Ancient Blue Dragon
CR 23 Dragon
Gargantuan Dragon (chromatic), Lawful Evil
- AC
- 22 (natural armor)
- Initiative
- +14 (24)
- HP
- 481 (26d20 + 208)
- Speed
- 40 ft., Burrow 40 ft., Fly 80 ft.
| Ability | Score | Mod | Save | Ability | Score | Mod | Save | Ability | Score | Mod | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STR | 29 | +9 | +9 | DEX | 10 | +0 | +7 | CON | 27 | +8 | +8 |
| INT | 18 | +4 | +4 | WIS | 17 | +3 | +10 | CHA | 25 | +7 | +7 |
- Skills
- Perception +17, Stealth +7
- Immunities
- Lightning
- Senses
- Blindsight 60 ft., Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 27
- Languages
- Common, Draconic
- CR
- 23 (XP 50,000, or 62,000 in lair; PB +7)
Traits
Legendary Resistance (4/Day, or 5/Day in Lair).
If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Actions
Multiattack.
The dragon makes three Rend attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting to cast Shatter (level 3 version).
Rend.
Melee Attack Roll: +16, reach 15 ft. Hit: 18 (2d8 + 9) Slashing damage plus 11 (2d10) Lightning damage.
Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6).
Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 23, each creature in a 120-foot-long, 10-foot-wide Line. Failure: 88 (16d10) Lightning damage. Success: Half damage.
Spellcasting.
The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 22):
At Will: Detect Magic, Invisibility, Mage Hand, Shatter (level 3 version)
1/Day Each: Scrying, Sending
Legendary Actions
Legendary Action Uses: 3 (4 in Lair). Immediately after another creature's turn, the dragon can expend a use to take one of the following actions. The dragon regains all expended uses at the start of each of its turns.
Cloaked Flight.
The dragon uses Spellcasting to cast Invisibility on itself, and it can fly up to half its Fly Speed. The dragon can't take this action again until the start of its next turn.
Sonic Boom.
The dragon uses Spellcasting to cast Shatter (level 3 version). The dragon can't take this action again until the start of its next turn.
Tail Swipe.
The dragon makes one Rend attack.
This work includes material from the System Reference Document 5.2.1 ("SRD 5.2.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC, available at https://www.dndbeyond.com/srd. The SRD 5.2.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.
Text prepared from downfallx/dnd-5e-srd-markdown and structured data from Open5e, both CC BY 4.0.