# Drake, Smoke >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Smoke Drake</div> <div class="CR">CR 9 (6,400 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Draconomicon pg. 157</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> CE Large Dragon (air, fire) **Init** +4 **Senses** darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, smoke vision; **Perception** +21 #### defense **AC** 19, 13 touch, 15 flat-footed (+4 Dex, +6 natural, -1 size) **hp** 114 (12d12+36) **Fort** +11, **Refl** +14, **Will** +12 **Feint** 31, **Demoralize** 24 **Immune** fire, paralysis, sleep **Weakness** vulnerable to cold #### offense **Speed** 40 ft., fly 120 ft. (good) **Melee** bite +15 (1d8+4), 2 claws +13 (1d6+2), tail slap +13 (1d8+6) **Space** 10 ft., **Reach** 5 ft. **Special Attacks** haze breath, incendiary breath #### statistics **Str** 19, **Dex** 18, **Con** 17, **Int** 10, **Wis** 14, **Cha** 13 **BAB** +12, **CMB** +17, **CMD** 31, **TA** +15, **RTA** +15 **Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Flyby Attack]], [[Iron Will]], [[Lightning Reflexes]], [[Multiattack]], [[Power Attack]] **Skills** Appraise +15, Escape Artist +16, Fly +21, Perception +21, Sense Motive +21, Stealth +19 (+21 in darkness) **Racial Bonuses** +2 Stealth **Languages** Auran, Draconic, Ignan #### special abilities ### Haze Breath (Su) As a standard action once every 1d4 rounds, a smoke drake can breathe a hazy cloud of smoke in a 30-ft-radius spread that provides concealment (20% miss chance) to all creatures within. Thanks to its smoke vision, the drake ignores this miss chance. The haze lasts for 1 minute, but can be blown away by a moderate wind (11+ mph) in 4 rounds or a strong wind (21+ mph) in 1 round. This breath weapon is not usable underwater. ### Incendiary Breath (Su) Once per day a smoke drake can exhale an incendiary cloud rather than a hazy cloud. The cloud provides concealment as the hazy cloud does, but the white-hot embers suspended within the incendiary cloud deal 2d6 points of fire damage to everything within it each round (Reflex DC 19 half). The incendiary breath is otherwise identical to the haze breath. #### ecology **Terrain** Underground **Organization** Solitary, pair, or pack (3–6) **Treasure** Standard **Advancement** 13–19 HD (Large); 20–29 HD (Huge); 30–36 HD (Gargantuan) Smoke drakes are patient, cunning predators that follow prey for miles before striking with surprise. A smoke drake’s smooth scales are charcoal gray in color, with occasional highlights of dark red and a dorsal ridge of ebony. Its eyes glow like red-hot embers, particularly when the creature is angry or in battle. The most territorial of the drakes, the smoke drake is known to hold a grudge against those who wrong it. The creatures are skilled trackers, able to follow prey for long distances if necessary. ### Combat Once a smoke drake has tracked down its prey, it opens combat with its smoky breath, blinding its targets. It then attacks a lone or separated individual, focusing its strikes on that creature until it is incapacitated or the drake must flee. If faced with a foe it can’t easily defeat, it retreats to safety, only to follow and strike again later.