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Monster Junkie
Moonstone Dragon
Dragon (Extraplanar)
Environment: Ethereal Plane, Plane of Faerie, or Region of Dreams
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
Challenge Ratings: Wyrmling 2; very young 3; young 5; juvenile 8; young adult 10; adult 11; mature adult 12; old 14; very old 16; ancient 18; wyrm 19; great wyrm 20
Treasure: Triple standard
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: Wyrmling 4-5 HD (Tiny); very young 7-8 HD (Small); young 10-11 HD (Medium); juvenile 13-14 HD (Large); young adult 16-17 HD (Large); adult 19-20 HD (Large); mature adult 22-23 (Huge); old 25-26 HD (Huge); very old 28-29 HD (Huge); ancient 31-32 HD (Huge); wyrm 34-35 HD (Gargantuan); great wyrm 37+ HD (Gargantuan)
Level Adjustment: Wyrmling +2; very young +4; young +4; juvenile +5
*Can also cast cleric spells and those from the Healing and Knowledge domains as arcane spells.
The dragon's pale silver scales shimmer with faint blue hue in the moonlight. Its pupil-less eyes are completely white. Its sleek body tapers off into a long tail ending in a finlike appendage. Its snout is long and thin, and fanlike crests sweep back from behind its eyes and from its forearms. Tiny motes of moonlight dance about it, and the faint smell of morning dew on ancient trees accompanies its presence.
A wyrmling moonstone dragon's scales are bright silver with a strong bluish tint visible in the light of the moon. As the dragon ages, its scales grow paler and the bluish tint becomes less visible. Upon becoming a great wyrm, the scales of a moonstone dragon are pale silver, and only a hint of blue can be seen in moonlight.
Moonstone dragons care little for the affairs of humanoids, lairing in the most remote forests when on the Material Plane. They spend most of their time on the Ethereal Plane, the Region of Dreams, or the Plane of Faerie.
Combat
If forced into battle, a moonstone dragon relies on its breath weapon and enchantment and illusion spells to deter would-be adversaries.
Awesome Presence (Su): Moonstone dragons do not have a fear aura as do most other dragons. Instead, creatures with HD less than the dragon caught in the aura that fail their Will saves are fascinated while the dragon is present. After the dragon departs, they lose all memory of the encounter.
Breath Weapon (Su): The breath weapon of a moonstone dragon is a cone of billowing motes of light. All magical effects within the cone are dispelled or suppressed as by greater dispel magic at the dragon's caster level, except for magic effects needed for the immediate survival of the targeted creature (for example, water breathing for an air-breathing creature underwater). In addition, all creatures within the cone must succeed on a Fortitude save or sleep for 1 hour.
Dream (Su): As the spell, except that a moonstone dragon can only send itself to the recipient's dream at will as a standard action.
Elemental Weakness (Ex): Moonstone dragons suffer a -1 penalty to saving throws against elemental effects (such as spells with the air, earth, fire, or water descriptor).
Light Vulnerability (Ex): A moonstone dragon suffers 1d6 points of damage per round of exposure to daylight, whether natural or caused by spells such as daylight. It is treated as an undead for the purpose of the sunburst spell. A moonstone dragon reduced to 0 HP is automatically banished to the Ethereal Plane (as the dismissal spell).
Planar Travel (Su): A moonstone dragon can plane shift between the Ethereal Plane and the Material Plane or the Plane of Faerie (if it exists in your cosmology) as a standard action, though it takes care to avoid places exposed to direct sunlight.
Spell-Like Abilities: 3/day—deep slumber (adult or older), Tasha's hideous laughter (juvenile or older), false vision (old or older); 1/day—Otto's irresistable dance (ancient or older), temporal stasis (great wyrm).
Skills: Appraise, Bluff, and Spellcraft are considered class skills for moonstone dragons.
Originally appeared in MCA4.
Dragon (Extraplanar)
Environment: Ethereal Plane, Plane of Faerie, or Region of Dreams
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
Challenge Ratings: Wyrmling 2; very young 3; young 5; juvenile 8; young adult 10; adult 11; mature adult 12; old 14; very old 16; ancient 18; wyrm 19; great wyrm 20
Treasure: Triple standard
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: Wyrmling 4-5 HD (Tiny); very young 7-8 HD (Small); young 10-11 HD (Medium); juvenile 13-14 HD (Large); young adult 16-17 HD (Large); adult 19-20 HD (Large); mature adult 22-23 (Huge); old 25-26 HD (Huge); very old 28-29 HD (Huge); ancient 31-32 HD (Huge); wyrm 34-35 HD (Gargantuan); great wyrm 37+ HD (Gargantuan)
Level Adjustment: Wyrmling +2; very young +4; young +4; juvenile +5
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Moonstone Dragons by Age
Age Size Hit Dice (hp) Str Dex Con Int Wis Cha BaseAtk/Grp Attack Fort Ref Will Breath Weapon (DC) Frightful Presence DC
Wyrmling T 3d12+3 (22) 11 10 13 10 9 12 +3/–5 +5 +4 +3 +2 1d8 (12) —
Very young S 6d12+6 (45) 13 10 13 12 11 14 +6/+3 +8 +6 +5 +5 2d8 (14) —
Young M 9d12+18 (76) 15 10 15 12 11 14 +9/+11 +11 +8 +6 +6 3d8 (16) —
Juvenile L 12d12+36 (114) 19 10 17 14 13 16 +12/+20 +15 +11 +7 +10 4d8 (19) —
Young adult L 15d12+60 (157) 21 10 19 14 13 16 +15/+24 +19 +13 +8 +11 5d8 (21) 20
Adult L 18d12+72 (189) 23 10 19 16 15 18 +18/+28 +23 +15 +10 +14 6d8 (23) 23
Mature adult H 21d12+105 (241) 27 10 21 16 15 18 +21/+37 +27 +17 +11 +15 7d8 (25) 24
Old H 24d12+120 (276) 29 10 21 18 17 20 +24/+41 +31 +19 +14 +17 8d8 (27) 27
Very old H 27d12+162 (337) 31 10 23 18 17 20 +27/+45 +35 +21 +15 +18 9d8 (29) 28
Ancient H 30d12+180 (375) 33 10 23 20 19 22 +30/+49 +39 +23 +17 +21 10d8 (31) 31
Wyrm G 33d12+231 (445) 35 10 25 20 19 22 +33/+57 +41 +25 +18 +22 11d8 (33) 32
Great wyrm G 36d12+288 (522) 37 10 27 22 21 24 +36/+61 +45 +28 +20 +22 12d8 (36) 35
Moonstone Dragon Abilities by Age
Age Speed Init AC Special Abilities Caster Level* SR
Wyrmling 40 ft., fly 100 ft. (average) +0 16 (+2 size, +4 natural), touch 12, flat-footed 16 Elemental weakness, light vulnerability, planar travel — —
Very young 40 ft., fly 100 ft. (average) +0 17 (+1 size, +7 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 17 — — —
Young 40 ft., fly 150 ft. (poor) +0 20 (+10 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 20 — 1st —
Juvenile 40 ft., fly 150 ft. (poor) +0 23 (+13 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 23 Tasha's hideous laughter 3rd —
Young adult 40 ft., fly 150 ft. (poor) +0 25 (–1 size, +16 natural), touch 9, flat-footed 25 Awesome presence, DR 5/magic 5th 18
Adult 40 ft., fly 150 ft. (poor) +0 28 (–1 size, +19 natural), touch 9, flat-footed 28 Deep slumber, dream 7th 20
Mature 40 ft., fly 150 ft. (poor) +0 30 (–2 size, +22 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 30 DR 10/magic 9th 22
Old 40 ft., fly 150 ft. (poor) +0 33 (–2 size, +25 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 33 False vision 11th 24
Very old 40 ft., fly 150 ft. (poor) +0 36 (–2 size, +28 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 36 DR 15/magic 13th 25
Ancient 40 ft., fly 150 ft. (poor) +0 39 (–2 size, +31 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 39 Otto's irresistable dance 15th 27
Wyrm 40 ft., fly 200 ft. (clumsy) +0 40 (–4 size, +34 natural), touch 6, flat-footed 40 DR 20/magic 17th 28
Great wyrm 40 ft., fly 200 ft. (clumsy) +0 43 (–4 size, +37 natural), touch 6, flat-footed 43 Temporal stasis 19th 30
*Can also cast cleric spells and those from the Healing and Knowledge domains as arcane spells.
The dragon's pale silver scales shimmer with faint blue hue in the moonlight. Its pupil-less eyes are completely white. Its sleek body tapers off into a long tail ending in a finlike appendage. Its snout is long and thin, and fanlike crests sweep back from behind its eyes and from its forearms. Tiny motes of moonlight dance about it, and the faint smell of morning dew on ancient trees accompanies its presence.
A wyrmling moonstone dragon's scales are bright silver with a strong bluish tint visible in the light of the moon. As the dragon ages, its scales grow paler and the bluish tint becomes less visible. Upon becoming a great wyrm, the scales of a moonstone dragon are pale silver, and only a hint of blue can be seen in moonlight.
Moonstone dragons care little for the affairs of humanoids, lairing in the most remote forests when on the Material Plane. They spend most of their time on the Ethereal Plane, the Region of Dreams, or the Plane of Faerie.
Combat
If forced into battle, a moonstone dragon relies on its breath weapon and enchantment and illusion spells to deter would-be adversaries.
Awesome Presence (Su): Moonstone dragons do not have a fear aura as do most other dragons. Instead, creatures with HD less than the dragon caught in the aura that fail their Will saves are fascinated while the dragon is present. After the dragon departs, they lose all memory of the encounter.
Breath Weapon (Su): The breath weapon of a moonstone dragon is a cone of billowing motes of light. All magical effects within the cone are dispelled or suppressed as by greater dispel magic at the dragon's caster level, except for magic effects needed for the immediate survival of the targeted creature (for example, water breathing for an air-breathing creature underwater). In addition, all creatures within the cone must succeed on a Fortitude save or sleep for 1 hour.
Dream (Su): As the spell, except that a moonstone dragon can only send itself to the recipient's dream at will as a standard action.
Elemental Weakness (Ex): Moonstone dragons suffer a -1 penalty to saving throws against elemental effects (such as spells with the air, earth, fire, or water descriptor).
Light Vulnerability (Ex): A moonstone dragon suffers 1d6 points of damage per round of exposure to daylight, whether natural or caused by spells such as daylight. It is treated as an undead for the purpose of the sunburst spell. A moonstone dragon reduced to 0 HP is automatically banished to the Ethereal Plane (as the dismissal spell).
Planar Travel (Su): A moonstone dragon can plane shift between the Ethereal Plane and the Material Plane or the Plane of Faerie (if it exists in your cosmology) as a standard action, though it takes care to avoid places exposed to direct sunlight.
Spell-Like Abilities: 3/day—deep slumber (adult or older), Tasha's hideous laughter (juvenile or older), false vision (old or older); 1/day—Otto's irresistable dance (ancient or older), temporal stasis (great wyrm).
Skills: Appraise, Bluff, and Spellcraft are considered class skills for moonstone dragons.
Originally appeared in MCA4.
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