Size:
Type:
± Undead
Form:
Temper:
# App:
± 1
Lair:
Diet:
Combat Dice:
± 0
Hit Points:
± 0
Attack Rank:
± 0
Passive Defense:
± 0
Active Defense:
Damage Reduction:
± 0
Role:
Ground:
± 30'
Climb/Arboreal:
Flight:
± 80'
Swim:
Benthic:
Burrow:
Ethereal:
Actions/Abilities/Traits: Basic Fantasy
Actions/Abilities/Traits: Basic Fantasy
Offense
1 tail
Circumstance: Combat
1 tail
Special
Breath Weapon
Breathes a cloud of freezing fog (100' long x 55' wide). In addition to dealing damage, this breath inflicts **mummy rot** on those affected unless they save vs. Death Ray.
Special
Paralysis
Its claws inflict paralysis (like a ghoul), but elves are not immune; a saving throw vs. Paralysis is allowed to resist.
Environments
any
A skeletal dragon lich, a powerful ancient dragon who has chosen to become undead
A Death dragon is a skeletal monster, a sort of "dragon lich", a powerful ancient dragon (age category 7) who has chosen to become undead for reasons inscrutable to mortals. In place of whatever breath weapon it had in life, a death dragon breathes a cloud of freezing fog (100' long x 55' wide). In addition to dealing damage, this breath inflicts **mummy rot** (see the mummy entry in the **Basic Fantasy RPG Core Rules** for details) on those affected unless they save vs. Death Ray. Its claws inflict paralysis (like a ghoul), but elves are not immune; a saving throw vs. Paralysis is allowed to resist.
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Actions/Abilities/Traits: Basic Fantasy
Actions/Abilities/Traits: D&D 5e (Lesser Death Dragon)
Actions/Abilities/Traits: D&D 5e (Lesser Death Dragon)
Attributes
Strength: 20
Dexterity: 10
Constitution: 18
Intelligence: 5
Wisdon: 10
Charisma: 5
Saving Throws
Saving Throw Bonuses
Dexterity: +4
Wisdom: +4
Skills
perception: +4
stealth: +4
Offense
Bite
Circumstance: Melee
9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. (2d8 + 5) piercing damage plus 4 (1d8) necrotic damage.
Offense
Claw
Circumstance: Melee
9 to hit, reach 5 ft. one target. (1d6 + 5) slashing damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape 15). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained. The dragon has two claws, each of which can grapple one target.
Action
Multiattack
The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Action
Cataclysmic Breath {@recharge 5}
The dragon exhales a wave of ghostly purple flames in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a 16 Dexterity saving throw, taking 36 (8d8) necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature dies if the breath reduces it to 0 hit points. Additionally, any Medium or smaller Humanoid killed by the breath's damage, as well as every corpse of such a creatures within the cone, becomes a zombie (see the Monster Manual) under the dragon's control. The zombie acts on the dragon's initiative but immediately after the dragon's turn. Absent any other command, the zombie tries to kill any non-Undead creature it encounters.
Trait
Unusual Nature
The dragon doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Trait
Passive Perception
14
Immunities
Damage Immunities
necrotic
poison
Immunities
Condition Immunities
exhaustion
poisoned
Resistances
piercing
Senses
blindsight 30 ft.
darkvision 60 ft.
Languages
understands Common and Draconic but can't speak
Most death dragons are pale imitations of their former selves. They remember flashes and echoes, and sometimes things or creatures they encounter painfully remind them of what they once had. These fleeting moments of lucidity quickly burn away in rage and anguish, driving the dragons to destroy the would-be memento.
Death dragons are the Undead skeletal remains of metallic or chromatic dragons, infused with the lingering fires of the Cataclysm by foul magic. Rarely, death dragons arise when a dragon meets its end in a way that torments its soul and consumes it with a need for vengeance. Regardless of how it arose, a death dragon retains a shadow of its former personality. The stronger the death dragon, the more it fights the hate consuming it, holding on to some vestige of its memories.
A death dragon's bones burn with violet Cataclysmic fire, which it can unleash in a horrific mockery of the breath weapon it possessed in life. The breath snuffs out life force and infuses undeath into corpses it touches. These zombies burn with Cataclysmic fire and serve the death dragon's will, typically going on rampages to destroy all living creatures in sight.
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Actions/Abilities/Traits: D&D 5e (Lesser Death Dragon)
A skeletal dragon lich, a powerful ancient dragon who has chosen to become undead
A Death dragon is a skeletal monster, a sort of "dragon lich", a powerful ancient dragon (age category 7) who has chosen to become undead for reasons inscrutable to mortals. In place of whatever breath weapon it had in life, a death dragon breathes a cloud of freezing fog (100' long x 55' wide). In addition to dealing damage, this breath inflicts **mummy rot** (see the mummy entry in the **Basic Fantasy RPG Core Rules** for details) on those affected unless they save vs. Death Ray. Its claws inflict paralysis (like a ghoul), but elves are not immune; a saving throw vs. Paralysis is allowed to resist.
Basic Fantasy Field Guide Omnibus
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