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Stone Dragon
Dragon (Earth)
Environment: Any mountains or other rocky areas
Organization: Wyrmling, very young, young, juvenile, and young adult: solitary or clutch (2–5); adult, mature adult, old, very old, ancient, wyrm, or great wyrm: solitary
Challenge Ratings: Wyrmling 3; very young 5; young 7; juvenile 9; young adult 11; adult 14; mature adult 16; old 19; very old 20; ancient 22; wyrm 23; great wyrm 25
Treasure: Standard coins; quadruple goods (gems); standard items
Alignment: Usually lawful neutral
Advancement: Wyrmling 6–7 HD; very young 9–10 HD; young 12–13 HD; juvenile 15–16 HD; young adult 18–19 HD; adult 21–22 HD; mature adult 24–25 HD; old 27–28 HD; very old 30–31 HD; ancient 33–34 HD; wyrm 36–37 HD; great wyrm 39+ HD
Level Adjustment: Wyrmling +2; very young +3; young +4; juvenile +4; others —

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Stone Dragons by Age AgeSizeHit Dice (hp)Str Dex Con Int Wis Cha BaseAtk/Grp Attack Fort Ref Will Breath Weapon (DC) Frightful Presence DC WyrmlingT5d12+5 (37) 11 10 13 10 11 10 +5/–1+8 +7 +5 +42d6 (13)— Very youngS8d12+8 (60) 13 10 13 10 11 10 +8/+5+10 +7 +6 +64d6 (15)— YoungM11d12+22 (93) 15 10 15 12 13 12 +11/+13+13 +9 +7 +86d6 (17)— JuvenileM14d12+28 (119) 17 10 15 14 15 14+14/+17+17 +11 +9 +118d6 (19)— Young adultL17d12+51 (161) 19 10 17 14 15 14+17/+25+20 +13 +10 +1210d6 (21)20 AdultL20d12+80 (210) 23 10 19 16 17 16+20/+30+25 +16 +12 +1512d6 (24)23 Mature adultH23d12+115 (264) 27 10 21 16 17 16+23/+39+29 +18 +13 +1614d6 (26)24 OldH26d12+130 (299) 29 10 21 18 19 18+26/+43+33 +20 +15 +1916d6 (28)27 Very oldH29d12+174 (362) 31 10 23 18 19 18+29/+47+37 +22 +16 +2018d6 (30)28 AncientH32d12+192 (400) 33 10 23 20 21 20+32/+51+41 +24 +28 +2320d6 (32)31 WyrmG35d12+245 (472) 35 10 25 20 21 20+35/+59+43 +26 +19 +2422d6 (34)32 Great wyrmG38d12+304 (551) 37 10 27 22 23 22+38/+63+47 +29 +21 +2724d6 (37)35 Stone Dragon Abilities by Age AgeSpeedInitACSpecial AbilitiesCaster Level*SR Wyrmling40 ft., burrow 40 ft.+016 (+2 size, +4 natural), touch 12, flat-footed 16Cold tolerance, earth mettle,——Jump +5, tunneling, vulnerability to acid and fire Very young40 ft., burrow 40 ft.+018 (+1 size, +7 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 17——— Young40 ft., burrow 40 ft.+020 (+10 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 20Allies, Jump +10—— Juvenile40 ft., burrow 40 ft.+023 (+13 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 23Shatter—— Young adult40 ft., burrow 40 ft.+025 (–1 size, +16 natural), touch 9, flat-footed 25DR 5/bludgeoning and magic, Jump +15, passwall, stone shape, weaponbreaker—19 Adult40 ft., burrow 40 ft.+028 (–1 size, +19 natural), touch 9, flat-footed 28Transmute rock to mud—21 Mature adult40 ft., burrow 40 ft.+030 (–2 size, +22 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 30DR 10/bludgeoning and magic, Jump +20, stone shape 2/day, wall of stone—23 Old40 ft., burrow 40 ft.+033 (–2 size, +25 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 33Statue, summon huge earth elemental—25 Very old40 ft., burrow 40 ft.+036 (–2 size, +28 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 36DR 15/bludgeoning and magic, Jump +25—26 Ancient40 ft., burrow 40 ft.+039 (–2 size, +31 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 39Stone tell, summon huge earth elemental—28 Wyrm40 ft., burrow 40 ft.+040 (–4 size, +34 natural), touch 6, flat-footed 40DR 20/bludgeoning and magic, Jump +30—29 Great wyrm40 ft., burrow 40 ft.+043 (–4 size, +37 natural), touch 6, flat-footed 43Earthquake—31

The rough gray hide of this wingless dragon resembles a cluster of rocks. Its neck is long and thick, lacking any crest or fins. Its long tail looks like a line of overlapping stones. Its head its more serpentine than draconic, and its deep set eyes are dull gray. It is accompanied by the smell of chalk striking slate.

Stone dragons are loners, preferring to live away from other creatures. However, they are just as likely to be friendly and helpful to interlopers as they are to be hostile. They are quite fond of gems, and are eager to trade for them, sometimes paying up to double the appraised value. As such, their hoards consist mostly of gems, although they also collect gemlike items such as ioun stones.

Stone dragons lair in deserted, rocky environs. A typical stone dragon lair is a cave with multiple exits. These lairs are often artistically sculpted, and are frequently dotted with statues of petrified interlopers.

Stone dragons feed almost entirely on rocks, although they consider gems a delicacy.

Combat

Stone dragons are not always hostile, even to intruders. Should combat break out, a stone dragon generally opens with its breath weapons and spits stones, followed by its spell-like abilities before resorting to melee.

Allies (Sp): This functions as the spell charm monster, except that it only works on rock-based creatures or creatures with the earth subtype. The stone dragon may use this ability 3 times per day.

Breath Weapon (Su): A stone dragon has two types of breath weapon, a cone of slow gas and a cone of petrification gas. Creatures within the cone of slow gas must succeed on a Fortitude save or be slowed for 1d6 rounds plus 1 round per age category of the dragon. Creatures within the cone of petrification gas must succeed on a Fortitude save or turn to stone permanently.

Cold Tolerance (Ex): A stone dragon recieves a racial bonus on saving throws against cold spells and attacks equal to its age category.

Earth Mettle (Ex): If a stone dragon makes a successful save against spells or effects with the earth descriptor, or against attacks from creatures with the Earth subtype, and that attack normally deals half damage on a successful save, the dragon instead takes no damage.

Spit Stones (Ex): Three times per day, a stone dragon may expel 1d6+4 rocks as a standard action. The stone dragon must make a ranged attack roll for each stone, and may aim them all at the same target or mix them among multiple targets. The rocks have a range increment of 20 feet and each deals 1d6+1 per age category points of bludgeoning damage.

Stone Shape (Sp): A young adult stone dragon may use stone shape as a spell-like ability once per day. Upon reaching mature adult, the stone dragon may use stone shape 2/day.

Summon Huge Earth Elemental (Sp): Once per day, an old stone dragon can cast summon nature's ally VI to summon one Huge earth elemental, 1d3 Large earth elementals, or 1d4+1 earth elementals of smaller size.

Summon Greater Earth Elemental (Sp): Once per day, an ancient stone dragon can cast summon nature's ally VII to summon one greater earth elemental, 1d3 Huge earth elementals, or 1d4+1 earth elementals of smaller size.

Tunneling (Ex): A stone dragon can burrow through solid stone at a speed of 5 feet, leaving behind an intact tunnel.

Weaponbreaker (Su): Any piercing or slashing weapon that strikes a young adult or older stone dragon takes damage equivalent to the dragon's damage reduction.

Skills: Appraise, Hide, and Survival are considered class skills for stone dragons. A stone dragon has a +8 racial bonus on Hide checks made in rocky environments. A wyrmling stone dragon has a +5 racial bonus on Jump checks. This bonus increases by +5 at every other age category thereafter.

Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #134 (1988).

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