Black Dragon
| Harper Field Dossier | |
|---|---|
| Combat reference | |
| Type | Chromatic dragon (black) — cruel, cunning, and patient; a lover of slow deaths |
| Vulnerabilities | None discovered |
| Resistances | None known |
| Immunities | Acid of every kind |
| Condition Immunities | None known |
| Strong Saves | Shrugs off effects that test reflexes, constitution, willpower, or force of personality |
| Senses | Sees in utter dark; senses hidden things close by without sight; keen of scent and hearing |
| Movement | Flies; swims and lurks submerged; at home in fen, bog, and drowned ruin |
| Notable Abilities | A line of searing acid for breath; a terror that roots the brave; can refuse binding magic a few times over; ambushes from beneath black water; breathes air and water alike |
| Provenance | |
| Knowledge | Well-attested — one slain, and the kind met often in the cult's service |
| First Encountered | Session 29, the Mere of Dead Men |
| Filed by | Agent Wren, of the Tellstone circle |
A chromatic dragon. See the Dragon overview and its kin: White, Black, Green, Blue, Red. The black is the meanest of the colours and far from the dullest. Read it before you wade into any swamp. — Wren
The Harpers' Read
A black dragon is a patient, gloating thing that savours a slow death. It fights from the water and the dark — submerged until you are close, then a line of searing acid spat down the length of your formation. The acid does nothing to it in turn, so carry no acid against it and spend nothing on the element it was born to. Like all great wyrms it will shrug off a binding or two before its defiance runs dry, and its mere presence can stop a brave heart cold. Do not meet it on its own ground; draw it onto dry, open footing where its lurking and its swimming count for nothing.
Encounters of Record
The company has the measure of this kind. They put down the black dragon Voaraghamanthar in the drowned country of the Mere of Dead Men around Castle Naerytar (27–29), and later stripped the Black Dragon Mask from the cult at Skyreach Castle (32–33). Black-blooded servants of the Cult of the Dragon have crossed the company many times since.