# Dragon (Planar, Howling) Young Adult Howling Dragon <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Young Adult Howling Dragon</div> <div class="CR">CR 12 (19,200 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Draconomicon pg. 180</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> CN Gargantuan Dragon **Init** +0 **Senses** dragon senses; **Perception** +25 **Aura** frightful presence (150 ft., DC 22) #### defense **AC** 26, 6 touch, 26 flat-footed (+20 natural, -4 size) **hp** 196 (17d12+85) **Fort** +15, **Refl** +10, **Will** +11 **Feint** 35, **Demoralize** 28 **DR** 10/magic; **SR** 24 **Immune** paralysis, sleep, sonic #### offense **Speed** 60 ft., fly 250 ft. (clumsy) **Melee** bite +22 (4d6+13), 2 claws +22 (2d8+9), 2 wings +20 (2d6+4), tail slap +20 (2d8+13) **Space** 20 ft., **Reach** 15 ft. (20 ft. with bite) **Special Attacks** breath weapon (60-ft. cone, DC 23, 10d10 sonic, usable every 1d4 rounds), crush (DC 23, 4d6+12), maddening breath, tail sweep (30-ft., DC 23, 2d6+12) **Spell-Like Abilities** (CL 17th, Concentration +21) > **At will**— _gust of wind_, _hideous laughter_, _shatter_, _sound burst_ **Sorcerer Spells Known** (CL 1st, Concentration +5) >**0**— >**1st**— #### statistics **Str** 29, **Dex** 10, **Con** 21, **Int** 18, **Wis** 13, **Cha** 18 **BAB** +17, **CMB** +30, **CMD** 40, **TA** +22, **RTA** +13 **Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Cleave]], [[Flyby Attack]], [[Great Cleave]], [[Improved Sunder]], [[Improved Vital Strike]], [[Multiattack]], [[Power Attack]], [[Vital Strike]] **Skills** Appraise +24, Bluff +24, Fly +6, Intimidate +24, Knowledge (arcana) +24, Knowledge (nature) +24, Knowledge (planes) +24, Perception +25, Sense Motive +25, Spellcraft +24 **Languages** Aklo, Common, Draconic, Protean **SQ** embrace chaos, raucous #### special abilities ### Embrace Chaos (Ex) If a howling dragon becomes confused, it gains an extra effect from each result on the confusion table. Each effect lasts only for the howling dragon's turn, unless stated otherwise. *Act normally:* The howling dragon gains the affects of the _rage_ spell. *Babble incoherently:* Creatures within 100 feet of the babbling howling dragon take a -2 to attack rolls and skill checks until the start of the howling dragon's next turn. This is a sonic affect. *Damage self:* All creatures in or adjacent to the howling dragon's space also take 1d8 + the howling dragon's Str modifier damage. *Attack nearest creature:* If making a full attack, the howling dragon can make one additional attack at its highest base attack bonus, as if under the effect of _haste_. ### 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 23 Will save for take 5 points of Wisdom damage. A successful save halves the damage. This is a mind-affecting sonic affect. ### Raucous (Ex) A howling dragon will not be silenced. Any of the howling dragon's sonic-based supernatural abilities, spells or spell-like abilities ignore silence effects of 2nd level or lower. #### 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.