chromatic dragons.pdf - Free

White Dragon Wyrmling Level 1 Elite BruteMedium natural magical beast (dragon) XP 200Initiative +0 Senses Perception +6; darkvisionHP 76; Bloodied 38; see also breath weaponAC 13; Fortitude 14, Reflex 12, Will 13Resist 5 coldSaving Throws +2Speed 6 (ice walk), fly 6 (hover), overland flight 10Action Points 1m Bite (standard; at-will) ✦ Cold+4 vs. AC; 1d8 + 4 cold damage.m Claw (standard; at-will)+4 vs. AC; 1d8 + 4 damage.M Dragon’s Fury (standard; at-will)The wyrmling makes two claw attacks. If it hits a single targetwith both claws, it makes a bite attack against the same target.C Breath Weapon (standard; recharges when first bloodied;encounter) ✦ ColdClose blast 4; +2 vs. Reflex; 3d6 + 4 cold damage, and the targetis slowed and weakened (save ends both).Alignment Evil Languages DraconicSkills Athletics +9Str 18 (+4) Dex 10 (+0) Wis 12 (+1)Con 18 (+4) Int 10 (+0) Cha 8 (–1)White Dragon Wyrmling LoreA character knows the following information with asuccessful Nature check.DC 15: A white dragon lays its eggs in a cold,remote location. Although low temperature is notnecessary for the eggs to hatch, it does season thewyrmlings to their environment and might be necessaryfor developing resistance to cold. Ice caves inglaciers are best, but deep crevasses or hollows infrozen tundra can also serve. After a clutch of whitewyrmlings hatches, the creatures take a few hoursto clean themselves and gather their strength. Butwithin the day, they are out of the hatchery, huntingfor their first meals.DC 20: White wyrmlings have a chilling breathweapon that slows and weakens foes just like thatof mature whites, and they can also lash out with aflurry of claws and fangs. However, they can’t callupon the frigid power of older dragons. Like redwyrmlings, they fight to the bitter end, and sometimestheir brutality can help them win out.gluttonous excess. They stay within flying distance ofsnow-covered peaks, tundra, or glacial plains, thoughboreal forests can host infestations of them, especiallyin the winter.Sometimes kobolds attempt to tame a whitedragon hatched from a plundered egg. This tacticoften ends poorly for the would-be dragontamer, butoccasionally it succeeds. Dragonborn sometimesare able to work with white wyrmlings and keepthem as pets, although the creatures are too viciousand unpredictable for civilized environments.Occasionally white wyrmlings are encouraged byblandishments of treasure and food to briefly joinforces with minor intelligent undead.Level 1 Encounter (XP 500)✦ 1 white dragon wyrmling (level 1 elite brute)✦ 1 kobold slinger (level 1 artillery, MM 168)✦ 2 kobold skirmishers (level 1 skirmisher, MM 167)Level 3 Encounter (XP 750)✦ 2 white dragon wyrmlings (level 1 elite brute)✦ 1 specter (level 4 lurker, MM 244)✦ 1 deathlock wight (level 4 controller, MM 262)Level 5 Encounter (XP 1,000)✦ 1 white dragon wyrmling (level 1 elite brute)✦ 4 dragonborn soldiers (level 5 soldier, MM 86)CHROMATIC WYRMLINGSWhite Dragon Wyrmling TacticsA white wyrmling is bestially aggressive. It swoopsdown from above or springs out of a hiding placebeneath snow or ice, then unleashes its breath weapon.Thereafter, the wyrmling uses dragon’s fury until itsbreath weapon recharges. After breathing, it uses itsaction point to slash at the most seriouslywoundedenemy with dragon’s fury, hoping to finish it in thatround. White wyrmlings fight until slain.EMILY FIEGENSCHUHEncounter GroupsWhite wyrmlings disperse widely from their hatcheriesin just a few months, hunting and eating toCHAPTER 4 | New Monsters187