Dragon Zombie (5e Template)
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Dragon Zombie[edit]
Foul necromancy may breathe false life into the corpse of a dragon. The once-proud creature rises as an undead abomination that stinks of death and whose magnificent scales have become patchy, gouged by wounds and marked with decay. Remnants of the dragon's mind drive it to collect a hoard of treasure, though much of its hoard consists of worthless junk, shiny glass, cutlery and whatever else has caught the dragon's rotting eye.
The movements of dragon zombies are lumbering and clumsy and their internal organs have begun to decompose, which weakens their breath weapons.
- Prerequisite
Any true dragon.
Statistics[edit]
Abilities. The dragon zombie's Constitution score increases by 2 and the dragon zombie's Dexterity score decreases by 2. The dragon zombie's Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma decrease by 6, 4, and 2, respectively, to a minimum of 3, 8, and 5 (unless the base creature's Intelligence, Wisdom, and/or Charisma score is lower).
Type. The dragon zombie's type changes to undead.
AC. The dragon zombie's AC decreases by 2 (this includes its Dexterity decrease).
Damage Immunities. The dragon zombie is immune to poison damage.
Condition Immunities. The dragon zombie is immune to the poisoned condition.
Speed. All of the dragon zombie's speeds are reduced by 10 feet.
Languages. The dragon zombie understands all languages it knew in life but can't speak.
Skills. The dragon zombie loses all skills.
Alignment. The dragon zombie's alignment changes to neutral evil.
Traits[edit]
Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the dragon zombie to 0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a success, the dragon zombie drops to 1 hit point instead.
Undead Nature. A dragon zombie doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Other Traits. The dragon zombie loses any trait, such as Amphibious, that assumes a living physiology. The dragon zombie loses all of its lair actions. The dragon zombie also can't cast spells and loses any spells it knew.
Actions[edit]
Breath Weapons. The dragon zombie's breath weapon deals half as much damage. A breath weapon that doesn't deal damage is unchanged.
CR Calculation[edit]
- Increased hit points (from increased Constitution score and Undead Fortitude).
- Alter AC (from Dexterity and natural armor decrease).
- Reduce damage-per-round (from weakened breath weapon).
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