Bronze Dragon

Dragon · Huge

Bronze dragons live along rocky coasts and on lonely islands, lairing in sea caves that flood at high tide. They swim as well as they fly, watch the shipping lanes with great interest and sometimes take the shape of a gull or a fisherman to listen in harbours. Sailors credit them with sinking pirate ships and pulling drowning crews from the sea.

Danger: A fight to fear
How it is met: Alone, day and night
Challenge: 2-22
SRD 5.2.1 stat blocks: Bronze Dragon Wyrmling, Young Bronze Dragon, Adult Bronze Dragon, Ancient Bronze Dragon

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Where it is met

Rocky Shore, Sandy Shore, Coastal Shelf, Sea Cave

Stat blocks (D&D 5e)

Bronze Dragon Wyrmling

Medium Dragon (Metallic), Lawful Good

AC 15 · Initiative +2 (12)

HP 39 (6d8 + 12)

Speed 30 ft., Fly 60 ft., Swim 30 ft.

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
17 (+3), save +3	10 (+0), save +2	15 (+2), save +2	12 (+1), save +1	11 (+0), save +2	15 (+2), save +2

Skills Perception +4, Stealth +2

Immunities Lightning

Senses Blindsight 10 ft., Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 14

Languages Draconic

CR 2 (XP 450; PB +2)

Traits

Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.

Actions

Multiattack. The dragon makes two Rend attacks.

Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3) Slashing damage.

Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6). Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 12, each creature in a 40-foot-long, 5-footwide Line. Failure: 16 (3d10) Lightning damage. Success: Half damage.

Repulsion Breath. Strength Saving Throw: DC 12, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. Failure: The target is pushed up to 30 feet straight away from the dragon and has the Prone condition.

Young Bronze Dragon

Large Dragon (Metallic), Lawful Good

AC 17 · Initiative +3 (13)

HP 142 (15d10 + 60)

Speed 40 ft., Fly 80 ft., Swim 40 ft.

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
21 (+5), save +5	10 (+0), save +3	19 (+4), save +4	14 (+2), save +2	13 (+1), save +4	17 (+3), save +3

Skills Insight +4, Perception +7 , Stealth +3

Immunities Lightning

Senses Blindsight 30 ft., Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 17

Languages Common, Draconic

CR 8 (XP 3,900; PB +3)

Traits

Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.

Actions

Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Repulsion Breath.

Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +8, reach 10 ft. Hit: 16 (2d10 + 5) Slashing damage.

Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6). Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 15, each creature in a 60-foot-long, 5-footwide Line. Failure: 49 (9d10) Lightning damage. Success: Half damage.

Repulsion Breath. Strength Saving Throw: DC 15, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. Failure: The target is pushed up to 40 feet straight away from the dragon and has the Prone condition.

Adult Bronze Dragon

Huge Dragon (Metallic), Lawful Good

AC 18 · Initiative +10 (20)

HP 212 (17d12 + 102)

Speed 40 ft., Fly 80 ft., Swim 40 ft.

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
25 (+7), save +7	10 (+0), save +5	23 (+6), save +6	16 (+3), save +3	15 (+2), save +7	20 (+5), save +5

Skills Insight +7 , Perception +12, Stealth +5

Immunities Lightning

Senses Blindsight 60 ft., Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 22

Languages Common, Draconic

CR 15 (XP 13,000, or 15,000 in lair; PB +5)

Traits

Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.

Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/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 (A) Repulsion Breath or (B) Spellcasting to cast Guiding Bolt (level 2 version).

Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +12, reach 10 ft. Hit: 16 (2d8 + 7) Slashing damage plus 5 (1d10) Lightning damage.

Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6). Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 19, each creature in a 90-foot-long, 5-footwide Line. Failure: 55 (10d10) Lightning damage. Success: Half damage.

Repulsion Breath. Strength Saving Throw: DC 19, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. Failure: The target is pushed up to 60 feet straight away from the dragon and has the Prone condition.

Spellcasting. The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17 , +10 to hit with spell attacks):
At Will: Detect Magic, Guiding Bolt (level 2 version), Shapechange (Beast or Humanoid form only, no Temporary Hit Points gained from the spell, and no Concentration or Temporary Hit Points required to maintain the spell), Speak with Animals, Thaumaturgy
1/Day Each: Detect Thoughts, Water Breathing

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.

Guiding Light. The dragon uses Spellcasting to cast Guiding Bolt (level 2 version).

Pounce. The dragon moves up to half its Speed, and it makes one Rend attack.

Thunderclap. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 17 , each creature in a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point the dragon can see within 90 feet. Failure: 10 (3d6) Thunder damage, and the target has the Deafened condition until the end of its next turn.

Ancient Bronze Dragon

Gargantuan Dragon (Metallic), Lawful Good

AC 22 · Initiative +14 (24)

HP 444 (24d20 + 192)

Speed 40 ft., Fly 80 ft., Swim 40 ft.

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
29 (+9), save +9	10 (+0), save +7	27 (+8), save +8	18 (+4), save +4	17 (+3), save +10	25 (+7), save +7

Skills Insight +10, Perception +17 , Stealth +7

Immunities Lightning

Senses Blindsight 60 ft., Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 27

Languages Common, Draconic

CR 22 (XP 41,000, or 50,000 in lair; PB +7)

Traits

Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.

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 (A) Repulsion Breath or (B) Spellcasting to cast Guiding Bolt (level 2 version).

Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +16, reach 15 ft. Hit: 18 (2d8 + 9) Slashing damage plus 9 (2d8) Lightning damage.

Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6). Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 23, each creature in a 120-foot-long, 10-foot-wide Line. Failure: 82 (15d10) Lightning damage. Success: Half damage.

Repulsion Breath. Strength Saving Throw: DC 23, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. Failure: The target is pushed up to 60 feet straight away from the dragon and has the Prone condition.

Spellcasting. The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 22, +14 to hit with spell attacks):
At Will: Detect Magic, Guiding Bolt (level 2 version), Shapechange (Beast or Humanoid form only, no Temporary Hit Points gained from the spell, and no Concentration or Temporary Hit Points required to maintain the spell), Speak with Animals, Thaumaturgy
1/Day Each: Detect Thoughts, Control Water, Scrying, Water Breathing

Legendary Actions

Guiding Light. The dragon uses Spellcasting to cast Guiding Bolt (level 2 version).

Pounce. The dragon moves up to half its Speed, and it makes one Rend attack.

Thunderclap. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 22, each creature in a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point the dragon can see within 120 feet. Failure: 13 (3d8) Thunder damage, and the target has the Deafened condition until the end of its next turn.
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