Lesser Dragons

[Ruethgar]

These are mostly RAW legal lesser dragons just renamed, retrained with a ritual added. Any racial bonus to jump more than +10 was house ruled since they are from two sources(powerful legs and wings) but RAW should only be +10.

Swampkin DrakeMuckdweller
Tiny Montrous Humanoid(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 1/4d8(1 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 20ft 20ft swim 30ft glide
Armor Class: 19 (+2 Size, +3 Dex, +4 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +5 melee (ld3-3)
Special Attacks: Squirt(Standard Action 25ft range Dex bases Ref save for 1 round blinding)
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60ft
Saves: Fort +0, Ref +5, Will +1
Abilities: Str 4, Dex 16, Con 10, Int 10, Wis 9, Cha 8
Skills: Balance +3, Hide +11, Listen +1, Spot +1, Jump +5, Swim(Dex) +11
Feats: Weapon FinesseB, Dragon Wings
Environment: Warm Marshes
Challenge Rating: 1/4
Advancement: 1—2 HD (Tiny), 3 HD (Small)
Level Adjustment: +0
Racial Boni:+8 Swim

Swampkin Drakes look like a miniature bipedal dinosaurs with mottled gray and brown scales and a pale yellow underbelly. Its short tail is used for balancing and swimming. It has scaly wings folded on its back, partially webbed rear feet and small, weak, prehensile foreclaws.

Arborkin DrakeAnthropomorphic Raven
Small Montrous Humanoid(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 1d8(4 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 10ft 20ft fly poor
Armor Class: 19 (+1 Size, +3 Dex)
Full Attack: Claws +3 melee (ld3-3), Tail -2 (1d4-3)
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60ft
Saves: Fort +0, Ref +3, Will +5
Abilities: Str 5, Dex 13, Con 10, Int 10, Wis 16, Cha 11
Skills: Listen +7, Spot +7
Feats: Weapon FinesseB, Dragon Tail
Advancement: By character class
Environment: Temperate Forests
Challenge Rating: 1/2
Advancement: —
Level Adjustment: +0

These creatures look like velociraptors with scaly wings, a more beak-like snout, and much smaller teeth. They also lack the scythe-like claw on their feat. Some of them have feathers, though it is less favorable.

Couatl AspirantShenanigans
Small Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 1d8+1(5 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 10ft 10ft climb 30ft glide
Armor Class: 14 (+1 Size, +2 Dex, +1 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +5 melee (ld3+2)
Special Qualities: Low-light vision
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +4, Will +1
Abilities: Str 15, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 10
Skills: Balance +10, Hide +10, Climb +10, Listen +4, Spot +4, Jump +4, Survival +4
Feats: Dragon WingsB, Body Pouch
Racial Boni: +10 Jump, +8 Swim, Climb, Balance, +4 Hide, Listen, Spot
Environment: —
Challenge Rating: —
Advancement: —
Level Adjustment: +0

This 5ft long serpent has a massive wings behind its head that is uses for limited flight. Just below the wings are two scaled arms ending in dull claws. Its mouth is filled with sharp teeth.

This was a challenge and includes some rulings on the effect of Familiar Form, namely that you keep physically based feats and skill bonuses of the possessed, but retain your own skill ranks. The clause that you can use the body as your own was used heavily in the Couatl Aspirant Creation. The arms are the result taking the MSRD poisonous blood and extra arms mutations and the Poison Immunity feat.



Draco Lizard, LesserNeedletooth
Tiny Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 1/2d8(2 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 20ft 20ft climb 30ft glide
Armor Class: 14 (+2 Size, +2 Dex)
Full Attack: Bite +4 melee (ld4-4 plus wounding 1 for 1 round)
Special Qualities: Low-light vision
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +1
Abilities: Str 3, Dex 15, Con 10, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Balance +10, Hide +10, Climb(Dex) +10, Listen +1, Spot +1, Jump +8
Feats: Weapon FinesseB, Dragon Wings
Environment: Warm Forests
Challenge Rating: 1/6
Advancement: —

This creature is available as a familiar(+3 Hide).

PsuedowyvernCompsognathus
Tiny Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 1d8(4 hp)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 30ft 30ft glide
Armor Class: 16 (+2 Size, +4 Dex)
Full Attack: Bite +6 melee (ld3-3 plus infection)
Special Attacks: Infection(Disease: DC 10 Fort 1/min for 1d6 min or 1 Str damage cumulative)
Special Qualities: Resist Disease(immune to Infection and +4 vs other diseases), Low-light vision, scent
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +2
Abilities: Str 4, Dex 19, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 11
Skills: Hide +12, Listen +2, Move Silently +4, Spot +2, Jump +14
Feats: Weapon FinesseB, Dragon Wings
Environment: Warm Forests
Challenge Rating: 1/2
Advancement: 2—3 HD (Tiny)

This small bipedal creature has a long neck and tail, and a set of leathery wings folded on its back that look barely large enough to support it. Its mouth is filled with sharp teeth and its movements are agile and bird-like.

This creature is available as a 1st level druid animal companion or a familiar(+3 hide).

Razor DrakeZ'Tal
Small Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 1d8(6 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 30ft 30ft glide
Armor Class: 15 (+1 Size, +2 Dex, +2 Natural)
Full Attack: Scales +4 melee (ld4)
Special Attacks: Scream(10ft -2 skills Will DC 10)
Special Qualities: Low-light vision
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +1
Abilities: Str 10, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 10
Skills: Listen +2, Spot +3, Jump +19
Feats: Dragon Wings
Environment: Warm Deserts
Challenge Rating: 1/2
Advancement: 2 HD (Small)

This little guy can be taken as a familiar(+3 Intimidate).

Drakken SpitterSwindlespitter
Small Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 2d8(11 hp)
Initiative: +5
Speed: 30ft 30ft glide
Armor Class: 18 (+1 Size, +5 Dex, +2 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +7 (ld4-1)
Special Attacks: Poisonous Breath(15ft cone of contact poison Con based Fort DC for 2d4 min blindness, secondary 1d4 Con with 1d4 cooldown)
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60ft, Low-light vision, scent, Uncanny Dodge
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +8, Will +3
Abilities: Str 9, Dex 21, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 16, Cha 14
Skills: Hide +9, Listen +5, Move Silently +5, Slight of Hand +9, Spot +5, Jump +10
Feats: Weapon FinesseB, MobilityB, Dragon Wings
Environment: Warm Forests
Challenge Rating: 1
Advancement: 3—6 HD (Small), 7—9 HD (Medium)

This bipedal reptilian creature is lithe, has a whip-like tail, razor sharp beak, scaly wings, and prehensile claws.

This creature is available as a 1st level druid animal companion.

Leaping DrakeVelociraptor(Clawfoot)
Medium Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 2d8+4(13hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 40ft 30ft glide
Armor Class: 16 (+3 Dex, +3 natural)
Full Attack: Talons +4 melee (ld8+3) and 2 foreclaws —1 melee (1d3 + 1) and bite -1 melee (1d6 + 1)
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, scent
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +6, Will +1
Abilities: Str 17, Dex 17, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 10
Skills: Hide +12, Jump +30, Listen +10, Spot +10, Survival +10
Feats: Dragon Wings
Environment: Warm Forests
Challenge Rating: 2
Advancement: 3—6 HD (Medium)
Racial Boni: +18 Jump, +8 Hide, Listen, Spot, Survival

This two-legged lizard boasts sharp teeth, a toe claw that looks like a small sickle, and two scaly wings folded on its back that look to barely be able to support it. It is no larger than a tall human, but looks like it could easily take down much larger prey.

This creature is available as a 4th level druid animal companion and is war trainable.

Quicksilver DrakeQuicksilver Giant Lizard
Large Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 4d8+3(30 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 40ft 40ft climb 30ft glide
Armor Class: 14 (-1 Size, +2 Dex, +3 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +6 (1d8+4), 2 Claws +1 (1d6+2)
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, Blindsense 60ft, Scent, Sprint(1/hr x5 speed on charge)
Saves: Fort +7, Ref +6, Will +2
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 15, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 10
Skills: Hide +0, Climb +13, Listen +3, Spot +3, Jump +20
Feats: Run, Dragon Wings, HD 6: Improved Dragon Wings, HD 9: Reinforced Wings, HD 12: Heavyweight Wings
Environment: Underground
Challenge Rating: 2
Advancement: 5—8 HD (Large), 9—12 HD (Huge)
Racial Boni: +14 Jump +8 Climb


This big, silvery lizard stands on two hind powerful hind legs, balanced by a short tail. It has a pair of small forearms that end in sharp claws, with a set of relatively small wings above them. A diamond-shaped head filled with sharp teeth perches atop a long, slender neck. Quicksilver Drakes are valued for their tremendous bursts of speed and their willingness to bear riders.

Though not RAW, it wouldn't be too far off to allow this little guy to be a animal companion for level 4.

Drakken Raptor, LesserRhamphornychus
Tiny Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 1d8-1(3hp)
Initiative: +5
Speed: 10ft 60ft fly good
Armor Class: 17 (+2 Size, +5 Dex)
Full Attack: Bite +7 melee (ld3-4) and Tail —1 melee (1d3-4)
Special Qualities: Evasion, Low-light vision, scent
Saves: Fort +1, Ref +7, Will +1
Abilities: Str 2, Dex 21, Con 8, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 10
Skills: Listen +5
Feats: Weapon FinesseB, Dragon Tail
Environment: Warm Forests
Challenge Rating: 1/4
Advancement: 2—3 HD (Tiny)

Somewhere between a bird of prey and a dragon lies the Drakken Raptor. This beast has a narrow snout filled with needle-like teeth, leathery wings that connect down the torso to stubby legs and a long crocodilian tail.

This creature is available as a 1st level druid animal companion or a familiar(+3 initiative).

Drakken RaptorPteranadon SK
Large Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 3d8+9(22 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 20ft, 80ft fly average
Armor Class: 15 (-1 Size, +2 Dex, +4 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +5 (1d6+6), Tail +0 (1d8+2)
Special Qualities: Low-light vision
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +3
Abilities: Str 18, Dex 15, Con 16, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 11
Skills: Spot +6, Listen +4
Feats: Dragon Tail, Flyby Attack
Environment: Warm Hills
Challenge Rating: 3
Advancement: 6—10 HD (Large)

Drakken Raptor, GreaterPteranodon Dr #318
Medium Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 5d8+5(27 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 10ft, 90ft fly good
Armor Class: 15 (+3 Dex, +2 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +5 (1d6+3), Tail +0 (1d6+1)
Special Attack: Dive(if fall 30ft as charge +4 hit and bite 2d6+6)
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, Scent
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +7, Will +5
Abilities: Str 14, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 18, Cha 12
Skills: Spot +8
Feats: Dragon Tail, Flyby Attack
Environment: Warm Mountains
Challenge Rating: 2
Advancement: 6—10 HD (Medium), 11—15 HD (Large)

Couatl-KinDung Snake:Yuanti Improved
Medium Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 3d8+3(16 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 20ft 20ft climb 20ft swim 30ft glide 30ft fly average(up to 4 consecutive rounds 10 min/day)
Armor Class: 15 (+3 Dex, +2 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +5 melee (ld3+4)
Special Attack: Constrict 1d3+4, improved grab
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, Immune to Disease, Environmental Adaptation(no non-lethal cold), Fast Healing 1, Scent
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +6, Will +2
Abilities: Str 17, Dex 17, Con 13, Int 4, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Balance +11, Hide +7, Climb +11, Listen +5, Spot +5, Swim +11, Jump +10
Feats: MultigrabB, Dragon Wings, Draconic Aura:Vigor
Environment: Temperate Aquatic
Challenge Rating: 2
Advancement: —
Racial Boni: +8 Swim, Climb, Balance, +4 Hide, Listen, Spot

This 8ft long serpent has a brown scales on its back and a tan underbelly. It has massive wings about a foot away from its head and uses them for display and for limited flight. Its mouth is filled with sharp recurved teeth built for holding prey.

This creature is available as a familiar(+2 vs disease).

Greater Winged SnakeConstrictor:Yuanti Improved
Large Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 10d8+40(85 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 20ft 20ft climb 20ft swim 30ft glide
Armor Class: 16 (-1 Size, +3 Dex, +4 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +13 melee (1d4+10)
Special Attack: Constrict 1d4+10, improved grab
Special Qualities: Scent
Saves: Fort +10, Ref +10, Will +6
Abilities: Str 25, Dex 16, Con 18, Int 4, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Balance +11, Hide +3, Climb +11, Listen +7, Spot +7, Swim +11, Jump +20
Feats: Dragon Wings, Iron Will, Improved Dragon Wings, Reinforced Wings
Environment: Warm Forests
Challenge Rating: 4
Advancement: —
Racial Boni: +10 Jump, +8 Swim, Climb, Balance, +4 Hide, Listen, Spot

Up to 30ft long, these massive snakes have impressive wingspans.

These giants are able to be taken as 4th level druid companions by Yuanti only(or friends of Yuanti, Broodguard is a nice template right about now).

Draco Lizard, LesserLizard
Tiny Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 1/2d8(2 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 20ft 20ft climb 30ft glide
Armor Class: 14 (+2 Size, +2 Dex)
Full Attack: Bite +4 melee (ld4-4)
Special Qualities: Low-light vision
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +1
Abilities: Str 3, Dex 15, Con 10, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Balance +10, Hide +10, Climb(Dex) +10, Listen +1, Spot +1, Jump +8
Feats: Weapon FinesseB, Dragon Wings
Environment: Warm Forests
Challenge Rating: 1/6
Advancement: —

This creature is available as a familiar(+3 Climb).

Draco LizardMonitor Lizard
Medium Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 3d8+9(22 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 30ft, swim 30ft, 30ft glide
Armor Class: 15 (+2 Dex, +3 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +5 (1d8+4)
Special Qualities: Low-light vision
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +2
Abilities: Str 17, Dex 15, Con 17, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Hide +6, Climb +3, Listen +3, Spot +3, Move Silently +6, Jump +19, Swim +11
Feats: Dragon Wings, Alertness
Environment: Warm Forests
Challenge Rating: 2
Advancement: 4—5 HD (Medium)
Racial Boni: +10 Jump +4 Hide, Move Silently

Draco Lizard, GreaterFootpad Giant Lizard
Large Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 5d8+25(47 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 30ft 30ft climb 30ft glide
Armor Class: 15 (-1 Size, +1 Dex, +5 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +9 (2d6+10)
Special Attack: Improved Grab
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, Blindsense 60ft, Light Sensitivity
Saves: Fort +9, Ref +5, Will +2
Abilities: Str 25, Dex 13, Con 21, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Balance +9, Hide +0, Climb +15, Listen +2, Spot +2, Jump +20
Feats: Improved Natural Attack(Bite), Dragon Wings, HD 6: Improved Dragon Wings, HD 9: Reinforced Wings, HD 12: Heavyweight Wings
Environment: Underground
Challenge Rating: 4
Advancement: 6—10 HD (Large), 11—15 HD (Huge)
Racial Boni: +10 Jump +8 Climb, Balance


This massive lizard has a scaly blue hide. Its wedge-shaped head sits atop a long, snake-like neck and is filled with teeth as long as daggers. It has large scaly wings attaching just behind the shoulder that it uses for gliding. Instead of claws, the lizard’s feet end in suckerlike disks. A Greater Draco Lizard is a breed of subterranean reptile sometimes used as a pack animal.



Drakken Swampstalker, LesserCrocodile
Medium Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 3d8+9(22 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 20ft, swim 30ft, 30ft glide
Armor Class: 15 (+1 Dex, +4 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +6 (1d8+6) or Tail Slap +6 (1d12+6)
Special Attack: Improved Grab
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, Hold Breath
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +4, Will +2
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 12, Con 17, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Hide +5, Listen +3, Spot +3, Swim +12, Jump +19
Feats: Dragon Wings, Skill Focus: Hide
Environment: Warm Marshes
Challenge Rating: 2
Advancement: 4—5 HD (Medium)
Racial Boni: +10 Jump +8 Swim, +4/10 Hide in water/not moving in water

Drakken SwampstalkerDungeonbred Giant Crocodile
Large Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 7d8+28(59 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 20ft, swim 30ft, 30ft glide, 30ft fly good
Armor Class: 18 (-1 Size, +2 Dex, +7 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +10 (2d8+7) or Tail Slap +10 (1d12+7)
Special Attack: Improved Grab
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, Hold Breath
Saves: Fort +9, Ref +7, Will +3
Abilities: Str 23, Dex 14, Con 19, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Hide +4, Listen +3, Spot +3, Swim +16, Jump +19
Feats: Dragon Wings, Skill Focus: Hide, Improved Dragon Wings, Improved Natural Weaponry(All), Endurance
Environment: Warm Marshes
Challenge Rating: 4
Advancement: 8—14 HD (Large)
Racial Boni: +10 Jump +8 Swim, +4/+10 Hide in water/not moving in water

Drakken Swampstalker, GreaterGiant Crocodile
Huge Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 7d8+28(59 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 20ft, swim 30ft, 30ft glide, 30ft fly average
Armor Class: 16 (-2 Size, +1 Dex, +7 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +11 (2d8+12) or Tail Slap +11 (1d12+12)
Special Attack: Improved Grab
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, Hold Breath
Saves: Fort +9, Ref +6, Will +3
Abilities: Str 27, Dex 12, Con 19, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Hide +0, Listen +3, Spot +3, Swim +16, Jump +19
Feats: Dragon Wings, Skill Focus: Hide, Improved Dragon Wings
Environment: Warm Marshes
Challenge Rating: 4
Advancement: 8—14 HD (Huge)
Racial Boni: +10 Jump +8 Swim, +4/+10 Hide in water/not moving in water


Razor DrakeZ'Tal
Small Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 1d8(6 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 30ft 30ft glide
Armor Class: 15 (+1 Size, +2 Dex, +2 Natural)
Full Attack: Scales +4 melee (ld4)
Special Attacks: Scream(10ft -2 skills Will DC 10)
Special Qualities: Low-light vision
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +1
Abilities: Str 10, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 10
Skills: Listen +2, Spot +3, Jump +19
Feats: Dragon Wings
Environment: Warm Desert
Challenge Rating: 1/2
Advancement: 2 HD (Small)

This little guy can be taken as a familiar(+3 Intimidate).

Draco Lizard, LesserNeedletooth
Tiny Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 1/2d8(2 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 20ft 20ft climb 30ft glide
Armor Class: 14 (+2 Size, +2 Dex)
Full Attack: Bite +4 melee (ld4-4)
Special Qualities: Low-light vision
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +1
Abilities: Str 3, Dex 15, Con 10, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Balance +10, Hide +10, Climb(Dex) +10, Listen +1, Spot +1, Jump +8
Feats: Weapon FinesseB, Dragon Wings
Environment: Warm Forests
Challenge Rating: 1/6
Advancement: —

This creature is available as a familiar(+3 Climb) or bipedal variant +3 Hide but add bleeding 1 for 1 round to the bite attack.

Drakken Raptor, LesserRhamphornychus
Tiny Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 1d8-1(3hp)
Initiative: +5
Speed: 10ft 60ft fly good
Armor Class: 17 (+2 Size, +5 Dex)
Full Attack: Bite +7 melee (ld3-4) and Tail —1 melee (1d3-4)
Special Qualities: Evasion, Low-light vision, scent
Saves: Fort +1, Ref +7, Will +1
Abilities: Str 2, Dex 21, Con 8, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 10
Skills: Listen +5
Feats: Weapon FinesseB, Dragon Tail
Environment: Warm Forests
Challenge Rating: 1/4
Advancement: 2—3 HD (Tiny)

Somewhere between a bird of prey and a dragon lies the Drakken Raptor. This beast has a narrow snout filled with needle-like teeth, leathery wings that connect down the torso to stubby legs and a long crocodilian tail.

This creature is available as a 1st level druid animal companion or a familiar(+3 initiative).

PsuedowyvernCompsognathus
Tiny Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 1d8(4 hp)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 30ft 30ft glide
Armor Class: 16 (+2 Size, +4 Dex)
Full Attack: Bite +6 melee (ld3-3 plus infection)
Special Attacks: Infection(Disease: DC 10 Fort 1/min for 1d6 min or 1 Str damage cumulative)
Special Qualities: Resist Disease(immune to Infection and +4 vs other diseases), Low-light vision, scent
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +2
Abilities: Str 4, Dex 19, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 11
Skills: Hide +12, Listen +2, Move Silently +4, Spot +2, Jump +11
Feats: Weapon FinesseB, Dragon Wings
Environment: Warm Forests
Challenge Rating: 1/2
Advancement: 2—3 HD (Tiny)

This small bipedal creature has a long neck and tail, and a set of leathery wings folded on its back that look barely large enough to support it. Its mouth is filled with sharp teeth and its movements are agile and bird-like.

This creature is available as a 1st level druid animal companion or a familiar(+3 hide).

Couatl-KinDung Snake:Yuanti Improved
Medium Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 3d8+3(16 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 20ft 20ft climb 20ft swim 30ft glide 30ft fly average(up to 4 consecutive rounds 10 min/day)
Armor Class: 15 (+3 Dex, +2 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +5 melee (ld3+4)
Special Attack: Constrict 1d3+4, improved grab
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, Immune to Disease, Environmental Adaptation(no non-lethal cold), Fast Healing 1, Scent
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +6, Will +2
Abilities: Str 17, Dex 17, Con 13, Int 4, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Balance +11, Hide +7, Climb +11, Listen +5, Spot +5, Swim +11, Jump +10
Feats: MultigrabB, Dragon Wings, Draconic Aura:Vigor
Environment: Warm Aquatic
Challenge Rating: 2
Advancement: —
Racial Boni: +8 Swim, Climb, Balance, +4 Hide, Listen, Spot

This 8ft long serpent has a brown scales on its back and a tan underbelly. It has massive wings behind its head and uses them for limited flight. Its mouth is filled with sharp recurved teeth built for holding prey.

This creature is available as a familiar(+2 vs disease).
Swampkin DrakeMuckdweller
Tiny Montrous Humanoid(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 1/4d8(1 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 20ft 20ft swim 30ft glide
Armor Class: 19 (+2 Size, +3 Dex, +4 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +5 melee (ld3-3)
Special Attacks: Squirt(Standard Action 25ft range Dex bases Ref save for 1 round blinding)
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60ft
Saves: Fort +0, Ref +5, Will +1
Abilities: Str 4, Dex 16, Con 10, Int 10, Wis 9, Cha 8
Skills: Balance +3, Hide +11, Listen +1, Spot +1, Jump +5, Swim(Dex) +11
Feats: Weapon FinesseB, Dragon Wings
Environment: Warm Marshes
Challenge Rating: 1/4
Advancement: 1—2 HD (Tiny), 3 HD (Small)
Level Adjustment: +0
Racial Boni:+8 Swim

Swampkin Drakes look like a miniature bipedal dinosaurs with mottled gray and brown scales and a pale yellow underbelly. Its short tail is used for balancing and swimming. It has scaly wings folded on its back, partially webbed rear feet and small, weak, prehensile foreclaws.
Drakken Raptor, LesserRhamphornychus
Tiny Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 1d8-1(3hp)
Initiative: +5
Speed: 10ft 60ft fly good
Armor Class: 17 (+2 Size, +5 Dex)
Full Attack: Bite +7 melee (ld3-4) and Tail —1 melee (1d3-4)
Special Qualities: Evasion, Low-light vision, scent
Saves: Fort +1, Ref +7, Will +1
Abilities: Str 2, Dex 21, Con 8, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 10
Skills: Listen +5
Feats: Weapon FinesseB, Dragon Tail
Environment: Warm Forests
Challenge Rating: 1/4
Advancement: 2—3 HD (Tiny)

Somewhere between a bird of prey and a dragon lies the Drakken Raptor. This beast has a narrow snout filled with needle-like teeth, leathery wings that connect down the torso to stubby legs and a long crocodilian tail.

This creature is available as a 1st level druid animal companion or a familiar(+3 initiative).

PsuedowyvernCompsognathus
Tiny Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 1d8(4 hp)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 30ft 30ft glide
Armor Class: 16 (+2 Size, +4 Dex)
Full Attack: Bite +6 melee (ld3-3 plus infection)
Special Attacks: Infection(Disease: DC 10 Fort 1/min for 1d6 min or 1 Str damage cumulative)
Special Qualities: Resist Disease(immune to Infection and +4 vs other diseases), Low-light vision, scent
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +2
Abilities: Str 4, Dex 19, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 11
Skills: Hide +12, Listen +2, Move Silently +4, Spot +2, Jump +11
Feats: Weapon FinesseB, Dragon Wings
Environment: Warm Forests
Challenge Rating: 1/2
Advancement: 2—3 HD (Tiny)

This small bipedal creature has a long neck and tail, and a set of leathery wings folded on its back that look barely large enough to support it. Its mouth is filled with sharp teeth and its movements are agile and bird-like.

This creature is available as a 1st level druid animal companion or a familiar(+3 hide).

Drakken SpitterSwindlespitter
Small Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 2d8(11 hp)
Initiative: +5
Speed: 30ft 30ft glide
Armor Class: 18 (+1 Size, +5 Dex, +2 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +7 (ld4-1)
Special Attacks: Poisonous Breath(15ft cone of contact poison Con based Fort DC for 2d4 min blindness, secondary 1d4 Con with 1d4 cooldown)
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60ft, Low-light vision, scent, Uncanny Dodge
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +8, Will +3
Abilities: Str 9, Dex 21, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 16, Cha 14
Skills: Hide +9, Listen +5, Move Silently +5, Slight of Hand +9, Spot +5, Jump +10
Feats: Weapon FinesseB, MobilityB, Dragon Wings
Environment: Warm Forests
Challenge Rating: 1
Advancement: 3—6 HD (Small), 7—9 HD (Medium)

This bipedal reptilian creature is lithe, has a whip-like tail, razor sharp beak, scaly wings, and prehensile claws.

This creature is available as a 1st level druid animal companion.
Leaping DrakeVelociraptor(Clawfoot)
Medium Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 2d8+4(13hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 40ft 30ft glide
Armor Class: 16 (+3 Dex, +3 natural)
Full Attack: Talons +4 melee (ld8+3) and 2 foreclaws —1 melee (1d3 + 1) and bite -1 melee (1d6 + 1)
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, scent
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +6, Will +1
Abilities: Str 17, Dex 17, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 10
Skills: Hide +12, Jump +30, Listen +10, Spot +10, Survival +10
Feats: Dragon Wings
Environment: Warm Forests
Challenge Rating: 2
Advancement: 3—6 HD (Medium)
Racial Boni: +18 Jump, +8 Hide, Listen, Spot, Survival

This two-legged lizard boasts sharp teeth, a toe claw that looks like a small sickle, and two scaly wings folded on its back that look to barely be able to support it. It is no larger than a tall human, but looks like it could easily take down much larger prey.

This creature is available as a 4th level druid animal companion and is war trainable.

Drakken Swampstalker, LesserCrocodile
Medium Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 3d8+9(22 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 20ft, swim 30ft, 30ft glide
Armor Class: 15 (+1 Dex, +4 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +6 (1d8+6) or Tail Slap +6 (1d12+6)
Special Attack: Improved Grab
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, Hold Breath
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +4, Will +2
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 12, Con 17, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Hide +5, Listen +3, Spot +3, Swim +12, Jump +19
Feats: Dragon Wings, Skill Focus: Hide
Environment: Warm Marshes
Challenge Rating: 2
Advancement: 4—5 HD (Medium)
Racial Boni: +10 Jump +8 Swim, +4/10 Hide in water/not moving in water

Draco LizardMonitor Lizard
Medium Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 3d8+9(22 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 30ft, swim 30ft, 30ft glide
Armor Class: 15 (+2 Dex, +3 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +5 (1d8+4)
Special Qualities: Low-light vision
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +2
Abilities: Str 17, Dex 15, Con 17, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Hide +6, Climb +3, Listen +3, Spot +3, Move Silently +6, Jump +19, Swim +11
Feats: Dragon Wings, Alertness
Environment: Warm Forests
Challenge Rating: 2
Advancement: 4—5 HD (Medium)
Racial Boni: +10 Jump +4 Hide, Move Silently

Greater Winged SnakeConstrictor:Yuanti Improved
Large Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 10d8+40(85 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 20ft 20ft climb 20ft swim 30ft glide
Armor Class: 16 (-1 Size, +3 Dex, +4 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +13 melee (1d4+10)
Special Attack: Constrict 1d4+10, improved grab
Special Qualities: Scent
Saves: Fort +10, Ref +10, Will +6
Abilities: Str 25, Dex 16, Con 18, Int 4, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Balance +11, Hide +3, Climb +11, Listen +7, Spot +7, Swim +11, Jump +20
Feats: Dragon Wings, Iron Will, Improved Dragon Wings, Reinforced Wings
Environment: Warm Forests
Challenge Rating: 4
Advancement: —
Racial Boni: +10 Jump, +8 Swim, Climb, Balance, +4 Hide, Listen, Spot

Up to 30ft long, these massive snakes have impressive wingspans.

These giants are able to be taken as 4th level druid companions by Yuanti only(or friends of Yuanti, Broodguard is a nice template right about now).

Drakken Raptor, GreaterPteranodon Dr #318
Medium Animal(Dragonblood)
Hit Dice: 5d8+5(27 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 10ft, 90ft fly good
Armor Class: 15 (+3 Dex, +2 Natural)
Full Attack: Bite +5 (1d6+3), Tail +0 (1d6+1)
Special Attack: Dive(if fall 30ft as charge +4 hit and bite 2d6+6)
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, Scent
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +7, Will +5
Abilities: Str 14, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 18, Cha 12
Skills: Spot +8
Feats: Dragon Tail, Flyby Attack
Environment: Warm Mountains
Challenge Rating: 2
Advancement: 6—10 HD (Medium), 11—15 HD (Large)

[Space_Ace]

Large ride-able please

[Ruethgar]

Drakkensteeds are large, ridable, and look awesome. But really none of these, except the last one Couatl Aspirant, are that difficult to make. They are just ritual associated animals with retrained feats and fancy new names. Do note that you should ritual associate them in the egg. The Leaping Drake is ridable for small creature.

Edit: Moved up into spoilers because this was getting too long.

It isn't allowing me to add it(character constraints and all), but the Greater Swampstalker is available as a level 7 druid companion.

Needletooth: Dragon Magazine #351
Small Constrictor: Dragon Magazine #277
Familiar Form: Dragon Magazine #280
Rhamphornychus: Dragon Magazine #318
Compsognathus: Dragon Magazine #318
Pteranodon: Dragon Magazine #318
Pteranadon: Serpent Kingdoms
Muckdweller: Serpent Kingdoms
Dung Snake: Serpent Kingdoms
Yuan'ti Improvement: Serpent Kingdoms
Z'Tal: Dungeon Magazine #110
Crocodile: Monter Manual I
Giant Crocodile: Monster Manual I
Monitor Lizard: Monter Manual I
Constrictor: Monter Manual I
Swindlespitter: Monster Manual III
Anthropomorphic Raven: Savage Species
Ritual of Association: Savage Species
Retraining: Players Handbook II
Clawfoot: Eberron Campaign Setting
Dungeonbred: Dungeonscape
Giant Lizard: Drow of the Underdark

[Space_Ace]

very cool thank you very much

[Ruethgar]

Any other requests or comments before I leave this thread alone?

Edit: Need to see about finding a crocodile familiar. Added a Z'Tal.

[Debihuman]

I really like these though the stat blocks could be cleaner and more complete (missing Initiative for example). I also think you miscalculated many skills. A creature with Int 2 gets 4 skills for its first HD and one for every additional HD. Yeah that Couatl Aspirant is clearly shenanigans. It should have the Magical Beast type for starters :-)

You added racial bonuses to swim and climb speed to creatures that already have +8 bonuses from having a swim and climb speed. I don't think you meant to do that.

Squirt attack should be a standard action not a free action for the swampkin drake. The muckdweller's attack is a standard action.

Arborkin Drake should have LA +2 [LA +1 for flight alone and +1 for the natural weapons]

Leaping Drake seems to be missing something to let it use both its talons and its foreclaws. It can't be standing to use both since it is bipedal. I'll have to look at it further as this was just a first impression.

Pseudowyveis strange. Bite should include disease. Not sure where you got the "infection" ability. See dire rat's bite.

BTW, Gliding is NOT a movement. It is a Special Ability.

Debby

[Ruethgar]

I will edit them to be a bit more complete and consistant when I get back to my computer.

I'm not really sure it is a magical beast, but then again there aren't any rules that I've found for what happens to dismissed familiars(do they lose their abilities or stay improved?) so I'll just assume it keeps them and change it to a magical beast. If one wanted to be a bit more reasonable, changing the snake race to a small constrictor would probably be a little less cheesy and still have the same visual effect(and more color customization). Decided to just outright change it to the small constrictor.

I was fairly certain I had the skills properly portrayed, I will check again though.

I always just lump the movement bonus in because I forget them sometimes, but I guess I'll remove them. They are listed as racial bonuses in the book.

The Muckdweller's squirt attack never has an action specified and as an extraordinary ability it is a free action unless otherwise stated.

The anthropomorphic raven is LA +0 so the ritual associated one is the same.

The leaping drake is indeed missing a pounce, but so is its original species. As stated before, these are supposed to be as RAW legal as possible and not homebrew(only in this thread because it was reported as homebrew) so I am not altering them beyond the already customizable elements.

Yes I know it is not a true type of movement, but it should be considered when moving. People often forget to check the feats in game and just go with the key points of HP, AC, Movement and Attack, having glide there gives it a greater chance of seeing use.

[Debihuman]

Using an extraordinary ability is usually not an action because most extraordinary abilities automatically happen in a reactive fashion. Those extraordinary abilities that are actions are standard actions unless otherwise noted. Spitting is not reactive, it is an action so therefore it is a STANDARD action.

Read the Climb and Swim speed sections again and you will see that the bonus clearly comes from having Speed not an additional racial bonus. The way you have it written it looks like an ADDITIONAL racial bonus.

Savage Species is 3.0 so you'd have to update the anthro raven to 3.5 and flight is LA +1 in 3.5.

Dismissed familiars just become regular animals.
A familiar is a normal animal that gains new powers and becomes a magical beast when summoned to service by a sorcerer or wizard.

Where can I find the Compsognathus? I'm not sure how the Infection special ability works. It seems like it should just be disease (and which disease do you get from it?).

Debby

[Ruethgar]

Altered the Swampkin Drake and Couatl Aspirant to reflect your previous post. The bonus from movement is a racial bonus so even if you add them both it still only amounts to +8. Might I get your source for level adjustments in 3.5? I was fairly sure Savage Species was still the primary source, but if there is an update for the LA rules I would very much like to see it.

The Compsognathus Infection ability is a disease, just one that lasts 1d6 minutes instead of until cured. While editing I thought I should go ahead and post the sources, but ran out of characters in the first post. I will put them in the second post, but for now the Compsognathus is from Dragon Magazine #318.

[Debihuman]

Yeah stacking rules would still prevent racial abilities but the bonus from the swim speed isn't just a simple racial bonus see for example the wording in the Aboleth.

Skills: An aboleth has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard. It can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. It can use the run action while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.

That wording is very specific. Saying a creature has a +8 racial bonus to Swim is insufficient since that would give it a +8 to any Swim check (not just special actions or to avoid a hazard). I realize it's a pain in the butt to repeat this information to any creature with a swim speed but it is the most accurate.

I'm not sure exactly where (or if) the ruling that flight at first level is worth +1 LA, but official races in 3.5 start with glide and gain flight at higher levels like Raptotorians from Races of the Wild. The problem with flight is that it allows PCs to avoid all kinds of hazards. They never fall into pits or fall down a mountain and won't take falling damage. The Rules Compendium or FAQ might have some official ruling or it could be found in Dragon Magazine. There are just too many sources to check off hand.

Unfortunately there was never errata or FAQ for Savage Species and so updating it to 3.5 is tricky. Assigning LA is not just number crunching. However, in general the benefits gained from natural flight are significant. I tend to be fairly conservative in how much power a beginning character should have. IMNSHO, natural flight at level 1 should be worth LA +1.

That said: The FAQ says this about LA for natural weapons (quoted from page 3): "Having more than one natural attack gets you a +1 level adjustment (no matter how much damage those natural weapons can deal) if a fighter of equivalent level does not have as many attacks. If you have one natural weapon that deals more damage than you could deal with a one-handed simple or martial weapon (more than 1d8 for a Medium creature), you also have a level adjustment of at least +1."

If anyone has a clue if there was ever official information regarding natural flight and level adjust please let me know. Thanks!

Debby

[Ruethgar]

The base race only has a single natural attack, the raven Claws attack itn't two claws but rather one attack similar to Rake. A level one fighter can easily surpass it in number of attacks thus granting no LA from having a natural weapon. I agree that flight is powerful, but assuming SS is still in play +1 from flight, -1 from small size, +0 from relatively equal stats(though in 3.0 Str was worth 2x Wisdom so -1 for 3.0), +0 natural attack surpassable by a level one fighter and no other racial feature adjustments is still +0.

Is there a use for swim that isn't avoiding hazards or taking special actions?

[Debihuman]

The base race only has a single natural attack, the raven Claws attack itn't two claws but rather one attack similar to Rake. A level one fighter can easily surpass it in number of attacks thus granting no LA from having a natural weapon. I agree that flight is powerful, but assuming SS is still in play +1 from flight, -1 from small size, +0 from relatively equal stats(though in 3.0 Str was worth 2x Wisdom so -1 for 3.0), +0 natural attack surpassable by a level one fighter and no other racial feature adjustments is still +0.

Is there a use for swim that isn't avoiding hazards or taking special actions?
1. Possibly but judging LA is more of an art than a science. Flight can be a problem when only half the party has access to it at early levels. Potions of fly are costly (750 gp) compared to potions of cure light wounds (50 gp). Any item/vehicle that supports flight is likely to be prohibitively expensive for low-level parties.

2. Yes. Having a swim speed removes the need for as many checks which creatures without a swim speed have to make. See swim skill for details. Unlike with flight, a swimmer can Aid Another and the cost of even a rowboat or canoe is not unreasonable. The advantage is not only can the party share the cost of the item but they can all share in its use. This is why a swim speed doesn't add to LA but a fly speed does.

Also, flight has a tendency to remove parties from the action. Pits stop being a trap, traversing rough terrain is not an issue, and why engage in combat when you can fly over or around enemies? Flight is more work for the DM. Spells and potions are time limited and even magic items can be stolen, or affected by an anti magic field. But not much reigns in natural flight.

Debby