Nightmare dragons have red frills and appear terribly contorted, trailing shadows behind them. NE dragon (extraplanar) BASE STATISTICS CR 2; Size Tiny; HD 3d12; Speed 60 ft. SPECIAL ABILITIES Dragons gain different special abilities as they age.
Change Shape (Su)A young adult or older nightmare dragon can assume any humanoid form of its size or smaller three times per day as if using polymorph. Dreamsight (Su)A very young or older nightmare dragon can see the dreams of sleeping creatures. Dream Terror (Su)A great wyrm nightmare dragon can utterly control any dreamscape it enters, shaping it to its will. When a creature's lucid body dies in a dreamscape under the great wyrm's control, that creature's material body also dies. Nightmare Talons (Su)The claw attacks of adult or older nightmare dragons are considered keen weapons. Psychic Magic (Sp)A nightmare dragon gains the following psychic spells upon reaching the listed age category: Juvenile—ghost sound (0 PE), true strike (1 PE); old— dimension door (4 PE), nightmare (5 PE). Rising Nightmare (Su)Three times per day, when an old or older nightmare dragon kills a living creature, it can cast phantasmal killer as a free action. Terrifying Presence (Su)A creature that fails its Will save against the frightful presence of an ancient or older nightmare dragon is panicked if it has fewer Hit Dice than the dragon. |