Brass dragon Brass dragons were the weakest of the metallic dragon s , and also one of the most benign of all species of dragon . They loved to talk , to the exclusion of most else . They loved to engage friends and foes alike in hours of long - winded conversation . It was not unusual for a brass dragon to be fluent in several hundred different languages , although they obviously preferred to converse in Draconic whenever possible . Description . Physically , the brass dragon was highly distinctive . From below , its outstretched wings formed a triangular shape , as they were attached to its body all the way to the tip of its tail . The wings were longest at the shoulder , and tapered gently as they reached the tail . Their scales seemed to radiate heat and light . As their name implied , brass dragons tended to have brass - colored scales . Their scales were a dull brown at a young age , becoming more glossy and brass in appearance as they aged . The shape of the head was quite unusual , as it included a large , curved plate that extended from the dragon ' s eyes and cheeks on either side and curved upwards into two points . They had two sharp horns on the chin , which became steadily pointier as the dragon aged . They smelled like metal . Combat . Brass dragons very rarely engaged in combat , preferring to talk rather than fight . If they considered a creature threatening , they would subdue it with their sleeping gas . In the face of true danger , a younger brass dragon would have most likely flown away and hidden in the sand . It would have fought and used its fire breath only as an absolute last resort . Older brass dragons preferred to avoid combat but would fight if they had the tactical advantage Breath weapon . Brass dragons had two separate breath weapons . The first was a narrow line of fire , and the second was a cone of sleep gas . Ecology . Lair . Brass dragons were native to arid regions ; they shared many similar habitats with blue dragons , which often lead to conflict . The brass dragon preferred to dig its lair inside a desert peak or spire . They also preferred to have the bulk of their lairs face eastwards , so that the rising sun would warm the lair for the bulk of the day . A brass dragon ' s lair was well - constructed and quite extensive , with many twisting corridors and dead ends to confuse and discourage hostile intruders . The centerpiece of any brass dragon ' s lair was the Grand Conversation Hall , where it spent the majority of its time entertaining friends and visitors . A typical lair also contained an elegant foyer , a gallery for the artwork the dragon collected , a sleeping chamber , and a storage room . All brass dragon lairs had several small entrances , known as bolt holes . These multiple entrances allowed a brass dragon to easily escape an attack by a blue dragon or other predator . Parenting and development . Brass dragon eggs were incubated in a nest of open flames . Incubation took approximately 480 days . The eggs were typically tended by both parents , so that they could talk together as they maintained their vigil . The newly hatched brass wyrmling was not remarkable in appearance ; its scales were a dull brown . The scales became lighter and more brilliant as the dragon matured . Brass wyrmlings probably learned to talk more quickly than the young of any other sentient species . They talked constantly about anything and everything , and they would talk to anybody : friends , family , enemies and small creatures that could not talk back , or even to itself if nobody else was near . When exposed to a new language , a brass wyrmling would usually become fluent in under an hour .