# Dragon (Planar, Pyroclastic) Young Pyroclastic Dragon <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Young Pyroclastic Dragon</div> <div class="CR">CR 8 (4,800 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Draconomicon pg. 182</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> LE Huge Dragon (extraplanar) **Init** +5 **Senses** dragon senses, smoke vision; **Perception** +19 **Aura** frightful presence (90 ft., DC 16) #### defense **AC** 21, 9 touch, 20 flat-footed (+1 Dex, +12 natural, -2 size) **hp** 116 (11d12+44) **Fort** +11, **Refl** +8, **Will** +8 **Feint** 29, **Demoralize** 22 **DR** 5/magic; **SR** 18 **Immune** fire, paralysis, sleep, sonic #### offense **Speed** 60 ft., burrow 40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor) **Melee** bite +16 (2d8+10), 2 claws +16 (2d6+7), 2 wings +14 (1d8+3), tail slap +14 (2d6+10) **Space** 15 ft., **Reach** 10 ft. (15 ft. with bite) **Special Attacks** breath weapon (50-ft. cone, DC 19, 6d6 fire and sonic), crush (DC 19, 2d8+10), disintegrating breath **Spell-Like Abilities** (CL 11th, Concentration +12) > **At Will**— _pyrotechnics_, _sound burst_ #### statistics **Str** 25, **Dex** 12, **Con** 19, **Int** 12, **Wis** 13, **Cha** 12 **BAB** +11, **CMB** +20, **CMD** 31, **TA** +16, **RTA** +10 **Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Flyby Attack]], [[Hover]], [[Improved Initiative]], [[Multiattack]], [[Power Attack]] **Skills** Appraise +15, Climb +29, Fly +7, Intimidate +15, Perception +19, Sense Motive +19, Spellcraft +15 **Languages** Common, Draconic #### special abilities ### Disintegrating Breath (Su) Instead of a cone of volcanic ash, a pyroclastic dragon can breathe a 100-foot line of destructive energy. Creatures in the area of effect must succeed on a DC 19 Fortitude save or take 6d6 damage. A successful save reduces the damage to 3. Creatures reduced to 0 or fewer hit points by this attack are reduced to a pile of ash, as if by _disintegration_. #### ecology **Environment:** Any (Gehenna) **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 Pyroclastic dragons are creatures of elemental fury, embodying the forces of fire, earth, and rumbling thunder that move earth and shape continents. They are native to the Bleak Eternity of Gehenna, an infinite plane of volcanic earthbergs and infernal lava. A pyroclastic dragon is solidly built and powerfully muscled, conveying a sense of immovability. Its scales resemble fractured obsidian and glowing magma, forming a mottled pattern of reds, oranges, blacks, and grays over its entire body. Its large wings seem almost to be made of ash, but despite their flimsy appearance they are quite capable of bearing the dragon’s great weight aloft. Pyroclastic dragons enjoy swimming through magma, but they make their lairs in caves carved out of volcanic rock. When they venture to the Material Plane, they live only in volcanic regions. These dragons enjoy the taste of meat but can also subsist on a purely mineral diet. ### Combat Pyroclastic dragons have all the subtlety of a volcanic eruption—they may simmer and hiss for a time, but when they erupt at last their fury is unmatched.