Rust Drake
Medium Dragon · Chaotic Evil · CR 8
- Dragon
- Medium
- Tier 2
- Evil
Rust Drake, CR 8, fills the medium dragon role with chaotic evil disposition. Encounter regions: ruins, underground, and urban. Sourced from Tome of Beasts 1.
Stat Block
- Challenge Rating
- 8
- Type
- Dragon
- Size
- Medium
- Alignment
- Chaotic Evil
- Speed
- 30, burrow 5, fly 100
- Habitats
- Ruins, Underground, Urban
- Sources
- Tome of Beasts 1
Ecology
Rust Drake 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
Rust Drake is intelligent, vain, long-memoried; it remembers slights for centuries and rewards loyalty in kind. Its Chaotic 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.
Origin
Rust Drake 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.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Rust Drake
- What is the challenge rating of Rust Drake?
- On the bestiary CR scale, Rust Drake sits at 8. It suits mid-tier groups.
- What type of creature is Rust Drake?
- The bestiary type for Rust Drake is dragon, medium size, chaotic evil alignment.
- Where does Rust Drake live?
- Habitats for Rust Drake: Ruins, Underground, Urban.