# Adult Bronze Dragon

*Huge Dragon (Metallic), Lawful Good*

- **Armor Class:** 18
- **Hit Points:** 212 (17d12 + 102)
- **Speed:** 40 ft., Fly 80 ft., Swim 40 ft.
- **Initiative**: +4 (14)

|STAT|SCORE|MOD|SAVE|
| --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| STR | 25 | +7 | +7 |
| DEX | 10 | +0 | +5 |
| CON | 23 | +6 | +6 |
| INT | 16 | +3 | +3 |
| WIS | 15 | +2 | +7 |
| CHA | 20 | +5 | +5 |

- **Immunities**: Lightning
- **Skills**: Insight +7, Perception +12, Stealth +5
- **Senses**: blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 22
- **Languages**: Common, Draconic
- **CR** 15 (XP 13,000, or 15,000 in lair)

## Traits

***Amphibious.*** The dragon can breathe air and water.

***Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair).*** If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.


## Actions

***Multiattack.*** The dragon makes three Rend attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of (A) Repulsion Breath or (B) Spellcasting to cast *Guiding Bolt* (level 2 version).

***Rend.*** *Melee Attack Roll:* +12, reach 10 ft. 16 (2d8 + 7) Slashing damage plus 5 (1d10) Lightning damage.

***Lightning Breath (Recharge 5-6).*** *Dexterity Saving Throw*: DC 19, each creature in a 90-foot-long, 5-foot-wide Line. *Failure:*  55 (10d10) Lightning damage. *Success:*  Half damage.

***Repulsion Breath.*** *Strength Saving Throw*: DC 19, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. *Failure:*  The target is pushed up to 60 feet straight away from the dragon and has the Prone condition.

***Spellcasting.*** The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17, +10 to hit with spell attacks):

- **At Will:** *Detect Magic*, *Guiding Bolt*, *Shapechange*, *Speak with Animals*, *Thaumaturgy*
- **1e/Day Each:** *Detect Thoughts*, *Water Breathing*

## Legendary Actions

***Guiding Light.*** The dragon uses Spellcasting to cast *Guiding Bolt* (level 2 version).

***Pounce.*** The dragon moves up to half its Speed, and it makes one Rend attack.

***Thunderclap.*** *Constitution Saving Throw*: DC 17, each creature in a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point the dragon can see within 90 feet. *Failure:*  10 (3d6) Thunder damage, and the target has the Deafened condition until the end of its next turn.

