Monsterbrew

SRD

Ancient Bronze Dragon

gargantuan dragon, lawful good

AC 22

Initiative +0 (10)

HP 444 (24d20 + 192)

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

ModSaveSTR 29+9+9DEX 10+0+7CON 27+8+8
ModSaveINT 18+4+4WIS 17+3+10CHA 25+7+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; PB +7)

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

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.

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. 18 (2d8 + 9) Slashing damage plus 9 (2d8) Lightning 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, Shapechange, Speak with Animals, Thaumaturgy - 1e/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 [Area of Effect]|XPHB|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.

Ancient Bronze Dragon is from the System Reference Document 5.2.1 (“SRD 5.2.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC, used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Full attribution is on the Licenses & Attribution page.