Generic Dragon (3.5e Monster)

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Generic Dragon

Type:	Dragon [See Text]
Environment:	See Text
Organization:	Solitary
Challenge Rating:	Wyrmling 4; very young 5; young 7; juvenile 10; young adult 13; adult 15; mature adult 18; old 20; very old 21; ancient 23; wyrm 24; great wyrm 26
Treasure:	Triple Standard
Alignment:	Any
Advancement:	Wyrmling 8-9 HD; very young 11-12 HD; young 14-15 HD; juvenile 17-18 HD; young adult 20-21 HD; adult 23-24 HD; mature adult 26-27 HD; old 29-30 HD; very old 32-33 HD; ancient 35-36 HD; wyrm 38-39 HD; great wyrm 41+ HD
Level Adjustment:	Wyrmling +4; very young +5; young +6; others —

Generic Dragon Dragons by Age

Age	Size	Hit Dice (hp)	Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha	Base Attack/ Grapple	Attack	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Breath Weapon (DC)	Frightful Presence DC
Wyrmling	M	7d12+Con (Varies)	*	10	*	*	*	*	+7/Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	2d10 (Varies)	-
Very young	L	10d12+Con (Varies)	*	10	*	*	*	*	+10/Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	4d10 (Varies)	-
Young	L	13d12+Con (Varies)	*	10	*	*	*	*	+13/Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	6d10 (Varies)	-
Juvenile	L	16d12+Con (Varies)	*	10	*	*	*	*	+16/Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	8d10 (Varies)	-
Young adult	H	19d12+Con (Varies)	*	10	*	*	*	*	+19/Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	10d10 (Varies)	Varies
Adult	H	22d12+Con (Varies)	*	10	*	*	*	*	+22/Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	12d10 (Varies)	Varies
Mature adult	H	25d12+Con (Varies)	*	10	*	*	*	*	+25/Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	14d10 (Varies)	Varies
Old	G	28d12+Con (Varies)	*	10	*	*	*	*	+28/Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	16d10 (Varies)	Varies
Very old	G	31d12+Con (Varies)	*	10	*	*	*	*	+31/Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	18d10 (Varies)	Varies
Ancient	G	34d12+Con (Varies)	*	10	*	*	*	*	+34/Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	20d10 (Varies)	Varies
Wyrm	G	37d12+Con (Varies)	*	10	*	*	*	*	+37/Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	22d10 (Varies)	Varies
Great wyrm	C	40d12+Con (Varies)	*	10	*	*	*	*	+40/Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	24d10 (Varies)	Varies

Generic Dragon Dragon Abilities by Age

Age	Speed	Initiative	AC	Special Abilities	Caster Level	SR
Wyrmling	40 ft, fly 150 ft (poor)	+0	16 (+6 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 16	See Text	-	-
Very young	40 ft, fly 150 ft (poor)	+0	18 (+9 natural, -1 size), touch 9, flat-footed 18	See Text	-	-
Young	40 ft, fly 150 ft (poor)	+0	21 (+12 natural, -1 size), touch 9, flat-footed 21	See Text	1st	-
Juvenile	40 ft, fly 150 ft (poor)	+0	24 (+15 natural, -1 size), touch 9, flat-footed 24	See Text	3rd	-
Young adult	40 ft, fly 150 ft (poor)	+0	26 (+18 natural, -2 size), touch 8, flat-footed 26	DR 5/magic	5th	19
Adult	40 ft, fly 150 ft (poor)	+0	29 (+21 natural, -2 size), touch 8, flat-footed 29	See Text	7th	21
Mature adult	40 ft, fly 150 ft (poor)	+0	32 (+24 natural, -2 size), touch 8, flat-footed 32	DR 10/magic	9th	23
Old	40 ft, fly 200 ft (clumsy)	+0	33 (+27 natural, -4 size), touch 6, flat-footed 33	See Text	11th	24
Very old	40 ft, fly 200 ft (clumsy)	+0	36 (+30 natural, -4 size), touch 6, flat-footed 36	DR 15/magic	13th	26
Ancient	40 ft, fly 200 ft (clumsy)	+0	39 (+33 natural, -4 size), touch 6, flat-footed 39	See Text	15th	28
Wyrm	40 ft, fly 200 ft (clumsy)	+0	42 (+36 natural, -4 size), touch 6, flat-footed 42	DR 20/magic	17th	30
Great wyrm	40 ft, fly 200 ft (clumsy)	+0	41 (+39 natural, -8 size), touch 2, flat-footed 41	See Text	19th	32

It's a dragon. Hell if I know which one.

This is not an actual creature, but rather a generic baseline which any form of dragon can be produced. Using the baseline of a red dragon, the color, shape, and other properties of the dragon can be tweaked and modified as needed.

Rather than normal ability scores, the creator of the generic dragon selects scaling ability scores from the list below (excluding dexterity). They also select the subtype and special abilities, including immunities to elements, spell like abilities, and so on and so forth.

Ability Scores

Age Category	Primary Score	Secondary Score	Tertiary Score	Quaternary Score	Quinary Score
Wyrmling	17	15	11	10	10
Very Young	21	17	13	12	12
Young	25	17	13	12	12
Juvenile	29	19	15	14	14
Young Adult	31	21	15	14	14
Adult	33	21	19	16	16
Mature Adult	33	23	19	18	18
Old	35	25	21	20	20
Very Old	37	27	23	22	22
Ancient	39	29	25	24	24
Wyrm	41	31	25	24	24
Great Wrym	45	31	27	26	26

Creating a Generic Dragon

After selecting your ability scores, select a subtype between Air, Cold Earth, Fire, and Water. Choosing the Cold or Fire subtype gives you cold or fire immunity, and the subsequent vulnerability, as appropriate. Then, select your special abilities.

As a wyrmling you start with two special abilities, one breath weapon (energy type and shape of your choice), and gain an additional special ability at each age category except young adult, mature adult, very old, and wyrm age categories where you receive damage reduction instead. You can use one of your special abilities to remove an energy vulnerability, such as from obtaining the cold or fire subtype.

As a final step, choose three skills. These skills become class skills for the dragon.

Bonus Feat: The dragon obtains a bonus feat, as if by leveling.

Energy Immunity (Ex): The dragon becomes immune to one energy type chosen. Alternatively, it removes a vulnerability it possesses. This ability can only be selected as a wyrmling.

Extra Breath Weapon (Su): You gain an additional breath weapon as a dragon of your CR or less. For example, a young adult generic dragon (CR 13) can pick up the cone of sleep of a adult brass dragon (CR 12). This extra breath weapon works off the cooldown of your pre-existing breath weapon.

Improve Movement (Ex): Choose one of the generic dragon's movement modes. Improve this movement mode by its 50% of its base unaltered amount. Alternatively, you can improve a flight speed's maneuverability up by one step.

Movement Mode (Ex): You gain an additional movement mode. You can get a burrow speed equal to half your land speed, a swim speed equal to twice your land speed, or a climb speed equal to your land speed. Flight starts out at poor maneuverability and goes down with each size category, to a minimum of clumsy.

Spell-Like Ability (Sp): Choose a spell from the cleric, druid, or sorcerer/wizard list that you would be able to cast from your caster level. For example a young adult generic dragon (CL 5th) can pick up to 3rd level spells. You gain it as a spell-like ability 1/day, based off your highest mental ability score. You can choose this multiple times, selecting a new spell, or increasing a pre-existing spell-like ability up to 3/day, 5/day, and then at will.

Unique Dragon Feature: You gain one of the following unique abilities taken from one of the chromatic or metallic dragons, as follows: alternate form (3/day), charm reptiles, cloudwalking, corrupt water, create/destroy water, icewalking, luck bonus, sound imitation, or water breathing.

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