Dark Cloud Dragon:
Dragon (Air)
Environment: The sky (mountains)
Organization: Wyrmling, very young, young, juvenile, and young adult: solitary or clutch (25); adult, mature adult, old, very old, ancient, wyrm, or great wyrm: solitary, pair, or family (12 and 25 offspring)
Challenge Rating: Wyrmling 3; very young 4; young 5; juvenile 8; young adult 11; adult 13; mature adult 16; old 18; very old 19; ancient 21; wyrm 22; great wyrm 24
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always Chaotic evil
Advancement: Wyrmling 67 HD; very young 910 HD; young 1213 HD; juvenile 1516 HD; young adult 1819 HD; adult 2122 HD; mature adult 2425 HD; old 2728 HD; very old 3031 HD; ancient 3334 HD; wyrm 3637 HD; great wyrm 39+ HD.
A dark cloud dragon lives its life in the air. They are hatched usually at the tops of mountains or tall towers and can fly within moments of birth. Unlike most dragons they can fly with utmost ease, even keeping it up when sleeping. Light sleepers they only half sleep more like fish (or dolphins) than men.
Physically they are of a lighter build than other dragons of their general size with thinner bodies and larger wings. Their legs, and claws, are short and stunted with ill-used muscles, but they make up for this with a un-dragon-like agility and speed. Their scales are a dull grey at birth with soft pale blue eyes but both darken as they age until they have angry storm cloud black scales and dark night blue eyes. Their heads are sharply pointed with few horns or ridges but long whisker-like hairs come from the front of their faces giving them a somewhat catfish-esque appearance. Their tales are long and narrow as they go along, and their chests are actually quite well developed in contrast with all their other muscles. They eat more than is normal for dragons of their size, spending so much time in flight putting extra drains on their metabolism, and get most of their water from clouds. They can fly faster and higher than almost any other race of dragons.
Dark Cloud Dragons by Age
Age Size Hit Dice (hp) Str Dex Con Int Wis Cha Base Attack/Grapple Attack Fort Ref Will Breath Weapon (DC) Frightful Presence DC Wyrmling S 5d12+5 (37) 10 13 13 10 11 10 +5/+1 +6 +5 +5 +4 2d6 (13) Very young M 8d12+7 (59) 12 15 15 10 11 10 +8/+9 +9 +8 +8 +6 4d6 (16) Young M 11d12+22 (93) 15 15 15 12 13 12 +11/+13 +13 +9 +9 +8 6d6 (17) Juvenile L 14d12+42 (133) 17 17 17 14 15 14 +14/+21 +16 +12 +12 +11 8d6 (20) Young adult L 17d12+68 (178) 21 19 19 14 15 14 +17/+26 +21 +14 +14 +12 10d6 (22) 20 Adult H 20d12+100 (230) 25 21 21 16 17 16 +20/+36 +26 +17 +17 +15 12d6 (25) 23 Mature adult H 23d12+115 (264) 27 21 21 16 17 16 +23/+39 +29 +18 +18 +16 14d6 (26) 24 Old H 26d12+156 (325) 27 23 23 18 19 18 +26/+42 +32 +21 +21 +19 16d6 (29) 27 Very old H 29d12+174 (362) 29 23 23 18 19 18 +29/+46 +36 +22 +22 +20 18d6 (30) 28 Ancient G 32d12+224 (432) 31 25 25 20 21 20 +32/+54 +38 +25 +25 +23 20d6 (33) 31 Wyrm G 35d12+280 (507) 33 27 27 20 21 20 +35/+58 +42 +27 +27 +24 22d6 (35) 32 Great wyrm G 38d12+304 (551) 35 27 27 22 23 22 +38/+62 +46 +29 +29 +27 24d6 (37) 35
Dark Cloud Dragon Abilities by Age
May also cast spells from the Air, Sky, and Storm domains as Arcane Spells.
Age Speed Initiative AC Special Abilities Caster Level SR Wyrmling 30 ft., fly 150 ft. (good) +1 15 (+1 size, +1 Dex, +3 natural) t 12 FF 13 Immunity to electricity, altitude acclimation, weaker claws, cold resistance 5 Very young 30 ft., fly 200 ft. (good) +2 17 (+2 Dex, +5 natural) t 12, FF 15 cold resistance 10 Young 30 ft., fly 200 ft. (good) +2 20 (+2 Dex, +8 natural) t 12, FF 18 cold resistance 15 Juvenile 30 ft., fly 200 ft. (good) +3 22 (1 size, +3 Dex, +10 natural) t 12, FF 19 cold resistance 20 1st Young adult 30 ft., fly 200 ft. (good) +4 25 (1 size, +4 Dex, +12 natural) t 13, FF 21 DR 5/magic, cold resistance 25 3rd 19 Adult 30 ft., fly 200 ft. (good) +5 27 (2 size, +5 Dex, +14 natural) t 13, FF 22 Gust of Wind, cold resistance 30 5th 21 Mature adult 30 ft., fly 200 ft. (good) +5 30 (2 size, +5 Dex, +17 natural) t 13, FF 25 DR 10/magic, cold resistance 35 7th 22 Old 30 ft., fly 200 ft. (good) +6 33 (2 size, +6 Dex, +19 natural) t 14, FF 27 Control Winds, cold resistance 40 9th 24 Very old 30 ft., fly 200 ft. (good) +6 36 (2 size, +6 Dex, +22 natural) t 14, FF 30 DR 15/magic, cold resistance 45 11th 25 Ancient 30 ft., fly 250 ft. (good) +7 37 (4 size, +7 Dex, +24 natural) t 13, FF 30 Summon Storm Elemental, cold resistance 50 13th 27 Wyrm 30 ft., fly 250 ft. (good) +8 40 (4 size, +8 Dex, +26 natural) t 14, FF 32 DR 20/magic, cold resistance 55 15th 28 Great wyrm 30 ft., fly 250 ft. (good) +8 43 (4 size, +8 Dex, +29 natural) t 14, FF 35 Control Weather, cold resistance 60 17th 30
Breath Weapon (Su): A dark cloud dragons breath weapon is a cone of electricity, dealing the listed damage with a Reflex save for half.
Weaker Claws: A dark cloud dragons claws are stunted and weak compared to those of other dragons and they deal damage as if they were one size category smaller.
Spell-like Abilities: 3/day: Gust of Wind; 1/day: Control Winds, Control Weather.
Summon Storm Elemental (Sp): 1/day an ancient or older dark cloud dragon can summon 1 Greater Storm Elemental, 1d3 Huge Storm Elementals, or 1d4+1 Storm Elementals of a smaller size. This ability otherwise functions as Summon Monster IX.
Skills: Bluff, Move Silently, and Spot are class skills for dark cloud dragons.