Dragonne

Dragonnes usually attack fint with their front claws and their terrible jaws. This is usually enough to slay most of the creatures the dragonne encounters. If a dragonne is in combat with an espedany deadly opponent, or is wounded in a battle with a lesser opponent, however, it will use its deadly roar. A dragonne‘s roar causes fear in all creatures within 120 feet of the monster. Worse still, any creature within 30 feet of the dragonne when it roars are deafened for a minute. The dragonne’s roar can only be used three times a day. Although a dragonne‘s wings are useful only for short periods of time, carrying the creature for only a few minutes at a time, the dragonne uses its wings very effectively in battle. If any creatures attempt to charge the dragonne or encircle it, the dragonne simply takes to the air and finds a more defensible position. It can fight with its claws and bite, and even its roar, when airborne, so it remains almost as deadly in the air as on the ground, though it prefers not to. 

Dragonnes prefer to dwell in rocky foothills and deserts. They take large, natural caves for their lairs and store their small amounts of treasure, usually taken from slain adventurers, in loose piles around their rocky homes. Their territories are usually very large, as they generally inhabit desolate areas. They cannot bear the company of other dragonnes, and the creatures are found in pairs only during their brief matii season, late in the autumn. Dragonnes lay eggs, like their reptilian ancestors, and only one egg is produced a year by any dragonne. The female raises this young dragonne for one year, after which time even a mother and her young will be unfriendly if they meet. Male dragonnes are always antagonistic toward each other. In fact, dragonnes get along with very few creatures, and are considered a menace by most sentient races. More than anything, however, dragonnes wish to be left alone to hunt. 

The dragonne prefers herd animals like goats for food, especially since they don‘t fight back as fiercely as humans. It only attacks a human or demihuman for food if no other game is available. Dragonnes are not necessarily aggressive toward strangers, and the creature’s reputation as a mindless devourer of helpless travelers is more the product of ignorance than weU-marched fact. A dragonne will almost always attack any creature that invades its lair or threatens its temtory. This means that adventurers who stumble aaoss a dragonne’s cave or settlers who decide to build in a dragonne‘s territory are often subject to fierce and immediate attack. Creatures not threatening the dragonne‘s lair or simply passing through its territory are usually left alone.