Moon Dragon (MC#9)

[qstor]

Any comments? I'm not sure I did the breath weapon damage right.
Mike

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Moon Dragon
From Monstorous Compendium: Spelljammer (MC #9)

Moon dragons inhabit caves on moons. Their alignment although always evil, varies. The coloration of moon dragon's change every 30 days starting as white. Slowly the dragons scales change to black. This takes 15 days, then a small streak of silver appears on the dragon's side. Fifthteen days later it is white again. When the dragon is black it is choatic evil. When it is white it is
lawful evil.


Dragon (Cold)
Climate/Terrain: Any (moon)
Organization:
Wyrmling, very young, young, juvenile, and young adult: solitary or clutch (2-5);
Adult, mature adult, old, very old, ancient, wyrm, or great wyrm: solitary, pair, or family (1-2 and 2-5 offspring)

Challenge Ratings:
Wyrmling 1;
Very young 3;
Young 4;
Juvenile 5;
Young adult 7;
Adult 9;
Mature adult 11;
Old 15;
Very old 17;
Ancient 18;
Wyrm 19;
Great wyrm 21
Treasure: Double standard
Alignment: Always evil (varies)

Advancement:
Wyrmling - (Tiny);
Very young 5-6 HD (Small);
Young 8-9 HD (Medium-size);
Juvenile 11-12 HD (Medium-size);
Young adult 14-15 HD (Large);
Adult 17-18 HD (Large);
Mature adult 20-21 HD (Huge);
Old 23-24 HD (Huge);
Very old 26-27 HD (Huge);
Ancient 29-30 HD (Huge);
Wyrm 32-33 HD (Gargantuan);
Great wyrm 35+ HD (Gargantuan)

Moon Dragons by Age
Attack Fort Ref Will Breath Fear
Age Size Hit Dice (hp) AC Bonus Save Save Save Weapon (DC) DC SR
--- ---- ------------- -- ------ ---- ---- ---- ------ ---- -- --
Wyrmling T 1d12+1 (7) 13 (+2 size, +1 natural) +1 +4 +3 +4 1d6 - -
Very young S 4d12+4 (30) 14 (+1 size, +3 natural) +5 +6 +5 +8 2d6 - -
Young M 7d12+14 (59) 15 (+5 natural) +10 +9 +6 +9 3d6 - -
Juvenile M 10d12+20 (85) 16 (+6 natural) +13 +10 +8 +12 4d6 - -
Young adult L 13d12+39 (123) 17 (-1 size, +18 natural) +18 +13 +9 +13 5d6 19 16
Adult L 16d12+48 (152) 18 (-1 size, +19 natural) +22 +15 +11 +17 6d6 20 18
Mature adult H 19d12+95 (218) 19 (-2 size, +21 natural) +25 +18 +12 +18 7d6 (26) 23 20
Old H 22d12+132 (275) 20 (-2 size, +22 natural) +31 +19 +14 +21 8d6 (27) 24 21
Very old H 25d12+150 (312) 21 (-2 size, +23 natural) +35 +22 +15 +23 9d6 (30) 27 23
Ancient H 28d12+196 (378) 22 (-2 size, +24 natural) +39 +23 +17 +26 10d6 (31) 28 24
Wyrm G 31d12+248 (449) 23 (-4 size, +27 natural) +43 +26 +18 +27 11d6 (34) 31 25
Great wyrm G 34d12+272 (493) 24 (-4 size, +28 natural) +47 +28 +20 +30 12d6 (36) 33 27

Moon Dragon Abilities by Age

Age Speed Str Dex Con Int Wis Cha Special Abilities Caster Level
--- ----- --- --- --- --- --- --- ----------------- ------------
Wyrmling 60 ft., fly 100 ft. 11 10 12 8 11 6 -
(average)
Very young 60 ft., fly 100 ft. 13 10 12 8 11 6 -
(average)
Young 60 ft., fly 150 ft. 15 10 14 10 11 6 -
(poor)
Juvenile 60 ft., fly 150 ft. 17 10 14 10 11 8 light 1st
(poor)
Young adult 60 ft., fly 150 ft. 19 10 16 12 11 8 Damage reduction 5/+1 3rd
(poor)
Adult 60 ft., fly 150 ft. 23 10 18 12 11 10 darkness 5rd
(poor)
Mature adult 60 ft., fly 150 ft. 27 10 20 14 11 12 Damage reduction 10/+1 7th
(poor)
Old 60 ft., fly 150 ft. 29 10 22 14 13 12 continual light 9th
(poor)
Very old 60 ft., fly 150 ft. 31 10 22 16 15 14 Damage reduction 15/+2 11th
(poor)
Ancient 60 ft., fly 150 ft. 33 10 24 16 15 14 Repulsion 13th
(poor)
Wyrm 60 ft., fly 200 ft. 35 10 26 18 15 16 Damage reduction 20/+3 15th
(clumsy)
Great wyrm 60 ft., fly 200 ft. 37 10 26 20 19 18 reverse gravity 17th
(clumsy)

Breath Weapon (Su): A moon dragon has one type of breath weapon, a stream of frost.

Lycanthrope control (Sp): When the dragon is white, the dragon may control were creatures within 100 ft as a charm monster spell.

Other Spell-Like Abilities: 3/day- light, darkness and continual light; 1/day- repulsion and reverse gravity.

 

[Krishnath]

Looks good to me, one thing though, a stream of frost is the same as a line of frost, right? But still it's very good work.

 

[qstor]

Yeah stream, line same thing

I'm still not sure about the breath weapon damage

Its 2d6+1 in 2nd edition for an age 1 dragon. But in 3e the wyrmling only has 1HD in keeping with the 3 hit dice differance for the age categories.
Scott, Erica?

Mike

 

[Krishnath]

Then I suggest you start with 2d8 and go on from there, if going by the dragons in the monster manual and monsters of Faerûn, the breath weapon increases by two dice per age level.

 

[Sojourn]

I like this. In the 2nd run at Muspelheim, when the mountain fortress was taken over by the Cult of the Dragon trying to summon Tiamat, I used a Silver Dragon named Plenilune, because I just found that word in the Insominiac's Dictionary & had to use it immediately. Plenilune is an ally of the church of Selune, the moon goddess of Forgotten Realms. Later, I found the Moonstone dragon, but made her one of the Gem Dragons, and also an ally. A PC who was a follower of Selune summoned the dragon to solve all his problems for him instead of trying to think of a solution himself, and this always goes badly for PCs. Unfortunately, another member of the party was a Sister of the Crimson Shroud- a class a player invented for his own use with no thought to how it would be received by others in the world. Moonstone is an enemy of the Crimson Shrouds, and attacked. Dannon was forced to choose between aiding the dragon- sent by his goddess to aid him at his request- or siding with his fellow players. Whenever I give players this choice, they invariably make the wrong one. Moonstone was killed or driven off, and Dannon was looking for a new goddess.