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Monster Manual
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.Multiattack. The dragon makes two Rend attacks.
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Rend
: The target has Disadvantage on Strength-based D20 Test;D20 Tests and subtracts 2 (1d4);{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Weakening Breath"} from its damage rolls. It repeats the
Monsters
Monster Manual
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Weakening Breath.
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +10
’t currently affected by this breath in a 30-foot Cone. Failure: The target has Disadvantage on Strength-based D20 Test;D20 Tests and subtracts 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll
Monsters
Monster Manual
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes
. Success: Half damage.
Spellcasting. The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 21, +13;{"diceNotation
Monsters
Monster Manual
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (4/Day, or 5/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes
damage. Success: Half damage.
Spellcasting. The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 24, +16
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Dragon’s Resistance. The kobold has resistance to a type of damage based on the color of dragon that invested it with power (choose or roll a d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll
(green).
Heart of the Dragon. If the kobold is frightened or paralyzed by an effect that allows a saving throw, it can repeat the save at the start of its turn to end the effect on itself and all
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
7th level (1 slot): fire storm
Dragon Wings. As a bonus action on his turn, Zindar can sprout a pair of dragon wings from his back, gaining a flying speed of 30 feet until he dismisses them as a
must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or have disadvantage on Strength based attack rolls, Strength checks, and Strength saving throws for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.Fire
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
summon a solar dragon.
Astral Elves
Long ago, some elves ventured to the Astral Plane to be closer to their gods. There, they ceased to age and could exist indefinitely without sustenance.
Astral
ships of their own design. These ships are fashioned from crystals harvested from Wildspace systems and bound together with an organic, plant-based material that hardens like ceramic. The elves sculpt
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe both air and water.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit
(Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Desiccating Breath"}. The dragon exhales yellowish necrotic energy in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 13
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
flaring with anger.
Art of War
The warlike sapphire dragons devise strategies and ambushes based on their ability to maneuver underground. A sapphire dragon often refrains from striking immediately
Spider Climb. The dragon can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
strategies and ambushes based on their ability to maneuver underground. A sapphire dragon often refrains from striking immediately, preferring to assess intruders first in order to devise the most
Spider Climb. The dragon can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe both air and water.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d10
", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.
Desiccating Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Desiccating Breath"}. The dragon exhales yellowish necrotic
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Spider Climb. The dragon can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without
needing to make an ability check.
Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and can leave a 20-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.Multiattack. The dragon makes one
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe both air and water.
Fabricate (1/Day). The dragon can cast fabricate, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability.
Legendary
Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Spider Climb. The dragon can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without
needing to make an ability check.
Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and can leave a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.Multiattack. The dragon makes one
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe both air and water.
Fabricate (1/Day). The dragon can cast fabricate, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability.
Legendary
Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +12
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
increases in size, along with anything he is wearing or carrying. While enlarged, Xardorok is Large, doubles his damage dice on Strength-based weapon attacks (included in his attacks), and makes
forge a dragon, which he plans to unleash upon Ten-Towns. See the sidebar for more information about chardalyn.
Father of Nine. Xardorok has been married three times and has sired nine children
Young Gold Dragon
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.Multiattack. The dragon makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10
","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Breath Weapons (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Breath Weapons"}. The dragon uses one of the
Gold Dragon Wyrmling
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d10 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d10+4
","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Breath Weapons (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge"}. The dragon uses one of the following breath weapons
Equipment
Combat
Utility
Whimsy
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Looking like pumpkin-sized acorns, hill dragon eggs can remain dormant in the ground for a year or more before they hatch. Hill dragon eggs are
instincts, hill dragons lay their eggs in clutches all across the plains, dales, and rolling hills of Obojima.
Ancient Gold Dragon
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one.
Weakening Breath. The dragon exhales gas in a 90-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 24 Strength saving throw or have disadvantage on Strength-based attack rolls, Strength
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful
Adult Gold Dragon
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.
Weakening Breath. The dragon exhales gas in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 21 Strength saving throw or have disadvantage on Strength-based attack rolls, Strength checks
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful
Kobold Dragonshield
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
Dragon's Resistance. The kobold has resistance to a type of damage based on the color of dragon that invested it with power (choose or roll a d10): 1–2, acid (black); 3–4, cold (white); 5–6, fire
(red); 7–8, lightning (blue); 9–10, poison (green).
Heart of the Dragon. If the kobold is frightened or paralyzed by an effect that allows a saving throw, it can repeat the save at the start of its turn
Lizardfolk
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
rage against their enemies. They simply observe and react as a situation warrants.
Lizardfolk lack meaningful emotional ties to the past. They assess situations based on their current and future
food while it’s still wriggling.
Lizardfolk Names
Lizardfolk take their names from the Draconic language. They use simple descriptives granted by the tribe based on an individual’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Shifter Traits As a shifter, you have the following racial traits. Creature Type. You are a Humanoid. Size. You are Medium. Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet. Bestial Instincts. Channeling the
shift a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Whenever you shift, you gain an additional benefit based on one of the following
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
factions can be based on many other aspects of dragon identity in addition to those above. The five dragon-ruled clans of Tarkir, for example, each identify with one aspect of draconic nature—the scale
Dragon Factions Draconic factions and the conflicts between them can provide a useful framework to organize your entire campaign around. Characters might swear their allegiance to a dragon or trade
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
half-dragon gains resistance to a type of damage based on its color. Color Damage Resistance Black or copper Acid Blue or bronze Lightning Brass, gold, or red Fire Green Poison Silver or white Cold
Half-Dragon Template A beast, humanoid, giant, or monstrosity can become a half-dragon. When a creature becomes a half-dragon, it retains all its statistics except as noted below. Challenge. To avoid
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Creating a Campaign These adventures can be strung together as a complete dragon-themed campaign. Simply guide your players through the adventures in the order presented in this book and award story
-based level advancement at each adventure’s end, so their characters are the appropriate level for the next challenge they’ll face. (No level advancement is necessary before the final adventure.) You can also use one of the following narrative frameworks to connect the adventures to one another.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Gold Dragon Wyrmling Gold dragon wyrmlings learn much from their elders, then head off to save the world. Idealistic and curious, these wyrmlings seek to right obvious wrongs and make friends among
those they aid. Gold Dragon Wyrmling Medium Dragon (Metallic), Lawful Good
AC 17 Initiative +4 (14)
HP 60 (8d8 + 24)
Speed 30 ft., Fly 60 ft., Swim 30 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Art of War The warlike sapphire dragons devise strategies and ambushes based on their ability to maneuver underground. A sapphire dragon often refrains from striking immediately, preferring to assess
it spreads. People who dwell or delve deep beneath the earth can easily find themselves at odds with a sapphire dragon if they cross into the dragon’s territory. But sapphire dragons sometimes forge
Compendium
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Young Gold Dragon Young gold dragons have seen glimpses of the world’s true evils and crusade to oppose them. They often seek bold and direct solutions to problems. Young Gold Dragon Large Dragon
30 ft., Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 19
Languages Common, Draconic
CR 10 (XP 5,900; PB +4)
Traits
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.
Actions
Multiattack. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
. Creatures that are significantly weaker than 1st-level characters have challenge ratings lower than 1. Experience Points (XP) The number of experience points a creature is worth is based on its
challenge rating. Typically, XP is awarded for defeating the creature, and characters gain levels as they accumulate XP. In Dragon of Icespire Peak, you don’t need to track experience points, as characters advance in level by completing quests instead of accumulating XP.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Young Topaz Dragon Young Topaz Dragon
Large Dragon (Gem), Typically Chaotic Neutral
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 127 (17d10 + 34)
Speed 40 ft., fly 80 ft., swim 40 ft.
STR
) Proficiency Bonus +3
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe both air and water.
Actions
Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
only solution is to slay the dragon An adventure featuring a dragon in a monster’s role lends itself to a location-based structure. That location is likely the dragon’s lair, since it’s difficult to pin
Dragon as Monster For all their vast power, great intellect, and range of possible motivations, dragons are often simple creatures at heart. They want food, a secure lair, and treasure. Many tropes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Chapter 4: Destruction’s Light Xardorok Sunblight’s merciless construct slices through Ten-Towns with its radiant beam. Ten-Towns won’t survive the attack of Xardorok’s dragon without the characters
determines how many Ten-Towns settlements are victimized before the characters can intervene, based on the dragon’s timeline. If the characters forgo the attack on Xardorok’s fortress and waste no time
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, with the following exceptions: The monster doesn’t gain the starting equipment of the added class. For each class level you add, the monster gains one Hit Die of its normal type (based on its size
), ignoring the class’s Hit Die progression. The monster’s proficiency bonus is based on its challenge rating, not its class levels. Once you finish adding class levels to a monster, feel free to tweak