Adult Cave Dragon
Huge Dragon · Neutral Evil · CR 16
- Dragon
- Huge
- Tier 3
- Evil
Adult Cave Dragon, CR 16, fills the huge dragon role with neutral evil disposition. Encounter regions: ruins and underground. Sourced from Tome of Beasts 1.
Stat Block
- Challenge Rating
- 16
- Type
- Dragon
- Size
- Huge
- Alignment
- Neutral Evil
- Speed
- 40, climb 40
- Habitats
- Ruins, Underground
- Sources
- Tome of Beasts 1
Ecology
Adult Cave Dragon is one of the elder species, claiming a wide territory and shaping the ecology around it for centuries. It is most often found in ruins regions. It is huge-sized, which shapes how it hunts, hides, or fights. As a legendary creature, it is rare in the world and likely the only specimen of its kind in the local region.
Behaviour
Adult Cave Dragon is intelligent, vain, long-memoried; it remembers slights for centuries and rewards loyalty in kind. Its Neutral Evil alignment shapes how it engages with the world — predictable in tendency, even when unpredictable in detail. It is intelligent enough to plan, scheme, or remember. Spellcasting expands its repertoire well beyond what its physical stat block alone suggests.
Origin
Adult Cave Dragon is introduced in Kobold Press's Tome of Beasts 1 (2016). Dragons in D&D canon trace to Bahamut and Tiamat, with each lineage having its own founding myth. Within a campaign, its existence anchors a region with the kind of weight only an old, named species carries.
Related Monsters
Frequently Asked Questions about Adult Cave Dragon
- What is the challenge rating of Adult Cave Dragon?
- Listed CR for Adult Cave Dragon: 16. Match it to a party that fits levels 11-16.
- What type of creature is Adult Cave Dragon?
- By creature type, Adult Cave Dragon is a dragon, huge size, neutral evil alignment.
- Where does Adult Cave Dragon live?
- You'll find Adult Cave Dragon in Ruins, Underground according to the bestiary entry.