Monday, January 3, 2011

General Rules: Monsters - Dragon, Brown

Dragon, Brown (from Monsters of Færûn)
Dragon (Earth)

Special Attacks: Breath Weapon, Crush, Frightful Presence, Spells, Spell-Like Abilities, Tail-Sweep
Special Qualities: Immunities, SR, Blindsight, Keen Senses, Tremorsense
Skills: Brown dragons have 6 skill points per Hit Die, plus bonus points equal to their Intelligence modifier x Hit Dice and purchase the following skills at 1 rank per skill point: Listen, Spot, and Search. The remaining skill points are generally spent on Bluff, Concentration, Diplomacy, Escape Artist, and Knowledge (any)(all skills taken individually) at a cost of 1 skill point per rank. Dragons cannot purchase skills that are exclusive to a class.
Feats: Brown dragons have one feat plus an additional feat per 4 hit dice. Dragons favor Cleave, Improved Initiative, Improved Sunder, Power Attack, Skill Augmentation (Listen and Spot), Weapon Focus, and any metamagic feat that is available and useful to sorcerers. They can also choose from the following feats: Quicken Spell-Like Ability and Snatch.
Environment: Any desert
Organization: Wyrmling, very young, young, juvenile, and young adult solitary or clutch (2 - 5); adult mature adult, old, very old, ancient, wyrm, or great wyrm solitary, pair, or family (1 - 2 and 2 - 5 offspring)
Challenge Rating: Wrymling 2; very young 3; young 5; juvenile 7; young adult 10; adult 13; mature adult 15; old 17; very old 18; ancient 20; wyrm 22; great wyrm 24
Treasure: Double standard
Alignment: Usually neutral evil
Advancement: Wyrmling 7 - 9 HD (Medium); very young 10 - 11 HD (Large); young 13 - 14 HD (Large); juvenile 16 - 17 HD (Large); young adult 19 - 20 HD (Huge); adult 22 - 23 HD (Huge); mature adult 25 - 26 HD (Huge); old 28 - 29 HD (Gargantuan); very old 31 - 32 HD (Gargantuan); ancient 34 - 35 HD (Gargantuan); wyrm 37 - 38 HD (Colossal); great wyrm 40+ HD (Colossal)

Brown dragons, also known as great desert dragons, are ferocious, wingless dragons descended from the dragon sire Kælleßin. They burrow beneath the desert sands of the deserts of the Three Worlds.

Brown dragons have scales the color of desert sands, ranging from dim brown at hatching to almost white in their old age. The have small, webbed claws that are well developed for digging and very large, long mouths. Their scales are leathery and not as hard as other dragon's hides.

Brown dragons carve out vast cavern chambers deep below the desert sand, typically at least 1,000 feet down. Their hated enemies are the progeny of Æþlmære, sharing their sire's ancient loathing of the blue dragons.

Combat
A dragon attacks with its powerful claws and bite, and can also use a breath weapon and special physical attacks, depending on its size. Older, more intelligent dragons are adept at sizing up the opposition and eliminating the most dangerous foes first (or avoiding them while picking off weaker enemies).

Brown dragons bury themselves in deep trenches in the sand and lie in wait for victims, erupting from the sand in a flurry to grab their victims.

Brown Dragons by Age

Age
Size
Hit Dice (hp)
Initiative
Speed
Armor Class
Touch
Flat-Footed
Wyrmling
M
6d12+12 (51)
+0
60 feet; burrow 60 feet13 (+3 natural)
10
13
Very Young
L
9d12+27 (85)
+0
60 feet; burrow 60 feet15 (-1 size, +6 natural)
9
15
Young
L
12d12+36 (114)
+0
60 feet; burrow 60 feet18 (-1 size, +9 natural)
9
18
Juvenile
L
15d12+60 (157)
+0
60 feet; burrow 60 feet21 (-1 size, +12 natural)
9
21
Young Adult
H
18d12+90 (207)
+0
60 feet; burrow 60 feet23 (-2 size, +15 natural)
8
23
Adult
H
21d12+105 (243)
+0
60 feet; burrow 60 feet26 (-2 size, +18 natural)
8
26
Mature Adult
H
24d12+144 (300)
+0
60 feet; burrow 60 feet
29 (-2 size, +21 natural)
8
29
Old
G
27d12+189 (364)
+0
60 feet; burrow 60 feet
30 (-4 size, +24 natural)
6
30
Very Old
G
30d12+240 (435)
+0
60 feet; burrow 60 feet33 (-4 size, +27 natural)
6
33
Ancient
G
33d12+297 (511)
+0
60 feet; burrow 60 feet36 (-4 size, +30 natural)
6
36
Wyrm
C
36d12+360 (594)
+0
60 feet; burrow 60 feet35 (-8 size, +33 natural)
2
35
Great Wyrm
C
39d12+429 (682)
+0
60 feet; burrow 60 feet
39 (-8 size, +36 natural)
2
39

Age
BAB/Grapple
Bite
2 Claws
2 Wings
Tail Slap
Crush
Tail Sweep
Wyrmling
+6/+8
+8 (1d8+2)
+3 (1d6+1)
N/A
-
-
-
Very Young
+9/+17
+12 (2d6+4)
+7 (1d8+2)
N/A
+7 (1d8+6)
-
-
Young
+12/+22
+17 (2d6+6)
+12 (1d8+3)
N/A
+12 (1d8+9)
-
-
Juvenile
+15/+26
+21 (2d6+7)
+16 (1d8+3)
N/A
+16 (1d8+10)
-
-
Young Adult
+18/+34
+24 (2d8+8)
+19 (2d6+4)
N/A
+19 (2d6+12)
DC 24 (2d8+12)
-
Adult
+21/+38
+28 (2d8+9)
+23 (2d6+4)
N/A
+23 (2d6+13)
DC 25 (2d8+13)
-
Mature Adult
+24/+43
+33 (2d8+11)
+28 (2d6+5)
N/A
+28 (2d6+16)
DC 28 (2d8+16)
-
Old
+27/+51
+35 (4d6+12)
+30 (2d8+6)
N/A
+30 (2d8+18)
DC 30 (4d6+18)
DC 30 (2d6+18)
Very Old
+30/+56
+40 (4d6+14)
+35 (2d8+7)
N/A
+35 (2d8+21)
DC 33 (4d6+21)
DC 33 (2d6+21)
Ancient
+33/+60
+44 (4d6+15)
+39 (2d8+7)
N/A
+39 (2d8+22)
DC 35 (4d6+22)
DC 35 (2d6+22)
Wyrm
+36/+68
+44 (4d8+16)
+39 (4d6+8)
N/A
+39 (4d6+24)
DC 38 (4d8+24)
DC 38 (2d8+24)
Great Wyrm
+39/+72
+48 (4d8+17)
+43 (4d6+8)
N/A
+43 (4d6+25)
DC 40 (4d8+25)
DC 40 (2d8+25)

Age
Space/Reach
Fortitude
Reflex
Will
Breath Weapon (DC)
Fear DC
SR
Caster Level
Wyrmling
5 feet by 5 feet/5 feet
+7
+5
+6
2d6, 60-foot line (15)
-
-
-
Very Young
5 feet by 10 feet/10 feet
+9
+6
+7
4d6, 80-foot line (17)
-
-
-
Young
5 feet by 10 feet/10 feet
+11
+8
+10
6d6, 80-foot line (19)
-
-
-
Juvenile
5 feet by 10 feet/10 feet
+13
+9
+11
8d6, 80-foot line (21)
-
-
1st
Young Adult
10 feet by 20 feet/10 feet
+16
+11
+14
10d6, 100-foot line (24)
22
20
3rd
Adult
10 feet by 20 feet/10 feet
+17
+12
+15
12d6, 100-foot line (25)
23
23
5th
Mature Adult
10 feet by 20 feet/10 feet
+20
+14
+18
14d6, 100-foot line (28)
26
25
7th
Old
20 feet by 40 feet/15 feet
+22
+15
+19
16d6, 120-foot line (30)
27
27
9th
Very Old
20 feet by 40 feet/15 feet
+25
+17
+22
18d6, 120-foot line (33)
30
28
11th
Ancient
20 feet by 40 feet/15 feet
+27
+18
+23
20d6, 120-foot line (35)
31
30
13th
Wyrm
40 feet by 80 feet/20 feet
+30
+20
+26
22d6, 140-foot line (38)
34
32
15th
Great Wyrm
40 feet by 80 feet/20 feet
+32
+21
+27
24d6, 140-foot line (40)
35
34
17th

Age
Strength
Intelligence
Wisdom
Dexterity
Constitution
Charisma
Special Abilities
Wrymling
15
12
13
10
15
12
Acid Immunity, Tremorsense
Very Young
19
12
13
10
17
12
-
Young
23
14
15
10
17
14
-
Juvenile
25
14
15
10
19
14
Create Water
Young Adult
27
16
17
10
21
16
Damage Reduction 5/+1
Adult
29
16
17
10
21
16
Sandstorm
Mature Adult
33
18
19
10
23
18
Damage Reduction 10/+1
Old
35
18
19
10
25
18
Summon Huge Earth Elemental
Very Old
39
20
21
10
27
20
Damage Reduction 15/+2
Ancient
41
20
21
10
29
20
Summon Greater Earth Elemental
Wyrm
43
22
23
10
31
22
Damage Reduction 20/+3
Great Wyrm
45
22
23
10
33
22
Disintegrate

Blindsight (Ex): A brown dragon can ascertain creatures by nonvisual means (mostly hearing and scent, but also by noticing vibration and other environmental clues) with a range of 30 feet x the dragon's age category.

Breath Weapon (Su): The brown dragon's breath weapon is a line of acid. Using a breath weapon is a standard action. Once a dragon breathes, it can't breathe again until 1d4 rounds later. A blast from a breath weapon always starts at the dragon's mouth and extends in a direction of the dragon's choice. Creatures caught in the area can attempt Reflex saves to take half damage, the DC is listed on the tables above.

Create Water (Sp): A brown dragon that is juvenile or older can use this spell-like ability once per day.

Crush: A jumping brown dragon of at least Huge size can land on opponents as a standard action, using its whole body to crush them. Crush attacks are only effective against opponents three or more size categories smaller than the dragon (though it can attempt normal overrun or grapple attacks against larger opponents). A crush attack affects as many creatures as can fit under the dragon's body. Creatures in the affected area must attempt a Reflex save or be pinned, automatically taking bludgeoning damage during the next round unless the dragon moves off them. If the dragon chooses to maintain the pin, treat it as a normal grapple attacks. Pinned opponents take crush damage each round if they don't escape.

Disintegrate (Sp): A brown dragon great wyrm can use this spell-like ability once per day.

Frightful Presence (Ex): A young adult or older dragon can unsettle foes with its mere presence. The ability takes effect automatically whenever the dragon attacks or charges. Creatures within a radius of 30 feet x the dragon's age category are subject to the effect if they have fewer Hit Dice than the dragon. A potentially affected creature that succeeds at a Will save remain immune to the dragon's frightful presence for one day. On a failure, creatures with 4 or fewer Hit Dice become panicked for 4d6 rounds and those with 5 or more Hit Dice become shaken for 4d6 rounds. Dragons ignore the frightful presence of other dragons.

Immunities (Ex): Brown dragons are immune to sleep and paralysis effects. Brown dragons are also immune to acid.

Keen Senses (Ex): A dragon sees four times as well as a human in low-light conditions, and twice as well in normal light. It also has darkvision with a range of 100 feet x the dragon's age category.

Sandstorm (Sp): Once per day, an adult brown dragon can create a vortex of violently churning sand at a distance of up to 8- yards away. All creatures within a 60-foot radius of the center of the sandstorm take 1d6 points of damage each round they remain within the sandstorm. Characters in the swirling sands are blinded and must make a Balance check (DC 15) during each round they move more than 5 feet or fall prone.

Spell Resistance (Ex): As dragons age, they become more resistant to spells and spell-like abilities as listed on the table above.

Summon Huge Earth Elemental (Sp): Once per day, an old brown dragon can cast summon nature's ally VII to summon one Huge earth elemental, 1d3 Large earth elementals, or 1d4+1 earth elementals of smaller size.

Summon Greater Earth Elemental (Sp): Once per day, an ancient brown dragon can cast summon nature's ally VIII to summon one greater earth elemental, 1d3 Huge earth elementals, or 1d4+1 earth elementals of smaller size.

Tail Sweep: A dragon of at least Gargantuan size can sweep with its tail as a standard action. The sweep affects a half-circle with a diameter of 30 feet, centered on the dragon's rear. A colossal dragon's tail seep has a 40-foot radius. Creatures within the swept area are affected if they are four or more sizes smaller than the dragon. The sweep automatically deals the listed damage. Affected creatures can attempt Reflex saves to take half damage.

Tremorsense (Ex): Brown dragons can automatically sense the location of anything within 500 feet that is in contact with the ground.

Spells: A brown dragon knows and casts arcane spells as a sorcerer of the level indicated on the table above, gaining bonus spells for a high Charisma score.

Skills: Brown dragons that can cast spells have the Spellcraft skill for free at 1 rank per Hit Die.

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