Shadow Dragon (Time Dragon)

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  "name": "Shadow Dragon (Time Dragon)",
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    {
      "name": "Shadow Dragon",
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  ],
  "lairActions": [
    "On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon can take one of the following lair actions; the ancient or adult dragon can't take the same lair action two rounds in a row:",
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      "items": [
        {
          "name": "Temporal Fling.",
          "type": "item",
          "entry": "The dragon attempts to fling a creature it can see within 60 feet of itself forward through time. The target must succeed on a {@dc 18} Wisdom saving throw or take 26 ({@damage 4d12}) psychic damage and move 1 round forward in time. A target moved forward in time vanishes for the duration. When the effect ends, the target reappears in the space it left or in an unoccupied space nearest to that space if it's occupied."
        },
        {
          "name": "Temporal Lag.",
          "type": "item",
          "entry": "The dragon slows time for each creature within 60 feet of itself. Until initiative count 20 of the next round, the affected creature can move or take an action on its turn, not both. The creature also can't take a reaction or a bonus action."
        },
        {
          "name": "Timeline Divergence.",
          "type": "item",
          "entry": "The dragon chooses a space it can fit into within its lair. The dragon exists simultaneously in its space and the chosen space until initiative count 20 on the next round. Whenever it moves or takes an action, the dragon chooses which version is moving or acting. If an effect or attack can target both the dragon's spaces at the same time, the dragon is affected only once."
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "name": "Additional Lair Action",
      "type": "entries",
      "entries": [
        "Shadow dragons have access to the lair actions usable by untransformed dragons of the same kind. The effects of these actions might be cosmetically altered, seeming darker, gloomier, and more subdued. They might also deal necrotic damage instead of other damage types. At your discretion, a legendary (adult or ancient) shadow dragon can use the following additional lair action while in its lair:",
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          "items": [
            {
              "name": "Banish Light",
              "type": "item",
              "entry": "Any nonmagical source of illumination within a 60-foot-radius sphere centered on the dragon is snuffed out, and any spell that creates light within that same area is dispelled."
            }
          ],
          "style": "list-hang-notitle"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "regionalEffects": [
    "The region surrounding an ancient or adult time dragon's lair is altered by the dragon's magic, creating one or more of the following effects:",
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      "type": "list",
      "items": [
        {
          "name": "Time Dilations",
          "type": "item",
          "entry": "Time fluctuates within 3 miles of the lair. Short rests taken within this area take 10 minutes or 2 hours (your choice)."
        },
        {
          "name": "Timelessness",
          "type": "item",
          "entry": "Beasts, Humanoids, and Plants within 3 miles of the lair age only 1 year for every 10 years that pass."
        }
      ],
      "style": "list-hang-notitle"
    },
    "If the dragon dies, these effects fade over the course of {@dice 1d10} days.",
    "When a shadow dragon establishes a lair on the Material Plane, the region around the lair takes on some of the characteristics of the Shadowfell, creating one or more of the following effects:",
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      "items": [
        {
          "name": "Brooding Despair",
          "type": "item",
          "entry": "Creatures within 1 mile of the dragon's lair that have an Intelligence score of 5 or higher feel forlorn and hopeless."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dying Light",
          "type": "item",
          "entry": "Light is diminished within 6 miles of the dragon's lair, {@quickref Vision and Light|PHB|2||lightly obscuring} the land in gloomy shadows."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gloomy Portals",
          "type": "item",
          "entry": "Some caves, caverns, pits, and other places of deep gloom within 1 mile of the dragon's lair form portals to the Shadowfell, allowing creatures from that plane to dwell nearby."
        }
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  "_versionBase_name": "Time Dragon",
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