Cloud Dragon, Adult

Cloud Dragon, Adult

The blue-white scales of this four-horned dragon exude wisps of fog. The dragon’s snout is short but filled with sharp teeth.

Adult Cloud Dragon CR 13

XP 25,600
CN Huge dragon (air, extraplanar)
Init +3; Senses dragon senses, mist vision; Perception +24; Aura frightful presence (180 ft., DC 22)

AC* 29, touch 7, flat-footed* 29 (–1 Dex, +22* natural, –2 size)
hp 184 (16d12+80)
Fort +15, Ref +9, Will +15
DR 5/magic; Immune electricity, paralysis, sleep; SR 24

Speed 40 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 40 ft.
Melee bite +22 (2d8+10/19–20), 2 claws +22 (2d6+7), tail slap +19 (2d6+10), 2 wings +19 (1d8+3)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 10 ft. (15 ft. with bite)
Special Attacks breath weapon (50-ft. cone, 12d8 electricity, DC 23), crush
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 16th; concentration +20)

At will—fog cloud, obscuring mist, solid fog

Spells Known (CL 5th; concentration +9)

2nd (5/day)—blur, see invisibility
1st (7/day)—charm person (DC 15), detect secret doors, shield, true strike
0 (at will)—dancing lights, detect poison, light, message, prestidigitation, read magic

Str 24, Dex 9, Con 21, Int 16, Wis 20, Cha 19
Base Atk +16; CMB +25; CMD 34 (38 vs. trip)
Feats Critical Focus, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Initiative, Multiattack, Power Attack, Skill Focus (Diplomacy), Weapon Focus (bite, claws)
Skills Appraise +22, Diplomacy +29, Fly +10, Intimidate +23, Knowledge (planes) +22, Perception +24, Sense Motive +24, Stealth +10, Survival +24, Swim +15; Racial Modifiers +8 Swim
Languages Auran, Common, Draconic, Elven
SQ cloud form (16 rounds/day)

Cloudform (Su)

An adult or older cloud dragon can change itself into a cloudy vapor as a swift action for a number of rounds per day equal to its Hit Dice. This ability functions as gaseous form but the dragon’s fly speed is unchanged.

Mist Vision (Su)

A cloud dragon can see through fog, clouds, and similar obscuring effects with perfect clarity.

Environment any sky (Plane of Air)
Organization solitary
Treasure triple

Cloud dragons stay out of the complicated political schemes and obsessions of other dragons (especially the chromatic dragons), preferring to live their lives freely and as the whim to travel strikes them. Exploration and viewing new lands from far above are the cloud dragon’s greatest joy, rivaled only by speaking with new creatures and gaining exotic treasures from them. They keep lairs on high mountain peaks, but are often away on journeys of discovery, returning home only when they’ve claimed a new treasure that needs to be placed in safekeeping back home.

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary 2, © 2010, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Authors Wolfgang Baur, Jason Bulmahn, Adam Daigle, Graeme Davis, Crystal Frasier, Joshua J. Frost, Tim Hitchcock, Brandon Hodge, James Jacobs, Steve Kenson, Hal MacLean, Martin Mason, Rob McCreary, Erik Mona, Jason Nelson, Patrick Renie, Sean K Reynolds, F. Wesley Schneider, Owen K.C. Stephens, James L. Sutter, Russ Taylor, and Greg A. Vaughan, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams.