# Dragon (Planar, Howling) Wyrmling Howling Dragon >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Wyrmling Howling Dragon</div> <div class="CR">CR 5 (1,600 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Draconomicon pg. 180</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> CN Medium Dragon **Init** +2 **Senses** dragon senses; **Perception** +13 **Aura** frightful presence (30 ft., DC 16) #### defense **AC** 20, 12 touch, 18 flat-footed (+2 Dex, +8 natural) **hp** 77 (9d12+18) **Fort** +8, **Refl** +8, **Will** +5 **Feint** 23, **Demoralize** 18 **SR** 16 **Immune** paralysis, sleep, sonic #### offense **Speed** 60 ft., fly 150 ft. (average) **Melee** bite +12 (1d8+4), 2 claws +12 (1d6+3), 2 wings +10 (1d4+1) **Space** 5 ft., **Reach** 5 ft. (10 ft. with bite) **Special Attacks** breath weapon (30-ft. cone, DC 16, 2d10 sonic), maddening breath **Spell-Like Abilities** (CL 9th , Concentration +11) > **At will**— _sound burst_ #### statistics **Str** 17, **Dex** 14, **Con** 15, **Int** 14, **Wis** 9, **Cha** 14 **BAB** +9, **CMB** +12, **CMD** 24, **TA** +12, **RTA** +11 **Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Cleave]], [[Flyby Attack]], [[Multiattack]], [[Power Attack]] **Skills** Appraise +14, Bluff +14, Fly +14, Intimidate +14, Knowledge (arcana) +14, Perception +13, Sense Motive +13, Spellcraft +14 **Languages** Common, Draconic #### special abilities ### Maddening Breath (Su) Instead of a cone of sonic energy, a howling dragon can breath a cone maddening wails. Creatures within the cone must succeed on a DC 16 Will save for take 1 points of Wisdom damage. A successful save halves the damage. This is a mind-affecting sonic affect. #### ecology **Environment:** Any (Pandemoneum) **Organization** Solitary (1 dragon, any age), clutch (1d4+1 wyrmlings, very young, young, or juveniles or young adults), family (pair of mature adults and 1d4+1 offspring) **Treasure** Triple **Advancement** By age category 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 purple and black, darkening as the dragon ages. Its yellow eyes are large and feral-looking, with tiny pupils. 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. Howling dragons feed on any creatures they can catch— living, undead, or even construct. They enjoy the sensation of biting into a still-moving morsel. ### Combat 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.