Viperleaf Drake

Leafform Camouflage. While motionless in foliage or among tree branches, the Viperleaf Drake has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks and appears indistinguishable from the leaves and hanging vines around it. Its scaly feathers shift in hue and texture to match its environment like a chameleon. Spotting the drake’s presence requires a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. Recognizing it as a dragon rather than a harmless snake or tangle of plant matter requires a successful DC 18 Intelligence (Nature) check.

Arboreal Flier. The Viperleaf Drake has a flying speed of 60 feet and moves without making noise. It can cling to trees and vertical surfaces without making ability checks, and may take the Hide action as a bonus action while in dim light or lightly obscured terrain.

Multiattack. The Viperleaf Drake makes three attacks: one with its Bite and two with its Tail Whip.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.

Tail Whip. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage.

Snareglob Breath (Recharge 5–6). The drake expels a glob of sticky, venomous mucus at a point it can see within 60 feet. The glob explodes in a 10-foot-radius sphere. Each creature in that area must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 27 (6d8) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success. A creature that fails the save is also restrained until the end of its next turn as the mucus adheres to them.

This mucus does not affect the drake itself.

Silent Stalk. The Viperleaf Drake may take the Hide action as a bonus action while in dim light or lightly obscured terrain.

Whip Around. When a flying creature enters a space within 10 feet of the Viperleaf Drake, it may use its reaction to make a Bite or, if charged, a Snareglob Breath attack against that creature.