Mocking Archdragon
Level 20Attacks
Abilities
90 feet. A creature who enters or begins its turn in the area must attempt a DC 42 will save. Regardless of the result of the saving throw, the creature is temporarily immune to the graceless domain aura for 1 minute. The dragon can exclude creatures from this aura.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success For 1 round, the first time the creature rolls an Athletics, Acrobatics, or Performance skill check, it must roll twice and take the worse result.
Failure For 1 minute, t
The dragon takes on the appearance of any Tiny, Small, Medium, Large, or Huge animal, beast, or humanoid. This doesn't change their Speed or their attack and damage bonuses with their Strikes, but might change the damage type their Strikes deal (typically to bludgeoning).
The dragon makes two claw Strikes and one tail Strike in any order.
The dragon recharges their Hilarious Exhalation whenever they score a critical hit with a Strike.
Frequency once per round
Effect The dragon surrounds a creature within 90 feet with cacophonous laughter, deafening it for 1 round and causing 10d4 persistent mental damage unless it succeeds on a DC 42 will save.
The dragon unleashes their breath in one of two ways. The dragon can't use Hilarious Exhalation again for .
- •Laughing Gas (emotion, mental) The dragon breaths a cloud of mood-altering gas in a 30-foot cone. This has the effect of Laughing Fit (DC 42 will) with a duration of 1 round.
- •Slippery Puddle The dragon expels a glob of viscous goo at a solid surface at a range of 60 feet. This creates a 15-foot burst with the area effect of Grease (DC 42 ref
On a critical hit, the dragon's claws inflict Outcast's Curse on the target as if they had rolled a success.
Requirements The dragon's last action was a successful tail Strike
Effect The mocking dragon attempts a Dirty Trick against the target of their tail Strike. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the creature's multiple attack penalty.
The dragon can targets within 90 feet. Targets become immune to the mocking dragon's attempts to Demoralize them for 1 minute after each attempt.
Creatures Demoralized by the ancient mocking dragon are Stupefied 1 while they are frightened.
Trigger A foe within 90 feet becomes Prone or critically fails on a Strike
Effect The mocking dragon laughs dismissively at the foe, attempting an Intimidation check to the creature. They do not take a penalty if the creature doesn't understand their language.