The region containing a legendary brown dragon's lair is warped by the dragon's magic, which creates one or more of the following effects: Each creature in that line must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 10 (3d6) fire damage. A blast of scorching air sweeps through the lair, forming a 5-foot-wide line that is 60 feet long.A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Each creature in the cloud must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be blinded for 1 minute. A cloud of sand swirls about in a 20-foot-radius sphere centred on a point the dragon can see within 120 feet of it.A creature can take an action to make a DC 10 Strength check, ending the buried state on a success. The buried target is restrained and unable to breathe or stand up. The creature must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone and buried. Part of the ceiling collapses above one creature that the dragon can see within 120 feet of it.On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects the dragon can't use the same effect two rounds in a row: Such tunnels usually lead to a major chamber or a secret treasure vault. A brown dragon likes to carve tales of its glory on stone tablets and display them proudly within its lair, both as a warning to its enemies and a testament to its own pride.Ī brown dragon prefers to build its lair deep underground, building criss-crossing tunnels that it can collapse behind it to trap interlopers that follow it, and with numerous cavern-like rooms that it uses to store its treasure or, more rarely, its eggs.Ī brown dragon might have a secret entrance to its lair concealed within a large stone formation or near an oasis, but such an entrance is usually filled with sand or made to look as natural as possible. A brown dragon sees desert caravans as an easy source of food and treasure, and attacks them whenever it can, devouring the traders and dragging anything that strikes its fancy beneath the sands, leaving the rest to be covered by the ever-changing dunes. A brown dragon loves the lustre of gemstones, though it especially likes objects made from amber or topaz. Such a brown dragon often lets adventurers seeking to slay its master pass relatively unharmed, though they see those adventurers as expendable, devouring any that survive the fury of the blue dragon. A brown dragon has a remarkable memory, though it most remembers creatures that defeat it or prey that escapes it, focusing attacks against those creatures if it encounters them again.īrown dragons sometimes compete for territory with blue dragons, though a brown dragon that sees itself clearly outmatched offers its fealty to the blue dragon, serving it until it has the opportunity to overthrow its former master, claiming its treasures as its own and devouring any of the blue dragon's minions that refuse to serve it. A brown dragon's breath is as hot as the winds of deserts it lives in, and it likes to sear its prey before devouring it. Its pupils also fade as it ages, and the oldest brown dragons have eyes that resemble spheres of soil.įiery Hatred. A young brown dragon has muddy brown scales that gradually thicken and turn to an almost black brown as it ages. A long, spiralling horn dominates the front of its head, while several small ridges line the back of its head, extending to its neck, and several spikes adorn its jaw. As such, most brown dragons keep minions around to guard their treasures from thieves, though they rarely travel more than a few miles away from their lairs.Ī brown dragon has a very long, smooth body to aid in burrowing. Brown dragons live for the hunt, chasing the largest prey, and a brown dragon on the hunt destroys villages and towns to sate its hunger on the way. Aggressive and quick-tempered, brown dragons crave the heat of the desert, and respond to even the smallest of slights-real or imagined-with violence.
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