Cho'ket Thorn

The odor of sulfur and pumice surrounds Cho'Ket Thorn, whose swept-back horns and spinal frill define his silhouette. His beaked snout vents smoke at all times, and their eyes dance with flame when they're angry. Cho'Ket is slightly bigger than the average red dragon, and has lived longer than most, but not long enough to become a Great Wyrm. He regards you with red eyes that are filled with both long lived intelligence, and wisdom from that time. His great hoard of gold is seated behind him, in a large pit that his kobold servants insist(If asked by anyone) that it is at least a mile deep, if not more.

In his human form, Cho'Ket is often a human male of 6 ft. tall, with a regal, flowing red robe that hides most of his features, as well as gloves over his hands. However on his neck, and when he pulls back his sleeves, red scales that make up his natural armor. A long white beard covers his face as he regards you with eyes filled with intelligence, and wisdom of a drake with his longevity would have. In his right hand, he holds a gnarled iron wood staff that clutches a blue orb of flame at the top of it. A pipe with an undefinable, sweet smelling tobacco is perpetually in his mouth unless he's speaking or casting spell.

A Red Dragon’s Lair

Red dragons lair in high mountains or hills, dwelling in caverns under snow-capped peaks, or within the deep halls of abandoned mines and dwarven strongholds. Caves with volcanic or geothermal activity are the most highly prized red dragon lairs, creating hazards that hinder intruders and letting searing heat and volcanic gases wash over a dragon as it sleeps.

With its hoard well protected deep within the lair, a red dragon spends as much of its time outside the mountain as in it. For a red dragon, the great heights of the world are the throne from which it can look out to survey all it controls—and the wider world it seeks to control.

Throughout the lair complex, servants erect monuments to the dragon’s power, telling the grim story of its life, the enemies it has slain, and the nations it has conquered.

Lair Actions

On initiative count 20 (winning initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the dragon can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:

• Magma erupts from a point on the ground the dragon can see within 120 feet of it, creating a 20-foot-high, 5-foot-radius geyser. Each creature in the geyser’s area must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 21 (6d6) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
• A tremor shakes the lair in a 60-foot radius around the dragon. Each creature other than the dragon on the ground in that area must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or be knocked prone.
• Volcanic gases form a cloud in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a point the dragon can see within 120 feet of it. The sphere spreads around corners, and its area is lightly obscured. It lasts until initiative count 20 on the next round. Each creature that starts its turn in the cloud must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the end of its turn. While poisoned in this way, a creature is incapacitated.

Regional Effects

The region containing a legendary red dragon’s lair is warped by the dragon’s magic, which creates one or more of the following effects:

• Small earthquakes are common within 6 miles of the dragon’s lair.
• Water sources within 1 mile of the lair are supernaturally warm and tainted by sulfur.
• Rocky fissures within 1 mile of the dragon’s lair form portals to the Elemental Plane of Fire, allowing creatures of elemental fire into the world to dwell nearby.

If the dragon dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10 days.