Dragons

Dragon Breath Attacks

Damage type Die Area Base CR Ability Modifiers Speed Philosophical Tendancy
Primary Secondary
acid d6 line +2 +1 +2 Dex 60 Rational
cold d4 cone +1 +0 60 Lawful
electricity d8 line +3 +1 +4 Cha 40 Social
fire d10 cone +4 +2 +6 Str, +2 Con 40 Chaotic
poison * radius - +0
sonic d12 radius +5 +2 +6 Int, +4 Wis 40

Additional Abilities by Damage type

Acid
Swim speed (base), immunity to acid, water breathing, woodland stride (very young), corrupt water (adult), trackless step (adult), acidic bite (old), camouflage (old), acid pool (ancient), awaken treants (great wyrm)
Cold
Swim speed (base), burrow speed (half base), Cold subtype, icewalking, snow vision (very young), cloud walking (very young), ice shape (young), fog vision (juvenile), cold aura (adult), freezing fog (old), blizzard (ancient), reflective scales (ancient), ice tomb (great wyrm)
Electricity
Burrow speed (half base), immunity to electricity, desert thirst, sound imitation (very young), minor image (juvenile), electricity aura (adult), mirage (old), storm breath (ancient), Sandstorm (great wyrm)
Fire
Burrow speed (half base), fire subtype, smoke vision (very young), detect gems (young), desert wind (juvenile), fire aura (adult), manipulate flames (old), melt stone (ancient), incinerate (great wyrm)
Poison
Swim speed (base), Water breathing, change shape, uncanny dodge (young), fast flight (young), trap master (juvenile), slow aura (old), mass laughter (ancient)
Sonic
Fly speed (one-and-a-half base), immunity to Sonic, Razor Sharp(Sp), Tremorsense(Ex) (juvenile), Ray Reflection(Ex) (ancient), Scintillating Aura(Ex) (great wyrm)

Spell-like abilities by Damage type

Acid
entangle (young), stone shape (adult), plant grouth (old), transmute rock/mud (old), insect plague (ancient), wall of stone (ancient), command plants (great wyrm), move earth (great wyrm)
Cold
fog cloud (juvenile), control winds (old), wall of ice (ancient)
Electricity
ghost sound (young), ventriloquism (adult), hallucinatory terrain (old), veil (ancient), mirage arcana (great wyrm)
Fire
detect magic (young), pyrotechnics (juvenile), wall of fire (old)
Poison
grease (very young), hideous laughter (juvenile), fog cloud (adult), control water (ancient), power word kill (3x/day) (great wyrm)
Sonic
color spray (very young), glitterdust (juvenile), rainbow pattern (adult), stone to flesh (3x/day) (old), prismatic spray (3x/day) (ancient), imprisonment (1/day) (great wyrm)

Selectable Spell-like Abilities

  • spider climb (very young)
  • detect good (very young)
  • speak with animals (very young)
  • charm person (juvenile)
  • darkness (juvenile)
  • gust of wind (juvenile)
  • feather fall (juvenile)
  • move earth (juvenile)
  • curse (juvenile)
  • endure elements (juvenile)
  • suggestion (adult)
  • control winds (old)
  • detect thoughts (old)
  • dominate person (ancient)
  • control weather (ancient)
  • find the path (ancient)
  • mass charm monster [reptiles] (great wyrm)
  • reverse gravity (great wyrm)
  • discern location (great wyrm)
  • whirlwind (great wyrm)

Random generation

d% roll Energy Type
01-20 acid
21-40 cold
41-60 electricity
61-80 fire
81-100 sonic/poison (on secondary)

If the same energy type is rolled twice, the secondary energy type is sonic

Dragon Age Categories

Age
Category
Size per Base CR Breath Weapon Dice CR Hit Dice Natural Armour Special Abilities Caster Level per Base CR
1 2 3 4 5 Primary Secondary 1 2 3 4 5
1 Wyrmling T T S S M Base CR ×2 Base CR ×1 +0 Base CR +1 Base CR 2
2 Very Young T S S M M Base CR ×3 Base CR ×1 +2 Base CR +3 Base CR +3 1
3 Young S S M M L Base CR ×3 Base CR ×2 +4 Base CR +5 Base CR +6 1, DR 5/magic 1st 2nd
4 Juvenile S M M L L Base CR ×4 Base CR ×2 +6 Base CR +7 Base CR +9 1, frightful presence 1st 3rd 4th
5 Young Adult M M L L H Base CR ×4 Base CR ×3 +8 Base CR +9 Base CR +12 SR, DR 10/magic - 2nd 3rd 5th 6th
6 Adult M L L H H Base CR ×5 Base CR ×3 +10 Base CR +11 Base CR +15 2 1st 4th 5th 7th 8th
7 Mature Adult L L H H G Base CR ×5 Base CR ×4 +12 Base CR +13 Base CR +18 DR 15/magic 3rd 6th 7th 9th 10th
8 Old L H H G G Base CR ×6 Base CR ×4 +14 Base CR +15 Base CR +21 2 5th 8th 9th 11th 12th
9 Very Old H H G G C Base CR ×6 Base CR ×5 +16 Base CR +17 Base CR +24 DR 20/magic 7th 10th 11th 13th 14th
10 Ancient H G G C C Base CR ×7 Base CR ×5 +18 Base CR +19 Base CR +27 2 9th 12th 13th 15th 16th
11 Wyrm G G C C C* Base CR ×7 Base CR ×6 +20 Base CR +21 Base CR +30 DR 25/magic 11th 14th 15th 17th 18th
12 Great Wyrm G C C C* C* Base CR ×8 Base CR ×6 +22 Base CR +23 Base CR +33 2 13th 16th 17th 19th 20th

Dragon Ability Scores

Age Category Str Dex Con Int Wis Cha
1 Wyrmling (T, S, M) 8, 11, 13 16, 14, 12 12, 13, 14 10 11 10
2 Very Young (T, S, M) 9, 12, 14 17, 15, 13 13, 14, 15 12 13 12
3 Young (S, M, L) 13, 16, 19 14, 12, 10 15, 16, 17 13 14 13
4 Juvenile (S, M, L) 14, 17, 20 15, 13, 11 16, 17, 18 14 15 14
5 Young Adult (M, L, H) 18, 21, 24 12, 10, 8 18, 19, 20 15 16 15
6 Adult (M, L, H) 19, 22, 25 13, 11, 9 19, 20, 21 16 17 16
7 Mature Adult (L, H, G) 23, 26, 29 11, 9, 7 21, 22, 22 17 18 17
8 Old (L, H, G) 24, 27, 30 12, 10, 8 22, 23, 23 18 19 18
9 Very Old (H, G, C) 28, 31, 34 9, 7, 5 24, 24, 24 19 20 19
10 Ancient (H, G, C) 29, 32, 35 10, 8, 6 25, 25, 25 20 21 20
11 Wyrm (G, C, C*) 33, 36, 39 7, 5, 3 26, 26, 27 21 22 21
12 Great Wyrm (G, C, C*) 34, 37, 40 8, 6, 4 27, 27, 28 22 23 22

Dragon Breath Attacks by Size

Size Line Cone Radius
Tiny 30 ft 15 ft 10 ft
Small 40 ft 20 ft 15 ft
Medium 60 ft 30 ft 20 ft
Large 80 ft 40 ft 25 ft
Huge 100 ft 50 ft 35 ft
Gargantuan 120 ft 60 ft 40 ft
Colossal 140 ft 70 ft 45 ft
Epic Colossal 160 ft 80 ft 50 ft

Dragon Breath Poison

Type poison, inhaled; Save Fortitude (or Will) 10 + 0.5 * HD + Cha
Frequency 1/round for 6 rounds (primary) or 4 rounds (secondary)
Effect 1d2 Ability Damage, slow, paralyze, sleep (Will) or repulsion (Will); Cure 2 consecutive saves

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