# Dragon (Planar, Shadow) Great Wyrm Shadow Dragon >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] > >[!debug]+ > >bite: 3d6 (×2) > >claws: 2d6 (×2) > >wings: 2d6 (×2) > >slapMelee/Ranged: +35/+20 > >Secondary: +30/+15 > >Multiattack: +33/+18 > >M/R_PA: +35/+20 > >2nd/PA: +30/+15 > >MA_PA: +33/+18 > >Itterative: 4 > > xDmg:: Str: +13; Str2: +19; StrOH: +6; StrPA: +13; StrPA2H: +19; StrPAOH: +6 > > xDCs:: Str: 36; Dex: 21; Con: 31; Int: 31; Wis: 31; Cha: 31 > > xFeat:: 2/13 (11) <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Great Wyrm Shadow Dragon</div> <div class="CR">CR 19 (204,800 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Draconomicon pg. 191</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> CE Gargantuan Dragon (extraplanar) **Init** +2 **Senses** dragon senses, see in darkness; **Perception** +41 **Aura** frightful presence (360 ft., DC 10), gloom (120 ft.) #### defense **AC** 44, 4 touch, 46 flat-footed (-2 Dex, +40 natural, -4 size) **hp** 377 (26d12+208) **Fort** +23, **Refl** +13, **Will** +23 **Feint** 51, **Demoralize** 44 **DR** 20/magic; **SR** 35 **Immune** energy drain, negative energy, paralysis, sleep #### offense **Speed** 80 ft., fly 250 ft. (clumsy) **Melee** bite +45 (4d6+18 plus 12 cold), 2 claws +45 (2d8+12), 2 wings +40 (2d6+6), tail slap +40 (2d8+18) **Space** 20 ft., **Reach** 15 ft. (20 ft. with bite) **Special Attacks** breath weapon (60 ft. cone, DC 29, 24d6 negative energy, usable every 1d4 rounds), crush (DC 29, 4d6+18), call the shadow, enervating breath, slaying breath, tail sweep (30 ft., 2d6+18) **Spell-Like Abilities** (CL 26th, Concentration +34) > **At will**— _dimension door_, _mirror image_, _nondetection_, _shadow walk_ **Sorcerer Spells Known** (CL 17th, Concentration +25) > **0**— > **1st**— > **2nd**— > **3rd**— > **4th**— > **5th**— > **6th**— > **7th**— > **8th**— #### statistics **Str** 37, **Dex** 6, **Con** 27, **Int** 26, **Wis** 26, **Cha** 27 **BAB** +26, **CMB** +43, **CMD** 51, **TA** +35, **RTA** +20 **Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Cleave]], [[Extend Spreading Breath]], [[Greater Spell Focus]] (illusion), [[Hover]], [[Improved Initiative]], [[Large and in Charge]], [[Multiattack]], [[Power Attack]], [[Shape Breath]], [[Shock Wave]], [[Spell Focus]] (illusion), [[Spreading Breath]] **Skills** Appraise +37, Bluff +37, Fly +13, Intimidate +37, Knowledge (arcana) +37, Knowledge (history) +37, Knowledge (local) +37, Knowledge (nature) +37, Knowledge (planes) +37, Knowledge (religion) +37, Perception +41, Sense Motive +41, Spellcraft +37, Stealth +21 **Languages** Abyssal, Aklo, Common, Draconic, Giant, Infernal, Necril, Undercommon **SQ** shadow blend, shadow magic mastery #### Special Abilities ### Breath Weapon (Su) Although it deals negative energy damage, a shadow dragon's breath weapon does not heal undead creatures. ### Call the Shadow (Su) Three times per day, a shadow dragon can conjure a mass of leaping shadows with a radius of 100 feet and a duration of 1 hour. Magical light in the area is suppressed, and the light level is lowered by three steps. This is a 9th-level darkness effect for purposes of resolving light and darkness effects. ### Dispel Light (Su) The gloom that surrounds a shadow dragon dispels the light around it. Any light effect of 6th level or lower within the shadow dragon's gloom aura is automatically dispelled. ### Enervating Breath (Su) Instead of a cone of negative energy, a shadow dragon can breathe a cone of enervating energy. Creatures in the area of effect must succeed on a Fortitude save or gain 12 negative levels. A successful save halves the numbers of negative levels gained. ### Gloom (Su) The shadows lengthen around a shadow dragon, leeching the color and light in 120-foot radius. The aura of gloom does not lower illumination by itself, but it does suppress light effects and prevents nonmagical light sources from increasing the light level. This is a 9th-level darkness effect for resolving light and darkness effects. ### Jaws of Death (Su) An adult or older shadow dragon deals cold damage equal to its age category with its bite attack. ### Shadow Blend (Su) A shadow dragon can disappear into the shadows. In conditions of dim illumination or darker, the shadow dragon is invisible. ### Shadow Magic Mastery (Su) An old or older shadow dragon can draw more deeply on the plane of shadow to create magical effects. When he casts a spell from the shadow subschool the creates a quai-real effect (such as _shadow evocation_), that effect is 10% more real than normal (30% rather than 20%). ### Slaying Breath (Su) Any creature brought to 0 or fewer hit hit points by a shadow dragon's breath weapon must succeed on a DC 29 Fortitude save of be immediately slain. This is a death effect. #### Ecology **Environment:** Any (Plane of Shadow) **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 Shadow dragons are sly and devious creatures with ties to the Plane of Shadow. Shadow dragons have translucent scales and dark bodies, giving them an indistinct appearance; from a distance, they seem to be nothing but a foreboding mass of shadows. ### Combat Shadow dragons prefer to attack from hiding, employing their shadow blend ability. They use illusion spells to confuse and misdirect their foes.