Young Red Dragon

Chaotic evil dragon at CR 10 with 178 HP and AC 18. Fire Breath cone (30 feet, DC 17 DEX save, 56 fire damage on failure, half on success) combos with Multiattack: three Rend strik...

Granted Features

Automatic:

CR 4 Medium dragon with 75 HP and AC 17. Fire Breath cone (15-foot radius, DC 13 DEX save, 24 fire damage on failure, half on success) pairs with Multiattack delivering two Rend strikes (reach 5 ft., +6 attack, 1d10+4 slashing plus 1d6 fire each). Fire immunity and blindsight 10 ft. / darkvision 60 ft. enable ambush positioning. Search fit: wyrmling dragon, fire breath area damage, melee rend damage.

Huge chaotic evil dragon with 256 HP and AC 19; Fire Breath deals 59 (17d6) fire damage in a 60-foot cone (DC 21 DEX half). Multiattack delivers three Rend strikes (reach 10 ft., +14 to hit, 1d10+8 slashing plus 2d4 fire each) or replaces one with Scorching Ray. Fire immunity and Legendary Resistance (3/day, 4 in lair) grant durability. Spellcasting at-will includes Command, Detect Magic, Scorching Ray; 1/day Fireball. Blindsight 60 ft. and darkvision 120 ft. with 80 ft. fly speed enable aerial combat.

Gargantuan fire-immune dragon with 507 HP and AC 22, dealing 91 fire damage (26d6 DC 24 DEX save) in a 90-foot cone with Fire Breath. Multiattack delivers three Rend strikes at +17 reach 15 ft., each dealing 19 slashing plus 10 fire; can replace one Rend with Scorching Ray. Legendary Resistance (4/day, 5/day in lair) negates failed saves. Casts Command, Detect Magic, Scorching Ray at will plus Fireball and Scrying once daily. STR 30 and 80 ft. fly speed enable dominance.

Young Red Dragon. Large dragon, chaotic evil.

Languages: Common, Draconic

Large dragon · chaotic evil

AC 18 · HP 178 · Speed 40 ft., fly 80 ft., swim 20 ft., climb 40 ft. · Initiative +4

	STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
Score	23	10	21	14	11	19
Mod	+6	+0	+5	+2	+0	+4
Save	+6	+4	+5	+2	+4	+4

Skills Perception +8, Stealth +4 · Senses blindsight 30 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 18 · Challenge 10 (PB +4)

Immunities Fire

Actions

Fire Breath. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 17, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. Failure: 56 (16d6) Fire damage. Success: Half damage.

Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks.

Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +10, reach 10 ft. 13 (2d6 + 6) Slashing damage plus 3 (1d6) Fire damage.

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