Ancient Red Dragon
Gargantuan Dragon, chaotic evil. CR 24, AC 22, 507 HP. Traits: Legendary Resistance.
- Armor class
- 22
- Hit points
- 507
- Challenge
- 24
- Creature type
- Dragon
- Size
- Gargantuan
- Alignment
- chaotic evil
Stat block
- Cha
- 27
- Con
- 29
- Dex
- 10
- Int
- 18
- Str
- 30
- Wis
- 15
- Speed
- Fly: 80; Walk: 40; Climb: 40
- Senses
- blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 26
- Skills
- Stealth: 7; Perception: 16
- Actions
- Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting to cast Scorching Ray (level 3 version).
- Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +17, reach 15 ft. 19 (2d8 + 10) Slashing damage plus 10 (3d6) Fire damage.
- Fire Breath. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 24, each creature in a 90-foot Cone. Failure: 91 (26d6) Fire damage. Success: Half damage.
- Spellcasting. The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 23, +15 to hit with spell attacks): - **At Will:** Command, Detect Magic, Scorching Ray - **1/Day Each:** Fireball, Scrying
- Hit dice
- 26d20 + 234
- Languages
- Common, Draconic
- Armor detail
- natural armor
- Saving throws
- Wisdom: 9; Dexterity: 7
- Damage immunities
- fire
- Legendary actions
- Commanding Presence. The dragon uses Spellcasting to cast Command (level 2 version). The dragon can't take this action again until the start of its next turn.
- Fiery Rays. The dragon uses Spellcasting to cast Scorching Ray (level 3 version). The dragon can't take this action again until the start of its next turn.
- Pounce. The dragon moves up to half its Speed, and it makes one Rend attack.
- Special abilities
- Legendary Resistance (4/Day, or 5/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Source and licence
From System Reference Document 5.2.
Licence: SRD (CC BY 4.0).
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