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Varied size Fiendish Dragon (Extraplanar)
Hit Dice: Varies, see Age Table
Initiative: ? Speed: ? ft. (? squares) Armour Class: Varies, see Age Table Base Attack / Grapple: ? / ? Attack: Varies, see Age Table Full Attack: ? Space / Reach: Varies Special Attacks:
- Varies, see Age Table
- Breath Weapon - Sonic Cone
- Breath Weapon - Maddening Wails
Special Qualities:
- Varies, see Age Table
- Frightful Presence
Saves:
- Fort: see Age Table
- Ref: see Age Table
- Will: see Age Table
Abilities:
- STR: see Age Table
- DEX: see Age Table
- CON: see Age Table
- INT: see Age Table
- WIS: see Age Table
- CHA: see Age Table
Skills:
- Bluff
- Move Silently
- Search
All these skills are considered Howling Dragon class skills
Feats:
- Alertness
+1 feat per 3 Hit Dice
Environment: Any land and underground (Pandemonium) Organization:
- Solitary (1 dragon, any age)
- Clutch (1D4+1 wyrmlings, very young, young, juvenile, or young adults)
- Family (pair of mature adults and 1D4+1 offspring)
Challenge Rating:
- Wyrmling 5
- Very young 8
- Young 10
- Juvenile 12
- Young adult 14
- Mature adult 18
- Old 20
- Very old 22
- Ancient 23
- Wyrm 25
- Great wyrm 26
Treasure: Triple standard Alignment: Always chaotic evil or chaotic neutral Advancement Range:
- Wyrmling 10-11 HD (Medium-size)
- Very young 13-14 HD (Large)
- Young 16-17 HD (Large)
- Juvenile 19-20 HD (Large)
- Young adult 22-23 HD (Huge)
- Adult 25-26 HD (Huge)
- Mature adult 28-29 HD (Huge)
- Old 31-32 HD (Gargantuan)
- Very old 34-35 HD (Gargantuan)
- Ancient 37-38 HD (Gargantuan)
- Wyrm 40-41 HD (Colossal)
- Great wyrm 43+ HD (Colossal)
Level Adjustment: Too evil and too powerful to use as character linked creatures.
Native to the windswept plane of Pandemonium, howling dragons are brilliant, scheming, and quite insane. A howling dragon is long and slender, with short, thin legs and narrow wings. Long spines form a frill behind its head, and twin clusters of similar spines sprout from its shoulders. Its scales are mottled yellow and black, darkening as the dragon ages. Its yellow eyes are large and feral looking, with tiny pupils.
Howling dragons feed on any creatures they can catch, living, undead or even constructs, but they enjoy the sensation of biting into a still moving morsel.
Howling dragons attack with primal ferocity, battering their foes with every power at their disposal. They breathe as often as possible, switching between breath forms apparently at random.
On the plane of Pandemonium, where screaming winds restrict sound and hearing, both breath weapons are limited to a 10-foot cone.
Breath Weapon - Sonic Cone (Su):
Cone of sound dealing sonic damage. See Age Table for damage and the
DC.
Breath Weapon - Maddening Wails (Su):
Cone of maddening wails: victims must succeed at a Fortitude save or
take 1 point of temporary WIS damage per age category of the dragon. See
Age Table for damage and the DC.
Howling dragons make their lairs in isolated caverns amid the twisting tunnels of their native plane. When they find their way to the Material Plane, they seek out similar terrain, and are thus usually encountered far underground. They roam widely in the territory surrounding their lair, exploring every narrow crevice and tunnel.
Age Tables:
Based on an article in Dragon Magazine #300 October 2002 by James Wyatt