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Dragon (Extraplanar) Environment: Ethereal Plane Organization: Solitary (1 dragon, any age), clutch (1d4+1 wyrmlings, very young, young, or juveniles or young adults), family (pair of mature adults and 1d4+1 offspring) Challenge Rating: Wyrmling 3; very young 4; young 6; juvenile 7; young adult 9; adult 10; mature adult 13; old 15; very old 16; ancient 17; wyrm 18; great wyrm 19 Treasure: Triple standard Alignment: Always neutral
Ethereal dragons spend most of their lives floating through the Ethereal Plane, spying into the Material Plane for valuable treasure. Ethereal dragons’ natural coloration is a pearlescent brown-gray, which accounts for their nickname of “moonstone dragon.” They have needlelike claws and teeth. Ethereal dragons are naturally curious and inquisitive, and often spy on those “stuck” on the Material Plane. They are also greedy, and may come to covet the valuables carried by those they spy upon. In such cases, an ethereal dragon might visit the Material Plane only to appropriate such items, returning to its native Ethereal Plane as soon as possible. Ethereal dragons speak Draconic.
CHAPTER 4:
ETHEREAL DRAGON
Advancement: Wyrmling 5–6 HD; very young 8–9 HD; young 11–12 HD; juvenile 14–15 HD; young adult 17–18 HD; adult 20–21 HD; mature adult 23–24 HD; old 26–27 HD; very old 29–30 HD; ancient 32–33 HD; wyrm 35–36 HD; great wyrm 38+ HD Level Adjustment: Wyrmling +2; very young +3; young +4, juvenile +4; others —
NEW MONSTERS
Young and older chaos dragons’ natural weapons are treated as magic weapons for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction. Breath Weapon (Su): A chaos dragon has two types of breath weapon, a line of energy and a cone of confusion gas. The energy type of its breath weapon is determined randomly each time it uses the breath weapon by rolling d%: 01–20 acid, 21–40 cold, 41–60 electricity, 61–80 fire, 81–100 sonic. Even the dragon itself doesn’t know which type of energy it will emit before it actually breathes. Creatures within the cone of confusion gas must succeed on a Will save or be confused for 1d6 rounds plus 1 round per age category of the dragon. Spell-Like Abilities: 3/day—entropic shield, protection from law, chaos hammer; 1/day—cloak of chaos, dispel law, mind fog, mislead, word of chaos.
Combat Most ethereal dragons prefer escape over battle, heading either to the Ethereal Plane or the Material Plane to avoid conflict. If forced into a fight, or if the ethereal dragon feels combat is necessary, it uses its powers to frustrate its
Ethereal Dragons by Age
Age Size Wyrmling T Very young S Young M Juvenile M Young adult L Adult L Mature adult H Old H Very old H Ancient H Wyrm G Great wyrm G
Hit Dice (hp) 4d12+18 (44) 7d12+36 (82) 10d12+45 (110) 13d12+72 (157) 16d12+105 (209) 19d12+120 (244) 22d12+162 (305) 25d12+210 (373) 28d12+264 (446) 31d12+324 (526) 34d12+390 (611) 37d12+462 (703)
Str 9 11 13 15 17 19 23 25 27 29 31 33
Dex 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Con 13 13 15 15 17 19 21 21 23 23 25 27
Int 10 10 12 12 14 14 16 16 18 18 20 20
Wis 13 13 15 15 17 17 19 19 21 21 23 23
Base Attack/ Fort Ref Will Cha Grapple Attack Save Save Save 10 +4/-5 +5 +5 +4 +5 10 +7/+3 +8 +6 +5 +6 12 +10/+11 +11 +9 +7 +9 12 +13/+15 +15 +10 +8 +10 14 +16/+23 +18 +13 +10 +13 14 +19/+27 +22 +15 +11 +14 16 +22/+36 +26 +18 +13 +17 16 +25/+40 +30 +19 +14 +18 18 +28/+44 +34 +22 +16 +21 18 +31/+48 +38 +23 +17 +22 20 +34/+56 +40 +26 +19 +25 20 +37/+60 +44 +28 +20 +26
Breath Frightful Weapon Presence (DC) DC 2d6 (13) — 4d6 (14) — 6d6 (17) — 8d6 (18) — 10d6 (21) 20 12d6 (23) 21 14d6 (26) 24 16d6 (27) 25 18d6 (30) 28 20d6 (31) 29 22d6 (34) 32 24d6 (36) 33
Ethereal Dragon Abilities by Age Age Wyrmling Very young Young Juvenile Young adult Adult Mature adult Old Very old
Speed 60 ft., fly 60 ft. (poor) 60 ft., fly 60 ft. (poor) 60 ft., fly 40 ft. (clumsy) 60 ft., fly 40 ft. (clumsy) 60 ft., fly 40 ft. (clumsy) 60 ft., fly 40 ft. (clumsy) 60 ft., fly 40 ft. (clumsy) 60 ft., fly 40 ft. (clumsy) 60 ft., fly 40 ft. (clumsy)
Initiative +0 +0 +0 +0 +0 +0 +0 +0 +0
AC 15 (+2 size, +3 natural) 17 (+1 size, +6 natural) 19 (+9 natural) 22 (+12 natural) 24 (–1 size, +15 natural) 27 (–1 size, +18 natural) 29 (–2 size, +21 natural) 32 (–2 size, +24 natural) 35 (–2 size, +27 natural)
Ancient Wyrm
60 ft., fly 40 ft. (clumsy) 60 ft., fly 30 ft. (clumsy)
+0 +0
38 (–2 size, +30 natural) 39 (–4 size, +33 natural)
Great wyrm
60 ft., fly 30 ft. (clumsy)
+0
42 (–4 size, +36 natural)
Special Abilities Immune to ether cyclones Ethereal vision Damage reduction 5/magic Blink Damage reduction 10/magic Dimensional anchor, ethereal jaunt Damage reduction 15/magic Etherealness Damage reduction 20/magic and 5/cold iron Strike ethereal creatures Damage reduction 20/magic and 10/cold iron Summon ethereal cyclone
SR — — — — 20 21 24 25 28 29 32 33
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