Medium dragon, lawful evil
Armor Class: 17
Hit Points: 52 (8d8+16)
Speed:
30 ft
, fly: 60 ft
, burrow: 15 ft
, swim: 0 ft
, climb: 0 ft
Saving Throws: DEX +2, CON +4, WIS +2, CHA +4
Skills: Perception +4 [1d20+4), Stealth +2 [1d20+2]
Damage Immunities: Lightning
Senses: Blindsight 10 ft., Darkvision 60 ft., Passive Perception 14
Languages: Draconic
Challenge Rating: 3
( 700 XP)
Proficiency Bonus: +2
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8[1d10+3] piercing damage plus 3 [1d6] lightning damage.
Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6). The dragon exhales lightning in a 30-foot line that is 5 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw, taking 22[4d10] lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Vain and territorial, blue dragons soar through the skies over deserts, preying on caravans and plundering herds and settlements in the verdant lands beyond the desert’s reach. These dragons can also be found in dry steppes, searing badlands, and rocky coasts. They guard their territories against all potential competitors, especially brass dragons.
A blue dragon is recognized by its dramatic frilled ears and the massive ridged horn atop its blunt head. Rows of spikes extend back from its nostrils to line its brow, and cluster on its jutting lower jaw.
A blue dragon’s scales vary in color from an iridescent azure to a deep indigo, polished to a glossy finish by the desert sands. As the dragon ages, its scales become thicker and harder, and its hide hums and crackles with static electricity. These effects intensify when the dragon is angry or about to attack, giving off an odor of ozone and dusty air.
Suggested Environments
Desert Predators. Though they sometimes eat cacti and other desert plants to sate their great hunger, blue dragons are carnivores. They prefer to dine on herd animals, cooking those creatures with their lightning breath before gorging themselves. Their dining habits make blue dragons an enormous threat to desert caravans and nomadic tribes, which become convenient collections of food and treasure to a dragon’s eye.
When it hunts, a blue dragon buries itself in the desert sand so that only the horn on its nose pokes above the surface, appearing to be an outcropping of stone. When prey draws near, the dragon rises up, sand pouring from its wings like an avalanche as it attacks.
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