Dragons gain new powers as they accumulate more energies. At each stage of growth, they gain a new ability, usually culminating with the twelfth ability when they accumulate . The usual progression of powers is as follows:

• Level 1: Spitting venom breath weapon
• Level 2: Immunity to curses
• Level 3: Immunity to deception
• Level 4: Immunity to entropy
• Level 5: Scale grants bearer bad luck
• Level 6: Zone of accidents
• Level 7: Cause disaster, once per year
• Level 8: Vanish, once a month
• Level 9: Sense luck
• Level 10: Imprison
• Level 11: Summon asps
• Level 12: Cause eternal bad luck

All dragons accumulate energies by absorbing them naturally from the area around them. As such, they must carefully cultivate their lairs to provide the right kinds of energies, hence they hoard appropriate objects.

Other common powers include cause major misfortune, cause major accident, luckbreak, mindflaying, and empathy.