Blue Dragon Wyrmling

CreatureMMp. 912014SRD

Medium dragon, lawful evil

Armor Class
17 (natural armor)
Hit Points
52 (8d8 + 16)
Speed
fly 60 ft., 30 ft., burrow 15 ft.
Challenge
3 (700 XP)
STR
17
+3
DEX
10
+0
CON
15
+2
INT
12
+1
WIS
11
+0
CHA
15
+2
Saving Throws
Cha +4, Con +4, Dex +2, Wis +2
Skills
Stealth +2, Perception +4
Damage Immunities
lightning
Senses
blindsight 10 ft., darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14
Languages
Draconic

Actions

Bite.

Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3) piercing damage plus 3 (1d6) lightning damage.

Lightning Breath 5.

The dragon exhales lightning in a 30-foot line that is 5 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw, taking 22 (4d10) lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Raw data
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            "Most dragons prefer to speak Draconic but learn Common for dealing with allies and minions. But given their high Intelligence and long life span, dragons can easily learn additional languages. You can add languages to a dragon's stat block."
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                    "Impersonating characters or their allies could be a fun trick for a crafty dragon.",
                    "The dragon can mimic any sounds it has heard, including voices. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations with a successful {@dc 10} Wisdom ({@skill Insight}) check."
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                    "You might decide that dragons in your campaign, being an essential part of the Material Plane, are nearly impossible to destroy. A dragon's life essence might be preserved in the egg from which it first emerged, in its hoard, or in a cavernous hall at the center of the world, just as a lich's essence is hidden in a phylactery.",
                    "If it has an essence-preserving object, a destroyed dragon gains a new body in {@dice 1d10} days, regaining all its hit points and becoming active again. The new body appears within 5 feet of the object."
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                  "entries": [
                    "Most dragons have {@sense blindsight} and {@sense darkvision}. You might upgrade {@sense blindsight} to {@sense truesight}, or you could give a dragon with a burrowing speed {@sense tremorsense|MM}."
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                },
                {
                  "name": "Tunneler",
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                  "entries": [
                    "The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and leaves a tunnel in its wake."
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