Pastry Nature.
The candy dragon’s creature type is dragon, but it also counts as elemental and fey for spells and effects. It resists the presence of the elemental or fey creature types.
Bad Filler.
The candy dragon falls at the end of its turn if it’s flying and doesn’t maintain flight with its syrupy wings. It is resistant to bludgeoning, slashing, and piercing damage from nonmagical attacks. Creatures that hit the dragon with a melee attack must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw or be splattered with sticky syrup and have their movement speed halved until the end of their next turn.
Amusing Sweets.
The candy dragon can cast the following spells innately, requiring no material components (save DC 16, +8 to hit with spell attacks):
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At will: Prestidigitation (produces sugary smells or flavors), Mage Hand (as a dragon hand made of pudding)
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3/day each: Bigby’s Hand, Snilloc’s Snowball Storm, Nystul’s Magic Aura
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1/day: Otto’s Irresistible Dance, Mordenkainen’s Faithful Hound
Variable Multiattack.
The candy dragon makes three attacks in any order, using its bite, claws, wings, or tail.
Sugary Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target.
Hit: 13 (2d6 + 6) bludgeoning damage plus 3 (1d6) poison damage. A creature hit by this attack must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 minute.
Cane Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 17 (2d10 + 6) slashing damage.
Biscuit Wings. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 15 ft., all creatures within reach.
Hit: 13 (2d6 + 6) bludgeoning damage and targets must make a DC 16 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.
Marshmallow Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target.
Hit: 15 (2d8 + 6) bludgeoning damage and the target is grappled (escape DC 17).
Cream Blast (Recharge 7–8).
The dragon sprays a high-velocity jet of hot whipped cream in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw, taking 33 (6d10) acid damage on a failed save or half as much on a success.
Chocolate Breath (Recharge 5–6).
The candy dragon exhales a 60-foot cone of molten chocolate. Each creature in that area must make a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw, taking 56 (16d6) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success. The ground in the area becomes difficult terrain until the end of the dragon’s next turn.
Wing Buffet.
The candy dragon makes a wing attack against one creature that moves within 15 feet of it, dealing 13 (2d6 + 6) bludgeoning damage and forcing a DC 17 Strength saving throw or be pushed 10 feet away.
Tail Snack.
The dragon makes a tail attack against one creature that made an attack against it.
Description
Faerie dragons are approximately cat-sized dragons that occupy the lands of candy and the fey realm beyond.
While variants of greater size aren’t completely unheard of, the realm’s surges of wild magic seem to have made this specific specimen undergo a bizarre transformation; changing its physical nature entirely to become a new type of being, while still retaining its draconic essence.
Instead of flesh and bone like other members of its kind, the Candy Dragon’s body is made of living elemental confectionery, granting it special resistances and an uncommon physiology.
Somehow, in its enchantment, the creature has managed to integrate its old abilities into the new form, creating unique brands of magic which manifest as lethal servings of all kinds of sweets. Boasting a ridiculous visage capable of surprising just about any who behold it, this remarkable creature makes for a foe of unpredictable unpredictability; though it usually won’t engage in battle on its own accord.
Benevolent as it may be, the Candy Dragon still keeps a fondness for good company, foodstuff, and sense of humor. Travelers can rely on its particular nature of bartering treasure in the form of sweets, offering treats in the hundreds of flavors, shiny trinkets, and wondrous baubles in exchange for bits of information or safe passage through its territory.
A Candy Dragon is a draconic confection given life by wild fey magic. Its scales are crystalline sugar, its wings are sheets of caramel, and its breath weapon can melt stone or caramelize flesh. Though whimsical and often playful, it is fiercely protective of its sugary hoard — treasures made of spun glass, enchanted sweets, and crystallized magic.
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