Monsters/Lenses: Lesser Undead Dragons

Monsters/Lenses: Lesser Undead Dragons

There's five different undead dragon templates in Draconomicon. This post will detail the two lesser ones - the zombie dragon and skeletal dragon. Basically, they are variants of the common zombie and skeleton templates, but with some minor differences.

 

Zombie Dragon [Draconomicon, page 197]

 
-183 points
Applicable to: Any corporeal dragon with a skeletal system.
Attribute Modifiers: DX-2 [-40]; IQ-2 [-40].
Advantages: Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Doesn’t Eat or Drink [10]; Doesn’t Sleep [20]; ER 6 [18]; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards [30]; Immunity to Mind Control [30]; Indomitable [15]; Injury Tolerance (No Blood, Unliving) [25]; Single-Minded [5]; Temperature Tolerance 10 [10]; Unaging [15].
-          Remove all other magical abilities
Disadvantages: Appearance (Monstrous; Universal, +25%) [-25]; Automaton [-85]; Bad Smell [-10]; Cannot Learn [-30]; Disturbing Voice [-10]; Fragile (Unnatural) [-50]; No Sense of Smell/Taste [-5]; Reprogrammable [-10]; Social Stigma (Dead) [-20]; Unhealing (Total) [-30]; Wealth (Dead Broke) [-25].
Quirks: Sexless [-1].
Features: Not Subject to Fatigue; Potential Form (Skeletal Dragon).
Creature Type: Undead.
  

Zombie Young Adult White Dragon [Draconomicon, page 198]

 
Typical Stats – 311 points (KYOS: 286 points)

ST:	25 (KYOS: 18)	HP:	25	Speed:	5.75
DX:	8	Will:	11	Move:	6 ground, 6 water, 11 air (cannot hover), 1 tunneling
IQ:	10	Per:	12
HT:	15	FP:	N/A	SM:	+3
Dodge:	8	Parry:	9 (unarmed)	DR:	3, 20 (vs. cold)

    Bite (8): thrust 3d-1 impaling, Reach C-1.

    Front Claw (8): thrust 3d-1 cutting or impaling, Reach C-2.

    Hind Claw (6): thrust 3d cutting or impaling, Reach C-2.

    Wing (8): thrust 3d crushing, Reach C-3, can only attack front and side hexes.

    Tail (6): thrust 3d crushing, Reach C-3.

    Breathe Frost (8): The dragon breathes out a blast of extremely cold vapor, dealing thrust 2d non-incendiary burning damage as large-area injury. Targets injured by this attack must make an HT roll, at -1 per 2 points of injury, or take a -2 penalty to DX and become Numb (p. B146) for (20-HT) minutes (minimum 1 minute). This is a cone attack that uses rules from Area and Spreading Attacks (pp. B413-414). The cone is 1-yard wide and has a length of 5 yards (ST/5). Each use costs 2 FP. It is possible to make the cone wider by using the rules from Cones of Power (GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 4: Dragons, p. 10). It will blow out any ordinary fire (candle, lantern, torch, etc.).

 

    Traits: Amphibious; Appearance (Monstrous; Universal); Automaton; Bad Grip 2; Bad Smell; Cannot Learn; Clinging (Specific, Ice); Disturbing Voice; Doesn’t Breathe; Doesn’t Eat or Drink; Doesn’t Sleep; Dull Touch 6; ER 6 (Magic); Enhanced Move 0.5 (Air); Enhanced Move 1 (Ground); Extra Attack 1; Extra Legs (Four Legs); Eye for Distance; Flexibility; Flight (Cannot Hover; Winged); Ham-Fisted 1; High Pain Threshold; Horizontal; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards; Immunity to Mind Control; Immunity to Noxious Cold Effects; Indomitable; Infravision; Injury Tolerance (No Blood, Unliving); Magic Resistance 1 (Improved); Nictitating Membrane 3; Night Vision 7; No Sense of Smell/Taste; Parabolic Hearing 1; Penetrating Voice; Peripheral Vision; Potential Form (Skeletal Dragon); Protected Vision; Reprogrammable; Scales; Sexless; Single-Minded; Social Stigma (Dead); Temperature Tolerance 10; Terrain Adaptation (Ice); Unaging; Unfazeable; Unhealing (Total); Unnatural; Vulnerability (Fire, x2); Wealth (Dead Broke).
    Skills: Brawling-8; Innate Attack (Breath)-8.
    Creature Type: Undead.

  

Skeletal Dragon [Draconomicon, page 192]

 
-102 points
Applicable to: Any corporeal dragon with a skeletal system.

Attribute Modifiers: DX+2 [40]; IQ-2 [-40].
Secondary Characteristics Modifiers: Basic Speed +1.00 [20].
Advantages: DR 2 [10]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Doesn’t Eat or Drink [10]; Doesn’t Sleep [20]; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards [30]; Immunity to Mind Control [30]; Indomitable [15]; Injury Tolerance (No Blood, No Brain, No Eyes, No Vitals, Unliving) [40]; Single-Minded [5]; Temperature Tolerance 10 [10]; Unaging [15]; Vacuum Support [5].
-          Remove flight, breath weapon, and all magical abilities.
Disadvantages: Appearance (Monstrous; Universal, +25%) [-25]; Automaton [-85]; Brittle [-15]; Cannot Learn [-30]; No Sense of Smell/Taste [-5]; Reprogrammable [-10]; Skinny [-5]; Social Stigma (Dead) [-20]; Unhealing (Total) [-30]; Unnatural [-50]; Vulnerability (Crushing Attacks, x2) [-30]; Wealth (Dead Broke) [-25].

Quirks: Cannot Float [-1]; Sexless [-1].
Features: Not Subject to Fatigue; Skull has only 2 total DR.
Creature Type: Undead.
 

Skeletal Mature Adult Black Dragon [Draconomicon, page 192]

 
Typical Stats – 406 points (KYOS: 410 points)

ST:	35 (KYOS: 23)	HP:	35	Speed:	7.75
DX:	12	Will:	13	Move:	8
IQ:	12	Per:	14
HT:	15	FP:	N/A	SM:	+4
Dodge:	10	Parry:	10 (unarmed)	DR:	2, 20 (vs. acid)

    Bite (14): thrust 4d+2 impaling, Reach C-1.

    Front Claw (14): thrust 4d+2 cutting or impaling, Reach C-3.

    Hind Claw (12): thrust 5d-1 cutting or impaling, Reach C-3.

    Wing (14): thrust 5d-1 crushing, Reach C-5, can only attack front and side hexes.

    Tail (12): thrust 5d-1 crushing, Reach C-5.

    Horns (14): thrust 5d-1 impaling, Reach C-1.

 

    Traits: Appearance (Monstrous; Universal); Automaton; Bad Grip 2; Brittle; Cannot Float; Cannot Learn; Doesn’t Breathe; Doesn’t Eat or Drink; Doesn’t Sleep; Enhanced Move 1 (Ground); Extra Attack 1; Extra Legs (Four Legs); Eye for Distance; Flexibility; Ham-Fisted 1; High Pain Threshold; Horizontal; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards; Immunity to Mind Control; Immunity to Noxious Acidic Effects; Indomitable; Infravision; Injury Tolerance (No Blood, No Brain, No Eyes, No Vitals, Unliving); Internal Sealed (Acid-Resistant Only); Magic Resistance 1 (Improved); No Sense of Smell/Taste; Penetrating Voice; Peripheral Vision; Pressure Support 1; Reprogrammable; Sealed (Acid-Resistant Only); Sexless; Single-Minded; Skinny; Skull has only 2 total DR; Social Stigma (Dead); Temperature Tolerance 10; Unaging; Unfazeable; Unhealing (Total); Unnatural; Vacuum Support; Vulnerability (Crushing Attacks, x2); Wealth (Dead Broke).
    Skills: Brawling-14.
    Creature Type: Undead.