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Adult Crystal Dragon
Good-natured but vain, crystal dragons are beautiful creatures with brilliant hides made of multicolored crystal and gemstone. Their beauty is a source of great pride but is also something of a weakness, as crystal dragons are easily angered by insults about their appearance. Despite their relatively benign natures when compared to other true dragons, crystal dragons can be short tempered and prone to finding insults where none were intended. Although their opinions are changeable, crystal dragons prefer orderly environments and are not fond of sudden interruptions or distractions.
Crystal dragons build their lairs in underground grottoes, where they cultivate environments of great beauty. Their exacting standards and vivid imaginations mean that they are always working to improve the appearance or layout of some part of their lair. These lairs are unique to each individual crystal dragon, but there are always plenty of reflective surfaces that allow the dragon to observe their own appearance. These range from crystals to reflecting pools to finely crafted mirrors, which are arranged throughout the lair in a pleasing array. Gifts of well-crafted or magical mirrors are an excellent way to curry favor with a crystal dragon.
Although crystal dragons are easily distracted by their sparkling collections or their vanity, they remain good-hearted creatures at the core and make friends quickly. While a crystal dragon tends to find evil creatures uncouth and unpleasant, any other nearby denizen or inhabitant of their home could become fast friends or beloved pets, depending upon the creature's capacity for conversation (and for providing the frequent praise and compliments that crystal dragons hunger for).
Recall Knowledge - Dragon
(
Arcana
)
: DC 30
Recall Knowledge - Elemental
(
Arcana
,
Nature
)
: DC 30
Adult Crystal Dragon
Creature 11
Uncommon
NG
Huge
Dragon
Earth
Elemental
Source
Bestiary 2 pg. 92
Perception
+20;
darkvision
,
scent (imprecise) 60 feet
,
tremorsense (imprecise) 30 feet
Languages
Common
,
Draconic
,
Terran
,
Undercommon
Skills
Acrobatics
+19,
Athletics
+24,
Deception
+22,
Intimidation
+22,
Nature
+19,
Stealth
+21,
Survival
+20
Str
+7,
Dex
+2,
Con
+5,
Int
+2,
Wis
+3,
Cha
+5
AC
33;
Fort
+24,
Ref
+19,
Will
+20; +1 status to all saves vs. magic
HP
185;
Immunities
paralyzed
,
sleep
;
Weaknesses
sonic 10
Frightful Presence
(
aura
,
emotion
,
fear
,
mental
) 90 feet, DC 30
Twisting Tail
Trigger
A creature within reach of the dragon's tail uses a
move
action or leaves a square during a move action it's using;
Effect
The dragon makes a tail Strike at the creature with a –2 penalty. If it hits, the dragon disrupts the creature's action.
Speed
50 feet, burrow 35 feet, fly 120 feet
Melee
jaws +24 [
+19/+14
] (
sonic
,
reach 15 feet
),
Damage
2d8+13 slashing plus 3d6 piercing
Melee
claw +24 [
+20/+16
] (
agile
,
magical
,
reach 10 feet
),
Damage
2d8+13 slashing
Melee
tail +22 [
+17/+12
] (
magical
,
reach 20 feet
),
Damage
1d10+13 slashing
Primal Innate Spells
DC 30;
3rd
color spray
(×3),
glitterdust
,
hypnotic pattern
;
Cantrips
(5th)
dancing lights
Breath Weapon
(
evocation
,
primal
) The dragon breathes a flurry of piercing crystals that deal 12d6 piercing damage in a 40-foot cone (DC 30 basic Reflex save). They can't use Breath Weapon again for 1d4 rounds.
Crystallize Flesh
(
primal
,
transmutation
)
Trigger
The crystal dragon damages a creature made of flesh with a jaws Strike;
Frequency
once per day;
Effect
The dragon embeds transformative crystals in the creature's flesh. The creature must attempt a DC 30 Fortitude save.
Critical Success
The target is unaffected.
Success
The target is
slowed 1
for 1 round as portions of its flesh turn crystalline.
Failure
The target is slowed 1 and must attempt a Fortitude save at the end of each of its turns; this ongoing save has the
incapacitation
trait. On a failed save, the slowed condition value increases by 1 (or by 2 on a critical failure). A successful save reduces the slowed condition value by 1. A creature unable to act due to the slowed condition from Crystallize Flesh is
petrified
permanently, transforming into a crystalline statue. The effect ends if the creature is petrified or the slowed condition is removed.
Critical Failure
As failure, but the target is initially slowed 2.
Draconic Frenzy
The dragon makes two claw Strikes and one tail Strike in any order.
Draconic Momentum
The dragon recharges their Breath Weapon whenever they critically hit with a Strike.
All Monsters in "
Dragon, Crystal
"
Name
Level
Adult Crystal Dragon
11
Ancient Crystal Dragon
16
Young Crystal Dragon
7
Dragon, Crystal
Source
Bestiary 2 pg. 91
Good-natured but vain, crystal dragons are beautiful creatures with brilliant hides made of multicolored crystal and gemstone. Their beauty is a source of great pride but is also something of a weakness, as crystal dragons are easily angered by insults about their appearance. Despite their relatively benign natures when compared to other true dragons, crystal dragons can be short tempered and prone to finding insults where none were intended. Although their opinions are changeable, crystal dragons prefer orderly environments and are not fond of sudden interruptions or distractions.
Crystal dragons build their lairs in underground grottoes, where they cultivate environments of great beauty. Their exacting standards and vivid imaginations mean that they are always working to improve the appearance or layout of some part of their lair. These lairs are unique to each individual crystal dragon, but there are always plenty of reflective surfaces that allow the dragon to observe their own appearance. These range from crystals to reflecting pools to finely crafted mirrors, which are arranged throughout the lair in a pleasing array. Gifts of well-crafted or magical mirrors are an excellent way to curry favor with a crystal dragon.
Although crystal dragons are easily distracted by their sparkling collections or their vanity, they remain good-hearted creatures at the core and make friends quickly. While a crystal dragon tends to find evil creatures uncouth and unpleasant, any other nearby denizen or inhabitant of their home could become fast friends or beloved pets, depending upon the creature's capacity for conversation (and for providing the frequent praise and compliments that crystal dragons hunger for).
Dragon, Primal
Related Groups
Dragon, Brine
,
Dragon, Cloud
,
Dragon, Magma
,
Dragon, Umbral
The strange and otherworldly primal dragons hail from realities adjacent to the Material Plane—the four Elemental Planes and the
Shadow Plane
. These true dragons have natures and powers that exemplify their plane of origin and an affinity for primal magic, unlike chromatic and metallic dragons, who favor arcane or divine magic. Although they come from distant planes, primal dragons can be found on the Material Plane in regions touched by or reminiscent of their home plane. Although such encounters are rare, adventurers and travelers have sometimes found a brine dragon dwelling near a salty inland sea, for example, or a crystal dragon living in massive natural caverns deep in the Darklands. Unlike chromatic and metallic dragons, primal dragons tend not to develop shape-changing powers, and they are less interested in infiltrating settlements or influencing others from the shadows.
Primal Dragon Spellcasters
Each type of primal dragon features a note in the margins on spellcasting dragons of that type. To make a primal dragon spellcaster, remove the dragon’s Draconic Frenzy and Draconic Momentum abilities and give it the spells outlined in its sidebar. You can swap out any number of these with other primal spells, provided you keep the same number of spells for each level. You might also want to increase the dragon’s Wisdom or Charisma modifier by 1 or 2 to reflect their mastery of magic.
Primal Dragons of Golarion
Golarion is not home to many primal dragons. Yet primal dragons do still come to Golarion now and then, whether to escape persecution in their home plane, build new lairs, torment and brutalize weaker creatures, or seek knowledge and resources that are scarce or unavailable at home.
Brine dragons can be found along Golarion’s coastlines but are often frustrated by piracy and other lawless elements. They tend to avoid heavily populated coastal areas like the Shackles and instead choose remote islands in the oceans as their homes, where they can rule small communities of their own curation. Cloud dragons are even more isolated, and lacking any interest in politics, they prefer to dwell in large mountain ranges like the Kodars or the Barrier Wall. Crystal dragons’ vanity compels them to seek places that complement their natural beauty, such as gem-studded caverns in the Darklands. Of all the primal dragons, cantankerous magma dragons may be the ones most often found dwelling on Golarion, where they are drawn to volcanic ranges like the Five Kings Mountains. Umbral dragons hail not from an Elemental Plane but the Shadow Plane, and they can be encountered anywhere the borders to that plane grow thin, particularly in the sinister nation of Nidal.
Crystal Dragon Spellcasters
Crystal dragon spellcasters tend to cast the following spells.
Young
Primal Prepared Spells
DC 25, attack +18;
3rd
earthbind
,
meld into stone
;
2nd
faerie fire
,
glitterdust
,
shatter
;
1st
grease
,
mending
,
pass without trace
;
Cantrips (3rd)
acid splash
,
detect magic
,
light
,
prestidigitation
,
telekinetic projectile
Adult
Primal Prepared Spells
DC 30, attack +24; as young crystal dragon, plus
5th
cloak of colors
,
wall of stone
;
4th
hallucinatory terrain
,
shape stone
,
stoneskin
;
3rd
haste
;
Cantrips (5th)
dancing lights
,
detect magic
,
light
,
prestidigitation
,
telekinetic projectile
Ancient
Primal Prepared Spells
DC 37, attack +32; as adult crystal dragon, plus
7th
energy aegis
,
spell turning
,
volcanic eruption
;
6th
flesh to stone
,
stone tell
,
true seeing
;
5th
chromatic wall
;
Cantrips (7th)
dancing lights
,
detect magic
,
light
,
prestidigitation
,
telekinetic projectile
Shardizhad
Still a relatively young crystal dragon, Shardizhad has already made a name for herself in the city of Wati in Osirion. She has taken on a somewhat unusual role as a shopkeeper in that city's necropolis, where she's eager to trade magic items she's collected for more gems and valuable stones.