Bestiary

Ancient Bronze Dragon

Gargantuan Dragon, lawful good

AC22 (natural armor)HP444 (24d20 + 192)Speed40 ft., fly 80 ft., swim 40 ft., climb 20 ft., crawl 20 ft.

STR

29 (+9)

DEX

10 (+0)

CON

27 (+8)

INT

18 (+4)

WIS

17 (+3)

CHA

25 (+7)

Sensesdarkvision 120 ft., blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 27LanguagesCommon, DraconicCR22 (41,000 XP)

Traits

Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.

Legendary Resistance (4/Day, or 5/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

Lightning Breath. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 23, each creature in a 120-foot-long, 10-foot-wide Line. Failure: 82 (15d10) Lightning damage. Success: Half damage.

Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of (A) Repulsion Breath or (B) Spellcasting to cast Guiding Bolt (level 2 version).

Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +16, reach 15 ft. 18 (2d8 + 9) Slashing damage plus 9 (2d8) Lightning damage.

Repulsion Breath. Strength Saving Throw: DC 23, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. Failure: The target is pushed up to 60 feet straight away from the dragon and has the Prone condition.

Spellcasting. The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 22, +14 to hit with spell attacks): - **At Will:** Detect Magic, Guiding Bolt, Shapechange, Speak with Animals, Thaumaturgy - **1/Day Each:** Detect Thoughts, Control Water, Scrying, Water Breathing

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