Crystal Dragon, Very Old

This brilliantly colored dragon has scales, teeth, and claws made of multicolored crystal, and its wings are sheets of flexible glass.

Crystal Dragon, Very Old CR 14

XP 38,400
CG Huge dragon (earth)
Init +4; Senses dragon senses, tremorsense 120 ft.; Perception +26; Aura frightful presence (270 ft., DC 26)

DEFENSE

AC 34, touch 8, flat-footed 34 (+26 natural, -2 size)
hp 237 (19d12+114)
Fort +19, Ref +13, Will +15
DR 15/magic; Immune paralysis, sleep, sonic; SR 25

OFFENSE

Speed 60 ft., burrow 30 ft., climb 30 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor)
Melee bite +27 (2d8+13/19-20), 2 claws +26 (2d6+9), tail slap +24 (2d6+13), 2 wings +24 (1d8+4)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 10 ft. (15 ft. with bite)
Special Attacks breath weapon (50-ft. cone, 18d4 sonic, DC 25), crush (2d8+13, DC 25)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 19th; concentration +26)

At willcolor spray (DC 18), glitterdust (DC 19), rainbow pattern (DC 21)
3/daystone to flesh (DC 23)

Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 7th; concentration +14)

3rd (6/day)displacement, major image (DC 20)
2nd (8/day)invisibility, minor image (DC 19), mirror image
1st (8/day)alarm, feather fall, magic aura, silent image (DC 18), unseen servant
0 (at will)acid splash, detect magic, ghost sound, mage hand, message, read magic, touch of fatigue

STATISTICS

Str 29, Dex 10, Con 23, Int 18, Wis 19, Cha 24
Base Atk +19; CMB +30; CMD 40 (44 vs. trip)
Feats Deceitful, Great Fortitude, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Initiative, Improved Vital Strike, Lightning Reflexes, Multiattack, Power Attack, Vital Strike, Weapon Focus (bite)
Skills Bluff +33, Climb +39, Disguise +30, Fly +14, Intimidate +29, Knowledge (dungeoneering, geography) +26, Perception +26, Sense Motive +26, Stealth +14; Racial Modifiers +8 Climb
Languages Common, Draconic, Dwarven, Terran, Undercommon
SQ razor sharp

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Razor Sharp (Sp)

All of a crystal dragon’s natural attacks deal slashing damage.


ECOLOGY

Environment any underground (Plane of Earth)
Organization solitary
Treasure triple

Crystal dragons are generally good-natured, though their incredible vanity sometimes causes them to seem aloof and cocky. Any perceived insult against its appearance is all but assured to send a crystal dragon into a rage—which is a problem, as most crystal dragons are prone to seeing insults even where none are intended. Crystal dragons prefer underground lairs, and often go for decades or even centuries without emerging from their extensive cavern lairs onto the surface world above.

Crystal dragons tend to be exacting and even obsessive-compulsive, their personalities mirroring the precise and ordered nature of the facets of their scales. A crystal dragon’s lair is a well-ordered place—these dragons find the very idea of the classic sprawl of a dragon’s hoard to be shameful.

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