Crowned Drake

A large wingless drake with white scales and orange stripes with the stripe pattern differing between each drake. A Crowned Drake has a large oval shaped face with six inch long fangs coming up from the bottom jaw. Small brown studs run down its spine starting a the base of the skull and ending at the tip of the tail. the head is adorned with six large horns, the longest are about two and a half feet long and jut from the back of the skull on either side and curving slightly upward, the horns become progressively smaller, with a smaller set of horns just in front of the largest, with the same shape, and then another set of horns above the eyes, giving each Drake the appearance of a crown on their head. Each of their four feet are adorned with four long claws capable of dealing massive damage as well as being able to burrow in order to create their underground lairs. The average Crowned drake is 6ft tall when on all fours and and about 11ft tall when standing in it's hind legs, they are about 25ft long, with the body and head being about 10ft long and the tail being 15ft. Some members of the species are born especially large, these massive beasts are called Crowned Drake Sovereigns, and they will usually form clans of 15-20 other drakes and many lesser draconic servants. Non sovereigns will live on their own until they find a mate, after which the two drakes will connect their lairs with a series of tunnels, and use this expanded space to raise their young, Crowned Drakes only mate once in their life, so they go to extensive lengths to protect their young. 

The lairs of Crowned Drakes are large underground burrows commonly found in the desert and plains and consist of one large underground chamber where the young and the hoard are kept these lairs are only able to be found by other burrowing creatures and those with tremor sense.  

Lair Actions

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

• The Crowned Drake stomps their tail and cause sand or dirt to fall from the ceiling targeting up to four creatures each creature must make a Dexterity saving throw  (DC13) or have disadvantage on all attack rolls and wisdom (perception) checks for the next 1d4 rounds
• The Crowned Drake collapses part of the lair ceiling onto one creature. The creature must then make a dexterity saving throw taking 5d6 bludgeoning damage on a failed save and half as much on a successful one.

Regional Effects

The region containing a legendary [Crowned Drake]’s lair is [effected by the Crowned Drakes natural habits], which creates one or more of the following effects:

• The region seems hospitable to life but it's extremely hard to find any sort of small creatur in the area
• foliage is often damaged due or non-existent in areas around a Crowned Drake burrow, due to a Drake destroying roots.

If the [Crowned Drake] dies, these effects fade over the course of 5d20 days.