The pink dragon is a very, very rare species of chromatic dragon. It is known for its unusual breath weapon of soap bubbles.
Description[]
Appearance and personality[]
Pink dragons, true to their name, have a delicate pink coloration. They are often said to be "dopey-looking".[1]
Pink dragons love to talk and make jokes but, while not actually malevolent, are prone to eating those who don't laugh at their jokes.[1]
Abilities[]
Special abilities[]
Pink dragons lack the fear-inducing aura of other true dragons and their innate magical abilities are erratic: only a fifth of of pink dragons can cast spells, always as illusionists.[1]
Pink dragons are best known for their unusual breath weapon: a special gland mixes a fatty secretion with a lye-like liquid and the resulting goop comes out as many, many bubbles, forming a cloud some 60 ft long, 50 ft wide, and 20ft high. The soap-like substance is painful if it gets into the eyes, and the cloud overall effectively blinds those within it. The pain is sufficiently distracting as to render fighting impractical. Pink dragons are immune to their own breath weapon by virtue of a transparent third eyelid and bat-like sonar.[1]
Combat[]
Despite their decidedly ridiculous appearance, pink dragons were quite dangerous in combat and many adventurers fatally underestimated them because of their coloring. Pink dragons typically used their breath weapon in combat before relying on their claws and teeth.[1]
Ecology[]
Pink dragons are exceptionally rare, and are known to live in most any terrain. They typically make their homes in underground lairs.[1]
Publication history[]
AD&D 2nd edition[]
The pink dragon was first mentioned in Not Necessarily the Monstrous Compendium, Dragon #156 (Apr 1990). The article featured several joke monsters, including the gello monster, death sheep and killer spruce.
A pink dragon was mentioned in FOR1 Draconomicon (2e) (1990), p.64-65 as a posible blend between a white and a red dragon.
Novels[]
Creative origins[]
The pink dragon was an original creation of Jeanne McGuire, submitted to Dragon magazine and used in the issue #156 article. McGuire's contributions to Dragon began with a reader's letter in issue #120, on the topic of women in gaming, and was followed by an article in Dragon #138 before this one.
The earliest known reference to a "pink dragon" was Strategic Review #2 (Apr 1976), "Hints for D&D Judges, Part I: Towns", where someone is called"a son of a pink dragon" as an insult.
References[]
| True dragons | |
|---|---|
| Metallic dragons | Gold • Silver • Bronze • Copper • Brass • Mercury • Mithral • Nickel • Orium • Platinum |
| Ferrous dragons | Chromium • Cobalt • Electrum • Iron • Nickel • Steel • Tungsten |
| Chromatic dragons | Black • White • Blue • Green • Red • Brown • Gray • Orange • Pink • Purple • Deep • Rainbow • Salt • Yellow |
| Gem dragons | Amber • Amethyst • Beljuril • Emerald • Jacinth • Jade • Moonstone • Sapphire • Pearl • Topaz • Crystal • Obsidian • Ruby |
| Lung dragons | Chiang lung ⟨River dragon⟩ • Li lung ⟨Earth dragon⟩ • Lung wang ⟨Sea dragon⟩ • Pan lung ⟨Coiled dragon⟩ • Shen lung ⟨Spirit dragon⟩ • T'ien lung ⟨Celestial dragon⟩ • Tun mi lung ⟨Typhoon dragon⟩ • Yu lung ⟨Carp dragon⟩ |
| Planar dragons | Adamantine • Arboreal • Astral • Axial • Battle • Beast • Blazewyrm • Blight • Chaos • Chole • Concordant • Deathmask • Ectoplasmic • Elysian • Ethereal • Frostforged wyrm • Gloom • Hellfire wyrm • Howling • Mirage • Oceanus • Pact • Pyroclastic • Radiant • Rust • Shadow • Styx • Tarterian • Wretch |
| Arcane dragons | Hex • Tome |
| Spelljamming dragons | Moon/lunar • Star/celestial • Sun/solar |
| Epic dragons | Force • Prismatic • Time |
| Catastrophic dragons | Avalanche • Blizzard • Earthquake • Tornado • Typhoon • Wildfire • Volcanic |
| Miscellaneous true dragons | Abyssal drake • Albino wyrm • Aquatic • Cerilian • Cloud • Cobra • Coin • Dzalmus • Greyhawk • Hawkdragon • Incarnum • Jabberwock • Mist • Night • Paper • Phase • Rattelyr • Sand • Scintillating • Sea • Song • Stellar • Stone • Sunwyrm • Vishap |
| Dragon psychoses | Nameless • Ravening • Riddled • Spellhoarding • Wandering |
| Draconic transformations | Air • Ascendant • Brainstealer • Hidecarved • Elder brain |
| Lesser dragons | |
| Elemental drakes | Air • Earth • Fire • Water • Ice • Magma • Ooze • Smoke |
| Felldrakes | Crested • Horned • Spitting • Spiked |
| Greater drakes | Arsalon • Barautha ⟨Spitting drake⟩ • Ermalkankari ⟨Stone drake⟩ • Kavainus • Mardallond ⟨Mead drake⟩ • Retchenbeast • Rivilithis • Trilligarg ⟨Chameleon drake⟩ • Vallochar ⟨Web drake⟩ • Vandalraug |
| Miscellaneous drakes | Ambush • Black firedrake • Crystal • Demon • Glacierdrak • Gravewyrm • Dragonne • Guard • Faerie • Mind • Portal • Rage • Shadow • Space • Storm • Vulture • Wyvern |
| Dragonets | Amphitere • Common dragonet • Crow's-nest • Draken • Faerie • Firedrake • Geyser • Ice Lizard • Kodragon • Minidragon • Mole • Pavillion • Pseudodragon |
| Landwyrms | Desert • Forest • Hill • Jungle • Mountain • Plains • Swamp • Tundra • Underdark |
| Linnorms | Corpse tearer • Dread • Flame • Forest • Frost • Gray • Land • Rain • Sea • Swamp • Stygian |
| Wurms | Cave • Forest • Grassland • Hill • Lava • Mountain • River • Sand • Sea • Storm • Swamp • Tundra |
| Miscellaneous lesser dragons | Dragon eel • Dragon tortoise • Dragon turtle • Dragonnel • Dweomervore • Hatori (Tylor) • Ibrandlin • Rock wyrm • Scalamagdrion • Sea serpent • Sea wyrm • Ssvaklor • Sunwyrm • Velroc • Wyvern |
| Related creatures | |
| Dragonbloods | Draconic creature • Dragonborn of Bahamut • Dragonspawn • Half-dragon (Drow-dragon (shadow) • Drow-dragon (deep)) • Kobold (Dragonwrought • Urd) • Weredragon • Zar'ithra • Zekyl |
| Hybrid monsters | Dracimera • Dracolisk • Mantidrake • Wyvern drake |
| Undead dragons | Dracolich • Dragonwight • Ghast • Ghost • Ghostly • Ghoul • Guardian • Hoarder • Mummy • Skeletal • Spectre • Rathrea • Vampiric • Wight • Wrath • Zombie |
| Miscellaneous related creatures | Abishai • Dracon • Draconian • Dracohydra • Dracosphinx • Dracotaur • Dragonborn • Dragonkin • Fire dragon • Fume drake • Gargouille • Hai Riyo • Krolli • Lesser Cetus • Mantidrake • Pleuda • Sirrush • Ssvaklor • Vishap • Ukuyatangi ⟨Jungle Hydra⟩ |