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Pounce.В If the drake moves at least 20 feet straight toward a creature and then hits it with a claw attack on the same turn, that target must succeed on a DC 16 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft, Passive Perception 12 My current party is level 14, so this coldscale drake works out to be a little tougher than a young white dragon, but could easily be scaled down for a lower level party. To create the coldscale drake, I looked at the stats for this monster found in 4th editionвЂ™s Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale.

For a tougher challenge, have your PCs encounter a single coldscale drake or a deadly group.

A white guard drake (see Volo p.158), created using the variant rules gains cold resistance and a climbing/burrowing speed and provides a CR 2 challenge and is a great fit for the arctic.

In my current campaign, an ancient white dragon has created many drakes to patrol and hide around her lair, ready for my PCs to stumble into. I think drakes work especially well as thematic minions found in the region controlled by their dragon master. When found in the wild, they can provide a tough encounter that matches up with the wilderness environment. When trained, chromatic drakes serve as effective guards for NPCs. I like how drakes fit into the world of D&D as simple, draconic guard dogs. IвЂ™m talking about draconic drakes here, not the high level bard from the northern wastelands of Toronto, Canada.

Dungeons and dragons monster stats how to#

I thought IвЂ™d share some ideas on how to use stuff found in the official books and some of my own homebrew creations I have thrown at my players.

This article provides some ideas for using monsters and handling survival in an arctic environment. I needed to throw some monsters and hazards at my players to demonstrate how harsh the environment created by the white dragon is. My players just entered the lair of a white dragon after exploring the frigid Winterbole forest surrounding her lair.

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Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms AppendixД®pic Level Handbook Update Booklet/Revised d20 System Reference Document Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix Monstrous Compendium Volume Three Forgotten Realms Appendix Monster Manual (3.5e)/Revised d20 System Reference Document Monster Manual (3e)/d20 System Reference Document Monstrous Compendium Dragonlance Appendix Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 'Yellow Dragon' is a different kind than 'Yellow Dragon (II),' and both of them are a different kind than 'Yellow (Salt) Dragon.' Two dragon kinds in the list are only the same kind if the two texts are identical.

Note: Some dragon kinds have the same name as others. This list was initially compiled from the 'All the Different Types of Dragons' thread on EN World forums the 'Dracodex, the Index of Dragons' thread on the Wizards forums. Note: this is only a list of true dragons, it does not list any lesser dragons or templates. But it does (to the best of my knowledge) list the latest source for each dragon. This does not yet list each version/edition of the dragons, nor every source for each. This is a comprehensive list of all the different kinds of true dragons and unique true dragons that have been published in official (A)D&D products.