Faerie dragon (familiar)
From NWNWiki
The faerie dragon is a small dragon that enjoys pranks and practical jokes. However, they should not be underestimated because of their playful nature. Every 5 levels of the master, the faerie dragon gains a use of either improved invisibility or its confusion breath weapon.
The faerie dragon thrives on pranks, mischief, and practical jokes. Faerie dragons resemble miniature dragons with gossamer butterfly wings. Although they are generally well-meaning, most adventurers are advised to be wary of their sense of humor. They are also found to be familiars of wizards, who often share their sense of humor.
[edit] Statistics
Race: dragon
Alignment: chaotic good
Armor class: 15 (including the size modifier)
Hit points: 12 to 271
Attack bonus: +5 to +36/+31/+26/+21
Damage:
at level 1: 1d4 + 3 slashing damage
at level 34: 1d4 + 8 slashing damage
at level 35: 1d2 + 3 bludgeoning damage
Hit dice (level): 1 to 40
Challenge rating: 1 to 20
| Abilities | ||
|---|---|---|
| strength | 17 | |
| dexterity | 11 | |
| constitution | 13 | |
| intelligence | 14 | |
| wisdom | 12 | |
| charisma | 12 | |
| Saves | ||
|---|---|---|
| fortitude | 3 to 23 | |
| reflex | 2 to 22 | |
| will | 3 to 23 | |
Skills: hide, listen, search, spot, taunt (at level 21) (No skills improve after level 29.)
Feats: alertness, darkvision, immunity to sleep, improved evasion, weapon proficiency (creature), dodge (at level 21), mobility (at level 21), nature sense (at level 21)
Blueprint: x0_fm_fdrg01 to x0_fm_fdrg40 (‡)
[edit] Special abilities
Faerie dragon familiars are immune to paralysis and have spell resistance that increases with their master's level. They can also cast improved invisibility with a caster level equal to their master's, subject to a maximum of 15, as well as use a confusion bolt. At later levels, their natural weapon (a bite) gets an enhancement bonus. Their bite was intended to improve to 1d6 base damage at level 35, then to 1d8 at level 40, but due to a bug, faerie dragon familiars have no creature weapon at these levels and resort to unarmed strikes with a base damage of 1d2 (and no enhancement bonus).
| master level | bite enhancement | spell resistance | improved invisibility | confusion bolt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 1x/day | ||
| 5 | 16 | 1x/day | 1x/day | |
| 10 | 20 | 2x/day | 1x/day | |
| 15 | +2 | 24 | 2x/day | 2x/day |
| 20 | +3 | 24 | 3x/day | 3x/day |
| 25 | +4 | 24 | 3x/day | 3x/day |
| 30 | +5 | 24 | 3x/day | 3x/day |
[edit] Notes
- Added in the expansion packs.
- The level 19 faerie dragon familiar is bugged in that it has 3 uses per day of a daze bolt, and no use of improved invisibility or its confusion bolt.
- The level 35 to 40 versions of this familiar are bugged in that they have no creature weapon and must fight unarmed. This means they lose their enhancement bonus, deal less base damage, and provoke attacks of opportunity.
- A fix for this bug is available here.
- At level 21, the faerie dragon gains 11 skill ranks in taunt, but the other skills decrease by 5.
- Unlike most BioWare creatures, this creature's tag is not always its ResRef in all caps — at levels 1 to 20, its tag begins with "X1" instead of "X0".
