Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Monster: River Dragon

River Dragon
Armour Class: 3
Hit Dice: 5**
Move: 90' (30')
fly 240' (80')
Attacks: 2 claws / 1 bite
Damage: 1-4 / 1-4 / 2-16
No. Appearing: 1-4 (1-4)
Save As: F5
Morale: 8
Treasure Type: H
Alignment: Chaotic
XP Value: 525

River dragons are sleek and stub-winged, trailing overgrown wingsails like fins, with long jaws and tiny shining scales. Their scales are coloured in shades of grey and green and blue-green, thin and reflective like those of a trout or salmon. They are capricious and unpredictable, especially in combat. River dragons are found not only in rivers -- or any body of water of respectable size -- but on cliffside beaches and along the banks of major arteries.

A river dragon's breath weapon is a line of hissing, thin acid, 50' x 5'. If a second save vs. Breath is failed, some portion of the character's equipment is irreparably ruined. River dragons have a 10% chance of talking, a 50% chance of being asleep, and (if capable) may cast two first-level Magic-User spells per day.

2 comments:

Chris said...

Like it. Inspired by Linnorms and the Lambton Wyrm?

taichara said...

Like it. Inspired by Linnorms and the Lambton Wyrm?

Thanks! And there's some linnorm-ish inspiration there, yeh. Though the River Dragon looks a little more "dragon-like" than linnorms, the aquatic notions I borrowed from them.

Hadn't considered the angle with the Lambton Worm. I may have to correct that oversight later --