Underworld Dragon, Young

This serpentine dragon has skin the color of deep volcanic rock, enormous claws, and jagged, stonelike horns and scales.

Underworld Dragon, Young (CR 7)

Medium Dragon (Fire)
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Initiative: +5
Senses: Dragon Senses, smoke vision; Perception +12

Speed: 40 feet, Burrow 30 feet, Fly 150 feet (average)
Space: 5 feet

Defense

Armor Class: 21, touch 11, flat-footed 20 (+1 Dex, +10 natural)
Hit Points: 76 (8d12+24)
Saving Throws: Fort +9, Ref +7, Will +7
Immunity: fire, paralysis, sleep
Weaknesses: vulnerability to cold

Offense

Melee: bite +14 (1d8+7), 2 claws +13 (1d6+5/19-20), gore +13 (1d6+7)
Reach: 5 feet (10 feet with bite and gore)

Special Attacks: adamantine claws, Breath Weapon (60-ft. line, 6d6 fire damage, DC 17)

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 8th; Concentration +9):

• At Will- Soften Earth and Stone

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
21 (+5)	12 (+1)	17 (+3)	12 (+1)	13 (+1)	12 (+1)

Base Attack Bonus: +8
CMB +13
CMD 24 (28 vs. Trip)

Feats: Improved Critical (claw), Improved Initiative, Skill Focus (Stealth), Weapon Focus (bite)

Skills: Appraise +12, Climb +16, Intimidate +12, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +12, Knowledge (geography) +12, Perception +12, Stealth +15

Languages: Common, Draconic

Special Qualities: Change Shape

Special Abilities

Adamantine Claws (Ex)

The claws of an underworld dragon are made of adamantine, and have the qualities of a weapon made from that material.

Change Shape (Su)

A young or older underworld dragon can assume any humanoid form three times per day as if using polymorph.

Lava Eruption (Su)

As a full-round action, a great wyrm underworld dragon can burrow through the ground up to twice its burrow speed. At the end of that movement, if the underworld dragon has use of its breath weapon, it can emerge from the ground spouting lava in a 30-foot-radius burst, dealing damage as the breath weapon.

Smoke Vision (Ex)

A very young and older underworld dragon can see perfectly in smoky conditions (such as those created by pyrotechnics).

Underworld Burrower (Ex)

An adult underworld dragon gains a 10-foot bonus to its burrow speed. When the underworld dragon becomes old and every two age categories thereafter, its burrow speed increases by an additional 10 feet.

Ecology

Environment: Any Underground
Organization: solitary
Treasure: triple


Underworld dragons-also called futsanglungs-are calculating, greedy creatures that carve great labyrinthine tunnels beneath the world, defending their hidden treasures.

Preferring the earth to the heavens, they channel the fires of the world's core within their twisting, stonelike bodies and through flaming breath hot enough to turn granite into slag.