Storm Dragon (3.5e Monster)

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Storm Dragon

Type:	Dragon [Air]
Environment:	Coastlines
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:	Always Chaotic, Usually Evil
Advancement:	Wyrmling 8-9 HD HD; very young 11-12 HD HD; young 14-15 HD HD; juvenile 17-18 HD HD; young adult 20-21 HD HD; adult 23-24 HD HD; mature adult 26-27 HD HD; old 39-30 HD HD; very old 32-33 HD HD; ancient 35-36 HD HD; wyrm 38-39 HD HD; great wyrm +41 HD HD
Level Adjustment:	Wyrmling +4; very young +5; young +6; others —

Storm 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+59 (59)	17	10	15	10	11	10	+7/+10	+10	+7	+5	+5	2d10 (15)	-
Very young	L	10d12+30 (95)	21	10	17	12	13	12	+10/+19	+14	+10	+7	+8	4d10 (18)	-
Young	L	13d12+39 (123)	25	10	17	12	13	12	+13/+24	+19	+11	+8	+9	6d10 (19)	-
Juvenile	L	16d12+64 (168)	29	10	19	14	15	14	+16/+29	+24	+14	+10	+12	8d10 (22)	-
Young adult	H	19d12+95 (218)	31	10	21	14	15	14	+19/+37	+27	+16	+11	+13	10d10 (24)	21
Adult	H	22d12+110 (253)	33	10	21	16	17	16	+22/+41	+31	+18	+13	+17	12d10 (26)	24
Mature adult	H	25d12+150 (312)	33	10	23	18	19	18	+25/+44	+34	+20	+14	+18	14d10 (28)	26
Old	G	28d12+1961 (378)	35	10	25	20	21	20	+28/+52	+36	+23	+16	+21	16d10 (31)	29
Very old	G	31d12+248 (449)	37	10	27	22	23	22	+31/+56	+40	+25	+17	+23	18d10 (33)	31
Ancient	G	34d12+306 (527)	39	10	29	24	25	24	+34/+60	+44	+28	+19	+26	20d10 (36)	34
Wyrm	G	37d12+370 (610)	41	10	31	24	25	24	+37/+64	+48	+30	+20	+27	22d10 (38)	35
Great wyrm	C	40d12+400 (660)	45	10	31	26	27	26	+40/+73	+49	+32	+22	+30	24d10 (40)	38

Storm Dragon Dragon Abilities by Age

Age	Speed	Initiative	AC	Special Abilities	Caster Level	SR
Wyrmling	40 ft., fly 150 ft. (average), swim 40 ft.	+0	16 (+6 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 16	Immunity to Electricity, Nimbus Form	-	-
Very young	40 ft., fly 150 ft. (average), swim 40 ft.	+0	18 (+9 natural, -1 size), touch 9, flat-footed 18	gust of wind	-	-
Young	40 ft., fly 150 ft. (average), swim 40 ft.	+0	21 (+12 natural, -1 size), touch 9, flat-footed 21	Stormbringer	1st	-
Juvenile	40 ft., fly 150 ft. (average), swim 40 ft.	+0	24 (+15 natural, -1 size), touch 9, flat-footed 24	great thunderclapSpC	3rd	-
Young adult	40 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 40 ft.	+0	26 (+18 natural, -2 size), touch 8, flat-footed 26	DR 5/magic	5th	19
Adult	40 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 40 ft.	+0	29 (+21 natural, -2 size), touch 8, flat-footed 29	wind walk	7th	21
Mature adult	40 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 40 ft.	+0	32 (+24 natural, -2 size), touch 8, flat-footed 32	DR 10/magic	9th	23
Old	40 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 40 ft.	+0	33 (+27 natural, -4 size), touch 6, flat-footed 33	constant lightning	11th	24
Very old	40 ft., fly 250 ft. (poor), swim 40 ft.	+0	36 (+30 natural, -4 size), touch 6, flat-footed 36	DR 15/magic	13th	26
Ancient	40 ft., fly 250 ft. (poor), swim 40 ft.	+0	39 (+33 natural, -4 size), touch 6, flat-footed 39	control weather	15th	28
Wyrm	40 ft., fly 250 ft. (poor), swim 40 ft.	+0	42 (+36 natural, -4 size), touch 6, flat-footed 42	DR 20/magic	17th	30
Great wyrm	40 ft., fly 250 ft. (clumsy), swim 40 ft.	+0	41 (+39 natural, -8 size), touch 2, flat-footed 41	hurricane force	19th	32

The black wind howls as lightning flashes briefly illuminate the large and terrifying visage of a dragon descending from the clouds wreathed in smoke and fury.

Kings of the sky and lords of the storm, these dragons are a rare and powerful breed on par with the great red dragons. They are residents of flying islands, undersea ruins, and storm and cloud giant kingdoms now abandoned and repurposed, with large cloud vaults that fly overhead the world below. The approach of a storm dragon heralds foul weather and harsh winds, and so their presence is often hidden or overlooked in comparison to the natural disasters they bring.

The storm dragon may be confused with the black dragon, but their bodies and crests differ. The shape of the horns mimicks that of a crown and electricity is known to arc from tip to tip when the dragon is enraged. Its body is covered in hard knobby scales with a dull purple glow sometimes seen from within cracks in their natural armor. Their wings are vast, and their long tail ends in a sword-like series of spines. The tail spines and horns are a copper to gold hue, and grow darker but never less shiny with age. Their voices are like thunder with little care for volume or subtle words, for they hold an arrogance that they are kings amongst dragonkind and shapers of the world. It is fortunate then that their arrogance is only matched by their sloth, and they usually do not bother to act until stirred, at which point they act with unrestrained fury.

Wyrmling storm dragons start off a dark midnight blue with smoother skin and fewer cracks in their natural armor, and with fewer horns than normal. Their horns increase with age and great wyrms may have dozens of points. Their eyes are illuminated purple against black sclera.

Combat

Storm dragons believe in striking hard and fast to cause the greatest intimidation and doubt of success in their opponents. Making them believe they are utterly and absolutely outmatched wins some victories without continued combat, and more importantly drives their opponents to desperation. It uses this to judge the strength of an opponent, and may choose to return or harass them later.

Storm dragons use the environment to their advantage whenever possible, especially making use of cloud cover.

Breath Weapon (Su)

Storm dragons have two breath weapons, a modified line of lightning and an shockwave of lightning. The line deals the damage listed above, and if the line hits a a solid surface it blossoms into a 20 ft radius sphere at the point of impact.

Alternatively it can release a shockwave off its own body which extends out to its natural reach. All creatures in the area may make a save against the breathe weapon damage. If they fail the Reflex save they are also bull rushed outward. The storm dragon does not follow bull rush opponents.

Nimbus Form (Su)

Storm dragons can assume an alternate form that behaves in all ways like gaseous form at will. Specifically it resembles a storm cloud and offers a +10 bonus on Disguise checks to appear as such.

Spell-Like Abilities (Sp)

At will-gust of wind (young or older); 3/day-great thunderclap^SpC (juvenille or older); 1/day-constant lightning (old or older), control weather (ancient or older), hurricane force (great wyrm), wind walk (adult or older). The saving throws are Charisma based.

Stormbringer (Su)

The young or younger storm dragon is at home in the whirling tempest of a storm. It is immune to all wind based effects. In fact its mere presence worsens pre-existing natural (but not magically augmented) wind effects making it one step more intense wind out to the range of its frightful presence. It may suppress or resume this effect as a free action.

Skills

Intimidate, Survuval, and Swim are considered class skills for storm dragons.

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