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Adult Vorpal DragonCreature 13
Huge Arcane Dragon Metal Source Draconic Codex pg. 192
Recall Knowledge DC 31 • Dragon (Arcana)
Perception +10; darkvision, scent (imprecise) 90 feet
Languages Aklo, Common, Draconic, Fey, Talican
Skills Acrobatics +9, Arcana +14, Athletics +14, Diplomacy +7, Intimidation +11, Nature +11
Str +8, Dex +4, Con +5, Int +5, Wis +4, Cha +4
AC 21; Fort +13, Ref +7, Will +10; +2 status to all saves vs. arcane
HP 230; Immunities confused, decapitation, paralysis, sleep; Resistances fire 15, physical 10 (except adamantine bludgeoning)
Cutting Rebuke [reaction] Trigger A creature within reach of the dragon's chin blade that the dragon can see makes a Strike against the dragon; Effect The dragon makes a chin blade Strike against the triggering creature.
Speed 30 feet, fly 150 feet
Melee [one-action] chin blade +14 [+9/+4] (magical, reach 15 feet), Damage 3d8+14 slashing plus vorpal bindingMelee [one-action] claw +14 [+10/+6] (agile, magical, reach 10 feet), Damage 3d6+14 slashingMelee [one-action] tail +12 [+7/+2] (magical, reach 20 feet, sweep), Damage 3d12+14 slashingRanged [one-action] pinion +10 [+6/+2] (agile, magical, propulsive, range increment 90 feet, versatile P), Damage 3d8+10 slashingArcane Innate Spells DC 22; 6th field of razors; 4th seal fate
Draconic Frenzy [two-actions] The dragon makes two claw Strikes and one tail Strike in any order.Draconic Momentum The dragon recharges their Feast of Blood whenever they score a critical hit with a Strike.Feast of Blood [two-actions] (arcane, void) The dragon inhales sharply, pulling blood from wounds and into the dragon's maw. Each creature in a 20-foot emanation takes their current persistent bleed damage plus 10d6 void damage (DC 20 basic Will save). The dragon gains temporary Hit Points equal to half the greatest amount of void damage dealt to a single creature this way. The dragon can't use Feast of Blood again for 1d4 rounds.Heads Will Roll! [two-actions] Frequency once per minute; Effect The vorpal dragon swoops across the battlefield, sweeping their axe-bladed tail through their foes. The dragon Flies twice; at any point during this movement, the dragon makes up to two chin blade Strikes, each against a different creature within reach. The dragon's multiple attack penalty doesn't increase until all Strikes are made.Vorpal Binding (arcane) The vorpal dragon beheads its foes— sometimes without killing them. A vorpal dragon's chin blade Strikes count as having the vorpal weapon property rune for the purpose of weaknesses. Whenever the vorpal dragon critically succeeds on a chin blade Strike, it deals an additional 3d6 persistent bleed damage, which can be ended normally.
When a vorpal dragon rolls a natural 20 on a chin blade Strike, the target must attempt a DC 20 Fortitude save; this has the incapacitation trait. On a failure, the creature is beheaded. A creature beheaded this way does not automatically die; instead, their head and body live on, disconnected but mystically linked, with the head controlling the body from afar. A beheaded creature is clumsy 2 and dazzled as they attempt to coordinate movements from an unusual perspective, or clumsy 4 and blinded and deafened if their head can't perceive their body from its location. These conditions are suppressed if the body holds its head, and don't apply to actions performed exclusively by the head, mind, or voice. If the body is killed, the head can live on, but destroying the head kills the body as well. This effect can be reversed by taking a 2-action activity, which has the manipulate trait, to firmly reattach the severed head to the correct body. Whether attaching the severed head to a different headless body is effective is at the GM's discretion.
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