Resurrection Dragon (Adult)

Creature 12 — divine, dragon

CrasherWeaverLANDAERIALdragondivineundeadvoid

Resurrection dragons teeter between life and death. They have a mastery of vital energies, allowing them to restore life to the dead, and a mastery of void energies, to bestow death on others. They make use of their abilities to play with the lives of mortals, calling on spirits to aid them or reviving creatures they find important or interesting. The lair of a resurrection dragon is generally a barren place. While they still hoard wealth like other dragons, they do little to decorate their lair

Source: pathfinder-monster-core-2

Perception +25; darkvision, scent (imprecise) 60 feet

Languages common, draconic, necril

Skills acrobatics +20, arcana +22, athletics +25, diplomacy +23, medicine +25, Necromancy Lore +26, religion +25, stealth +22

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AC 32 Fort +21 Ref +20 Will +25

HP 230

Immunities death-effects, paralyzed, sleep

Resistances spirit 15

Speed 40 feet, fly 160 feet

Offense

Melee Jaws (magical, reach-10) +26, Damage 3d10+11 piercing plus 1d6 void

Melee Claw (agile, magical) +26, Damage 3d8+11 slashing

Melee Tail (magical, reach-15) +24, Damage 3d10+11 bludgeoning

Abilities

Reawaken! (divine, spirit, vitality) —

Risen Commander (divine) — A resurrection dragon has a strong connection with its minions and can Sustain Summon Undead or Invoke Spirits as a free action once per turn.

Siphon Life (divine, healing, vitality) —

Arise! (divine, exploration, healing) — The resurrection dragon uses their mastery over life energy to cast their own soul into the Boneyard and pull a willing creature's soul back to its body in a process that takes 1 hour. This has the effects of Raise Dead, except the maximum level of the target is 8th and the soul is tethered to the dragon's. Only one creature can be tethered to the dragon's soul at a time. If the creature and the dragon are no longer on the same plane or the dragon dies, the raised creature dies and can't be raised with Arise! again. The dragon can Dismiss the connection at any time. Doing so doesn't prevent the dragon from raising the creature with Arise! again.

While raised in this way, the creature is still a valid target for raise dead , Resurrect, and similar effects. Returning the creature to life in this way fully restores the creature, severing the connection to the dragon and allowing the dragon to establish a connection with a different creature.

Draconic Frenzy — The dragon makes two claw strikes and one tail strike in any order.

Draconic Momentum — The dragon recharges their Soul Siphoning Breath whenever they score a critical hit with a Strike.

Soul Siphoning Breath (divine, void) — The dragon unleashes a torrent of divine energy, dealing 11d6 void damage in a 40-foot cone (DC 32 Fortitude save) that draws the life force from creatures within. The dragon gains fast healing 10 until their Soul Siphoning Breath recharges. The resurrection dragon can't use Soul Siphoning Breath again for 1d4 rounds.

Divine Innate Spells DC 32

6th Raise Dead

5th Invoke Spirits (×2)

4th Talking Corpse

1st Harm (×2), Summon Undead (At Will)

Cantrips (6th) Guidance, Stabilize, Void Warp

WORKS WELL WITH

SnareLAND / AERIALA controller that clusters foes turns the recharging soul siphoning breath into repeated multi-target damage.

AnvilLAND / AERIALA second frontline body spreads out the party's attacks so the dragon's draconic frenzy can focus a single target down.

PUNISHES

✖ clumping✖ melee reliance✖ attrition

Avoid pairing with another reach-heavy melee brute; both want the same frontline space against a clustered party.

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