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| Race | Tan Dragon |
| Over-race | Dragon |
| Classification | Sundry |
| Family | Vermeil Blade |
| Sphere | Skill |
| Origin | Developed as dragons absorbed Damaskian power and psionics |
| Lifespan | 100,000 years |
| Habitat | Deep mountain lakes |
| Food | Omnivorous/energies |
| Description | At birth, all dragons look like large, pink worms. At maturity, dragons grow to be long, ichthyosaur-like tan scaled aquatic reptiles with two heads. |
| Procreation | Dragons mate with each other only. Without intense supernatural interference, half-dragons are an impossibility. Dragons lay one to three eggs at a time. Upon hatching, a dragon immediately begins absorbing background energies. All dragon eggs are filled with pure, liquid draconic energy, which sustains the baby dragon upon hatching. |
| Esoterica | Tan dragons accumulate vast amounts of Damaskian power and psionic energy. Shebv heya, fate, determination resonance, muscle, and various forms of aether are common, especially currents. Other powers vary. Divine energies are not unheard of. |
| Special Powers | 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:
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 instill skill, craft body, skill drain, and improve skill. |
| Alternate Forms | Tan dragons sometimes take the form of an adal'bran if they need to. |
| Weaknesses | Damaging their memory can render them powerless. |
| Subspecies | Bell dragons are tan dragons with more Damaskian power and psionic power than usual. They tend to grow large sets of bat wings and hind claws and take to the skies, finding roosts near water. They have a roar like a ringing bell that is a challenge to all who hear it. Bell dragons often pick fights with it, using their powers to steal the skills of those beings they fight. |
| Culture | Tan dragons lay their eggs at the bottom of deep lakes. The parents raise the young in small schools of dragons beneath the water. At maturity, tan dragons seek to learn new skills and find new items for the hoard, wandering for a while as kren-ikel. When they return (usually bringing a mate), they take up a task within the school based on what they learned. When they grow old, they usually fall into the roles of teachers. Every tribe is led by the dragon with the most skill at leading. |
| Notables | Nyl, Tan Dragon Manifest |
| Sample statistics | For all draconic powers, the rule is 1 point in a stat costs 6 points of an energy. (Mature) PRO 19 ATH 20 STR 37 AWA 23 WIL 22 ROG 13 (Mature) PRO 19 ATH 20 STR 37 AWA 23 WIL 22 ROG 13 |
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