Ignite (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action, the Ashfang can ignite its body. For 1 minute, melee attacks it makes deal an extra 3 (1d6) fire damage. While ignited, creatures that start their turn adjacent to it take 2 fire damage.
Bonded Mount. If carrying a rider, both share an initiative count.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 2) piercing damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 6 (1d6 + 2) slashing damage.
Fire Spit (Recharge 5–6). The drake exhales fire in a 15-ft. cone. Each creature in the area must make a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw, taking 9 (2d8) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one.
Ignite (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action, the Ashfang can ignite its body. For 1 minute, melee attacks it makes deal an extra 3 (1d6) fire damage. While ignited, creatures that start their turn adjacent to it take 2 fire damage.
Flame Burst. When hit by a melee attack, the Ashfang can flare its flames. The attacker takes 3 (1d6) fire damage.
Description
Habitat & Society
Ashfang drakes are most often found near volcanic isles, scorched cliffs, and burned-out forests. They thrive in places touched by fire and ash, nesting in the blackened remains of past blazes. Raiders and bandit clans prize them for their intimidation and raw destructive power, raising them from hatchlings with scorched meats and ritual fire-dances.
Behavior & Ecology
Young Ashfangs are reckless and aggressive, diving headlong into fights with little concern for defense. They enjoy intimidating prey, igniting themselves to appear larger and more terrifying.
- They breathe fire rarely, saving it for groups of prey or when threatened.
- When cornered, their scales flare with embers, burning anything that touches them.
- Older Ashfangs grow more disciplined, capable of controlling their flames in terrifying displays that can incinerate ships whole.
Ashfang drakes are omnivores but prefer charred prey, often roasting their kills before eating.
Legends & Lore
Among sailors, Ashfangs are considered omens of disaster. “To see a fire in the clouds is to see your end,” goes an old saying. Raiders believe riding one marks them as chosen of flame, warriors who cannot be extinguished until their deaths. Some whisper that when an Ashfang dies, its body burns itself to ash, leaving nothing but a smoking crater where it fell.
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