The dracotaur above represents the blue-scaled dracotaur of the Northern Wind and the domain of the Tempest. Customizationįour main types of dracotaur have been recorded by Midgard’s chroniclers, lending credence to the theory that the first dracotaurs were created by Azuran, dragon god of the four winds. Each creature in that line must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 33 (6d10) lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The dracotaur exhales lightning in a 60-foot line that is 5 feet wide. A target takes 28 (8d6) lightning damage on a failed save or half as much on a successful one. Each creature in a 20-foot radius sphere centered on that point must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. The dracotaur shoots an arrow at a point within 150 feet, which then explodes into a sphere of lightning. Lightning Arrow (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). Hit: 8 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage plus 10 (3d6) lightning damage. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. The dracotaur makes two longbow attacks or one attack with its bite and one with its claws.īite. If the dracotaur moves at least 30 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a bite attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 21 (6d6) piercing damage. Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14Ĭharge. Skills Athletics +8, Intimidation +8, Perception +4, Survival +4ĭamage Resistances lightning bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks Now, these four dracotaurs are the so-called divine warlords of their own centaur herds, galloping freely across the northeastern reaches of the Dragon Empire. These tribes were swiftly intercepted and overpowered by a band of four dracotaurs. In decades past, some ambitious centaur tribes have traveled south of their native Rothenian Plains to raid villages on the border of the Dragon Empire. The Dragon Empire’s legions occasionally enlist dracotaurs willing to serve the empire, though most of these dragonkin prefer to live nomadic lifestyles on the desert sands. Few Rothenian centaurs know of their draconic counterparts’ existence, but those who do consider them a completely distinct species, unrelated to the centaurs at all.ĭracotaurs are among the mightiest of the dragonkin, but they are so rare and so fearsome that most Mharoti believe them to be naught but a legend. The nomadic desert folk see the Rothenian centaurs as noble creatures and believe that the wandering dracotaur are centaurs blessed by the dragon god Azuran. A popular theory in the Mharoti capital is that, centuries ago, the Mharoti sultan captured Rothenian centaurs during a skirmish on the plains and tortured them by drowning them in dragon’s blood-but found that when their bodies were fished out, they had been transformed into perfect draconic warriors. It was like the horse-men of the northern plains, my lord, but also no less than a dragon.Ĭountless stories surround the cloudy origins of the dracotaur, though most of them involve the centaurs of the Rothenian Plains. It was as tall as three strong warriors, armored from horned head to clawed foot in azure scales, and aiming a bow that hurled thunderbolts. I dared only turn round in my saddle to sight the beast for short glimpses as I spurred my horse onward, but what I saw was frightful beyond belief. Lightning rained down behind me with the fury of no earthly tempest. Its footfalls thundered behind me as my party fled, like demons pounding at the gates of hell. It ran with the speed of Azuran’s winds, my lord. This series is bursting with new monsters and NPCs for you to use to terrorize your unsuspecting players. Feared by the Mharoti and their enemies alike, these are the terrors of the Dragon Empire. The creatures that make up the Mharoti forces are powerful and frightful, ranging from deadly kobold ambushers mounted atop camouflaged drakes to elite companies of the finest dragonborn warriors Midgard has ever seen. The vast armies of the Dragon Empire march relentlessly across the known world in their endless wars of conquest, spreading fear and chaos wherever they go. The Mharoti Dragon Empire is the scourge of Midgard and the Southlands alike.
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