Sharp Vision. The Butterfly-Dragon has advantage on perception checks that rely on sight.
Magic Resistance. The Butterfly Dragon has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Limited Telepathy. The Butterfly-Dragon can communicate simple ideas and concepts to any creature within 120' that can understand a language.
Spellcasting. The Butterfly-Dragon has innate spell casting abilities. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). The Butterfly-Dragon can innately cast the following spells as a 3rd level caster with no material components:
Cantrips (at will): Friends, Mind Sliver
1st level (3 times per day): Charm Person, Cure Wounds
Breath Weapon (Recharge 5–6).
Deafening Mist. The Butterfly-Dragon's first line of defense is to emit a cloud of rose-colored mist from it's spiracles that fills the air within a 20' radius of it. Creatures exposed to this mist must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be deafened for 1 hour. Creatures that make their saving throw are immune to the Butterfly-Dragon's breath weapon for 24 hours.
Cast Spell. The Butterfly-Dragon has no effective physical attacks. If an enemy continues to pursue it after it has used it's breath weapon, the Butterfly-Dragon will first attempt to charm it's pursuer. The Butterfly-Dragon will attack using Mind Sliver as a last resort.
Description
The Butterfly-Dragon is an insectoid creature with beautifully-patterned wings, jointed legs, and a long curved neck and tail.
When threatened, this animal emits a rose-colored mist from the spiracles along its body wall. Contact with this mist causes instant deafness that lasts approximately one hour to any creature that fails to make a DC 15 Wisdom save. How the Butterfly-Dragon imposes this effect and why it finds hearing loss to be an adequate attack under most circumstances remains unclear.
The Butterfly-Dragon feeds solely on nectar, fragrances, and silence. It usually emits a soothing and melodic hum as it goes about its business. The Butterfly-Dragon displays great facility in imitating tunes it has heard. The creature characteristically dances, plunging and swirling in what appear to be randomly beautiful patterns; analysis reveals careful planning behind the patterns.
Author's note: This is my adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's Butterfly-Dragon, as depicted by Chaosium in S. Petersen's Field Guide to Creatures of the Dreamlands (©1989), to D&D 5E specifications.
Art by Mark J. Ferrari.
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