Cave Dragon Wyrmling
Medium Dragon · Neutral Evil · CR 2
- Dragon
- Medium
- Tier 1
- Evil
Cave Dragon Wyrmling at CR 2 is logged as a medium dragon; alignment neutral evil. Habitat: ruins and underground. Sourced from Tome of Beasts 1.
Stat Block
- Challenge Rating
- 2
- Type
- Dragon
- Size
- Medium
- Alignment
- Neutral Evil
- Speed
- 30, burrow 20, fly 20
- Habitats
- Ruins, Underground
- Sources
- Tome of Beasts 1
Ecology
Cave Dragon Wyrmling 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 medium-sized, which shapes how it hunts, hides, or fights.
Behaviour
Cave Dragon Wyrmling 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
Cave Dragon Wyrmling 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 Cave Dragon Wyrmling
- What is the challenge rating of Cave Dragon Wyrmling?
- Cave Dragon Wyrmling is rated CR 2. The rating works against tier-1 parties.
- What type of creature is Cave Dragon Wyrmling?
- Cave Dragon Wyrmling is classified as a dragon in D&D 5e, medium size, neutral evil alignment.
- Where does Cave Dragon Wyrmling live?
- Cave Dragon Wyrmling is typically encountered in Ruins, Underground.