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1.9 KiB

Drake, Cactus

Medium Dragon neutral good

  • Armor Class: 14 (natural armor)
  • Hit Points: 75 (10d8+30)
  • Speed: walk 20 ft. climb 20 ft.
  • Challenge Rating: 4 (1,100 XP)
  • Source: Tome of Beasts 3, page 152
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
11 (+0) 17 (+3) 16 (+3) 9 (-1) 12 (+1) 11 (+0)
  • Skills: perception +1
  • Damage Resistances: fire, lightning
  • Condition Immunities: paralyzed, unconscious
  • Senses: darkvision 60', tremorsense 30', passive Perception 11
  • Languages: Common, Draconic

Special Abilities

  • False Appearance: While motionless indistinguishable from tall branched cactus.
  • Offering of Flesh: Spends 1 min carefully cutting its own flesh inflicting 10 slashing to itself to remove small piece of pulpy material. Pulp is edible and provides Med or smaller creature 1 quart of water and nourishment equivalent to one meal. Pulp provides nourishment only if drake offered it willingly.
  • Regeneration: Regains 5 hp at start of its turn. If it takes cold or poison this doesn't function at start of its next turn. Dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hp and doesn't regenerate.
  • Thorny Body: A creature that touches it or hits it with melee attack while within 5 ft. of it: DC 13 Dex save or take 4 (1d8) piercing damage.

Actions

  • Multiattack: One Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
  • Bite: Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, 5 ft., one target, 7 (1d8+3) piercing damage.
  • Claw: Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, 5 ft., one target, 6 (1d6+3) slashing damage.
  • Thorn Spray (Recharge 5-6): Shakes its body spraying thorns around it. Each creature within 20' of it: 18 (4d8) piercing damage (DC 13 Dex half). A creature that fails by 5+ has its speed reduced by 10 ft. until it uses action to remove thorns. When drake uses this it loses Thorny Body trait until start of its next turn.