Shinryu (4e Creature)

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"A mysterious entity with a crystalline body and known as a traveler of dimensions."

Lore

DC 25: A powerful, crystalline, godlike dragon that resides in the Interdimensional Rift. It usually guards a great treasure of some kind.

DC 30: Very few have ever managed to defeat Shinryu, due to its arsenal of powerful attacks and bristling defenses. It shrugs off all but the mightiest of attacks.

DC 40: The treasure Shinryu guards is often some great weapon like a powerful artifact of the dawn war, something meant only for epic heroes to handle. This weapon is known by many names, exaliburn, godhand, the onion knight and seems to change form constantly

Encounters

Shinryu only ever fights alone, guarding powerful treasures against adventuring parties. It doesn't need any help when fighting, as it is able to flatten all but the strongest or best prepared parties in its opening wave of attacks.

Encounter Examples

Level 30 Encounter (395,000 XP)

• 1 Shinryu (Level 38 Solo Artillery)

Shinryu

Shinryu Level 38 Solo Artillery Huge Immortal Magical Beast (Dragon) XP 395,000 HP 2504; Bloodied 1252 Initiative +40 AC 55; Fortitude 49, Reflex 47, Will 50 Perception +39 Speed 5, Fly 9 (Hover) Darkvision Immune Radiant, Fear, Charm Resist 20 All, 30 Cold and Fire Saving Throws +5; Action Points 2 Traits Presence of Terror ♦ Aura 5 Each creature that starts its turn in the aura that is not immune to fear takes a -2 penalty to attacks against the dragon. Radiant Absorption ♦ Passive Whenever Shinryu is hit with an attack that would deal radiant damage, it regains 100 hit points. Mighty Recharge ♦ Passive Shinryu only rolls one recharge die at the beginning of its turn. The die result dictates which of its powers recharge. Standard Actions Claw ♦ At-Will Attack: Melee 5; +44 vs. AC Hit: 3d12+28 Damage Miss: 20 Damage Atomic Ray (Fire)♦ Recharge Attack: Ranged 10; Targets three creatures; +40 vs. Reflex Hit: 3d12+29 Fire damage Miss: Half Damage Effect: The target takes ongoing 10 fire damage (save ends). Lightning (Lightning)♦ Recharge Attack: Area burst 3 in 10; +41 vs. Reflex Hit: 5d10+22 Lightning Damage and the target is dazed until the end of the dragon's next turn. Miss: Half Damage Ice Storm (Cold)♦ Recharge Attack: Area burst 3 in 10; +40 vs. Fortitude Hit: 3d10+25 Cold damage, and the target is immobilized (save ends). Miss: Half Damage, and the target is slowed (save ends). Effect: The burst creates a zone of frozen ground that lasts until the end of the encounter. The zone is difficult terrain for all creatures. Minor Actions Evil Eye (Petrification, Gaze)♦ At-Will (1/Round) Attack: Ranged 10; +37 vs. Will Hit: The target is slowed (save ends). The first time the target fails a save against this effect, it is instead petrified (save ends). Triggered Actions Tsunami (Cold)♦ Encounter Trigger: The dragon rolls initiative Attack: Close Blast 11; +50 vs. Fortitude Hit: 5d12+50 Cold Damage Miss: Half Damage Effect: The target is pushed 5 squares Bloodied Resurgence ♦ Encounter Trigger: The dragon is bloodied for the first time in an encounter Effect: Each of the dragon's rechargeable powers do so. Skills Str 41 (+36) Dex 27 (+24) Wis 33 (+27) Con 50 (+36) Int 50 (+36) Cha 5 (+13) Alignment Unaligned Languages Draconic, Supernal Equipment None

Shinryu's appearance Shinryu's attacks mostly define the battle's difficulty. It possesses strong elemental attacks, the most dangerous being the Tsunami it uses when rolling initiative. Unguarded, this ability will inflict massive damage, thus wiping out all but the strongest characters. Because of its attacks' crippling power and near-certainty of recharge, Shinryu seldom attacks with its claws. It also saves its action points for when it is bloodied, launching into a frenzy of its strongest attacks.

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