Shepherd Drake
Medium Dragon · Lawful Neutral · CR 5
- Dragon
- Medium
- Tier 2
- Neutral
Shepherd Drake at CR 5 is logged as a medium dragon; alignment lawful neutral. Habitat: farmland and hill. Sourced from Tome of Beasts 3.
Stat Block
- Challenge Rating
- 5
- Type
- Dragon
- Size
- Medium
- Alignment
- Lawful Neutral
- Speed
- 25, fly 50
- Habitats
- Farmland, Hill
- Sources
- Tome of Beasts 3
Ecology
Shepherd 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 farmland regions. It is medium-sized, which shapes how it hunts, hides, or fights.
Behaviour
Shepherd Drake is intelligent, vain, long-memoried; it remembers slights for centuries and rewards loyalty in kind. Its Lawful Neutral 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
Shepherd Drake is introduced in Kobold Press's Tome of Beasts 3 (2022). 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 Shepherd Drake
- What is the challenge rating of Shepherd Drake?
- The CR on Shepherd Drake is 5. That CR matches tier-2 to early-tier-3 encounter math.
- What type of creature is Shepherd Drake?
- The bestiary type for Shepherd Drake is dragon, medium size, lawful neutral alignment.
- Where does Shepherd Drake live?
- Shepherd Drake is at home in Farmland, Hill.