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Drake, Wyrmlight - Monster
🕑 Added 2023-10-15 07:30:00 +0000 UTC🐉🌊💡 Wyrmlight Drakes have long mystified scholars with their gleaming, bioluminescent aquariums, gently glowing through their scales from within. Legends tell that these drakes emerged from the depths of mystical underwater caverns, where magical phosphorescent algae bestowed upon them their distinctive inner light. Over centuries, a symbiotic relationship developed between the drakes and the radiant aquatic life within them, creating a mesmerizing, moving tableau of light and color visible through their semi-translucent scales.
The bioluminescent aquariums within Wyrmlights are not merely for display; they are a vital aspect of their existence and abilities. The aquatic life within them, especially the piranha-like fish, share a unique, symbiotic relationship with the drakes. These fish are nurtured and protected within the drake, and in return, they lend their vitality and abilities during confrontations, swarming out in a radiant, aggressive display when the drake utilizes its signature luminous deluge. Each fish emanates a soft, magical glow, inherited from the algae in the ancient caverns, allowing the Wyrmlight to manipulate light and illumination in various ways, guiding its path through the darkest oceans, or casting a gentle glow upon land under the cloak of night. 🐉🌊💡
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Drake, Wyrmlight
Wyrmlight Drakes have long mystified scholars with their gleaming, bioluminescent aquariums, gently glowing through their scales from within. Legends tell that these drakes emerged from the depths of mystical underwater caverns, where magical phosphorescent algae bestowed upon them their distinctive inner light. Over centuries, a symbiotic relationship developed between the drakes and the radiant aquatic life within them, creating a mesmerizing, moving tableau of light and color visible through their semi-translucent scales.
The bioluminescent aquariums within Wyrmlights are not merely for display; they are a vital aspect of their existence and abilities. The aquatic life within them, especially the piranha-like fish, share a unique, symbiotic relationship with the drakes. These fish are nurtured and protected within the drake, and in return, they lend their vitality and abilities during confrontations, swarming out in a radiant, aggressive display when the drake utilizes its signature luminous deluge. Each fish emanates a soft, magical glow, inherited from the algae in the ancient caverns, allowing the Wyrmlight to manipulate light and illumination in various ways, guiding its path through the darkest oceans, or casting a gentle glow upon land under the cloak of night.
Drake, Wyrmlight
Large dragon, neutral good
Armor Class: 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points: 114 (12d10 + 48)
Speed: 40 ft., swim 60 ft.
STR 19(+4)
DEX 17(+3)
CON 18(+4)
INT 12(+1)
WIS 18(+4)
CHA 20(+5)
Saving Throws Dex +6, Con +7, Wis +7, Cha +8
Skills Arcana +4, Insight +7, Perception +7
Damage Immunities cold
Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 17
Languages Draconic, Aquan
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP)
Traits
Bioluminescent Illumination. The Wyrmlight sheds bright light in a 60-foot radius and dim light for an additional 60 feet.
Actions
Multiattack. The Wyrmlight makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4) piercing damage plus 3 (1d6) cold damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage plus 3 (1d6) cold damage.
Luminous Deluge (Recharge 5-6). The Wyrmlight exhales an icy blast accompanied by a swarm of monstrous piranha fishes in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a Constitution saving throw (DC 16). On a failed save, a creature takes 18 (4d8) cold damage and glows with a bioluminescent aura for 1 minute, plus suffers 2d4 attacks, each attack using a +3 to hit, dealing an additional 6 (2d4 + 1) piercing damage. On a successful save, they take half the cold damage and don’t glow nor suffer the additional attacks.
