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A Drake Miscellany

New heroic-tier drakes -

HerdDrake, both wild and

domesticated

Vermin Drake, two-

legged, winged drakes

with breath from their

draconic forebears

The small, but tough and

deadly, Shelldrake

Lizardrake swarms:

annoying, pint-sized,

flaming pests

Stonemunchers: slow but

lethal stone-burrowers

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A Drake Miscellany

Credits

Contents

Introduction...................................3

HerdDrake......................................3

Wild HerdDrake..............................3

Domesticated HerdDrake................4

HerdDrake Tactics...........................5

HerdDrake Lore...............................5

Lizardrake Swarm.........................5

Lizardrake Swarm Tactics..............6

Lizardrake Swarm Lore..................6

Example Lizardrake Swarms..........6

Lizardrake Metaswarm....................6

Shell Drake.....................................7

Shelldrake Tactics...........................7

Shelldrake Lore................................7

Stonemunchers..............................8

Stonemuncher Tactics....................9

Stonemuncher Lore.........................9

A Note for Dungeon Masters..........9

Vermin Drake..............................10

Sample Vermin Drake..................11

Vermin Drake Tactics...................12

Vermin Drake Lore.......................12

Drake Magic Items.......................12

Armour..........................................12

Weapons........................................12

Hands Slot Item............................13

Head Slot Item..............................13

Arm Slot Items..............................13

Feet/Neck Slot Items.....................13

Potions..........................................13

Index.............................................14

Author/Concept

Tim Bancroft

Illustrations

Harsh

Proofing/Editing/Playtesting

Ben Jones, Jamie Watson, Larissa Tonkin, Lloyd Thomas, Nick

Townsend, Rosemary, Stephen Jarvis

Additional Acknowledgements

Illustrations taken from Treasury of Fantastic and Mythological Creatures:

1,087 Renderings from Historic Sources , Author Richard Huber, Dover 1981

Enworld/morrus and others for the 4e-Icons font .

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A Drake Miscellany

I ntroduction

Drakes, in all their forms, are a nuisance to many wilder-

ness societies. But to many small adventuring bands they

can be much more than a nuisance, at times verging on the

deadly dangerous. Whatever their origins, drakes breed

true and abundantly and, if not checked or controlled,

quickly become a terrifying plague.

H erdDrake

These tough two-legged, heavily armoured creatures are

used by wretches as food. Resembling dark-coloured,

two-legged, long-tailed and armoured dinosaurs, they

occasionally use their two small front claws for support or

for clearing scrub or ground cover to get at their food.

Though they have a savage bite, herddrake are vegetarian

herd animals and generally avoid conflict unless their

young or lead bull are threatened, in which case they fight

to the death to protect them.

This supplement details a range of new drakes for enhanc-

ing your D UNGEONS & D RAGONS ™ 4 TH E DITION adven-

tures. With these drakes, the characters will be tested,

surprised and perhaps even alarmed!

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HerdDrake are often domesticated by those races able to

capture them when young and tame them. The risk

involved in herding such lumbering animals is great,

however, so it is normally only carried out by those in dire

need or on the frontiers of civilisation.

W ILD H ERD D RAKE

Though the wild and domesticated HerdDrake generally

react in the same way, except towards their drakeherds,

the wild herddrake are typically older, larger and more

ferocious. The HerdDrake infant listed here can also

represent a domesticated juvenile or infant.

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Wild HerdDrake

Level 5 Soldier

Large natural beast (reptile)

XP 200

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Initiative +4

Senses Perception +4

HP 66; Bloodied 33

AC 23*; Fortitude 21, Reflex 17, Will 19

Resist 5 force, poison

Speed 8

M Bite (standard; at-will)

Reach 2; +12 vs. AC; 1d10+4 damage

m Barge (standard; at-will)

+10 vs. Reflex; 1d8+4 damage and the target is

pushed 1 square and knocked prone. Shift into the

space the target vacated.

m Tail Slap (immediate reaction; when an adjacent

opponent misses an attack against the herdrake)

+10 vs. Reflex; 1d10+4 damage.

m Stomp (immediate reaction; when an adjacent

opponent falls prone)

+8 vs. Reflex; 3d8+4 damage against the prone op-

ponent. Move 2-3 squares, one of which must be

over one of the target’s squares, the other 2 of which

can be in any direction. You must finish in a vacant

space.

Alignment unaligned

Prior permission is granted to reproduce the monster

statistic blocks printed here in regional or core, officially

authorised, RPGA Living Greyhawk adventures and sce-

narios providing reference is made to the title, author and

publisher of the source.

Languages –

Skills Endurance +11

Str 18 (+6) Dex 10 (+2) Wis 14 (+4)

Con 18 (+6) Int 3 (-2) Cha 10 (+2)

*+2 AC from heavily-armoured scales

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Wild HerdDrake infant/

Domestic HerdDrake juvenile Level 3 Minion

Medium natural beast (reptile)

XP 38

D OMESTICATED H ERD D RAKE

Though they resemble their wild brethren, domesticated

herddrake are much smaller and younger. Their juveniles

can be represented by the Infant herddrake described

above, whilst

Initiative +3 Senses Perception +2

HP 1; a minion takes no damage from missed attacks.

AC 20*; Fortitude 18, Reflex 15, Will 16

Resist 2 force, poison

Speed 6

M Bite (standard; at-will)

+10 vs. AC; 1d8+3 damage

m Nudge (standard; at-will)

+8 vs. Reflex; 1d6+3 damage and the target is

pushed 1 square. Shift into the space the target va-

cated.

m Stomp (immediate reaction; when an adjacent

opponent falls prone)

+6 vs. Reflex; 2d6+3 damage against the prone op-

ponent. Move 2 to 3 squares, one of which must be

over one of the target’s squares, the other 2 of which

can be in any direction. You must finish in a vacant

space.

Alignment unaligned

Domesticated HerdDrake

Level 4 Soldier

Medium natural beast (reptile)

XP 175

Initiative +4

Senses Perception +4

HP 56; Bloodied 28

AC 22*; Fortitude 19, Reflex 16, Will 18

Resist 5 force, poison

Speed 6

M Bite (standard; at-will)

+11 vs. AC; 1d8+4 damage

m Barge (standard; at-will)

+9 vs. Reflex; 1d6+4 damage and the target is

pushed 1 square and knocked prone. Shift into the

space the target vacated.

m Stomp (immediate reaction; when an adjacent

opponent falls prone)

+7 vs. Reflex; 3d6+4 damage against the prone op-

ponent. Move 3 squares, one of which must be over

one of the target’s squares, the other 2 of which can

be in any direction. You must finish in a vacant

space.

Alignment unaligned

Languages –

Skills Endurance +9

Str 16 (+4) Dex 10 (+1) Wis 12 (+2)

Con 16 (+4) Int 3 (-3) Cha 10 (+1)

*+1 AC from armoured scales

Wild HerdDrake Lead Bull

Level 6 Elite Soldier

Languages –

Large natural beast (reptile)

XP 500

Skills Endurance +10

Str 16 (+5) Dex 10 (+2) Wis 14 (+4)

Con 16 (+5) Int 3 (-2) Cha 10 (+2)

*+2 AC from heavily-armoured scales

Initiative +5 Senses Perception +5

HP 148; Bloodied 74

AC 26*; Fortitude 24, Reflex 18, Will 22

Resist 5 force, poison

Saving Throws +2

Speed 8

Action Points 1

M Bite (standard; at-will) **

Reach 2; +13 vs. AC; 2d6+4 damage

M Charge ‘n Barge (move; at-will) **

Move up to 3 squares and make an attack against an

adjacent opponent; +11 vs. Reflex; 2d8+4 damage

and the target is pushed 2 squares and knocked

prone. Shift into the space the target vacated.

m Tail Slap (immediate reaction; when an adjacent

opponent misses an attack against the herddrake)

+11 vs. Reflex; 2d8+4 damage.

m Stomp (immediate reaction; when an adjacent

opponent falls prone)

+9 vs. Reflex; 3d10+4 damage against the prone

opponent. Move 2 to 3 squares, one of which must

be over one of the target’s squares, the other 2 of

which can be in any direction. You must finish in a

vacant space.

Alignment unaligned

Domesticated HerdDrake infant Level 2 Minion

Small natural beast (reptile)

XP 31

Initiative +3 Senses Perception +1

HP 1; a minion takes no damage from missed attacks.

AC 19*; Fortitude 14, Reflex 15, Will 16

Speed 5

M Bite (standard; at-will)

+9 vs. AC; 1d8+3 damage

m Nudge (standard; at-will)

+7 vs. Reflex; 1d6+3 damage and the target is

pushed 1 square. Shift into the space the target va-

cated.

m Stomp (immediate reaction; when an adjacent

opponent falls prone)

+5 vs. Reflex; 1d10+3 damage against the prone

opponent. Move 3 squares, one of which must be

over one of the target’s squares, the other 2 of which

can be in any direction. You must finish in a vacant

space.

Alignment unaligned

Languages –

Skills Endurance +10

Str 14 (+3 Dex 10 (+1) Wis 11 (+1)

Con 15 (+3) Int 3 (-3) Cha 10 (+1)

*+1 AC from armoured scales

Skills Endurance +12

Str 19 (+7) Dex 11 (+3) Wis 15 (+5)

Con 19 (+7) Int 4 (+0) Cha 11 (+3)

*+2 AC from heavily-armoured scales

** A herddrake bull can make two attacks on its turn.

A Drake Miscellany

Domesticated HerdDrake Lead Bull

Level 4 Elite Soldier

L izardrake Swarm

These diminutive creatures are ineffective on their own

but gather together in large swarms to defend their nesting

colonies.

Large natural beast (reptile)

XP 350

Initiative +4 Senses Perception +4

HP 116; Bloodied 58

AC 24*; Fortitude 22, Reflex 16, Will 20

Resist 5 force, poison

Speed 8

M Bite (standard; at-will)**

Reach 2; +11 vs. AC; 1d8+4 damage

m Charge ‘n Barge (move; at-will)**

Move up to 3 squares and make an attack against an

adjacent opponent; +9 vs. Reflex; 1d10+4 damage

and the target is pushed 2 squares and knocked

prone. Shift into the space the target vacated.

m Tail Slap (immediate reaction; when an adjacent

opponent misses an attack against the herddrake)

+9 vs. Reflex; 1d10+4 damage.

m Stomp (immediate reaction; when an adjacent

opponent falls prone)

+7 vs. Reflex; 3d8+4 damage against the prone op-

ponent. Move 3 squares, one of which must be over

one of the target’s squares, the other 2 of which can

be in any direction. You must finish in a vacant

space.

Alignment unaligned

Lizardrake Swarm Level 3 Skirmisher

Medium natural beast (reptile, swarm)

XP 150

Languages –

Initiative +5 Senses Perception +2

Swarm Attack aura 1; the lizardrake swarm makes a

free lizardrake breath attack against each enemy that

begins its turn in the aura

HP 44; Bloodied 22

AC 17; Fortitude 16, Reflex 17, Will 16

Immune Swarm immunities Resist 2 <draketype>*

Vulnerable 5 against area attacks except of type

<draketype>*

Saving Throws +2 against effects of type <draketype>

Speed fly 6 (altitude limit 10, clumsy grounded, hover)

M Swarmbite (standard; at-will)

+8 vs. AC; 2d6+3 damage

c Lizardrake breath (against each opponent that

begins its turn in aura) Ł <draketype> *

+3 vs. Reflex; 1d6+3 <draketype> damage, and on-

going 2 <draketype> damage (save ends).

Alignment unaligned

Skills Endurance +11

Str 18 (+6) Dex 10 (+2) Wis 14 (+4)

Con 18 (+6) Int 3 (-2) Cha 10 (+2)

*+2 AC from heavily-armoured scales

** A herddrake bull typically makes two attacks on its

turn ( Charge ‘n Barge and Bite )

H ERD D RAKE T ACTICS

A group of herddrake act to protect any youngsters with

the herd. The herd bull always faces the most threatening

opponent, firstly in terms of size and then in terms of

actual damage dealt. The others forming a semi circle or

ring around the infants, their first priority. Their second-

ary tactics involve mobbing an opponent to knock them

over, trample them and disable them.

Languages –

If the lead bull is in trouble and calls for help, the rest of

the small herd will always come to his aid to rescue him.

The bull typically bites one opponent and ‘charge ‘n

barges’ another, but if faced by one tough assailant will

use both attacks against that opponent.

H ERD D RAKE L ORE

A character knows the following information with a suc-

cessful Nature check.

Skills Stealth +8

Str 12 (+2) Dex 14 (+3) Wis 13 (+2)

Con 12 (+2) Int 3 (-4) Cha 8 (+0)

*<draketype> The damage type <draketype> inflicted

by a swarm of lizardrake’s breath weapon is fixed and

must be chosen when the beast is placed. Possible

<draketype> are Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning or Poison.

Its skin colouring should give a clue as to the type of

damage inflicted, similar to dragons (refer to the

<draketype>Table below).

<D RAKETYPE > T ABLE

<draketype> Scale colour

Acid Black, deep blue, purple or green

Cold White, very pale tones

Fire Reds, deep oranges, terracotta

Poison (gas) Greens, emerald, to rich olive

Lightning

DC 15: HerdDrake, whether wild or domesticated,

are typically found in family groups consisting of 2-4

adults and a similar number of infants, the herd being led

by an lead bull.

DC 20: Whilst the lead bull leads the herd, and killing

him will make the rest of the herd rout in terror, the herd

will defend him to the utmost until he is killed.

Mid-blue to turquoise

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