Niflung, Elder Cobalt Dragon
Huge natural magical beast (dragon)
Level 20 Solo Controller XP 14000
Initiative +14 Senses Perception +19; Darkvision
Aura of Chill Mist (Cold) aura 2; each creature that enters the aura or starts its turn there takes 10 cold damage. The ground in the aura is difficult terrain, and the squares of the aura are lightly obscured.
HP 772; Bloodied 386 ; see also bloodied breath
AC 34; Fortitude 34, Reflex 30, Will 31
Resist 25 cold
Saving Throws +5
Speed 8 (ice walk), fly 10 (hover), overland flight 15
Action Points 2
(⚔) Bite (standard, at-will) ✦ Cold
Reach 3; +25 vs AC; 2d6+8 damage, and ongoing 10 cold damage (save ends).
(⚔) Claw (standard, at-will)
Reach 3; +25 vs AC; 1d10+8 damage.
⚔ Niflung's Pounce (standard, at-will)
Niflung makes a bite attack, shifts 2 squares, and then makes two claw attacks against a different target. If both claw attacks hit, Niflung pushes the target 5 squares, and the target is knocked prone. Niflung can push a creature restrained by his own breath weapon
⚔ Wing Crush (immediate reaction, when an adjacent enemy hits niflung with a melee attack, at-will)
+24 vs Reflex; 2d6+8 damage, and the target is pushed 3 squares and falls prone. Niflung can push and knock prone a creature restrained by its own breath weapon.
ᗕ Breath Weapon (standard, recharge ⚄⚅) ✦ Cold
Close blast 5; +24 vs Fortitude; 4d8+8 cold damage, and the target is restrained and takes ongoing 10 cold damage (save ends both). Aftereffect: The target is slowed (save ends). Miss: Half damage.
ᗕ Bloodied Breath (free, when first bloodied, encounter)
Breath weapon recharges, and Niflung uses it
ᗕ Chilling Presence (standard, encounter) ✦ Cold, Fear
Close burst 10; targets enemies; +24 vs Will; the target is stunned until the end of Niflung's next turn and gains vulnerable 10 cold (save ends).
Savage Opportunist
Niflung gains a +2 bonus to attack rolls, and deals 1d8 extra damage, when making a bite, claw, or wing crush attack against an enemy that is immobilized, slowed, or granting combat advantage to Niflung.
Alignment Unaligned Languages Common, Draconic
Skills Athletics +23, Endurance +22, Intimidate +20
Str 27 (+18) Dex 19 (+14) Wis 19 (+14)
Con 25 (+17) Int 14 (+12) Cha 20 (+15)
Description: IN THE DISTANT, FRIGID NORTH, the scattered communities have long lived in fear of a vicious, barbaric tribe the natives have named the Talons of Winter. For long generations, the Talons emerged but rarely, guided by their frost giant masters to raid and slaughter. But now, the tribe grants its fealty, its devotion, even its worship to a new lord, a draconic horror named Niflung dwelling deep in the nearby glacier, a creature whose only purpose is to see his “children” grow strong—at the expense of everyone else.
Niflung, who has accepted the title of god given him by the Talons of Winter, looks much like other cobalt dragons. Observation of the dragon in motion, however, or a close study of his fearsome form, reveals peculiar anomalies. His limbs, his neck, his tail, and his wings seem unduly long in proportion to his body—not dramatically so, just enough to give him an unnatural gait and a subtly disturbing silhouette. His scales hang loosely on his body, occasionally jutting out at odd angles, as though he had spent ravenous years starving inside his own shell. And perhaps he once did, for his obsession with proving his own strength, and that of his “worshipers,” leads him to extremes that even other cobalt dragons would consider excessive.
Niflung never holds entirely still; when he is conversing with others, at rest, or even asleep, his tail twitches, his claws flex, his jaw clenches. When he speaks with other creatures, his attention seems frequently to wander, yet he appears fully capable of following the flow and details of the conversation.
Published in Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons, page(s) 212.