Red Dragon Evil

The most powerful of evil dragonkind, red dragons are greedy and covetous. They begrudgingly cooperate with other dragons, but refuse orders if they disagree. They love death and destruction and are fanatically loyal to the God of Darkness.

Red dragons lair in hills and mountains so they can watch the goings-on around them. The strongest among their multi-hued brethren, they are quick to point out their superiority. Like greens, they avoid actually grappling with their quarry.

Whether picking a fight or serving in an army's assault, red dragons begin with spells, especially those that leave a foe's valuable possessions intact. Since their breath is a fiery cone of white-hot flame that melts coins and destroys magic and gems, reds use it as a last resort.

Immunities and resistances

• Immune: its own breath weapon. Every chromatic dragon is immune to its own breath. (dsl-mud.org Dragons of Algoron; change note 6 (1998-06-12))

Dragonskin set bonus

Wearing the full set of crafted Red dragonskin armor: Successful attacks occasionally add a burst of fire damage.

change note 1150 (2026-08-13). No bonus has a published size; the notes say "occasionally", "a solid chance" and "a small chance". How sets work: dragonskin sets.

Alterform races

Human, Dark Elf, Ogre. The available races change by dragon type (Evil dragons here); the game's help alterform lists them per type, not per color. (game help alterform, updated 2026-11-01)

At a glance

Family

Chromatic Dragons (Evil)

Breath weapon

Fire

Dragonskin resists

Fire

Immune to

its own breath weapon

Remort race

RedDragon

Ages, vitality and the thrones are the same for every dragon (alterform races change by type): dragon basics.