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Combat Cowardly and mean-spirited, sluagh usually stay out of sight and use their special attacks to deal with trespassers. They defend themselves with clubs and light crossbows but run if attacked by a superior force. Animate Objects (Su): Once per day, a sluagh can animate an object within 60 feet as though by the spell animate objects from a Vampiric Dragon Not all dragons with dreams of eternal life turn to lichdom; some take the path of vampirism instead. These creatures are only tangentially related to standard vampires and vampire scions. A standard vampire cannot turn a dragon into a vampire scion or vampire spawn, and a vampiric dragon cannot create new scions from humanoids. Nevertheless, these two vampiric strains share more similarities than differences. Creating a Vampiric Dragon “Vampiric dragon” is a template that can be applied to any evil dragon (hereafter referred to as the “base creature”). The creature’s type changes to “undead,” though its subtype is not affected. A vampiric dragon uses all the base creature’s statistics and special abilities except as noted here. Speed: Same as the base creature. If the base creature has a swim speed, the vampiric dragon retains the ability to swim and is not vulnerable to immersion in running water (see below). AC: Natural armor improves by +1 per dragon age category. Special Attacks: A vampiric dragon retains all the special attacks of the base creature and also gains the following special attacks. Blood Drain (Ex): A vampiric dragon can suck blood from a living victim that is susceptible to critical hits with a grapple check that results in a successful pin. If it pins its foe, it drains blood, dealing permanent Constitution drain each round the pin is maintained, as set out in the table on the next page. Breath Weapon (Su): The base creature’s breath weapon is replaced by a cone of toxic gas that causes blood to erupt from the eyes, nose, mouth, and even pores. This breath weapon deals damage according to the dragon’s age category, as set out in the table on the next page. The save DC to resist this breath weapon is equal to 10 + 1/2 vampiric dragon’s HD + vampiric dragon’s Charisma modifier. Call to the Cold Blood (Su): Vampiric dragons command lesser cold-blooded creatures with a thought. Once per day a vampiric dragon can call forth a single giant octopus or giant squid (must be within 100 feet of the ocean), a clutch of 2–5 troglodytes, a swarm of 2–5 Medium vipers, or a gang of 4–9 kobolds as a standard action. These creatures arrive in 2d6 rounds and serve the vampiric dragon for up to 1 hour. Create Spawn (Su): A dragon or magical beast slain by a vampiric dragon’s energy drain attack rises as a vampiric thrall (see the Vampiric Thrall entry below) 1d4 days after death. Chapter Five: Creatures Races of Renown: Fang & Fury 20th-level caster. This object defends the sluagh to the best of its ability, but it doesn’t follow specific instructions. Spell-like Abilities: At will—ghost sound; 3/day—scare. These abilities are as the spells from a 6th-level sorcerer (save DC 11 + spell level). Skills: Sluagh receive a +4 racial bonus on Hide and Move Silently checks. Sluagh receive a +8 bonus on Climb checks and can always take 10 even if rushed or threatened when climbing. If the vampiric dragon instead drains the victim’s Constitution to 0 or less with its blood drain attack, the slain creature returns as a vampiric thrall if it had fewer than 10 HD or was a magical beast, and as a new vampiric dragon if it had 10 or more HD and was a dragon. In either case, the new undead creature is under the command of the vampiric dragon that created it and remains enslaved until its master’s death. Domination (Su): A vampiric dragon can dominate a humanoid enemy just by meeting its eyes. This ability is similar to a gaze attack, except that the vampiric dragon must take a standard action, and those merely looking at it are not affected. Anyone the vampiric dragon targets must succeed at a Will save or fall instantly under the creature’s influence as though by a dominate person spell cast by a 12th-level sorcerer. This ability has a range of 60 feet. Energy Drain (Su): Living creatures hit by a Medium or larger vampiric dragon’s claw attack gain negative levels according to the dragon’s size, as set out in table on the next page. Each negative level bestowed grants the vampiric dragon 5 temporary hit points. The save DC to remove a negative level is 10 + 1/2 vampiric dragon’s HD + vampiric dragon’s Charisma modifier. Frightful Presence (Ex): Since the dragon’s Charisma score improves by +4, the save DC for its frightful presence ability increases by +2. Special Qualities: A vampiric dragon retains all the special qualities of the base creature and also gains the following special qualities. Alternate Form (Su): A vampiric dragon can assume the shape of a giant lizard, kobold, pseudodragon, Small viper, or troglodyte as a standard action. This ability is similar to a polymorph self spell cast by a 12th-level sorcerer, except that the vampiric dragon can assume only one of the forms listed here. It can remain in that form until it assumes another or until the next sunrise. Blood Gift (Ex): A vampiric dragon can feed its own blood to another vampire (including blood puppets and vampiric thralls) or vampiric dragon to heal it. It costs 1 hp to start the process, and the vampiric dragon can transfer up to 1 hp per round per level of the lowest-level vampire in the exchange, to a maximum of 10 hp per round. Damage Reduction (Su): A vampiric dragon has damage reduction 15/+1 or its natural damage reduction, whichever is greater. 55
56 Chapter Five: Creatures Races of Renown: Fang & Fury Vampiric Dragon Blood Drain Dragon Size Constitution Drain Tiny 1d2 Small 1d3 Medium 1d4 Large 1d6 Huge 1d8 Gargantuan 2d6 Colossal 2d8 Vampiric Dragon Breath Weapon Dragon Breath Weapon Age Category Damage Wyrmling 2d8 Very young 4d8 Young 6d8 Juvenile 8d8 Young adult 10d8 Adult 12d8 Mature adult 14d8 Old 16d8 Very old 18d8 Ancient 20d8 Wyrm 22d8 Great wyrm 24d8 Vampiric Dragon Energy Drain Dragon Size Negative Levels Tiny — Small — Medium 1 Large 2 Huge 2 Gargantuan 3 Colossal 3 Fast Healing (Ex): A vampiric dragon heals 5 points of damage each round so long as it has at least 1 hit point. If reduced to 0 hit points or lower, a vampiric dragon automatically assumes gaseous form and attempts to escape. It must reach its lair within 2 hours or be utterly destroyed. Once at rest in its lair, it rises to 1 hit point after 1 hour, then resumes healing at the rate of 5 hit points per round. Gaseous Form (Su): As a standard action, a vampiric dragon can assume gaseous form at will, as the gaseous form spell cast by a 5th-level sorcerer. The dragon can remain gaseous indefinitely and has a fly speed of 20 feet with perfect maneuverability. The Thirst (Ex): A vampiric dragon takes 1d8 + 1/HD points of damage every day at noon, as a bit of its essence is “cooked off ” by positive energy. This damage can be healed only by draining blood.
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