Ancient Brass Dragon
Dragon · no Crown (Good)
T5d12Sovereign
Sage-like dune philosophers, ancient brass dragons debate ethics, fire breath forgotten in discourse.
Tier 5 · Role Sovereign · Pool Vigor 10 / Vitality 100 · AC 14 · ATK +8 · Save DC 19 · Dmg d12
| Stat | Score | Mod | Die |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body | 20 | +5 | d10 |
| Mind | 22 | +6 | d12 |
| Sense | 8 | -1 | -d3 |
| Heart | 20 | +5 | d10 |
| Cunning | 20 | +5 | d10 |
| Fate | 20 | +5 | d10 |
Passives
Legendary Resistance (3/day)
When it fails a save, it may choose to succeed instead.
Spellcasting (sun-sage cantillation)
A desert philosopher's voice shapes drowsing and persuasion alike; it is immune to fire damage and can wear a humanoid or beast shape to talk long before it fights.
Maneuvers
The Drowsing
A wave of honey-thick weariness settles over a 60 ft cone. Each creature makes a Body save (DC 19) or falls asleep; a sleeper wakes if it takes damage, is shaken, or at the end of its next turn.
Silver Tongue
Its voice becomes honeyed reason. One creature within 30 ft makes a Mind save (DC 19) or is charmed for 1 round and will not attack the dragon while it keeps speaking.
Declarations
Declared in the enemy tactical window and resolved at the start of its next turn. Any Vitality it loses first forces the disruption roll: on a 1 the declaration is lost.
Wildfire
Looses a 90 ft line of desert fire that catches and spreads across the sand. Each creature in the line makes a Body save (DC 19): on a failure it takes 1d12 damage, on a success it takes 1 Vigor damage.
Tactics
GM tactics
Prefers intellectual discourse to combat. Has accumulated centuries of knowledge. Only fights in self-defense or to protect innocents.
Running it
Rules
- Shield of Tier + Heart mod over a Vitality pool of 10 + 18 x Tier. Full Vigor at combat start; at the start of its turn it regains 1 Vigor. Dead at 0 Vitality.
- A hit rolls d12. A crit rolls two: 2d12.
- Crits on a natural 15+ (Cunning 20).
- Two attacks in a normal turn.
- Sovereign: 2 Sovereign Actions a round, spent after other combatants' turns, on top of its attacks.
- Any Vitality lost while a declaration is pending forces its disruption roll; on a 1 the declaration is lost.
- Never checks morale: it fights to 0 Vitality or to the exit written into its lowest phase.
- NPCs never take wounds.