Basilo Dragon (Creature, dragon)

Dragon (Aquatic)

**Environment**: Warm aquatic

**Organization**: solitary, pair, or pod (2-5).

**Challenge Rating**: Wyrmling 6; very young 8; young 10; juvenile 12; young adult 14; adult 16; mature adult 17; old 19; very old 20; ancient 22; wyrm 23; great wyrm 25

**Treasure**: None.

**Alignment**: Usually Chaotic Neutral.

*I first encountered these dragons on the water world of Basilo where they form the dominant species and one of the few sentient life forms the planet has to offer (the others being eyes of the deep). Basilo dragons are, by draconic standards, bestial predators with little cognitive ability; so about the mental equals of whites.*

*Basilo dragons are powerful swimmers, and primarily act as predators eating the larger undersea life forms. They lack breath weapons and I was personally tempted to classify them as something more akin to wyverns or dragon turtles than true dragons on first contact, except that they show divisions of aging like the more famous (or infamous) reds, blues, golds, silvers, etc and also show a talent for sorcery as well.*

*Basilo dragons form family units of up to five members; usually the mother and father, if present, will become the leaders. If neither the mother nor the father is present it forms a loose anarchic group. While observing them I saw a single ambitious ancient member of the species attempt to corral some families into an effective fighting force to battle aggression from eyes of the deep, but to no avail as the creatures simply refused to listen. Even when it proved impossible to avoid fighting the eye tyrants (not that any of the dragons really wanted to in the first place) the dragons fought in a completely disorganized manner with only family groups showing any attempts to coordinate their efforts. Further observations have shown the dragons to be free spirited and not care about rules imposed by others as a general note.*

*Basilo dragons take the form of long, fat serpentine dragons. They have thick armored scales which run across these bodies. They have powerful finned fore-claws, but their hind claws have vanished and only small vestigial stumps remain of their hind legs. Their tail is thick and serves as a heavily finned rudder, and a large dorsal fin dominates their back. Their heads, placed on the end of long necks, are narrow and long, filled with rows of sharp teeth. They move through the water similar to an eel, their body undulating up and down, where an eel’s moves left and right.*

*A final note as I seem to have neglected to mention it is their size. Even at birth they dwarf red and gold dragons, and they reach a size comparable to red great wyrms long before a red dragon does. Even non-extraordinary great wyrms surpass that size to grow to an extent that normally only dragons which legends are made from ever reach.*

*-Zasper, Grand Archmage of the 10th Circle, Bearer of the Crystal Crown, Keeper of the Transfinite Seal, He Who Walks Amongst Dragons, Friend to Bahamut, Foe to Tiamat, Hero of a Hundred Kingdoms, Keeper of the 89th Secret of Talorn, Walker of Worlds, the Immaculate Sage, the Purple Archmage, Champion of Halm, and former Emperor of Cyrell (retired).* Editor’s Note: Zasper threatened to turn me into a toad if I didn’t include his titles this time.

**Special Abilities**

**Wingless**: A basilo dragon lacks wings and cannot make wing attacks.

**Pressure Immunity (Ex)**: A basilo dragon does not take damage from the pressure at the depths of the sea.

**Song (Ex)**: A basilo dragon of very young or older may hear and communicate via subsonic songs that cannot be heard unaided by most creatures. These songs allow them to communicate easily from up to 1000-ft on land, or 10 miles underwater.

**Song of Despair (Su)**: A juvenile or older basilo dragon may alter its song so that it is audible to most creatures and is made in such a way to fill such creatures with dread. All creatures within the water and within 60-ft of a basilo dragon performing a song of despair suffer a -2 penalty to attack, weapon damage, and saving throws. Performing a song of despair is a standard action to begin and a dragon may continue to sing as a swift action each round. While singing the dragon may not cast spells with verbal components. A basilo dragon is immune to the songs of other basilo dragons.

**Jet (Ex)**: While swimming a basilo dragon may jet forward at great speed. When swimming an adult or older basilo dragon that takes a run action moves ten times their normal speed instead of four times it.

**Song of Destruction (Su)**: Once per day an old or older basilo dragon may alter its song so that it is audible to most creatures and is made to destroy them. It is not the sound itself, but the magical powers it invokes which is most deadly. When a basilo dragon performs its song of destruction creatures and objects within 60-ft of the dragon and within the water, take 8d8 sonic damage per round. A successful Fortitude save (same DC as Frightful Presence) halves this damage. Performing a song of destruction is a standard action to begin and a dragon may continue to sing as a swift action each round. While singing the dragon may not cast spells with verbal components. A basilo dragon is immune to the songs of other basilo dragons.

**Lose Breath (Su)**: Any creature struck by a great wyrm basilo dragon’s bite attack has any spells (including polymorph and body altering effects) which grant the ability to breathe water dispelled. In addition any creature struck by a great wyrm basilo dragon’s bite attack must make a DC 42 Fortitude save (the DC is constitution based) or be unable to hold its breath for 1 round and lose any breath it is already holding causing it to start drowning unless it has some means to breathe weapon.

**Spells**: A basilo dragon casts spells as a sorcerer of the listed level.

**Spell-like Abilities**: 3/day *Control Water* (ancient or older).

**Skills**: Survival and Swim are class skills for basilo dragons.