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“On the other hand, Confucius is made to say to his disciples, ‘I know how birds can fly, how fishes can swim, and how animals can run. But the runner may be snared, the swimmer may be hooked, and the flyer may be shot by the arrow. But there is the dragon. I cannot tell how he mounts on the wind through the clouds, and rises to heaven. Today I have seen Lao-tsze, and can only compare him to the dragon.’”<br>
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-Life of Confucius<br>
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“This Dragon had Two furious Wings<br>
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Each one upon each Shoulder;<br>
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With a Sting in his Tail as long as a Flail,<br>
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Which made him bolder and bolder.<br>
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He had long Claws, and in his Jaws<br>
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Four and forty Teeth of Iron;<br>
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With a Hide as tough, as any Buff,<br>
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Which did him round environ.”<br>
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-“An Excellent Ballad of a most dreadful Combat, fought between Moore of Moore-Hall, and the Dragon of Wantley”, retold by Ambrose Philips, _A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies Extant. With Introductions Historical, Critical, Or Humorous_. 1723.}}
 
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Revision as of 22:53, 29 August 2014

Version 0.13: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

For a list of all dragons, see list of dragons.

storm dragon DStorm dragon.png
HP 87-123
HD 14
XP 2315
Speed 12
AC 13
EV 10
Will 93
Attack1 25 (bite: plain)
Attack2 15 (claw: plain)
Attack3 15 (trample: plain)
Resistances rC+, rElec+++,
rDrown, rWater
Vulnerabilities Dragon Slaying
Habitat Land
Intelligence Animal
Uses Uses nothing
Holiness Natural
Size Giant
Type dragon, storm dragon
Flags Fake spells
Flying
Warm-blooded
Silence immune
A huge and very powerful dragon, with hide of thick matte scales, almost like blue rubber, and enormous scaly wings, along which sparks are continually crackling.

“On the other hand, Confucius is made to say to his disciples, ‘I know how birds can fly, how fishes can swim, and how animals can run. But the runner may be snared, the swimmer may be hooked, and the flyer may be shot by the arrow. But there is the dragon. I cannot tell how he mounts on the wind through the clouds, and rises to heaven. Today I have seen Lao-tsze, and can only compare him to the dragon.’”
-Life of Confucius

“This Dragon had Two furious Wings
Each one upon each Shoulder;
With a Sting in his Tail as long as a Flail,
Which made him bolder and bolder.
He had long Claws, and in his Jaws
Four and forty Teeth of Iron;
With a Hide as tough, as any Buff,
Which did him round environ.”

-“An Excellent Ballad of a most dreadful Combat, fought between Moore of Moore-Hall, and the Dragon of Wantley”, retold by Ambrose Philips, _A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies Extant. With Introductions Historical, Critical, Or Humorous_. 1723.

Useful Info

Storm dragons are enormous, electricity-themed monsters. One of the beefier members of dragonkind, storm dragons are faster, can take more abuse and can deal more melee damage than their fire- and cold-themed cousins, and their breath attack can be particularly devastating if you lack resistance and let them multizap you. Although they can be very dangerous when encountered out of depth, they tend to only generate in the deepest portions of the Dungeon, the Vaults, and the Realm of Zot.

Spells

Spell set
Slot1 Lightning Bolt (3d19)
Slot2 Lightning Bolt (3d19)
Slot3 none
Slot4 Lightning Bolt (3d19)
Slot5 Lightning Bolt (3d19)
Slot6 none

Tips & Tricks

Butchering the corpse of a storm dragon may create a storm dragon hide, which you can enchant to create a storm dragon armour. This provides electricity resistance and strong defense, though at a high enough evasion penalty to make spellcasting very difficult.