Amphibious. The guard drake can breathe air and water. Swim speed of 60ft.
Speed. 60ft walking speed, drake is equipped with magical Drakeshoes of Speed. These iron drakehoes come in a set of four. While all four shoes are affixed to the claws of the drake, they increase the creature's walking and swimming speed by 30 feet.
Barding. Armored with black Mithril Scale Mail, AC 14 plus dexterity bonus.
Saddle. Magical Saddle of the Drake. While in this saddle on a mount, you can't be dismounted against your will if you're conscious, and attack rolls against the mount have disadvantage.
Multiattack. The guard drake makes one Bite attack and one Tail attack.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7; to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 piercing damage.
Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +7; to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 bludgeoning damage.
Description
A black guard battle drake is a favored reptilian creature created out of dragon scales by means of a bizarre and grisly ritual. When trained properly, a drake is obedient mount and territorial, which makes it an excellent watch beast that can follow simple commands.
Dragon cults practice the ritual to create guard drakes, as do other groups that are skilled in arcana and associated with Dragons. The ritual typically helps to reward its allies or worshipers with a valuable servant.
The ritual, which takes several days, requires 10 pounds of fresh dragon scales, a large amount of fresh meat, and an iron cauldron. When the process is complete, a Small egg emerges from the cauldron and hatches within a few hours.
A newly hatched guard drake imprints upon the first creature that feeds it, establishing an aggressive but trusting bond with that individual. A guard drake is fully grown within two to three weeks and can be trained in the same length of time. It is the equivalent of a guard dog in terms of what it can be trained to do.
A guard drake resembles the type of dragon it was created from, but with a wingless, squat, muscular build. A drake can’t reproduce, nor can its scales be used to make other guard drakes.
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