D&D (2024) 2025's Ancient Green Dragon Stat Block From The New Monster Manual

The new ancient green dragon from the 2025 Monster Manual was previewed at Gen Con.

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Not exactly surprised: there are things I like and things I don't.

So this seems to confirm that Legendary Actions are gone, the may have also gotten rid of Lair Actions (can't be 100% sure from what we have here), which would be a shame, as this stat block has modifiers for when it is in its lair. I don't like the lack of separate bite and claw attacks nor the lack of damage in the rend attack. I do like that this is clearly a "green dragon" stat block and not just a dragon stat block with poison breath.

I also thought breath weapon damage and HP would go down, but they kept it the same and upped respectively.

Rend should do more damage, but the reactions are interesting and the spellcasting is appreciated.

It also got a significant Charisma bump
 
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Not exactly surprised: there are things I like and things I don't.

So this seems to confirm that Legendary Actions are gone, the may also gotten rid of Lair Actions, which would be a shame, as this stat block has modifiers for when it is in its lair. I don't like the lack of separate bite and claw attacks nor the lack of damage in the rend attack. I do like that this is clearly a "green dragon" stat block and not just a dragon stat block with poison breath.

I also thought breath weapon damage and HP would go down, but the kept it the same and upped respectively.

Rend should do more damage, but the reactions are interesting and the spellcasting is appreciated.

It also got a significant Charisma bump
It does have a significant damage increase overall. Previously, the bite did 24. Rend deals 27, and can be done 6 times per round.
 


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