Below is a sample of dragons with the dracolich template applied.
| Hit Dice: | 33d12 (214 hp) |
| Initiative: | +0 |
| Speed: | 40 ft. (8 squares), burrow 20 ft., fly 200 ft. (clumsy) |
| Armor Class: | 40 (–4 size, +34 natural), touch 8, flatfooted 42 |
| Base Attack/Grapple: | +33/+57 |
| Attack: | Bite +41 melee (4d6+12) |
| Full Attack: | Bite +41 melee (4d6+12) and 2 claws +36 melee (2d8+6) and 2 wings +36 melee (2d6+6) and tail slap +36 melee (2d8+18) |
| Space/Reach: | 20 ft./15 ft. |
| Special Attacks: | Breath weapon, control undead, create/destroy water, crush 2d8+18 (DC 32), frightful presence, paralyzing gaze, paralyzing touch, rend, snatch, spell-like abilities, spells, tail sweep |
| Special Qualities: | Blindsense 60 ft., damage reduction 15/magic and 5/bludgeoning, darkvision 120 ft., immunity to cold, electricity, magic sleep effects, polymorph, and paralysis, invulnerability, keen senses, low-light vision, spell resistance 30, undead traits |
| Saves: | Fort +18, Ref +18, Will +23 |
| Abilities: | Str 35, Dex 10, Con —, Int 20, Wis 21, Cha 22 |
| Skills: | Bluff +42, Concentration +27, Disguise +6 (+8 acting), Diplomacy +46, Gather Information +8, Hide +19, Intimidate +44, Knowledge (arcana) +24, Knowledge (geography) +15, Knowledge (history) +15, Knowledge (local) +15, Knowledge (nature) +15, Knowledge (religion) +15, Listen +41, Search +41, Sense Motive +41, Spellcraft +43, Spot +41, Survival +5 (+7 aboveground natural environments, avoiding getting lost, following tracks) |
| Feats: | Blind-Fight, Combat Expertise, Extend Spell, Flyby Attack, Hover, Improved Flight, Large and in Charge, Power Attack, Recover Breath, Rend, Shape Breath, Snatch |
| Environment: | Temperate deserts |
| Organization: | Solitary |
| Challenge Rating: | 23 |
| Treasure: | Triple standard |
| Alignment: | Lawful evil |
| Advancement: | 34–35 HD (Gargantuan) |
| Level Adjustment: | — |
This diabolical creature has turned an ancient tomb complex into its lair. Once a place of respect for the dead, the area has become a charnel house.
This dracolich is based on an ancient blue dragon.
This dracolich uses its spells to warn of and spy on approaching enemies, ensuring that it knows enough to defend itself. It prefers hit-and-run tactics, using dimension door to come and go as it pleases. It separates targets with spells such as solid fog and web, and then picks off lone foes.
This dracolich also uses any magic items in its possession to best effect (generate its treasure according to the normal rules or use the sample CR 23 dragon hoard in Appendix 1).
This dracolich’s natural weapons are treated as magic weapons for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.
Breath Weapon (Su): 120-ft. line (60-ft. cone if shaped), 20d8 electricity, Reflex DC 32 half.
Frightful Presence (Ex): This dracolich can unsettle foes with its mere presence. The ability takes effect automatically whenever it attacks, charges, or flies overhead. Creatures within a radius of 180 feet are subject to the effect if they have fewer than 35 HD. A potentially affected creature that succeeds on a DC 32 Will save remains immune to its frightful presence for 24 hours. On a failure, creatures with 4 or fewer HD become panicked for 4d6 rounds and those with 5 or more HD become shaken for 4d6 rounds. Dracoliches ignore the frightful presence of other dracoliches.
Rend (Ex): Extra damage 4d8+18.
Snatch (Ex): Against Medium or smaller creatures, bite for 4d6+12/round or claw for 2d8+6/round.
Invulnerability: If a dracolich is slain, its spirit immediately returns to its phylactery, from where it may attempt to possess a suitable corpse.
Keen Senses (Ex): This dracolich sees four times as well as a human in low-light conditions and twice as well in normal light. It also has darkvision out to 120 feet.
Paralyzing Gaze (Su): The gaze of a dracolich’s glowing eyes can paralyze victims within 40 feet if they fail a DC 24 Fortitude save. If the saving throw is successful, the character is forever immune to the gaze of that particular dracolich. If it fails, the victim is paralyzed for 2d6 rounds.
Paralyzing Touch (Su): A creature struck by any of this dracolich’s physical attacks must make a DC 24 Fortitude save or be paralyzed for 2d6 rounds. A successful saving throw against this effect does not confer any immunity against subsequent attacks.
Spell-Like Abilities: 3/day—create/destroy water (Will DC 32 negates), ventriloquism (DC 17); 1/day—hallucinatory terrain (DC 20), veil (DC 22). Caster level 33rd.
Spells: As 13th-level sorcerer.
Spells Known (6/8/8/7/7/7/5; save DC 16 + spell level): 0—arcane mark, dancing lights, daze, detect magic, ghost sound, mage hand, mending, ray of frost, read magic; 1st—alarm, comprehend languages, magic missile, shield, unseen servant; 2nd—blur, darkness, detect thoughts, resist energy, web; 3rd—blink, dispel magic, slow, vampiric touch; 4th—arcane eye, confusion, dimension door, solid fog; 5th—cloudkill, dispel good, dominate person; 6th—disintegrate, globe of invulnerability.
Tail Sweep (Ex): A dracolich can sweep with its tail as a standard action. The sweep affects a half-circle with a diameter of 30 feet. It deals 2d6+21 points of damage to Small or smaller creatures (Reflex DC 32 half ).
Undead Traits: A dracolich is immune to mind-affecting effects, poison, magic sleep effects, paralysis, stunning, disease, death effects, and any effect that requires a Fortitude save unless it also works on objects or is harmless. It is not subject to critical hits, nonlethal damage, ability damage to its physical ability scores, ability drain, energy drain, fatigue, exhaustion, or death from massive damage. It cannot be raised, and resurrection works only if it is willing.
Source: Draconomicon, page 147. Deprecated Improved Maneuverability feat replaced with Improved Flight.