Faerie Dragon (Violet)

Traits

The Colors of Age

A faerie dragon's scales change hue as it ages, moving through all the colors of the rainbow. All faerie dragons have innate spellcasting ability, gaining new spells as they mature.

Red—5 years or less

Orange—6–10 years

Yellow—11–20 years

Green—21–30 years

Blue—31–40 years

Indigo—41–50 years

Violet—51 years or more

A green or older faerie dragon's CR increases to 2.

Superior Invisibility

As a bonus action, the dragon can magically turn invisible until its concentration ends (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the dragon wears or carries is invisible with it.

Limited Telepathy

Using telepathy, the dragon can magically communicate with any other faerie dragon within 60 feet of it.

Magic Resistance

The faerie dragon has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Actions

Bite

Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 1 piercing damage.

Euphoria Breath (Recharge 5–6)

The dragon exhales a puff of euphoria gas at one creature within 5 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 11 Wisdom saving throw, or for 1 minute, the target can't take reactions and must roll a d6 at the start of each of its turns to determine its behavior during the turn:

1–4. The target takes no action or bonus action and uses all of its movement to move in a random direction.

5–6. The target doesn't move, and the only thing it can do on its turn is make a DC 11 Wisdom saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Innate Spellcasting

The dragon's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13). It can innately cast a number of spells, requiring no material components:

1/day each: color spray, dancing lights, hallucinatory terrain, mage hand, major image, minor illusion, mirror image, polymorph, suggestion

Lair actions

As they are presented in the Monster Manual, faerie dragons don't have access to lair actions while in their lairs. At your discretion, a green or older faerie dragon can take one of the following lair actions on initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties):

• Chaotic Aura: The faerie dragon creates misdirecting currents of air and magic around itself. Until initiative count 20 on the next round, whenever a ranged attack roll misses the dragon, reroll the attack against a random creature within 30 feet of the dragon that doesn't have 3 against the attack.
• Grasping Plants: The faerie dragon causes roots and vines to temporarily grow around it; until initiative count 20 on the next round, the ground within 20 feet of the dragon is difficult terrain.

Regional effects

The region containing a faerie dragon's lair can be transformed by its presence, creating one or more of the following effects:

• Compulsory Offering: The first time a creature comes within 1 mile of the faerie dragon's lair, the creature must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or feel an overwhelming compulsion to leave an offering worth at least 5 gp stashed in an out-of-the-way place. The dragon immediately senses the location of this gift. A creature can be affected only once by this compulsion.
• Malleable Time: Time is fluid within 1 mile of the faerie dragon's lair, flowing somewhere between half and twice its normal speed.
• Mischief Afoot: Sapient creatures that spend a year within 5 miles of the faerie dragon's lair feel the persistent urge to play pranks on others.

If the faerie dragon dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10 days.