Idealist level (rounded down, minimum +1). [Adult]
  
• Consume Soulmeld (Su): With a successful melee attack, you can consume a single soulmeld shaped on the target creature. In addition to dealing normal damage, this attack requires the target to make a Fortitude save at the same DC as your breath weapon. Failure indicates that one of the target’s soulmelds (determined randomly) spontaneously unshapes. You then consume the soul energy from the meld, gaining a number of temporary hit points equal to 5 times the points of essentia invested in the meld (minimum 5 hp). The target loses all benefits of the meld until it is shaped again. Once you have consumed a soulmeld, you cannot use this ability again until you express this Ideal again. [Ancient]
  
• Improved Meldshaping (Su): You can shape an additional soulmeld, and can bind each of your two soulmelds gained from this Ideal to your Crown, Brow, or Throat chakra. [Wyrm]
  

Orange Dragon

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Source: Dragon Magazine Compendium

Breath Damage: This breath weapon deals no damage initially, but creatures within the area must make a Reflex save or be coated with a sticky, gooey substance. After 2 rounds, the substance explodes in a series of 15-foot bursts, one centered on each creature originally affected. The explosion deals fire damage (at the standard die size) to each creature within the area, with any creatures other than the burst centers receiving a Reflex save at the normal DC for half damage.  A given creature takes damage from the explosions only once for each application of the substance, no matter how many bursts the creature was in range of, and only makes one Reflex save (if applicable) to reduce the damage.
Attack: Fire damage, standard die size.
Defense: Bonus to saves vs poison
Skills: Hide, Intimidate

Ideal Powers:

• Swim (Ex): You gain a swim speed equal to half your base speed. [Wyrmling]
  
• Heat Metal (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can use heat metal as a spell-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Suggestion (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use suggestion as a spell-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Hallucinatory Terrain (Sp): You can use hallucinatory terrain as a spell-like ability by spending a use of your ideal powers. [Ancient]
  
• Pain and Spite (Ex): Your attacks cause great pain and suffering to your opponents, which amuses you.  Whenever you deal damage to an opponent with a natural weapon, your breath weapon, or an ideal power, the opponent suffers half as much damage the following round, and you gain the same number of temporary hit points.  Temporary hit points received from this ability do not stack.  [Wyrm]
  

Purple Dragon

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Source: Dragon Magazine Compendium

Breath weapon: Fire damage, one die size larger than normal (1d4 becomes 1d6, 1d6 becomes 1d8, 1d8 becomes 2d6, etc.)
Attack: Fire damage, +1 damage per die
Defense: Fire resistance
Skills: Diplomacy, Spot

Ideal Powers:

• Night Camouflage (Ex): You a +10 bonus to Hide checks whenever the ambient illumination is shadowy or darker [Wyrmling]
  
• Blinding Flash (Su): You can spend a use of your ideal powers as a free action when you use your breath weapon to create a blinding flash instead of its normal effect.  The effect is a burst of radius 10 feet per two Idealist levels, centered on you.  All creatures besides you in the radius of the effect must make a Fortitude save (at your breath weapon's normal DC) or be permanently blinded (as per the blindness/deafness spell). [Juvenile]
  
• Gust of Wind (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can use gust of wind as a spell-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Energy Blade (Su): You can spend a use of your ideal powers as a free action when using your breath weapon to instead form it into a blade of energy that you use to slash through your enemies.  You use the blade as a 2-handed weapon with your normal melee reach, gaining iterative attacks as normal per your base attack bonus (but never more than four such attacks).  The blade ignores all physical barriers, allowing you to make touch attacks to strike your foes, and deals half of your normal breath weapon damage. Because of the energy nature of the blade, you do not add your Strength modifier to the damage. You can make this attack in addition to any other natural attacks you might have, although you cannot use any bite attacks in the same round you attack with your blade. The blade dissipates at the end of your turn. [Ancient]
  
• Wall of Force (Sp): You can use wall of force as a spell-like ability by spending a use of your ideal powers.  [Wyrm]
  

Sand Dragon

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Source: Sandstorm

Breath Weapon: Piercing damage, standard die size
Attack: Piercing damage, standard die size
Defense: Fire resistance
Skills: Hide, Intimidate

Ideal Powers:

• Tremorsense (Ex): You gain tremorsense to a range of 5 feet per two Idealist levels (rounded down, minimum 5 feet). [Wyrmling]
  
• Haboob (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use haboob as a spell-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Dispel Water (Sp): Three times per day, you can use dispel water as a spell-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Wall of Sand (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can use wall of sand as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Choking Sands (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use choking sands as a spell-like ability. [Wyrm]
  

Tome Dragon

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Source: Dragon #343

Breath Weapon: Damage die size is reduced by one step (1d6 becomes 1d4, 2d4 becomes 1d6, 2d6 becomes 2d4, etc.); however, you may choose between dealing fire damage, nonlethal bludgeoning damage, piercing damage, or sonic damage each time you use your breath weapon.
Attack: Untyped damage, -1 damage per die.
Defense: Bonus to saves vs spells and spell-like abilities
Skills: Any one Knowledge skill, Spellcraft

Ideal Powers:

• Precognition (Su): Your mastery of divination magic allows you to peer a second or two into the future, granting you an insight bonus to AC equal to your Idealist level divided by 5 (rounded up, minimum 1). [Wyrmling]
  
• Clairaudience/clairvoyance (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to use clairaudience/clairvoyance as a spell-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Telepathy (Su): You can telepathically communicate with any creature within 100 feet who has a language. [Adult]
  
• Empower Spell-like Ability (Su): Three times per day, you can spend a use of your ideal powers as a free action to automatically Empower a spell-like ability you gain from an Ideal, as per the Empower Spell-like Ability feat. [Ancient]
  
• Quicken Spell-like Ability (Su): Three times per day, you can spend two uses of your ideal powers as a free action to automatically Quicken a spell-like ability you gain from an Ideal, as per the Quicken Spell-like Ability feat. [Wyrm]
  

Yellow Dragon

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Source: Dragon Magazine Compendium

Breath Weapon: Untyped damage, die size is reduced by one step (1d6 becomes 1d4, 2d4 becomes 1d6, 2d6 becomes 2d4, etc.).
Attack: Untyped damage, -1 damage per die.
Defense: Bonus to saves against [Air] and [Water] effects.
Skills: Swim, Tumble

Ideal Powers:

• Enhanced Speed (Ex): You gain an enhancement bonus to your speed equal to +5 feet per two Idealist levels (rounded down, minimum +5 feet) [Wyrmling]
  
• Obscuring Mist (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can use obscuring mist as a spell-like ability. [Juvenile]
  
• Air Mastery (Ex): As long as you are flying, you gain a bonus to all attack and damage rolls equal to half your Idealist level (rounded down, minimum +1). [Adult]
  
• Encrusting Salt (Su): Any creature who takes salt damage from this Ideal must make a Reflex save (DC 10 + 1/2 Idealist level + Charisma modifier) or be covered in binding salt.  Creatures crusted with salt suffer effects based on the number of saves they have failed against the effect. Each time a creature fails a save against this effect, it faces increasingly crippling effects in addition to the damage. An affected creature takes a -2 penalty on attacks, AC, Reflex saves, and Strength-, Dexterity-, and Constitution-based skill checks per failed save against the effect.  Additionally, a creature takes a -10 penalty on speed per failed save. A creature reduced to speed 0 cannot move; flying creatures crash to the ground.  The effects of this ability fade after 10 minutes, with all of the effects disappearing at once as the salt crumbles away. In addition, a gallon of water (or water-based liquid) can wash away the salt. Multiple attacks require an equal number of gallons of water. [Ancient] 
  
• Whirlwind (Sp): Three times per day, you can use whirlwind as a spell-like ability.  [Wyrm]
  

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Eberron Ideal Templates

A note on the Ideal Templates
The templates below are not separate Ideals to be learned the same way as other Ideals.  Instead, they are variations on the individual types of dragon which a particular Idealist might cleave to more than the normal Ideal for that dragon type.  An Idealist in a campaign which allows any of these templates can choose to learn a templated Ideal whenever he could learn an Ideal; this replaces his ability to learn the normal version of the chosen Ideal (for example, a character who learns the Loredrake Black Dragon Ideal cannot learn any other version of the Black Dragon Ideal, normal or otherwise).  An Idealist cannot learn two Ideals with the same template.  Each template alters the abilities given by an Ideal in some way, changing the skills, ideal powers, granted disciplines, and/or spells.

Child of Eberron

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Source: Dragons of Eberron

Breath Weapon: Unchanged
Attack: Unchanged
Defense: Unchanged
Skills: Replace one skill with Handle Animal

Ideal Powers:

• Wild Cohort (Ex): Replace the normal Wyrmling ideal power with this ability.  You gain the benefit of the Wild Cohort feat. [Wyrmling]
  

Flame of the Forge

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Source: Dragons of Eberron

Breath Weapon: Unchanged
Attack: Unchanged
Defense: Unchanged
Skills: Replace the skills with Craft (Alchemy) and Disable Device

Ideal Powers:

• Item Creation (Su): Replace the normal Juvenile ideal power with this ability.  You gain the Item Creation ability of a warcrafter of your Idealist level. [Juvenile]
  

Fortune's Fang

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Source: Dragons of Eberron

Breath Weapon: Unchanged
Attack: Unchanged
Defense: Unchanged
Skills: Replace one skill with Profession (Gambler)

Ideal Powers:

• Luck (Ex): Replace the normal Adult ideal power with this ability.  You may spend a use of your ideal powers as an immediate action to reroll a d20 roll you've just made, before you find out the result of the roll.  You must take the result of the second roll, even if it is worse. This counts as a luck reroll. [Adult]
  

Guide of the Weak

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Source: Dragons of Eberron

Breath Weapon: Replace the normal breath weapon with untyped nonlethal damage, standard die size
Attack: Replace the normal damage type with nonlethal damage, standard die size
Defense: Unchanged
Skills: Replace one skill with Survival

Ideal Powers:

• Strength Through Adversity (Su): Replace the normal Adult ideal power with this one.  Whenever you take damage, you may spend a use of your ideal powers to heal any ally other than you within 30 feet by an amount equal to half the damage you take (rounded down). [Adult]
  

Lightbringer

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Source: Dragons of Eberron

Breath Weapon: Unchanged
Attack: Unchanged
Defense: Unchanged
Skills: Replace one skill with Diplomacy

Ideal Powers:

• Turn Undead (Su): Replace the normal Wyrmling ideal power with this one.  You may spend a use of your ideal powers to duplicate the effect of a Turn Undead attempt made by a cleric of your Idealist level. [Wyrmling]
  

Loredrake

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Source: Dragons of Eberron

Breath Weapon: Unchanged
Attack: Unchanged
Defense: Unchanged
Skills: Replace one skill with Spellcraft

Ideal Powers:

• Harness the Power (Su): Replace the normal Juvenile ideal power with this one.  Increase the caster level for any spell-like abilities (or manifester level for psi-like abilities) that you gain from your Ideals by +2. [Juvenile]
  

Master of the Hoard

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Source: Dragons of Eberron

Breath Weapon: Unchanged
Attack: Unchanged
Defense: Unchanged
Skills: Replace one skill with Knowledge (Nobility and Royalty)

Ideal Powers:

• Emulate the Keeper (Sp): Replace the normal Wyrm ideal power with this one.  Once per day, you can use trap the soul as a spell-like ability.  You must provide the material component. [Wyrm]
  

Passion's Flame

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Source: Dragons of Eberron

Breath Weapon: Unchanged
Attack: Unchanged
Defense: Unchanged
Skills: Replace one skill with Intimidate

Ideal Powers:

• Rage (Ex): Replace the normal Wyrmling ideal power with this one.  You can spend a use of your ideal powers to Rage, as a barbarian of your Idealist level.  You do not gain any higher-tier rage abilities, such as Mighty Rage or Tireless Rage. [Wyrmling]
  

Stalking Wyrm

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Source: Dragons of Eberron

Breath Weapon: Unchanged
Attack: Unchanged
Defense: Unchanged
Skills: Replace skill with Bluff, Survival

Ideal Powers:

• Favored Enemy (Ex): Replace the normal Wyrmling ideal power with this one.  You choose one Favored Enemy, as per the Ranger class feature.  You may change your Favored Enemy each time you express this Ideal. [Wyrmling]
  

Wyrm of War

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Source: Dragons of Eberron

Breath Weapon: Unchanged
Attack: Unchanged
Defense: Unchanged
Skills: Unchanged

Ideal Powers:

• Martial Prowess (Ex): Replace the normal Adult ideal power with this one.  You gain one [Fighter] feat of your choice as a bonus feat while expressing this Ideal.  You must meet the prerequisites of the feat you select, but you may select the feat as if your Fighter level was equal to your Idealist level.  You may choose a different feat each time you express this Ideal. [Adult]
  

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Other Ideal Templates

A note on the Ideal Templates
The templates below are not separate Ideals to be learned the same way as other Ideals.  Instead, they are variations on the individual types of dragon which a particular Idealist might cleave to more than the normal Ideal for that dragon type.  An Idealist in a campaign which allows any of these templates can choose to learn a templated Ideal whenever he could learn an Ideal; this replaces his ability to learn the normal version of the chosen Ideal (for example, a character who learns the Loredrake Black Dragon Ideal cannot learn any other version of the Black Dragon Ideal, normal or otherwise).  An Idealist cannot learn two Ideals with the same template.  Each template alters the abilities given by an Ideal in some way, changing the skills, ideal powers, granted disciplines, and/or spells.

Nameless Dragon

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Source: Dragon 313 (Psychosis)

Breath Weapon: Unchanged
Attack: Unchanged
Defense: Unchanged
Skills: Replace one skill with Truespeak

Ideal Powers:

• Inviolate Name (Su): If the normal Wyrmling ideal power is a spell-like ability, replace it with this one; otherwise, keep the normal ability.  You are aware whenever a creature speaks your name within a radius of 1 mile per Idealist level.  You know the direction and distance to the location where your name was spoken, and if that location is on another plane.  The awareness of the location fades after 24 hours.  [Wyrmling]
  
• Vanished History (Ex): If the normal Juvenile ideal power is a spell-like ability, replace it with this one; otherwise, keep the normal ability.  Any creature attempting a bardic knowledge, Gather Information, Knowledge, Lore, or similar check involving you must succeed at a DC equal to 10 + your Idealist level.  [Juvenile]
  
• Magic Disconnection (Ex): If the normal Adult ideal power is a spell-like ability, replace it with this one; otherwise, keep the normal ability.  You gain spell resistance 5 + your Idealist level, which you can raise or lower as a free action.  If you already have spell resistance from another source, instead increase it by +5. [Adult]
  
• Absence (Su): If the normal Ancient ideal power is a spell-like ability, replace it with this one; otherwise, keep the normal ability.  You function continuously under the benefit of a nondetection spell, with a caster level equal to your Idealist level. [Ancient]
  
• Mindless (Ex): If the normal Wyrm ideal power is a spell-like ability, replace it with this one; otherwise, keep the normal ability.  You are immune to mind-affecting effects. [Wyrm]
  

Ravening Dragon

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Source: Dragon 313 (Psychosis)

Breath Weapon: Unchanged
Attack: Unchanged
Defense: Unchanged
Skills: Replace one skill with Heal

Ideal Powers:

• Ravening Power (Su): Replace the normal Juvenile ideal power with this one.  Any creature who strikes you in melee combat takes 1d6 + Idealist level energy damage (of the normal type associated with the Ideal); however, when this happens, you must either spend a use of your ideal powers, or have a 25% chance to take 1 Constitution damage.  [Juvenile]
  

Riddled Dragon

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Source: Dragon 313 (Psychosis)

Breath Weapon: Unchanged
Attack: Unchanged
Defense: Unchanged
Skills: Replace one skill with Concentration

Ideal Powers:

• Analytical Mind (Su): Replace the normal Wyrmling ideal power with this one.  You gain a +2 enhancement bonus to Intelligence, and use Intelligence in place of Charisma for all of your Ideal-related abilities.  The enhancement bonus increases by +2 for every 6 Idealist levels you attain. [Wyrmling]
  

Spellhoarding Dragon

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Source: Dragon 313 (Psychosis)

Breath Weapon: Unchanged
Attack: Unchanged
Defense: Unchanged
Skills: Replace one skill with Decipher Script

Ideal Powers:

• Spellcatching (Su): Replace the normal Ancient ideal power with this one.  If you have an ideal power which is a spell-like ability, you can spend a use of your ideal powers as an immediate action to counterspell any spell which targets you, as long as the level of the cast spell is no higher than the level of your spell-like ability.  For example, an Idealist expressing the Spellhoarding Bronze Dragon Ideal could spend an ideal power use to counterspell any spell of 3rd level or lower that targeted him with is Sustenance ideal power. [Ancient]
  

Wandering Dragon

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Source: Dragon 313 (Psychosis)

Breath Weapon: Unchanged
Attack: Unchanged
Defense: Unchanged
Skills: Replace one skill with Disguise

Ideal Powers:

• Spontaneous Illusions (Su): Replace the normal Wyrmling ideal power with this one.  At the beginning of each encounter, if you have any uses of your ideal powers remaining, you automatically spend a use of your ideal powers surround yourself with spontaneous, ever-changing illusions.  This effect is a spread centered on you, with a radius equal to 10 feet times your Idealist level.  All attacks (including yours) made within or into the area suffer a 20% miss chance, and any creature attempting a Constitution-, Dexterity-, or Strength-based skill check suffers a -4 penalty.  Because the illusions generate both visual and audible effects, the miss chance also applies to creatures that use sonic-based blindsight or blindsense. [Wyrmling]
  
• Restless Energy (Su): Replace the normal Adult ideal power with this one.  You can spend a use of your ideal powers as a free action to gain the benefit of the haste spell for a number of rounds equal to 1/2 your Idealist level. [Adult]
  

Wyrm Warrior

• Discipline: Replace the normal discipline with
  
• Exotic Weapons: Change to net, whip, and war fan
  

Xorvintaal Dragon

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Source: MMV

Breath Weapon: Unchanged
Attack: Unchanged
Defense: Unchanged
Skills: Replace one skill with Bluff

Ideal Powers:
Choose up to two of the following ability replacements.  You cannot choose two abilities which replace the same ability (e.g., you cannot choose two Juvenile abilities).

• Intimidating Presence (Ex): Replace the normal Wyrmling ideal power with this one.  You can spend a use of your ideal powers as a swift action to intimidate a creature within 30 feet.  Make an Intimidate check opposed by the creature's modified level check (1d20 + Hit Dice + Wis modifier + modifiers on saves vs fear).  If you succeed at the check, that creature's attitude shifts to Friendly as long as it is within 30 feet of you, and for 1d6x10 minutes once it is out of range.  After this time, the creature's attitude shifts to Unfriendly (or, if it was already Unfriendly, it shifts to Hostile).  [Wyrmling]
  
• Berserker Power (Ex): Replace the normal Juvenile ideal power with this one.  Whenever you are at half your normal maximum hit point total or lower, you gain a morale bonus to attack and damage rolls equal to half your Idealist level (rounded down, minimum +1). [Juvenile]
  
• Energy Aura (Su): Replace the normal Juvenile ideal power with this one.  You can spend a use of your ideal powers to wreathe yourself in an energy aura for a number of rounds equal to your Charisma modifier.  Each round at the beginning of your turn, all creatures adjacent to you take damage equal to your Idealist level, of the normal type for this Ideal.  [Juvenile]
  
• Deep Breath (Su): Replace the normal Adult ideal power with this one.  You may spend a use of your ideal powers as a move action to charge up your breath weapon.  If you use your breath weapon on the following round, you deal 4 extra dice of damage (of the appropriate size), and gain a +4 to your breath weapon DC. [Adult]
  
• Dragon Eyes (Sp): Replace the normal Adult ideal power with this one.  You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use prying eyes as a spell-like ability. [Adult]
  
• Dragon Toxin (Su): Replace the normal Ancient ideal power with this one.  Your natural weapons drip with a corrosive toxin.  A creature who has been wounded by any of your attacks takes additional damage equal to your Idealist level at the start of your turn (multiple wounds do not stack).  Any amount of magical healing removes the toxin, though such an event leaves a creature vulnerable to the toxin once more.  [Ancient]
  
• Twist of Fate (Su): Replace the normal Ancient ideal power with this one. When subject to a targeted spell, you can spend a use of your ideal powers as an immediate action to gain a bonus on a single save equal to 1/2 your Idealist level.  However, you suffer a -2 penalty on all further saves for 1d4 rounds. [Ancient]
  
• Rejuvenation (Su): Replace the normal Wyrm ideal power with this one.  When you reach –10 hit points, as long as you have at least 5 ideal power uses remaining, you don't actually die.  All life functions cease, however, and you are functionally a corpse for the purpose of resolving all spells that affect dead bodies. It takes a Heal check (DC 20 + 1/2 your Idealist level) to detect any vital signs. You remain at –10 hit points no matter what damage or healing you receive. Death effects still affect you normally, and dismembering or skinning your corpse is sufficient to kill you.  When 10 minutes have passed since you last took damage, you automatically spend 5 uses of your ideal powers and gain fast healing 10. You still appear dead until you reach your full normal hit points.   [Wyrm]
  

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Prestige Ideals

You may only learn these Ideals as a result of attaining 5th level in the King's Heart (Platinum), Queen's Head (Five-Fold), or Ruby's Claw (Ruby) prestige classes.

Five-fold Dragon

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Source: Manual of the Planes

Breath Weapon: Five-fold amalgam damage of the standard die size - simultaneously acid, cold, electricity, and fire damage. Five-fold damage bypasses a creature's energy resistance or immunity unless the creature is resistant or immune to all four damage types.  Five-fold damage deals additional damage to a creature which is vulnerable to any of its four energy types.
Attack: Five-fold amalgam damage of the standard die size - simultaneously acid, cold, electricity, and fire damage. Five-fold damage bypasses a creature's energy resistance or immunity unless the creature is resistant or immune to all four damage types.  Five-fold damage deals additional damage to a creature which is vulnerable to any of its four energy types.
Defense: Any one of acid, cold, electricity, or fire resistance; change energy type as a swift action.
Skills: Knowledge (Religion), Spot

Ideal Powers:

• Immunities (Ex): You are immune to poison, sleep, and paralysis effects. [Wyrmling]
  
• Keen Senses (Ex): You gain low-light vision, and darkvision out to a range of 60 feet, if you do not have them already. In addition, you gain the extraordinary ability to see invisible or ethereal creatures, as per the see invisibility spell, at a range of 10 feet times your Idealist level. [Juvenile]
  
• Poisonous Sting (Ex): You gain a secondary sting natural attack which deals 1d6 piercing base damage (for a Medium creature).  Additionally, any creature struck by your sting must make a Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 Idealist level + Charisma modifier) or be poisoned with an injury poison (Fort negates; 2d6 Con/2d6 Con). [Adult]
  
• Frightful Presence (Su): You can unsettle foes with your mere presence. This ability takes effect automatically whenever you attack, charge, or fly overhead. Creatures within a radius of 10 feet times your Charisma modifier are subject to the effect if they have Hit Dice equal to or less than your Idealist level.
  
  An affected creature can resist the effects by manual a Will save (DC 10 + 1/2 Idealist level + Charisma modifier). A successful saving throw makes a creature immune to your frightful presence for 24 hours. Creatures with 4 Hit Dice or fewer become panicked for 2d6 rounds if they fail their saving throws, while creatures with 5 or more Hit Dice become shaken for 2d6 rounds on a failed save. Evil dragons (and Idealists expressing the Platinum Dragon Ideal) ignore the effects of your frightful presence.
  
  If you already have Frightful Presence from another source, you instead use the better version, and increase the DC by +2. [Ancient]
  
• Dominate Dragon (Su): Once per day, you may use dominate monster as a spell-like ability, against dragons and Idealists only.  The save DC for this effect is 10 + 1/2 Idealist level + your Charisma modifier. [Wyrm]
  

Platinum Dragon

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Source: Manual of the Planes

Breath Weapon: Cold damage, standard die size.
Attack: Cold damage, standard die size.
Defense: Any one of acid, cold, electricity, or fire resistance; change energy type as a swift action.
Skills: Diplomacy, Spot

Ideal Powers:

• Evilsense (Su): You can sense the location and aura of evil creatures.  The effect is similar to that of a detect evil spell, but this ability does not require concentration and discerns aura location and strength more quickly.  You automatically know the location (and aura strength, if applicable) of all evil creatures within 30 feet.  Creatures which you cannot actually see still have total concealment against you. [Wyrmling]
  
• Ethos Smite (Su): You may spend a use of your ideal powers as a free action while making an attack against an evil creature to make a Smite attack.  This attack gains a bonus to the attack roll equal to your Charisma modifier, and deals maximum damage.  If you use this ability when attacking a non-evil creature, it has no effect and the ideal powers use is wasted. [Juvenile]
  
• Gaseous Breath (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to turn your breath weapon into swirling mist. Any creatures within the area must make a Will save or be stunned, and a Fortitude save or be forced into gaseous form (as the spell).  The effects of this breath weapon last for 1 round per 2 dice of damage that your breath weapon would normally deal. [Adult]
  
• True Seeing (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use true seeing as a spell-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Disintegration Breath (Sp): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to turn your breath weapon into beam of bright blue light. This light deals maximum damage; any creature reduced to 0 or fewer hit points by this beam is entirely disintegrated, leaving behind only a trace of fine dust. A disintegrated creature’s equipment is unaffected. [Wyrm]
  

Ruby Dragon

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Source: Mind's Eye Article 01-24-2003

Breath Weapon: Fire damage, standard die size
Attack: Fire damage, standard die size
Defense: Any one of acid, cold, electricity, or fire resistance; change energy type as a swift action.
Skills: Bluff, Use Psionic Device

Ideal Powers:

• Command Animals (Su): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you can command snakes or other reptiles as a cleric commands undead. [Wyrmling]
  
• Breath of Force (Su): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to turn your breath weapon into a beam of pure force. The damage from this breath weapon is untyped and carries the [Force] descriptor; you may deal nonlethal damage if you choose. [Juvenile]
  
• Breath of Light (Su): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to turn your breath weapon into a lance of brilliant light. In addition to taking normal (untyped) damage, any creature which fails its Reflex save is also blinded for 1 round per 2 dice of damage that your breath weapon dealt. [Adult]
  
• Dispel Psionics (Ps): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use dispel psionics as a psi-like ability. [Ancient]
  
• Psionic Mastery (Ps): You can spend uses of your ideal powers to produce psionic effects.  As a psi-like ability, you can replicate the effect of any clairsentience power by spending a number of ideal power uses equal to the power's level.  Activating this ability requires the same action type which manifesting the power would normally require.  You cannot use this ability to replicate powers which carry XP costs. [Wyrm]
  

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Epic Dragon Ideals

Force Dragon [Epic]

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Source: SRD

Breath Weapon: Untyped, counts as a [Force] effect, standard die size
Attack: Untyped, counts as a [Force] effect, standard die size
Defend: Immunity to [Force] effects
Skills: Concentration, Craft (Sculpture)

Ideal Powers:

• Deflecting Force (Su): You are surrounded by a shield of force that provides a deflection bonus to AC equal to your Charisma modifier. [Epic]
  
• Displacement (Su): Enemies who attempt to attack you suffer a 50% miss chance.  A creature with true seeing must succeed at a caster level check (DC 10 + your Idealist level) to avoid the miss chance.[Epic]
  
• Forcecage (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use forcecage as a spell-like ability. [Epic]
  
• Maze (Sp): By spending a use of your ideal powers, you may use maze as a spell-like ability. [Epic]
  

Prismatic Dragon [Epic]

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Source: SRD

Breath Weapon: Instead of a normal breath weapon, creatures in the area are subjected to a prismatic spray effect, with a caster level equal to your Idealist level.
Attack: Instead of extra damage, struck creatures are subjected to a prismatic ray effect, with a caster level equal to your Idealist level.
Defend: Immunity to blindness and [Light] effects
Skills: Disguise, Spellcraft

Ideal Powers:

• Epic scales (Ex): You gain damage reduction /epic equal to half your Idealist level (rounded down, minimum 1). [Epic]
  
• Prismatic Sphere (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use prismatic sphere as a spell-like ability. [Epic]
  
• Rainbow Weave (Su): You can spend a use of your ideal powers as a standard action to create a weave of multicolored light which fascinates creatures around you.  This ability works as the rainbow pattern spell, with the following exceptions: it does not allow spell resistance, and is not a Mind-Affecting effect; the save DC is 10 + 1/2 Idealist level + your Charisma modifier; and the maximum HD of creatures affected is twice your Idealist level. [Epic]
  
• Sunbeam (Sp): You can use sunbeam as a spell-like ability at will. [Epic]
  

Time Dragon [Epic]

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Source: Dragon #359

Breath Weapon: Instead of a normal breath weapon, creatures and objects in the area age 1 year per 2 dice of damage you would normally deal.  This deals 1 point of Constitution damage per year aged to creatures (Fortitude half), and reduces the hardness of objects by 1 per year aged.
Attack: 1 Constitution damage per die it would have normally dealt.
Defend: Immunity to slow effects
Skills: Knowledge (History), Knowledge (the Planes)

Ideal Powers:

• Draconic Surge (Ex): Twice per day, you can spend a use of your ideal powers as a swift action to gain an additional move or standard action during your turn. [Epic]
  
• Time Expulsion (Su): You can spend a use of your ideal powers to turn your breath weapon into zone of time expulsion.  Creatures within the area are shunted forward in time if they fail a Will save; they disappear and are unable to act for 1 round per 2 dice of damage you would normally deal, before reappearing in the square from which they left.  This effect is similar to the time hop psionic power, but without any chance of exiting the time hop early. [Epic] 
  
• Time Mastery (Su): You are continuously under the effects of a haste spell.  You cannot suppress this effect; if it is dispelled, the effect automatically resumes (with no effort or attention on your part) at the beginning of your next turn. [Epic]
  
• Time Stop (Sp): You may spend a use of your ideal powers to use time stop as a spell-like ability. Once you have used this ability, you may not use it again for 2d4 rounds.  [Epic]