Cheese Dragon (3.5e Monster)

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Cheese Dragon

Type:	Cheese Dragon [Water]
Environment:	Warm Plains
Organization:	Solitary
Challenge Rating:	Wyrmling 3; very young 4; young 5; juvenile 7; young adult 9; adult 11; mature adult 14; old 16; very old 18; ancient 19; wyrm 20; great wyrm 22
Treasure:	Triple Standard
Alignment:	Usually True Neutral
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+ HD
Level Adjustment:	Wyrmling +3, Very Young +3, Young +3, Juvenile +4; others —

Cheese 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	T	4d12+4 (30)	11	10	13	8	11	8	+4/-4	+6	+5	+4	+4	2d4 (13)	—
Very young	S	7d12+7 (52)	13	10	13	8	11	8	+7/+4	+9	+6	+5	+5	4d4 (14)	—
Young	M	10d12+20 (85)	15	10	15	10	11	10	+10/+12	+12	+9	+7	+7	17 (6d4)	—
Juvenile	M	13d12+26 (110)	17	10	15	10	11	10	+13/+16	+16	+10	+8	+8	18 (8d4)	—
Young adult	L	16d12+48 (152)	19	10	17	12	13	12	+16/+24	+19	+13	+10	+11	10d4 (21)	19
Adult	L	19d12+76 (199)	23	10	19	12	13	12	+19/+29	+24	+15	+11	+12	12d4 (23)	20
Mature adult	H	22d12+110 (253)	27	10	21	14	15	14	+22/+38	+28	+18	+13	+15	14d4 (26)	23
Old	H	25d12+125 (287)	29	10	21	14	15	14	+25/+42	+32	+19	+14	+16	16d4 (27)	24
Very old	H	28d12+168 (350)	31	10	23	16	17	16	+28/+46	+36	+22	+16	+19	18d4 (30)	27
Ancient	H	31d12+186 (387)	33	10	23	16	17	16	+31/+50	+40	+23	+17	+20	20d4 (31)	28
Wyrm	G	34d12+238 (459)	35	10	25	18	19	18	+34/+58	+42	+26	+19	+23	22d4 (34)	31
Great wyrm	G	37d12+296 (536)	37	10	27	20	21	20	+37/+62	+46	+28	+20	+25	24d4 (36)	33

Cheese Dragon Dragon Abilities by Age

Age	Speed	Initiative	AC	Special Abilities	Caster Level	SR
Wyrmling	60 ft, fly 100 ft (average), swim 60 ft	+0	15 (+2 natural, +2 size), touch 12, flat-footed 15	Fermentation, Immunity to Sickness and Nausea	—	—
Very young	60 ft, fly 100 ft (average), swim 60 ft	+0	17 (+6 natural, +1 size), touch 11, flat-footed 17	—	—	—
Young	60 ft, fly 150 ft (poor), swim 60 ft	+0	19 (+9 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 19	—	—	—
Juvenile	60 ft, fly 150 ft (poor), swim 60 ft	+0	22 (+12 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 22	desiccating bubbleSpC	—	—
Young adult	60 ft, fly 150 ft (poor), swim 60 ft	+0	24 (+15 natural, -1 size), touch 9, flat-footed 24	DR 5/magic	1st	17
Adult	60 ft, fly 150 ft (poor), swim 60 ft	+0	27 (+18 natural, -1 size), touch 9, flat-footed 27	Cheese Dust	3rd	18
Mature adult	60 ft, fly 150 ft (poor), swim 60 ft	+0	29 (+21 natural, -2 size), touch 8, flat-footed 29	DR 10/magic	5th	21
Old	60 ft, fly 150 ft (poor), swim 60 ft	+0	32 (+24 natural, -2 size), touch 8, flat-footed 32	Stinking Cloud	7th	22
Very old	60 ft, fly 150 ft (poor), swim 60 ft	+0	35 (+27 natural, -2 size), touch 8, flat-footed 35	DR 15/magic	9th	23
Ancient	60 ft, fly 150 ft (poor), swim 60 ft	+0	38 (+30 natural, -2 size), touch 8, flat-footed 38	Cloudkill	11th	25
Wyrm	60 ft, fly 200 ft (clumsy), swim 60 ft	+0	39 (+33 natural, -4 size), touch 6, flat-footed 39	DR 20/magic	13th	26
Great wyrm	60 ft, fly 200 ft (clumsy), swim 60 ft	+0	42 (+36 natural, -4 size), touch 6, flat-footed 42	heroes' feast	15th	28

It ain't easy being cheesy. No, that's a lie, it's super easy if you're also a dragon.

Cheese dragons are made of a pliable cheese-like substance and come in yellow, white, and mottled colors between them. Rarely, some even sport blue patterns. They are notable for having red waxy webbing on their wings. They start off very smooth, and as they age they may develop pockmarks, hard cheese scales, and they gain a particular odor that increases with time.

Combat

Cheese dragons are not considered honorable fighters and will employ any and every cheesy tactic they can to win. It may be cowardly, but they end up as the survivors in a clash.

Breath Weapon (Su)

A cheese dragon has two breath weapons. The first is a line of molten queso, dealing fire damage. Those who fail the save, or who end their turn in the area of effect of a breath weapon from last round, are entangled for 1 round per age category from the sticky cheese.

Their second breath is a cone of stinky cheese smell. Creatures within the cone must succeed on a Fortitude save or be sickened for 1d4 rounds plus 1 round per age category.

Cheese Dust (Su)

Once per round as a free action on its turn, a cheese dragon can emit a blast of cheddar dust in all directions, coating any invisible creatures in a layer of cheese and making them visible as if under faerie fire, until they are cleaned with water or some other means as a standard action. They can also do this to a specific item or object on touch at will, coating said item and making it both bright orange, and subject to staining anyone who comes in contact with it.

Fermentation (Sp)

A cheese dragon of any age can use this ability three times per day. It works like the purify food and drink spell except all organic material is subject to rapid fermentation. For most food products this spoils them as if they have become stale, rotten, or old. However for products that can be fermented (milk into cheese, and many fruits and sugars into alcohol), it transforms them into their fermented food products. Magic items and items in a creature's possession must succeed on a Will save (DC equal to that of the dragon's breath weapon) or be ruined. This ability is the equivalent of a 1st-level spell.

Spell-Like Abilities (Sp)

3/day-desiccating bubble^SpC (juvenile or older); 1/day-Cloudkill (ancient or older), heroes' feast (great wyrm), Stinking Cloud (old or older).

Skills

Craft, Handle Animal, and Survival are considered class skills for cheese dragons.

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