# Dragon (Planar, Tarterian) Wyrmling Tarterian Dragon <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Wyrmling Tarterian Dragon</div> <div class="CR">CR 5 (1,600 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Draconomicon pg. 189</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> NE Medium Dragon (extraplanar) **Init** +6 **Senses** dragon senses; **Perception** +15 #### defense **AC** 19, 12 touch, 17 flat-footed (+2 Dex, +7 natural) **hp** 68 (8d12+16) **Fort** +8, **Refl** +8, **Will** +8; +4 vs. force effects **Feint** 25, **Demoralize** 20 **Defensive Abilities** force resistance **SR** 16 **Immune** paralysis, sleep #### offense **Speed** 60 ft., fly 150 ft. (average) **Melee** bite +11 (1d8+4), 2 claws +11 (1d6+3), 2 wings +9 (1d4+1) **Space** 5 ft., **Reach** 5 ft. (10 ft. with bite) **Special Attacks** breath weapon (30 ft. cone, DC 16, 2d8 force), depressing breath #### statistics **Str** 17, **Dex** 14, **Con** 15, **Int** 14, **Wis** 15, **Cha** 14 **BAB** +8, **CMB** +11, **CMD** 23, **TA** +11, **RTA** +10 **Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Improved Initiative]], [[Multiattack]], [[Power Attack]] **Skills** Appraise +13, Bluff +13, Fly +13, Intimidate +13, Knowledge (arcana) +13, Perception +15, Sense Motive +15, Spellcraft +13 **Languages** Common, Draconic #### special abilities ### Depressing Breath (Su) Instead of a line of disruptive force, a tarterian dragon can breathe a 30-foot cone of will-sapping gas. Creatures within the cone must succeed on a DC 16 Will save or be affected by an effect similar to _crushing despair_, taking a –2 penalty on saving throws, attack rolls, ability checks, skill checks, and weapon damage rolls for 1d6+1 rounds. This is a mind-affecting, enchantment, compulsion, emotion effect. ### Force Resistance (Su) Tarterian dragons gain a +4 racial bonus on saves against force effects. #### Ecology **Environment:** Any (Carceri) **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 inhabitants of a prison plane, Tarterian dragons are at once wardens and prisoners themselves, preying on weaker denizens than themselves. Tarterian dragons are skeletally gaunt, with leathery scales stretched tight over withered-looking flesh. Their wings have a tattered appearance, though they can fly fast and ably. Their teeth and claws are long and black, while their scales form a striped pattern of black, gray, and olive green. Ghostly green light flickers in their black eyes, and their faces seem to wear a perpetual sneering grin. Tarterian dragons inhabit a wide range of habitats on their native plane of Carceri, from the steaming jungles of Cathrys (the second layer) to the cruel mountains of Colothys (the fourth). Similarly, when they make their way to the Material Plane they can dwell comfortably in a variety of locales, both above and under the ground. They delight in reproducing the jailhouse atmosphere of Carceri whenever they find themselves on the Material Plane. Tarterian dragons are accustomed to a diet of fiendish flesh and condemned souls. They do not enjoy other food, but can live on literally anything. ### Combat Tarterian dragons use their spell-like abilities to divide and constrain their opponents, trying to face each one individually when possible. They use their gas breath weapon to weaken foes at the start of combat, then their force breath to take out the strongest foes.