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Hollow Dragon

Huge Undead, Any Alignment

Alternate Versions

Size

Hero Forge: 11 ft. (XXL)
Lore: Huge
Suggested: Huge to Gargantuan

Other Monikers

None

Abilities

- Radiant breath weapon
- Sapping presence weakens creatures
- Ghostly bindings restrain creatures
- Booming scales cause thunder damage at close range
- Body reconstructs itself after being killed
- Immune to poison, radiant, charmed, deafened, paralyzed, exhausted and frightened conditions
- Necrotic resistance
- Colossal claw, bite, and tail attacks
- Legendary Actions
- Legendary Resistance
- Flight
- Blindsight

Appearance

As the name suggests, a hollow dragon is the husk of a metallic dragon’s hide, filled with radiant energy. Depending on the dragon’s original kind, that energy might take the appearance of flames, lightning, or misty vapors.

Home Plane

Prime Material Plane

Stat Block

5th Edition (different ages have their own stat block):

- Fizban's Treasury of Dragons (2021)

- 5eTools

- DndBeyond

Description

(From Fizban's Treasury of Dragons - 2021):


Unlike dragons who explore the magic of undeath for power, some metallic dragons see undeath as a means to pursue a noble purpose. For the sake of protecting an artifact or fulfilling an oath, a dragon might transform into a hollow dragon, accepting undeath until that purpose is fulfilled.


As the name suggests, a hollow dragon is the husk of a metallic dragon’s hide, filled with radiant energy. Depending on the dragon’s original kind, that energy might take the appearance of flames, lightning, or misty vapors.


Hollow dragons don’t suffer distractions from their undying purpose. So powerful is their drive that their bodies reconstitute if destroyed.


When they fulfill their purpose, most hollow dragons embrace the death they have staved off for so long. But others seek new tasks to sustain themselves—or cling to undeath out of sheer stubbornness or habit.

Sources

- Fizban's Treasury of Dragons (2021)

- DndBeyond

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