# Dragon (Planar, Tarterian) Young Tarterian Dragon >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] > >[!debug]+ > >bite: 2d6 (×2) > >claws: 1d8 (×2) > >wings: 1d8 (×2) > >slapMelee/Ranged: +17/+11 > >Secondary: +12/+6 > >Multiattack: +15/+9 > >M/R_PA: +17/+11 > >2nd/PA: +12/+6 > >MA_PA: +15/+9 > >Itterative: 3 > > xDmg:: Str: +7; Str2: +10; StrOH: +3; StrPA: +7; StrPA2H: +10; StrPAOH: +3 <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Young Tarterian Dragon</div> <div class="CR">CR 9 (6,400 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Draconomicon pg. 189</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> NE Huge Dragon (extraplanar) **Init** +5 **Senses** dragon senses; **Perception** +22 **Aura** frightful presence (90 ft., DC 19) #### defense **AC** 22, 9 touch, 21 flat-footed (+1 Dex, +13 natural, -2 size) **hp** 126 (12d12+48) **Fort** +12, **Refl** +9, **Will** +11; +4 vs. force effects **Feint** 32, **Demoralize** 25 **Defensive Abilities** strength of will **DR** 5/magic; **SR** 19 **Immune** paralysis, sleep #### offense **Speed** 60 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor) **Melee** bite +18 (2d8+10), 2 claws +17 (2d6+7), 2 wings +15 (1d8+3), tail slap +15 (2d6+10) **Space** 15 ft., **Reach** 10 ft. (15 ft. with bite) **Special Attacks** breath weapon (50 ft. cone, DC 20, 6d8 force), crush (DC 20, 2d8+10), depressing breath **Sorcerer Spells Known** (CL 1st, Concentration +4) > **0**— > **1st**— #### statistics **Str** 25, **Dex** 12, **Con** 19, **Int** 16, **Wis** 17, **Cha** 16 **BAB** +12, **CMB** +21, **CMD** 32, **TA** +17, **RTA** +11 **Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Flyby Attack]], [[Improved Initiative]], [[Multiattack]], [[Power Attack]], [[Weapon Focus]] (bite) **Skills** Appraise +18, Bluff +18, Fly +8, Intimidate +18, Knowledge (arcana) +18, Knowledge (planes) +18, Perception +22, Sense Motive +22, Spellcraft +18 **Languages** Abyssal, Common, Draconic #### special abilities ### Depressing Breath (Su) Instead of a line of disruptive force, a tarterian dragon can breathe a 50-foot cone of will-sapping gas. Creatures within the cone must succeed on a DC 20 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+3 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. ### Strength of Will (Ex) A tarterian dragon that fails a Will save against a charm or compulsion effect can retry that save one round later at the same DC to end the effect early. It gets only one extra chance to succeed on its saving throw, though if it gains the slippery mind class feature or similar ability, it can use that ability one round after attempting to use its strength of will. #### 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.