Young Umbral Dragon (Spellcaster)Creature 11

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Source Pathfinder Bestiary 2
Perception +22 (greater darkvision, scent (imprecise) 60 feet)
Languages Common, Draconic, Shadowtongue
Skills Acrobatics +18, Athletics +22, Deception +22, Intimidation +22, Nature +20, Stealth +20, Survival +22
Str +7, Dex +3, Con +5, Int +3, Wis +5, Cha +3

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AC 31; Fort +22; Reflex +20; Will +22;
HP 195
Speed 40 feet (fly 140 feet)
Immunities negative, paralyzed, sleep

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Jaws +24 (+19, +14) to hit (negative, reach 10) 2d10+13 Piercing + 2d6 Negative
Claw +24 (+20, +16) to hit (agile) 2d10+13 Slashing
Tail +22 (+17, +12) to hit (reach 15) 2d12+13 Slashing
Wing +22 (+17, +12) to hit (reach 10) 1d10+13 Slashing

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Greater Darkvision

A creature with greater darkvision can see perfectly well in areas of darkness and dim light, though such vision is in black and white only. Some forms of magical darkness, such as a 4th-level Darkness spell, block normal Darkvision. A creature with greater darkvision, however, can see through even these forms of magical darkness.

Scent

Scent involves sensing creatures or objects by smell, and is usually a vague sense. The range is listed in the ability, and it functions only if the creature or object being detected emits an aroma (for instance, incorporeal creatures usually do not exude an aroma).

If a creature emits a heavy aroma or is upwind, the GM can double or even triple the range of scent abilities used to detect that creature, and the GM can reduce the range if a creature is downwind.

Frightful Presence (aura, emotion, fear, mental)

90 feet Aura DC 26 will

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A creature that first enters the area must attempt a Will save.

Regardless of the result of the saving throw, the creature is temporarily immune to this monster's Frightful Presence for 1 minute.

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Critical Success The creature is unaffected by the presence.

Success The creature is Frightened 1.

Failure The creature is Frightened 2.

Critical Failure The creature is Frightened 4.

Attack of Opportunity

Jaws only

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Trigger A creature within the monster's reach uses a manipulate action or a move action, makes a ranged attack, or leaves a square during a move action it's using.

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Effect The monster attempts a melee Strike against the triggering creature. If the attack is a critical hit and the trigger was a manipulate action, the monster disrupts that action. This Strike doesn't count toward the monster's multiple attack penalty, and its multiple attack penalty doesn't apply to this Strike.

Breath Weapon (necromancy, negative, primal)

The dragon breathes a blast of darkness that deals 12d6 negative energy damage in a 30-foot cone (DC 30 basic reflex save).

They can't use Breath Weapon again for 1d4 rounds.

Undead creatures take 14d6 force damage instead of the negative damage.

Ghost Bane (incorporeal, undead)

An umbral dragon's Strikes affect incorporeal creatures with the effects of a Ghost Touch property rune, and an umbral dragon's jaws deal an additional 4d6 force damage to undead.

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Primal Prepared Spells (DC 29, +24 to hit)

Cantrips (6th Level): Chill Touch, Ghost Sound, Ray of Frost, Read Aura, Sigil
1st Level: Charm, Item Facade, Ray of Enfeeblement
2nd Level: Death Knell, Gentle Repose, Humanoid Form
3rd Level: Bind Undead, Blindness, Slow
4th Level: Gaseous Form, Hallucinatory Terrain, Nightmare

Primal Innate Spells (DC 30, +20 to hit)

Cantrips (6th Level): Detect Magic
4th Level: Darkness

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While the other primal dragons hail from the Elemental Planes, the cruel and unceasingly malicious umbral dragons originate in the depths of the Shadow Plane. Their sleek black scales and serpentine grace allow them to strike from hiding, and they are known for playing with their prey before finally finishing it. These creatures of shadowy energy and unwholesome appetites prefer the necrotic flesh of undead creatures to any other meal. This strange hunger can be of accidental benefit to nearby humanoid societies, but ultimately they hunt and kill undead creatures for the taste, rather than out of any desire to protect others from the undead. The benefit is always short-lived, however. When umbral dragons exhaust their preferred prey, they turn on whatever living creatures happen to be nearby. Umbral dragons sometimes go to great lengths to obtain their favorite meals, even creating undead creatures that they then feast upon.

For all their power, umbral dragons are uninterested in fair battles. When faced with foes that pose any kind of actual danger to them, umbral dragons flee into the shadows and seek to strike back through pawns or minions rather than risk their own lives. Their treasure hoards are varied and diverse, often augmented by loot stolen from crypts the dragons have turned into feeding grounds. They have a strong respect for and interest in traditions and heirlooms, and they often seek to augment their hoards with items of great value that have been handed down through the generations of those whose corpses and ghosts they've fed upon.

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Traits