V9:Red Drake

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Red Drake
Description		Drakes are lesser cousins to true dragons. They are smaller and not as powerful but much easier to train, so they are often used as guardians or beasts of war.
Roleplay Inspiration		I am basically a feral dragon. I breathe fire and rampage through my foes with tooth, claw, and tail. My scaly hide protects me from harm and my strength overwhelms those before me.
Playstyle		Damage, Frontline, Melee, Durable
Class Identifier		Red Draconic Mask or otherwise be clearly identifiable as a red drake to other players.
Weapons		Dagger, Short, Flail, Great, Reach
Shields		None
Armor		Up to 5pts Physical Armor per hit location. May gain 🌶️Low Armor Compensation as indicated below. 16-25pts = No compensation. 6-15pts = +2 Fireballs or +1 use of Elemental Barrage 0-5pts = +4 Fireballs or +2 uses of Elemental Barrage
Garb Bonus		Choice of Garb Bonus Curio. +1 use if Superior Garb Bonus.

Monster Abilities You always get these abilities when you play this monster. Your monster level may increase the amount of uses you receive. Text in italics represents flavor suggestions for the associated abilities. They have no functional impact on gameplay.		Tooth and Claw - Giant Strength (T) Firebreathing - Fireball - 🌶️ 1 Ball/Level Firebreathing - Elemental Barrage - 2/Life ♻20 🌶️Breath Weapon: Fireball (T) Red Drakes can only use their Fireballs while affected by Elemental Barrage. Further, the effect of their Elemental Barrage ends if they aggress with anything other than a Fireball.

⬗ = Does not require Free Hand

♻ = Rest Time

🌶️ = Experimental Rule

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Extra Clarifications

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List of Monster-Specific Abilities

Elemental Barrage
Simple Summary	Elemental Barrage: Incant "I am filled with the power of magic", and you can cast spellballs by saying their name and throwing them until you pick up a ball or cast a non-ball spell.
Available to	Druid, Wizard, Monster (Red Drake)
Type	Verbal (Non-Offensive)
Range	Self
Incantation	"I am filled with the power of magic"
Effects	Status Effect: Caster may cast Spellballs by saying the name of the spellball immediately before or during the throwing motion instead of priming it with the listed incantation. Casting spellballs this way may be done while moving. This effect ends whenever the caster retrieves a spellball or uses a non-spellball ability.
V8 Transition Note:	The alternate method of casting is still casting and can be prevented by suppression and other effects that prevent casting.

Fireball
Simple Summary	Fireball: Incant "The power of flame is mine to evoke" x2 to prime a red spellball. It’s Weapon, Shield, and Armor Destroying, and Wounds Kill.
Available to	Anti-Paladin, Monk, Wizard, Monster (Red Drake)
Type	Spellball
Range	Strike
Material Components	Red Spellball
Incantation	"The power of flame is mine to evoke" x2
Effects	Immediate Effect: Damage, Armor Destroying, Shield Destroying, Weapon Destroying, Wounds Kill.

Giant Strength
Simple Summary	Giant Strength: Your melee weapons are Armor Breaking. If they were already built to be Armor Breaking, they’re also Shield Crushing.
Available to	Barbarian, Druid, Monk, Wizard, Monster (Red Drake)
Type	Enchantment
Range	5ft (Other) - Druid, Wizard As Trait - Barbarian, Red Drake
Incantation	"I enchant thee with the strength of giants" x3
Effects	Enchantment Effect: Bearer's wielded melee weapons become Armor Breaking. Melee weapons that are already Armor Breaking also become Shield Crushing.
Other Details	Melee weapons that are already Armor Breaking and Shield Crushing do not receive any additional benefit.

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Trivia

• To be added.

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Photo Gallery

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  Photo provided by Leo (Jason Carter) of the Kingdom of Desert Winds.

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  Photo provided by Theseus of the Kingdom of Desert Winds.

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