"White dragons, the smallest and the weakest of the evil dragons, are slow witted but efficient hunters. They are impulsive, vicious and animalistic, tending to consider only the needs and emotions of the moment and having no foresight or regret. Despite their low intelligence, they are as greedy and evil as the other evil dragons.
The scales of a hatchling white dragon are a mirror-like glistening white, which makes them virtually invisible against a snowy background. As dragon ages, the sheen disappears, and by the time it reaches very old stage, scale of pale blue and light gray are mixed in with the white. [...]
Regardless of a target size, a white dragon's favorite method of attack is to use its breath weapon and special abilities before closing to melee. The tactic sometimes works to the dragon's detriment, as it can exhaust its breath weapon on smaller prey and then be faced with a larger creature it must attack physically. If a white dragon is pursuing creatures in the water, such as polar bears or seals, it will melee them in their element, fighting with its claws and bite.
A white dragon's breath weapon is a cone of frost 70' long, 5' wide at the dragon's mouth, and 25' wide at the base.[...]
From their birth, white dragons are immune to cold. As they grow older, they gain additional abilities [...]
White dragons live in chilly or cold regions, preferring lands where the temperature rarely rises above freezing and ice and snow always cover the ground. When temperatures become too warm, the dragons become lethargic. White dragons bask in the frigid winds what whip over the landscape, and they wallow and play in deep snow banks.
White dragons are lackadaisical parents. Although the young remain with the parents from hatchling to juvenile or young adult stage, they are not protected. Once a dragon passes from its hatchling state, it must fend for itself, learning how to hunt and defend itself by watching the parents.
White dragons' lairs are usually icey caves and deep subterranean chambers; they select caves that open away from the warming rays of the sun. White dragons store all of their treasure within their lair, and prefer keeping it in caverns coated in ice, which relfect the gems and coins and make the treasure appear even larger. They are fond of gems, especially diamonds, because they are pretty to look at.
Although white dragons, as all other dragons, are able to eat nearly anything, they are very particular and will consume only food that was frozen. Usually after a dragon has killed a creature with its breath weapon is will fall to devouring it while the carcass is still stiff and frigid. It will bury other kills in snow banks untill they are suitably frozen.
White dragons' natural enemies are frost giants who kill the dragons for food and armor and subdue them to use for guards and mounts."
AD&D 2nd ed. Monstrous Manual
D&D © Wizards of the Coast
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