Blue Dragon, Old

With scales the color of the desert sky, this large, serpentine dragon moves with an unsettling grace.

Blue Dragon, Old (CR 16)

Gargantuan Dragon (Earth)
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Initiative: +3
Senses: Dragon Senses; Perception +27
Aura: electricity (10feet, 1d6 electricity), frightful presence (240 feet, DC 24)

Speed: 40 feet, Burrow 20 feet, Fly 250 feet (clumsy)
Space: 20 feet

Defense

Armor Class: 31, touch 5, flat-footed 31 (-1 Dex, +26 natural, -4 size)
Hit Points: 250 (20d12+120)
Saving Throws: Fort +18, Ref +11, Will +16
Damage Reduction: 10/magic
Immunity: electricity, paralysis, sleep
Spell Resistance: 27

Offense

Melee: bite +27 (4d6+15/19-20), 2 claws +26 (2d8+10), 2 wings +24 (2d6+5), tail slap +24 (2d8+15)
Reach: 15 feet (20 feet with bite)

Special Attacks: Breath Weapon (120-ft. line, DC 26, 16d8 electricity), crush (Medium creatures, DC 26, 4d6+15), desert thirst (DC 26), mirage, tail sweep (Small creatures, DC 26, 2d6+15)

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 20th; Concentration +24):

• At Will- Ghost Sound (DC 14), Hallucinatory Terrain (DC 18), Minor Image (DC 16), Ventriloquism (DC 15)

Spells Known (CL 9th; Concentration +13):

• 4th (5/day) - Dimension Door, Enervation
  
  
• 3rd (7/day) - Dispel Magic, Haste, Vampiric Touch
  
  
• 2nd (7/day) - Darkness, Invisibility, Resist Energy, Shatter
  
  
• 1st (7/day) - Alarm, Mage Armor, Shield, True Strike, Unseen Servant
  
  
• 0 (at will) - Arcane Mark, Bleed (DC 14), Detect Magic, Light, Mage Hand, Mending, Read Magic, Resistance

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
31 (+10)	8 (-1)	23 (+6)	18 (+4)	19 (+4)	18 (+4)

Base Attack Bonus: +20
CMB +34
CMD 43 (47 vs. Trip)

Feats: Combat Casting, Dazzling Display, Deadly Stroke, Extend Spell, Hover, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Initiative, Multiattack, Shatter Defenses, Weapon Focus (bite)

Skills: Bluff +27, Fly +8, Intimidate +27, Knowledge (arcana) +27, Knowledge (geography) +27, Knowledge (local) +27, Perception +27, Spellcraft +27, Stealth +10, Survival +27

Languages: Auran, Common, Draconic, Giant, Ignan

Special Qualities: sound imitation

Special Abilities

Desert Thirst (Su)

A blue dragon can cast create water at will (CL 20). Alternatively, it can destroy an equal amount of liquid in a 10-foot burst. Unattended liquids are instantly reduced to sand. Liquid-based magic items (such as potions) and items in a creature's possession must succeed on a Will save (DC 26) or be destroyed.

Electricity Aura (Su)

An old blue dragon is surrounded by an aura of electricity. Creatures within 10 feet take 1d6 points of electricity damage at the beginning of the dragon's turn.

Mirage (Su)

An old blue dragon can make itself appear to be in two places at once as a free action for 20 rounds per day. This ability functions as project image but the dragon can use its breath weapon through the mirage.

Sound Imitation (Ex)

A very young or older blue dragon can mimic any voice or sound it has heard by making a successful Bluff check against a listener's Sense Motive check.

Ecology

Environment: Warm Deserts
Organization: solitary
Treasure: triple


Blue dragons are consummate schemers and obsessively orderly. In combat, blue dragons prefer to surprise foes if possible, and are not above retreating if the odds turn against them.

They prefer to lair near those that they control, sometimes even within the confines of a city.