Barrage Dragon (Ancient, Spellcaster)Creature 17

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Source Pathfinder Lost Omens Draconic Codex
Perception +29 (ironsense (precise) 30 feet)
Languages Common, Draconic
Skills Acrobatics +30, Arcana +33, Athletics +30, Intimidation +30, Survival +33
Str +4, Dex +9, Con +5, Int +4, Wis +6, Cha +5

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AC 39; Fort +26; Reflex +32; Will +29;
HP 340
Speed 50 feet (fly 120 feet)
Immunities force, paralyzed, sleep

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Jaws +33 (+28, +23) to hit (finesse, magical, reach 15) 3d8+14 Piercing
Claw +33 (+29, +25) to hit (agile, finesse, magical, reach 10) 3d6+14 Slashing
Tail +31 (+26, +21) to hit (magical, reach 20) 3d10+14 Bludgeoning
Force Ball +33 (+28, +23) to hit (force) 3d10+10 Force

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Ironsense

The dragon can detect the presence of iron and other ferrous metals as a precise sense at the listed range.

Arcane Whirlwind (arcane, aura, force)

15 feet.

A vortex of fist-sized balls of pure magic swirls around the dragon. Air within the emanation is difficult terrain for Flying creatures other than the dragon. A creature that enters the aura or begins its turn within the aura takes 7d6 force damage (DC 35 reflex save).

Ray Displacement (arcane, misfortune)

Trigger The dragon is targeted with a ranged spell attack

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Effect The dragon creates a field of distorted space between themself and the caster. The creature targeting the barrage dragon must roll the spell attack twice and take the worse result.

Shrapnel Splash

Trigger The dragon is critically hit with a melee weapon or unarmed attack

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Effect The dragon's blood forms into hard spheres as it erupts from the wound, battering the attacker. The creature who dealt the triggering damage takes 8d6 bludgeoning damage with a DC 38 reflex save.

Force Pulse (arcane, force)

1 to 3

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The dragon emits pulses of energy that radiates outward in a 20-foot emanation, dealing (2d8+2) force damage (DC 40 reflex save).

For each action spent, a new pulse of energy is created and each subsequent pulse after the first is 5 feet larger than the previous one.

Scattershot (arcane, force)

The dragon exhales a cloud of small balls of pure energy that deal (9d4+9) force damage in a 50-foot cone with no save. The dragon can't use Scattershot again for 1d4 rounds.

Pushing Pulse

The barrage dragon performs a 2-action Force Pulse. Each creature who fails its save is pushed 10 feet away from the dragon (20 feet on a critical failure).

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Arcane Prepared Spells (DC 38, +30 to hit)

Cantrips (9th Level): Detect Magic, Electric Arc, Figment, Shield, Telekinetic Projectile
1st Level: Dizzying Colors, Force Barrage, Pummeling Rubble
2nd Level: Blazing Bolt, Telekinetic Maneuver
3rd Level: Lightning Bolt, Wall of Wind
4th Level: Creation, Flicker
5th Level: Impaling Spike, Telekinetic Haul
6th Level: Disintegrate, Wall of Force
7th Level: Duplicate Foe, Energy Aegis
8th Level: Hidden Mind, Quandary
9th Level: Detonate Magic, Implosion

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To the uninitiated, spellcasting is an art for those with iron wills, people who reach out and grab hold of the fundamental laws of the universe and bend them to their whim. It takes discipline, study, and above all else, it takes control. Fail to control the very building blocks of reality and everything could fall apart.

Those who have even dabbled in the arcane arts know that this is nonsense. Magic is chaos, and channeling arcane forces is less akin to exerting one's will over the world and more like surfing on a bolt of lightning through a world-shaking storm and hoping to steer it without falling off. Spellcasting is barely contained panic, a lance of adrenaline, the constant danger of burning oneself out of existence. And the more powerful someone becomes, the more real this danger is.

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Traits