Adult Black Dragon
Dragon · Crown of Wrath
T4d10Sovereign
Acid-spitting tyrants of swamps, adult black dragons hoard in flooded lairs, their corrosive breath dissolving bones and treasures alike.
Tier 4 · Role Sovereign · Pool Vigor 3 / Vitality 26 · AC 14 · ATK +5 · Save DC 17 · Dmg d10
| Stat | Score | Mod | Die |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body | 18 | +4 | d8 |
| Mind | 16 | +3 | d6 |
| Sense | 18 | +4 | d8 |
| Heart | 8 | -1 | -d3 |
| Cunning | 18 | +4 | d8 |
| Fate | 18 | +4 | d8 |
Passives
Legendary Resistance (1/day)
When the dragon fails a save, it may choose to succeed instead.
Swamp Dweller
Immune to acid damage; breathes air and water.
Maneuvers
Acid Breath
Spits a 60 ft line of hissing acid. Each creature in the line saves (Body, DC 17) or takes 4 damage; on a success, it takes 1 Vigor damage.
Reactions
Tail Swipe
When a creature moves behind the dragon, it makes a tail attack against that creature.
Tactics
GM tactics
Ambushes from murky water. Uses Tail Swipe on anyone who tries to circle behind it. Acid Breath against clustered enemies. Sadistic-toys with prey.
Running it
Rules
- Shield of Tier + Heart mod over a Vitality pool of 10 + 4 x Tier. Full Vigor at combat start; at the start of its turn it rolls 4 exploding d4s and regains 1 Vigor per 4. Dead at 0 Vigor and 0 Vitality.
- A hit rolls d10. A crit rolls two: 2d10.
- Crits on a natural 16+ (Cunning 18).
- Two or three attacks in a normal turn: multiattack is the threat scaler, and one swing a round makes it a mook.
- Sovereign: 2 Sovereign Actions a round, spent after other combatants' turns, on top of its attacks.
- Never checks morale: it fights to 0 Vitality or to the exit written into its lowest phase.
- NPCs never take wounds.