Gem Drakes
Gem drakes are considered to be one of the most beautiful of all lesser dragons. In comparison to the rest of their kin, these drakes seem to have a somewhat unnatural and otherworldly appearance to them due to their crystalline appearance. Their scales seem to resemble various gemstones that often cause them to be confused to be golems or constructs.
Crystalline Scales
The gem drake's crystalline scales have unique properties that give them a natural attunement to psionic energy. As a result, these drakes are able to sense and even understand other creatures based on their emotions and thoughts. Because of their psionic abilities, gem drakes typically maintain a rather close relationship with many humanoids throughout the planes. Many gem drakes can be easily trained as pets, companions, or battle mounts as they have the ability to form telepathic bonds with individuals that they like. Because of their psionic connection, gem drakes tend to be a bit more intelligent than their animalistic kin and even in some cases have been able to communicate basic sentences telepathically.
Combat Tactics
Despite their friendly demeanor, gem drakes are still a dragon at heart and must be treated with extreme caution when they are angry. Although they tend to be considerably smaller than many of their other kin, their crystalline scales are extremely durable and are resistant to all manner of conventional attacks and even magical effects. Their scales not only serve as a natural defense but they can redirect magical energy back at their attackers and even concentrate psionic energy into devastating beams of light and psionic energy that they can telepathically control to navigate around cover and corners.
Gem Drake
Medium Dragon, unaligned
- Armor Class 16 (Natural Armor)
- Hit Points 60(8d8+24)
- Speed 40ft.,
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 16 (+3) 16 (+3) 16 (+3) 8 (-1) 16 (+3) 16 (+3)
- Skills Insight +5, Perception +5
- Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from non-magical attacks
- Senses darkvision 120ft., passive Perception 15
- Languages Can understand Common and Draconic but cannot speak it, telepathy 120ft.
- Proficiency Bonus +2
- Challenge 4 (1100 xp)
Magic Resistance The drake has advantage on saving throws against spells and magical effects
Mind Sense The drake can pinpoint the location of a creature that has an intelligence of at least 6 while it is within 120ft. of the dragon.
Reflective Scale When the drake succeeds a saving throw against a spell effect, it takes no damage. If the spell only effects the drake, it can reflect it back at the attacker.
Psychic Absorption When the drake takes psychic damage, it takes no damage. Instead it regains a number of hitpoints equal to the damage dealt instead.
Actions
Karma Fang Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, 5ft., one target. Hit 8(1d8+3) piercing damage + 5(1d8) psychic damage. On a hit, the attack suffers disadvantage on attack until the end of its next turn. The first time the target damages the drake before the start of the drake's next turn, the attacker takes an additional 9(2d8) psychic damage.
Prismatic Breath(Recharge 5-6) Creatures of the gem drake's choice in a 30ft. range must succeed a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or take 11(2d10) radiant damage + 11(2d10) psychic damage or half as much on a success. This attack can ignore half and three fourth's cover and can curve around corners.
Bonus Actions
Telepathy Bond The drake can use its bonus action to form a telepathic link with a creature it can see within 60ft. of it. It can only form this link with one creature at a time
Reactions
Adaptive Scale When the drake takes damage, it can use its reaction to grant itself 10 temporary hitpoints until the start of its next turn. For the duration of these temporary hitpoints, the drake has resistance to all damage.