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Undead DragonsLong-lived as they are, some dragons remain in theworld, active and malicious, even when heartbeatsfalter and necrotic energy instead of blood providesanimation.DRACOLICHAs described in the Monster Manual, a dracolich iscreated from a powerful dragon through an evilritual. Some dragons willingly choose to becomesentient undead; others have the ritual forced uponthem. Dracoliches are greedy for power and treasure,but individuals pursue other goals equally passionately.Dracoliches can arise from dragon familiesother than the chromatic, but chromatics are mostprone to the transformation.Bone MongrelDracolichA DRAGON DOES NOT BECOME this sort of dracolich bychoice. A bone mongrel is created from the remainsof several dead dragons to form an animate and dullysentient whole.This skeletal dragon is about the size of a largehorse, with a malevolent light burning in its eye sockets.The denuded bones forming the creature clearlydo not match, and the dragon’s skull shows rivetswhere the lower jaw and various horns have beenattached.Bone Mongrel DracolichLevel 8 Elite BruteLarge natural magical beast (dragon, undead) XP 700Initiative +7 Senses Perception +9; darkvisionHP 218; Bloodied 109AC 22; Fortitude 21, Reflex 19, Will 18Immune disease, fear, poison; Resist 15 necrotic; Vulnerable 10radiantSaving Throws +2Speed 6, fly 8 (clumsy)Action Points 1m Bite (standard; at-will) ✦ NecroticReach 2; +11 vs. AC; 2d8 + 6 necrotic damage, and the targettakes ongoing 5 damage (save ends).M Flensing Teeth (standard; at-will)The dracolich makes a bite attack against each of two differenttargets.C Breath Weapon (standard; recharge ⚄ ⚅) ✦ NecroticThe dracolich unleashes a blast of bone shards: close blast 5;+9 vs. Reflex; 2d10 + 10 necrotic damage, and the target takesongoing 5 damage (save ends). First Failed Saving Throw: Theongoing damage increases to 10.C Horrid Presence (standard; encounter) ✦ FearClose burst 5; targets enemies; +9 vs. Will; the target is pushed3 squares and dazed (save ends).Alignment Evil Languages DraconicStr 22 (+10) Dex 17 (+7) Wis 11 (+4)Con 19 (+8) Int 7 (+2) Cha 12 (+5)Bone Mongrel Dracolich LoreA character knows the following information with asuccessful Religion check.DC 20: The evil ritual that creates this creaturerequires the bones of several dead dragons. Whenthe ritual is complete, the disparate parts are transformedinto a malevolent skeletal monstrosity. Thecreature hates its mockery of life but, owing to theritual’s evil nature, cannot end its own animation.DC 25: A bone mongrel’s phylactery takes theform of a skeletal portion of a dragon incorporatedinto the dracolich, such as a tail section.Bone Mongrel DracolichTacticsA bone mongrel enters combat with a blast of itsbreath weapon. It then moves into melee range, spendingan action point to attack with flensing teeth.Bone mongrel dracoliches fight until destroyed—they do not wish to prolong their wretched existence.200CHAPTER 4 | New MonstersRICK SARDINHA