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Ancient Green Dragon

Gargantuan dragon, lawful evil

Armor Class
21
Hit Points
402 (23d20 + 161)
Speed
40 ft., Fly 80 ft., Swim 40 ft.

StrDexConIntWisCha
27 (+8)12 (+1)25 (+7)20 (+5)17 (+3)22 (+6)

Saving throws
Dex +8, Wis +10
Skills
Deception +13, Perception +17, Persuasion +13, Stealth +8
Immunities
poison, Poisoned
Senses
Darkvision 120 ft.; Blindsight 60 ft.; Passive Perception 27
Languages
Common, Draconic
Challenge
22 (41,000 XP, or 50,000 XP in its lair); Proficiency Bonus +7

Traits

Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.

Legendary Resistance. 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 Mind Spike (level 5 version).

Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +15, reach 15 ft. Hit: 17 (2d8 + 8) Slashing damage plus 10 (3d6) Poison damage.

Poison Breath. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 22, each creature in a 90-foot Cone. Failure: 77 (22d6) Poison 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 21):

Legendary Actions

Mind Invasion. The dragon uses Spellcasting to cast Mind Spike (level 5 version).

Noxious Miasma. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 21, each creature in a 30-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point the dragon can see within 90 feet. Failure: 17 (5d6) Poison damage, and the target takes a −2 penalty to AC until the end of its next turn. Failure or Success: The dragon can’t take this action again until the start of its next turn.

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

Stat block from the System Reference Document 5.2 (CC-BY-4.0). See credits.