River Drake

Creature 3
  • Medium
  • amphibious
  • dragon
  • water
Perception
+9; darkvision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Languages
Draconic
Skills
Acrobatics +11, Athletics +10, Intimidation +6, Stealth +9, Survival +7
Str +3, Dex +4, Con +2, Int −1, Wis +2, Cha −1
AC
17; Fort +11, Ref +9, Will +7
HP
45; Immunities paralyzed, sleep; Resistances acid 10

Tail Lash ⟲ Trigger A creature within reach of the river drake's tail uses an action to Strike or attempt a skill check.

Effect The river drake attempts to Strike the triggering creature with its tail. If it hits, the creature takes a -2 circumstance penalty to the triggering roll.

Effect: Tail Lash

Speed
20 feet, fly 50 feet, swim 30 feet

Melee ◆ fangs +12, Damage 2d8+3 piercing

Melee ◆ tail +12 (reach 10 feet), Damage 2d6+3 bludgeoning

Caustic Mucus ◆◆ (acid, primal) The river drake spits a ball of caustic mucus up to a range of 50 feet that explodes in a 10-foot burst. Creatures within the burst take 4d6 acid damage (DC 19 basic Reflex save). Those that fail this save also take 1d6 persistent acid damage and take a –5-foot status penalty to their Speed. This Speed reduction ends with the persistent acid damage.

The river drake can't use Caustic Mucus again for 1d6 rounds.

Effect: Caustic Mucus

Draconic Frenzy ◆◆ The river drake makes one Fangs Strike and two Tail Strikes in any order.

Speed Surge ◆ (move) Frequency three times per day;

Effect The river drake Strides or Flies twice.

Source: Pathfinder Monster Core

Running this fight? Add the river drake to the initiative tracker: type its name and the AC, hit points and Perception for initiative fill in, and the book button shows this stat block mid-fight.

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