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Fiend-Blood Dragon (Alpha 0.1)
🕑 Added 2022-11-15 06:16:00 +0000 UTCIt's common knowledge that the demons of the Realm of Corruption aim to corrupt and alter the denizens of the Realm of Mortals. While their most common targets are humanoids, in rare cases, they set their sights on more powerful targets, aiming to corrupt some of the most powerful beings within the Realm of Mortals: Dragons.
If any draconic species is subjected to enough corrupting magic of the Realm of Corruption, or if a Dragon spends a substantial time within that realm, they may undergo a metamorphosis into a creature that is both draconic and demonic: the Fiend-Blood Dragon. Lithe and serpentine dragons with slick scales of purple, black, and red, though these dragons may retain their memories, their drive and motivation is completely distorted and overtaken with the desire to infest the Realm of Mortals with additional demons.
The breath of a Fiend-Blood dragon is among the most corrupting forces one can encounter in any realm, immediately altering the body and mind of its target, warping them into a Lesser Demon. As these Dragons have the intelligence to know that if they were to simply attack cities and major settlements, they'd be more likely to be defeated or slain, they take an alternative approach to creating demons.
Rather than seeking others out with their own form, a Fiend-Blood Dragon is capable of indefinitely entering a meditative state, controlling another creature's body indefinitely while this state lasts. While possessing a creature this way, a Fiend-Blood Dragon will often aim to gain the trust of travelers or particular individuals it seeks to corrupt. Using the possessed creature's body, they will lead their prey to their lairs, then ambushing and corrupting these creatures before they can act.
Fiend Blood-Dragons are fond of assuming lairs where they'd be least expected, such as unassuming sections of remote valleys, secluded or remote sections of forests, and sometimes even small islands.
If a Fiend-Blood Dragon undergoes a Ritual of Purification (something it would never do willingly), it will return to its original form, and in most cases, offer the creature that purged it of its corruption magical gifts in return.
Fiend-Blood Dragon
Movement: 8
Combat Stats:
HP: 310
Will: 340
MP: 200
Strength: 16
Mind: 17
Defense: 11
Resolve: 9
Finesse: 9
Evasion: 11
Speed: 18
Utility Stats:
Awareness: +5
Diplomacy: +5
Knowledge: +5
Physicality: +8
Subtlety: +10
Resistances And Weaknesses: The Fiend-Blood Dragon is resistant to Dark, Fire, and Ice damage as well as all damage dealt by demonic sources. It is immune to all status effects, mind altering effects, and transformative effects. However, it is vulnerable to Light damage and damage from Angelic sources.
Inventory:
None
Abilities:
Corrupted Dragon: The Fiend-Blood Dragon is a corrupted variant of any other type of dragon determined by the GM. While it doesn't retain that dragon's statistics, some of its features reference the dragon's species prior to corruption.
Draconic Flight: All Dragons are capable of flight. While flying, a dragon's movement is doubled.
Infectious Corruption: Whenever a creature is dealt damage by the Fiend-Blood dragon, if that creature isn't an angel, it gains a number of points of corruption equal to half the amount of damage dealt.
Claw:
Action: One-Handed
MP: 0
Range: 1
Accuracy Dice: 2d6 +Finesse
Damage: 2d6 +Strength
Damage Type: Physical
Additional Effects: None
Bite:
Action: Two-Handed
MP: 0
Range: 3
Accuracy Dice: None
Damage: 3d10 + Strength
Damage Type: Physical
Additional Effects: If the target has less than 10 speed, it must roll 1d2. On a roll of a 1, the target is restrained within the Fiend-Blood Dragon’s mouth, and it forgoes its next turn.
Draconic Spellcasting: The Fiend-Blood Dragon knows 7 spells from among the Arcanist and Lesser Demon spell lists with a total MP no greater than 10.
Inherited Breath: The Fiend-Blood Dragon uses one Breath attack of its original species. It must still spend the required MP to do so.
Corrupting Breath: (50 MP) As a two-handed action, the Fiend-Blood Dragon expels a wave of violet flame.. Originating from the dragon, the breath is 15 spaces long and three spaces wide. Each non-angel creature within this area of effect must roll 1d4. If a creature has 10 or less resolve, it is affected on a roll of 1-3. If a creature has a resolve of 11-17, it is affected on a result of 1-2. If a creature has resolve of 18 or greater, it is affected on a roll of 1. If a creature is affected, it immediately sustains 8d6 dark damage and 1d4 of that creature's non-lesser-demon class levels are replaced with levels in lesser-demon. If a creature is defeated by this attack, all of its non-lesser-demon class levels are replaced with levels in lesser-demon.
Demonic Puppeteering:
As a two-handed action, the Fiend-Blood Dragon may target a Demon. That demon is immediately possessed by the Fiend-Blood Dragon's consciousness. The Dragon's body is treated as unconscious while possessing a demon this way. Attacks automatically hit the Dragon's body while it's possessing a creature. If the dragon's body is dealt damage or if the creature it is possessing is defeated, this possession ends prematurely. Otherwise, this possession lasts indefinitely or until the dragon chooses to end this effect as a one-handed action. While possessing a demon. if that demon used to be mortal, it is disguised by an illusion and appears as it did while mortal while possessed this way. If that demon is native to the Realm of Corruption, it is disguised by an illusion, causing it to appear as a member of a mortal race of the Dragon's choice.
