Hellwyvern (3.5e Monster)

Known for their hardiness and cunning, these winged two-footed dragons are one of the very few indigenous creatures of the lower planes that have managed to survive and thrive without change.

Hellwyverns are much larger than their cousins from the material plane. They possess two strong legs and powerful, flexible wings spanned by incredibly high tensile strength bone structures, with a pair of clawed talons protruding from the cusp of each wing. Hellwyverns are streamlined and muscular, their hide covered with segmented scales that culminate in sharp, spiny ridges. Hellwyverns have incredible control over their bodies in the air for a creature of their immense size, and as such they are some of the greatest aerial predators known in the planes, capble of flying at great speeds almost indefinitely and make sudden turns and maneuvers that would be impossible for any other creature of their size to perform, making them very sought after mounts by demons and devils.

A hellwyvern's body is roughly 30 feet long, half of which is its flexible, powerful tail. A hellwyvern's coloration usually ranges from a blood red (younger) to a more grayish red (older). A regular fully grown hellwyvern has a wingspan of roughly 45 to 50 feet, and weighs in at roughly six tons.

Combat
A hellwyvern fights fiercely and efficiently, using its flying skill and intelligence to try and outflank and outsmart. It will use its poisonous spines and tail to weaken its target, and its limited ability to wield hellfire to deal with groups of enemies. They also have access to a small number of spell-like abilities.

While most hellwyverns are animalistic of instinct with a roughly human-like intellect, they tend to be more neutrally inclined and less influenced by the general alignments that reign within the lower planes. Regardless, ages of exposure to the steadily changing lower planes have left their mark. A hellwyvern has the Evil subtype, and is considered evil-aligned for the purpose of resolving spells and effects. A hellwyvern's natural weapons are treated as evil aligned for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.

To be completed.

Skills: Hellwyverns have a +3 racial bonus on Spot checks.