Wyrmling Copper Dragon

Small Dragon, Chaotic Good

• Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 45 (6d6 + 24)
• Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft., fly 60 ft.

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
15 (+2)	12 (+1)	18 (+4)	14 (+2)	11 (+0)	17 (+3)

• Saving Throws Dex +3, Con +6, Cha +5
• Skills Deception +5, Perception +4, Stealth +3
• Damage Immunities Acid
• Senses Blindsight 10 ft., Darkvision 60 ft., Passive Perception 14
• Languages Draconic
• Challenge 2 (450 XP)
• Proficiency Bonus +2

Actions

• Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3) piercing damage.
• Breath Weapon (Recharge 5–6). The dragon uses one of the following:
• Acid Breath. 15-ft. line (5 ft. wide), DC 12 Dex save, 18 (4d8) acid damage on fail, half on success.
• Slowing Breath. 15-ft. cone, DC 12 Con save. On a failed save, targets are slowed (as the slow spell) until the end of their next turn.

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Tactics Overview:
Copper Dragons fight with wit and subterfuge. They prefer to confuse and debilitate foes using slowing breath, illusions, and verbal trickery. If the enemy proves violent, they’ll strike with precision and speed, often using flight and terrain to outmaneuver foes, engaging from unexpected angles and retreating between attacks.

Young Copper Dragon

Medium Dragon, Chaotic Good

• Armor Class 18 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 136 (16d8 + 64)
• Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 80 ft.

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
19 (+4)	14 (+2)	19 (+4)	16 (+3)	13 (+1)	19 (+4)

• Saving Throws Dex +5, Con +7, Cha +7
• Skills Deception +7, Insight +4, Perception +7, Stealth +5
• Damage Immunities Acid
• Senses Blindsight 30 ft., Darkvision 120 ft., Passive Perception 17
• Languages Common, Draconic
• Challenge 7 (2,900 XP)
• Proficiency Bonus +3

Actions

• Multiattack. The dragon makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its claws.
• Bite. +7 to hit, 10 (1d10 + 4) piercing damage.
• Claw. +7 to hit, 8 (1d8 + 4) slashing damage.
• Breath Weapon (Recharge 5–6). Choose:
• Acid Breath. 30-ft. line (5 ft. wide), DC 15 Dex, 45 (10d8) acid.
• Slowing Breath. 30-ft. cone, DC 15 Con, targets slowed for 1 minute (save ends each turn).

Spellcasting (Innate)

The dragon can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

• At will: Minor Illusion, Prestidigitation
• 1/day each: Tasha’s Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall

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Tactics Overview:
Copper Dragons fight with wit and subterfuge. They prefer to confuse and debilitate foes using slowing breath, illusions, and verbal trickery. If the enemy proves violent, they’ll strike with precision and speed, often using flight and terrain to outmaneuver foes, engaging from unexpected angles and retreating between attacks.

Adult Copper Dragon

Large Dragon, Chaotic Good

• Armor Class 19 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 195 (17d10 + 102)
• Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 80 ft.

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
23 (+6)	16 (+3)	23 (+6)	18 (+4)	15 (+2)	21 (+5)

• Saving Throws Dex +7, Con +10, Wis +6, Cha +9
• Skills Deception +9, Insight +6, Perception +10, Stealth +7
• Damage Immunities Acid
• Senses Blindsight 60 ft., Darkvision 120 ft., Passive Perception 20
• Languages Common, Draconic
• Challenge 14 (11,500 XP)
• Proficiency Bonus +5

Legendary Resistance (3/Day)

If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

• Multiattack. One bite and two claws.
• Bite. +10 to hit, 15 (2d10 + 4) piercing damage.
• Claw. +10 to hit, 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage.
• Breath Weapon (Recharge 5–6). Choose:
• Acid Breath. 60-ft. line (5 ft. wide), DC 18 Dex, 54 (12d8) acid.
• Slowing Breath. 60-ft. cone, DC 18 Con. Fail = slowed (as slow spell) for 1 minute.

Spellcasting (Innate)

• At will: Minor Illusion, Prestidigitation, Tasha’s Hideous Laughter
• 3/day each: Suggestion
• 1/day each: Major Image

Bonus Action

• Mocking Word. The dragon targets a creature it can see within 60 ft. It makes a Cha (Deception) check contested by the target’s Wis (Insight). On a success, the target has disadvantage on its next attack roll.

Legendary Actions (3/Day)

• Detect. Perception check.
• Tail Attack. Melee: +10 to hit, 13 (2d8 + 4) bludgeoning.
• Confounding Trick (Costs 2). The dragon creates a minor illusion, imposing disadvantage on the next attack made against it.

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Tactics Overview:
Copper Dragons fight with wit and subterfuge. They prefer to confuse and debilitate foes using slowing breath, illusions, and verbal trickery. If the enemy proves violent, they’ll strike with precision and speed, often using flight and terrain to outmaneuver foes, engaging from unexpected angles and retreating between attacks.

Ancient Copper Dragon

Gargantuan Dragon, Chaotic Good

• Armor Class 21 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 350 (28d12 + 168)
• Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 80 ft.

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
27 (+8)	18 (+4)	25 (+7)	20 (+5)	17 (+3)	23 (+6)

• Saving Throws Dex +11, Con +14, Wis +10, Cha +13
• Skills Deception +13, Insight +10, Perception +17, Stealth +11
• Damage Immunities Acid
• Senses Blindsight 60 ft., Darkvision 120 ft., Passive Perception 27
• Languages Common, Draconic, telepathy 120 ft.
• Challenge 21 (33,000 XP)
• Proficiency Bonus +7

Legendary Resistance (3/Day)

If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

• Multiattack. One bite, two claws, and one tail.
• Bite. +15 to hit, 19 (2d10 + 8) piercing.
• Claw. +15 to hit, 15 (2d6 + 8) slashing.
• Tail. +15 to hit, 17 (2d8 + 8) bludgeoning.
• Breath Weapon (Recharge 5–6).
• Acid Breath. 90-ft. line (10 ft. wide), DC 21 Dex, 66 (15d8) acid.
• Slowing Breath. 90-ft. cone, DC 21 Con, slowed for 1 minute (repeat save at end of turn).

Spellcasting (Innate)

• At will: Minor Illusion, Prestidigitation, Tasha’s Hideous Laughter
• 3/day each: Suggestion, Major Image
• 1/day each: Mislead, Mass Suggestion, Weird

Lair Actions (On Initiative 20)

• Shifting Stone. Uneven terrain causes up to 3 creatures to make a DC 18 Dex save or fall prone.
• Echoes of Laughter. Disorienting laughter fills the lair. Creatures must succeed on a DC 18 Wis save or have disadvantage on attacks until the next round.

Legendary Actions

• Tail Attack. +15 to hit, 17 damage.
• Mocking Mirage (Costs 2). Creates illusory duplicates (as mirror image).
• Breath Weapon (Costs 3). Recharge roll is not needed; dragon reuses breath attack.

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Tactics Overview:
Copper Dragons fight with wit and subterfuge. They prefer to confuse and debilitate foes using slowing breath, illusions, and verbal trickery. If the enemy proves violent, they’ll strike with precision and speed, often using flight and terrain to outmaneuver foes, engaging from unexpected angles and retreating between attacks.

Copper Dragon

Bright, shining copper scales run from the horn-crowned head to the ridged tail of this long-winged dragon.

CG dragon (earth)

BASE STATISTICS

CR 4; Size Tiny; Hit Dice 5d12
Speed 40 ft.
Natural Armor +4; Breath Weapon line, 2d6 acid
Str 11, Dex 16, Con 13, Int 12, Wis 13, Cha 12

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Climb Stone (Ex)

A copper dragon can climb on stone surfaces as though using the spider climb spell.

Deadly Joke (Sp)

Once per day, as a standard action, a great wyrm copper dragon can tell a joke that kills. This affects one target, and functions as power word kill. This is a language-dependent sonic effect.

Mass Laughter (Sp)

An ancient copper dragon can tell a fantastic joke once per day as a standard action. All creatures within 10 feet per age category must make a Will save or laugh for 1 round per age category, as if affected by hideous laughter. The save DC is Charisma-based. This is equal to a 6th-level spell.

Slow Aura (Su)

An old or older copper dragon is surrounded by an aura of slowness. All creatures within 5 feet of the dragon must make a Will save or be affected as per slow for 1 round. An ancient dragon’s aura extends to 10 feet. For great wyrm copper dragons, those opponents that fail their saves are slowed for 1d4 rounds. The DC of this save is equal to the dragon’s breath weapon. A copper dragon can suppress or activate this aura at will as a free action.

Slow Breath (Su)

Instead of a line of acid, a copper dragon can breathe a cone of slowing gas. Those in the cone must make a Fortitude save or be slowed (as per the spell slow) for 1d6 rounds plus 1 round per age category of the dragon.

Spell-Like Abilities (Sp)

A copper dragon gains the following spell-like abilities, usable at will upon reaching the listed age category. Very young—grease; Juvenile—hideous laughter; Adult—stone shape; Old—transmute rock to mud/mud to rock; Ancient—wall of stone; Great wyrm—move earth.

Trap Master (Ex)

A juvenile or older copper dragon receives a +1 bonus per age categroy on Craft (traps) and Perception checks made to locate a trap. Upon becoming a mature adult, he can also use Disable Device to disarm magic traps as if he had the rogue’s Trapfinding class feature.

Uncanny Dodge (Ex)

A young or older copper dragon is always looking out for an ambush. He can never be caught flat-footed. This ability functions like the rogue ability of the same name.

Age Category	Special Abilities	Caster Level
Wyrmling	Immunity to acid, climb stone, slow breath	—
Very young	Grease	—
Young	Uncanny dodge	1st
Juvenile	Trap master, hideous laughter	3rd
Young adult	DR 5/magic, spell resistance	5th
Adult	Frightful presence, stone shape	7th
Mature adult	DR 10/magic	9th
Old	Slow aura, transmute rock/mud	11th
Very old	DR 15/magic	13th
Ancient	Mass laughter, wall of stone	15th
Wyrm	DR 20/magic	17th
Great wyrm	Deadly joke, move earth	19th

ECOLOGY

Environment warm hills
Organization solitary
Treasure triple

This whimsical dragon spends most of its time in combat trying to annoy and frustrate its enemies.