3.5e Dragon Instructions

Editing Instructions

In the text area at the bottom of this page, fill in the values after the equal signs, and replace the comments (the text starting with <!-- and ending with -->) with your own descriptive text.

Some of the parameters are numbered from 1 to 12 (e.g. cr1, cr2,... cr12) Each number represents a dragon age category: 1 = wyrmling, 2 = very young, 3 = young, 4 = juvenile, 5 = young adult, 6 = adult, 7 = mature adult, 8 = old, 9 = very old, 10 = ancient, 11 = wyrm, 12 = great wyrm.

Be sure to create additional category tags, to indicate Type, Subtype(s), Challenge rating and Level Adjustment to help make your creature easier to find.

The following examples use the steel dragon from an article on WotC's D&D site.

Type:	Dragon (air)
Environment:	Any city (rarely any hill, plain, or forest)
Organization:	Wyrmling, very young, young: solitary (with humanoid companions) or clutch (2-5); juvenile, young adult, adult, mature adult, old, very old, ancient, wyrm, great wyrm: solitary (with humanoid companions)
Challenge Rating:	Wyrmling 2; very young 3; young 3; juvenile 5; young adult 7; adult 8; mature adult 11; old 12; very old 13; ancient 15; wyrm 16; great wyrm 18
Treasure:	Wyrmling, very young, young, juvenile, young adult: standard; adult, mature adult, old: double standard; very old, ancient, wyrm, great wyrm: triple standard
Alignment:	Usually lawful neutral, often lawful good
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 38-40 HD
Level Adjustment:	—

Steel 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	S	4d12+4 (30)	11	10	13	10	11	12	+4/+0	+5	+5	+4	+4	1d6 (13)	—
Very young	S	7d12+7 (52)	13	10	13	12	13	12	+7/+4	+9	+6	+5	+6	2d6 (14)	—
Young	M	10d12+20 (85)	15	10	15	14	13	14	+10/+12	+12	+9	+7	+8	3d6 (17)	—
Juvenile	M	13d12+26 (110)	17	10	15	16	15	14	+13/+16	+16	+10	+8	+10	4d6 (18)	—
Young adult	M	16d12+48 (152)	19	10	17	18	15	16	+16/+20	+20	+13	+10	+12	5d6 (21)	21
Adult	L	19d12+57 (180)	21	10	17	20	19	16	+19/+28	+23	+14	+11	+15	6d6 (22)	22
Mature adult	L	22d12+88 (231)	23	10	19	20	19	18	+22/+31	+26	+17	+13	+17	7d6 (25)	25
Old	L	25d12+100 (262)	25	10	19	22	21	18	+25/+36	+31	+18	+14	+19	8d6 (26)	26
Very old	H	28d12+140 (322)	27	10	21	22	23	20	+28/+44	+34	+21	+16	+22	9d6 (29)	29
Ancient	H	31d12+186 (387)	29	10	23	24	25	20	+31/+48	+38	+23	+17	+24	10d6 (31)	30
Wyrm	H	34d12+238 (459)	31	10	25	24	25	22	+34/+52	+42	+26	+19	+26	11d6 (34)	33
Great wyrm	H	37d12+296 (536)	33	10	27	26	27	24	+37/+56	+46	+28	+20	+28	12d6 (36)	35

Steel Dragon Abilities by Age

Age	Speed	Initiative	AC	Special Abilities	Caster Level	SR
Wyrmling	60 ft., fly 150 ft. (average), swim 30 ft.	+0	14 (+1 size, +3 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 14	Polymorph, poison resistance	1st	16
Very young	60 ft., fly 150 ft. (average), swim 30 ft.	+0	17 (+1 size, +6 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 17	Minor arcane shield	3rd	18
Young	60 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 30 ft.	+0	19 (+9 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 19	Moderate arcane shield	5th	20
Juvenile	60 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 30 ft.	+0	22 (+12 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 22	Enthrall	7th	22
Young adult	60 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 30 ft.	+0	25 (+15 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 25	Damage reduction 5/magic	9th	24
Adult	60 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 30 ft.	+0	27 (-1 size, +18 natural), touch 9, flat-footed 27	Charm person	11th	26
Mature adult	60 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 30 ft.	+0	30 (-1 size, +21 natural), touch 9, flat-footed 30	Damage reduction 10/magic	13th	28
Old	60 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 30 ft.	+0	33 (-2 size, +24 natural), touch 9, flat-footed 33	Suggestion	15th	30
Very old	60 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 30 ft.	+0	35 (-2 size, +27 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 35	Damage reduction 15/magic	17th	32
Ancient	60 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 30 ft.	+0	38 (-2 size, +30 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 38	Mass suggestion	19th	34
Wyrm	60 ft., fly 250 ft. (poor), swim 30 ft.	+0	41 (-4 size, +33 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 41	Damage reduction 20/magic	20th	36
Great wyrm	60 ft., fly 250 ft. (poor), swim 30 ft.	+0	44 (-4 size, +36 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 44	Mass charm	21st	38