The greatest physical difference between primevals and contemporary dragon species is their number of limbs. While chromatic and metallic dragons possess four legs with a feline body form and two wings, primeval dragons only have rear legs, with their front legs contained within the ''ulna draconis'' of their wings, making them more akin physically to [[SRD:Wyvern|wyverns]] than modern true dragons. As such, when they are grounded and on all fours, their wings are spread across the ground. Their claws extend from the point at the cusp of each wing where the ulna meets the ''metacarpis'' – the massively elongated primary digits that support their wings when unfurled. A primeval dragon’s front arms are solid and powerful, and braced by the ''alar onecranon'' for increased power and lift when taking flight. The scapula that supports the wing structure is much bigger than that of modern dragons, covering a larger portion of the ribcage and moving along the curve of the ribs while in flight. For much greater wing strength, the bone structure of the ''metacarpals'' and ''alar phalanges'' is denser and wider, and support structures fashioned of highly pliable yet strong cartilage deposits within the wings cross-connect adjacent metacarpals much like organic struts. As such, while their lack of forelegs prevents primeval dragons from leaping into flight or take a running start like a modern dragon, this much stronger wing structure allows primeval dragons the stupendous feat of taking vertical flight from their perch, or hovering in mid-air. Their much more powerful wings and tougher bodies allows them to attain much greater speeds in flight, and gives them the maneuverability to take with ease sudden turns that would stress a modern dragon’s wing bones to the point of breaking.

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A primeval dragon has the same natural weapons as a modern dragon; a [[SRD:Bite|bite]] (primary), two [[SRD:Claw|claws]], two wings, and a tail slap, including special attacks like crush and tail sweep. Their lack of independent front limbs means they cannot make claw and wing attacks with at the same limbtime, allowing them less attacks on a full attack than chromatic or metallic dragons. To compensate, all of a primeval natural weapons are more powerful (see table below). A primeval dragon's [[SRD:Space/Reach (Creature Statistic)|space and reach]] is the same as that of regular dragons.

==== [[SRD:Breath Weapon|{{Anchor|Breath Weapon}}]] {{Su}} ====

A primeval dragon's breath weapon is a [[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|supernatural ability]] that functions like the similarly named ability of modern dragons, except for the following differences. Unless noted otherwise, a primeval dragon may project its primary breath weapon in any shape it wishes; unless noted otherwise, including line or cone. The length of a primeval dragon’s line or cone is half again as long for each size category as are larger than those of a modern dragon(see table below). In addition to cone and line, primeval dragons have the following breath weapon shapes available to them.

'''BlastSweep:''' The dragon builds up focuses its breath into a ball in its mawbeam, and discharges sweeps it like a blast across the ground. It may affect as many five foot squares of ground with a range of Long (using its own [[SRD:Caster Level|caster level]] sweep as range indicationthat its line breath weapon is long, as if it were a spell)dealing breath weapon damage and/or effects to any creature caught within the sweep. Upon reaching its target or a hard surfaceThe sweep need not to be straight, but the blast detonates in an explosion with a spread radius sum total of half direction changes may not be more than 90 degrees throughout the entire length of its conethe sweep, (rounded down and the maximum range of this ability is up to the next multiple length of 5)its line breath weapon. The dragon must either be airborne or on elevated terrain to perform a sweep with its breath weapon.

'''SweepBlast:''' The dragon focuses builds up its breath into a beamball in its maw, and sweeps discharges it across the ground. It may affect as many five foot squares like a blast with a range of ground with Long (using twice its sweep age category as that the effective [[SRD:Caster Level|caster level]] for range indication, as if it were a spell). Upon reaching its target or a hard surface, the blast detonates in a spherical explosion.  {| class="zebra d20"|-|+'''Dragon Breath Weapons'''|-! '''Dragon Size'''!! '''Line¹<br>(Length)''' !! '''Cone²<br>(Length)''' !! '''Sweep<br>(Total Length)''' !! '''Blast<br>(Spread Radius)'''|-| Medium || 80 ft.|| 40 ft. || 80 ft. || 15 ft. |-| Large|| 100 ft.|| 50 ft. || 100 ft. || 20 ft. |-| Huge|| 120 ft.|| 60 ft. || 120 ft. || 25 ft.|-| Gargantuan|| 160 ft.|| 80 ft. || 160 ft. || 30 ft.|-| Colossal|| 200 ft.|| 100 ft. || 200 ft. || 40 ft.|-| COLSPAN="5" class="foot" | # A line breath weapon is long, dealing breath weapon damage always 5 feet high and/or effects to any creature caught within the sweep5 feet wide. The sweep need not to be straight, # A cone is as high and the maximum range of this ability is up to the wide as its length of its line breath weapon.|}

Primeval Below is a list of all recorded primeval dragons come in many forms and equally many dispositions, from stalwart piety to insidious wraththeir statistics. == [[Calefact Dragon (3See their individual article pages for an example statistics block.5e Monster)|Calefact Dragon]] ==

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