Cerulean Dragon (3.5e Monster)

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Cerulean Dragon

Type:	Dragon
Environment:	Deep forests, marshes and jungles
Organization:	Solitary
Challenge Rating:	Wyrmling 5; very young 8; young 12; juvenile 15; young adult 18; adult 20; mature adult 23; old 26; very old 29; ancient 32; wyrm 35; great wyrm 38
Treasure:	Double standard
Alignment:	Always chaotic neutral
Advancement:	Wyrmling 8-9 HD; very young 11-13 HD; young 15-16 HD; juvenile 18-20 HD; young adult 22-23 HD; adult 25-27 HD; mature adult 29-30 HD; old 32-34 HD; very old 36-37 HD; ancient 39-41 HD; wyrm 43-44 HD; great wyrm 46-48 HD
Level Adjustment:	—

Cerulean 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+14 (59)	13	15	14	14	14	17	+7/+8	+8	+7	+7	+7	4d8 (14)	—
Very young	M	10d12+30 (95)	16	16	16	17	17	21	+10/+13	+13	+10	+10	+10	8d8 (18)	—
Young	M	14d12+56 (147)	18	18	18	20	20	24	+14/+18	+18	+13	+13	+14	12d8 (21)	—
Juvenile	M	17d12+85 (195)	21	19	20	23	23	28	+17/+22	+22	+15	+14	+16	16d8 (23)	—
Young adult	L	21d12+147 (283)	23	21	24	26	26	31	+21/+31	+26	+19	+17	+20	20d8 (27)	30
Adult	L	24d12+192 (348)	26	22	26	29	29	35	+24/+36	+31	+22	+20	+23	24d8 (30)	34
Mature adult	L	28d12+252 (434)	28	24	28	32	32	38	+28/+41	+36	+25	+23	+27	28d8 (33)	38
Old	L	31d12+310 (511)	31	25	30	35	35	42	+31/+45	+40	+27	+24	+29	32d8 (35)	41
Very old	H	35d12+420 (647)	33	27	34	38	38	45	+35/+54	+44	+31	+27	+33	36d8 (39)	44
Ancient	H	38d12+494 (741)	36	28	36	41	41	49	+38/+59	+49	+34	+30	+36	40d8 (42)	48
Wyrm	H	42d12+588 (861)	38	30	38	44	44	52	+42/+64	+54	+37	+33	+40	44d8 (45)	52
Great wyrm	H	45d12+675 (967)	41	31	40	47	45	56	+45/+68	+58	+39	+34	+41	48d8 (47)	55

Cerulean Dragon Abilities by Age

Age	Speed	Initiative	AC	Special Abilities	Caster Level	SR
Wyrmling	40 ft., fly 200 ft. (perfect)	+2	20 (+2 Dex, +5 natural, +3 deflection), touch 15, flat-footed 18	Spells, cerulean shield, DR 5/lawful and magic, immunities, magic blast, spellfyre	4th	20
Very young	40 ft., fly 200 ft. (perfect)	+3	25 (+3 Dex, +7 natural, +5 deflection), touch 18, flat-footed 22	Stifle 3/day, greater invisibility 3/day	7th	23
Young	40 ft., fly 250 ft. (perfect)	+4	30 (+4 Dex, +9 natural, +7 deflection), touch 21, flat-footed 26	Charm monster at will	10th	26
Juvenile	40 ft., fly 250 ft. (perfect)	+4	34 (+4 Dex, +11 natural, +9 deflection), touch 23, flat-footed 30	DR 10/lawful and magic	13th	29
Young adult	40 ft., fly 250 ft. (perfect)	+5	37 (-1 size, +5 Dex, +13 natural, +10 deflection), touch 24, flat-footed 32	Spellburke 3/day, stifle at will	16th	32
Adult	40 ft., fly 250 ft. (perfect)	+6	42 (-1 size, +6 Dex, +15 natural, +12 deflection), touch 27, flat-footed 36	DR 15/lawful and magic	19th	35
Mature adult	40 ft., fly 300 ft. (perfect)	+7	47 (-1 size, +7 Dex, +17 natural, +14 deflection), touch 30, flat-footed 40	Schizophrenia 3/day	22nd	38
Old	40 ft., fly 300 ft. (perfect)	+7	51 (-1 size, +7 Dex, +19 natural, +16 deflection), touch 32, flat-footed 44	DR 15/epic and lawful	25th	41
Very old	40 ft., fly 300 ft. (good)	+8	54 (-2 size, +8 Dex, +21 natural, +17 deflection), touch 33, flat-footed 46	Dominate monster at will	28th	44
Ancient	40 ft., fly 300 ft. (good)	+9	59 (-2 size, +9 Dex, +23 natural, +19 deflection), touch 36, flat-footed 50	Mass charm monster 3/day	31st	47
Wyrm	40 ft., fly 350 ft. (good)	+10	64 (-2 size, +10 Dex, +25 natural, +21 deflection), touch 39, flat-footed 54	DR 20/epic and lawful	34th	50
Great wyrm	40 ft., fly 350 ft. (good)	+10	68 (-2 size, +10 Dex, +27 natural, +23 deflection), touch 41, flat-footed 58	Blood of the pale moon 1/day	37th	53

These capricious, azure-scaled entities roam the jungles and crags of the world. Thought to be related to feykind, they are playful and easily driven to boredom, seeking out mortals to amuse themselves with. While they consider nature to be sacred, they are not above playing pranks with its creations, and their potent charms and compulsions can reduce even the most resilient of men to servile thralls.

Cerulean dragons are very small dragons whose scales are a dark blue tint, with a greenish-blue underbelly. Their hide shows very little composite scale structure and is more like that of a large fish. They have two pairs of wings that move in opposed tandem motions, similar to those of a dragonfly.

Cerulean dragons often make their home in ancient ruins, overgrown with vines and brambles and hidden in the heart of the wilderness. There, they help themselves to whatever riches and treasures the native peoples have left behind. Theatrical and charismatic, cerulean dragons often craft a persona around themselves to appeal to primitive mortals, such as by impersonating their most vaunted gods to gain worshipers and servants. Decadent and hedonistic, once they establish themselves with the locals, they mire themselves in endless recreation and live a carefree life. They value humour and entertainment and exhibit care for their followers and the wilderness around them, protecting it against unwanted invaders and those that would seek to bring corruption.

Combat

A Cerulean dragon’s natural weapons and any weapons it wields are treated as chaotic-aligned as well as magic (wyrmling – mature adult) or epic (old – great wyrm) for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction. A Cerulean dragon has two tails, giving Large or larger sized Cerulean dragons two tail slaps on a full attack action.

Aside from possessing the natural weapons, abilities, and traits innate to all true dragons, Cerulean dragons have the following unique qualities.

Breath Weapon (Su): A Cerulean dragon has two types of breath weapons. The first is a cone of force dealing damage as per Table: Cerulean Dragons by Age. The second is a cone of glitterdust, the blindness effect of which lasts for 3 rounds plus one additional round per age category of the dragon.

Cerulean Shield (Su): A Cerulean dragon projects a powerful shield, giving it a deflection bonus to AC equal to its Charisma bonus that remains even in an antimagic field or when the shield is brought down to 0 hit points. The shield has hit points as shown in Table: Cerulean Shield Hit Points and recovers one tenth of its maximum hit points every minute.

Table: Cerulean Shield Hit Points

Age	Shield hp		Age	Shield hp
Wyrmling	10		Mature Adult	160
Very Young	20		Old	200
Young	40		Very Old	250
Juvenile	60		Ancient	300
Young Adult	90		Wyrm	360
Adult	120		Great Wyrm	420

As long as the cerulean shield has hit points remaining, the Cerulean dragon can use it to negate a targeted spell as an immediate action once per round. Doing so converts the spell's energy into raw magical damage, absorbing all spell effects at the cost of 1d6 points of damage per caster level of the negated spell. Any damage taken over the amount of shield hit points is dealt to the dragon's own hit points.

Immunities: Cerulean dragons are immune to cold, electricity, and compulsion effects.

Magic Blast (Sp): A Cerulean dragon can shoot a magical blast blast dealing 1d6 damage per caster level (maximum 15d6) of the desired energy type in a 20-ft.-radius burst (Reflex half). A magic blast of a particular energy type functions as a spell with the appropriate spell descriptor (i.e. Fire for a fire-type magic blast). The dragon may fire one magic blast as a standard action, or up to one magic blast for every 10 caster levels it has as a swift action (maximum 3), or both. This ability is equivalent to a 5th level spell with a range of 'Long'. Save DCs are Charisma-based.

Spellfyre (Su): Any arcane spellcaster that has taken damage from a Cerulean dragon's bite will suffer the effects of spellfyre for one minute. During this time, attempting to cast a spell provokes a volatile reaction inside their body that deals 1d4 points of damage per spell level being cast and 1d4 points of damage per age category of the dragon, forcing them to make a Concentration check to maintain the spell. This damage is typeless and can't be prevented by any resistance, reduction, or immunity to damage.

Spells: Cerulean dragons cast spells as a druid of their effective caster level.

Sample Cerulean Dragon, Adult

Size/Type:	Large Dragon (Chaotic)
Hit Dice:	24d12+192 (348 hp)
Initiative:	+10
Speed:	60 ft. (12 squares), fly 200 ft. (perfect)
Armor Class:	42 (-1 size, +6 Dex, +15 natural, +12 deflection), touch 27, flat-footed 36
Base Attack/Grapple:	+24/+36
Attack:	Bite +31 melee (2d6+8 plus spellfire)
Full Attack:	Bite +31 melee (2d6+8 plus spellfire), 2 claws +29 melee (1d8+4), 2 wings +29 melee (1d6+4), 2 tail slaps +29 melee (1d8+12)
Space/Reach:	10 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks:	breath weapon, frightful presence (DC 34), magic blast, spells, spell-like abilities
Special Qualities:	Immunities, blindsense, cerulean shield (120 hp), darkvision 120 ft., DR 15/lawful and magic, spell resistance 35, keen senses
Saves:	Fort +22, Ref +20, Will +23
Abilities:	Str 26, Dex 22, Con 26, Int 29, Wis 29, Cha 35
Skills:	Appraise +36 (alchemy +38), Bluff +39, Concentration +35, Craft (Alchemy) +24, Diplomacy +38, Escape Artist +30, Gather Information +39, Intimidate +41, Jump +47, Knowledge (any four) +30, Listen +36, Search +36 (+38 secret doors), Sense Motive +29, Spellcraft +36, Spot +36
Feats:	Ability Focus (force effect breath weapon), Alertness, Combat Reflexes, Flyby Attack, Improved Initiative, Multiattack, Power Attack, Quicken Spell-Like Ability (stifle), Wingover
Environment:	Deep forests, marshes and jungles
Organization:	Solitary
Challenge Rating:	20
Treasure:	Double standard
Alignment:	Always chaotic neutral
Advancement:	25-27 HD (Large)
Level Adjustment:	—

An adult Cerulean dragon's natural weapons are treated as chaotic and magic for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.

Breath Weapon (Su): Cone, 40 ft., of force energy, damage 24d8, Reflex DC 30 half. Secondary breath weapon is a 40 ft. cone of glitterdust, as per the spell. The blindness effect lasts for 9 rounds and can be resisted with a DC 30 Will save. The DCs are Constitution based.

Cerulean Shield (Su): An adult Cerulean dragon's magic shield has 120 hit points.

Magic Blast (Sp): An adult Cerulean dragon can fire a magical blast dealing 10d6 damage of the desired energy type in a 20-ft.-radius burst, Reflex DC 25 half. The dragon may use its magic blasts either as a swift or a standard action, or may fire two magic blasts in a round by expending both a swift and a standard action. This ability is the equivalent of a 3rd level spell and has a range of 1,160 feet, caster level 19th.

Spell-Like Abilities: At will—charm monster (DC 26), stifle (DC 26). 3/day—greater invisibility, spellburke (DC 28). Caster level 19th. Save DCs are Charisma-based.

Druid Spells Prepared (6/8/7/7/7/7/5/5/4/4; base DC 19 + spell level)

0—create water, detect magic (×2), detect poison, purify food and drink, read magic; 1st—charm animal, detect animals or plants, faerie fire (×2), obscuring mist (×2), pass without trace, speak with animals; 2nd—animal messenger, barkskin (×2), owl's wisdom, resist energy (×2), spider climb; 3rd—dominate animal (×2), greater magic fang (×2), sleet storm, water breathing; 4th—command plants, dispel magic (×2), giant virmin, rusting grasp, scrying (×2); 5th—animal growth (×2), baleful polymorph, death ward, tree stride, wall of fire (×2); 6th—greater dispel magic (×3), mass bull's strength, wall of stone; 7th—heal (×2), fire storm, greater scrying, true seeing; 8th—control plants, mass cure serious wounds, reverse gravity, word of recall; 9th—foresight (×2), shapechange (×2). Caster level 19th.

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