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foes. An adult or older ethereal dragon relies on dimensional anchor to trap opponents on one plane while it escapes to the other. Young and older ethereal dragons’ natural weapons are treated as magic weapons for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction. Breath Weapon (Su): An ethereal dragon has one type of breath weapon, a cone of force. Like all force effects, this breath weapon affects ethereal creatures when the ethereal dragon is on the Material Plane. Ethereal Vision (Ex): While on the Material Plane, a very young or older ethereal dragon can see ethereal creatures as if they were visible. While on the Ethereal Plane, an ethereal dragon can see normally out to the range of its darkvision (normally, creatures on the Ethereal Plane have a visual limit of 60 feet). Note that blindsense functions normally even on the Ethereal Plane, regardless of visual limits. See Ethereal (Su): A very young or older ethereal dragon can see ethereal creatures as if they were visible. Strike Ethereal Creatures (Ex): An ancient or older ethereal dragon can strike ethereal creatures as if they were material. This ability does not allow an ethereal dragon on the Ethereal Plane to affect creatures on the Material Plane. Summon Ethereal Cyclone (Su): Once per day, a great wyrm ethereal dragon on the Ethereal Plane can summon an ethereal cyclone. This requires a full-round action, and the storm lasts for 1 minute. All creatures (except undead) within 120 feet of the ethereal dragon are affected as described in Chapter 5 of Manual of the Planes. (If you don’t have access to Manual of the Planes, you can simply rule that each creature within the cyclone is thrown 1d10 miles in a random direction.) This power has no effect anywhere other than on the Ethereal Plane
Ethereal dragon
Spell-Like Abilities: 3/day— dimensional anchor, ethereal jaunt*; 1/day—blink, etherealness. *An ethereal dragon on the Ethereal Plane can instead use this spell-like ability to become material, with the same duration as normal for the spell. Skills: An ethereal dragon has a +8 racial bonus on Hide checks when on the Ethereal Plane.
HOWLING DRAGON Dragon (Extraplanar) Environment: Windswept Depths of Pandemonium 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 5; very young 6; young 8; juvenile 10; young adult 13; adult 14; mature adult 17; old 19; very old 20; ancient 21; wyrm 22; great wyrm 23 Treasure: Triple standard Alignment: Always chaotic evil or chaotic neutral Advancement: Wyrmling 10–11 HD; very young 13–14 HD; young 16–17 HD; juvenile 19–20 HD; young adult 22–23 HD; adult 25–26 HD; mature adult 28–29 HD; old 31–32 HD; very old 34–35 HD; ancient 37–38 HD; wyrm 40–41 HD; great wyrm 43+ HD Level Adjustment: Wyrmling +4; very young +5; others —
Howling Dragons by Age
Age Size Wyrmling M Very young L Young L Juvenile L Young adult H Adult H Mature adult H Old G Very old G Ancient G Wyrm C Great wyrm C
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Hit Dice (hp) 9d12+18 (76) 12d12+36 (114) 15d12+45 (142) 18d12+72 (189) 21d12+105 (241) 24d12+120 (276) 27d12+162 (337) 30d12+210 (405) 33d12+264 (478) 36d12+324 (558) 39d12+390 (643) 42d12+462 (735)
Str 17 21 25 29 31 33 35 39 41 43 45 47
Dex 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Con 15 17 17 19 21 21 23 25 27 29 31 33
Int 14 14 16 18 18 20 20 22 24 26 28 30
Wis 9 9 11 13 13 15 15 17 19 21 23 25
Base Attack/ Fort Ref Will Cha Grapple Attack Save Save Save 14 +9/+12 +12 +8 +6 +5 14 +12/+21 +16 +11 +8 +7 16 +15/+26 +21 +12 +9 +9 18 +18/+31 +26 +15 +11 +12 18 +21/+39 +29 +17 +12 +13 20 +24/+43 +33 +19 +14 +16 20 +27/+47 +37 +21 +15 +17 22 +30/+56 +40 +24 +17 +20 24 +33/+60 +44 +26 +18 +22 26 +36/+64 +48 +29 +20 +25 28 +39/+72 +48 +31 +21 +27 30 +42/+76 +52 +34 +23 +30
Breath Frightful Weapon Presence (DC) DC 2d10 (16) 16 4d10 (19) 18 6d10 (20) 20 8d10 (23) 23 10d10 (25) 24 12d10 (27) 27 14d10 (29) 28 16d10 (32) 31 18d10 (34) 33 20d10 (37) 36 22d10 (39) 38 24d10 (42) 41
