An entire race of Smaug is boring, so take some inspiration from myth!

D&D has traditionally segregated dragons into a variety of arbitrary categories and devised pseudo-naturalistic explanations for them. I have decided to just ignore all that in favor of treating dragons as dragons. Take the statistics in the MM and reskin the dragon however you need to. They don't need to be a natural species with a place in the ecology. Every dragon could be unique!

Ecology of serpentfolk

Yuan-ti and sarrukh are not open game content, so I will be replacing them with a generic saurian and serpentfolk race.

© Beth Trott

Nomenclature: illujan, inphidian, nagaji, ophidokolasis, ophiduan, reptoid, samat, scalrath, serpentfolk, viskanya, etc

Description: squamous humanoids descended from lost empire, prone to mutation and crossbreeding

"Cecaelia" isn't a word and you should stop using it

Pathfinder labels the octopus mermaid as a "cecaelia." This isn't a real word, so you can be forgiven for thinking Paizo made it up. In fact, it originates from a wikipedia article posted in 2008 which has since been deleted for being a meaningless neologism. In all likelihood, "cecaelia" is a misspelling of the feminine given name Cecilia or the amphibian order of Caecilians. Both words are derived from the Latin word for "blind" and have nothing to do with octopuses, mermaids, or octopus mermaids. UPDATED 12/4/2018 8/17/2023