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Lost Clockwork Dragon

Adversaries Designed by Railery

Adversary overview

A time-lost construct made of whirring gears, primitive science, scale, and flesh.

This creature is a dragon that has been tampered with by a mad scientist mage responsible for half-flesh half-machine constructs in a high fantasy world. Without its master to issue its commands, over time the monster has grown completely wild, haywire, and aggressively attacks anything it sees. It is indiscriminate in its assaults, and is not intelligent. It does not know fear or have a fight or flight impulse, only fight. It will never flee a fight, and will only stop its pursuit if distracted by a new target, evaded by an elusive quarry, or its prey is dead or destroyed.

When using the Clockwork Dragon, consider how it came to be in your setting, who its original master was, why has it become lost. The HP and thresholds are tuned for a long solo-monster conflict, but feel free to lower its thresholds, difficulty, or HP if you are adding more complex things to the battle, terrain, or other adversaries.

When describing the Clockwork Dragon, lean on high fantasy tropes and light body horror, describing how the metal and the sinew have melded together to create and unsettling and unnatural monster.

Stat block

Tier
2
Type
Solo
Difficulty
15
HP
11
Stress
5
Attack mod
+4
Damage thresholds
Minor Damage — Mark 1 HP Minor
Mark 1 HP
21
Major Damage — Mark 2 HP Major
Mark 2 HP
42
Severe Damage — Mark 3 HP Severe
Mark 3 HP

Standard attack

Claws and Teeth
Range: Melee
Damage: 2d10+4
Attack Mod: +4
Damage Type: Physical

Features

Passives

  • Relentless (2)

    This adversary can be spotlighted up to 2 times per GM turn. Spend Fear as usual to spotlight them.

  • Teeth Are Literally Swords, Claws Are Literally Spears

    If a target damaged by the Dragon's Standard Attack doesn’t mark an Armor Slot to reduce the damage, they must mark a Stress.

Actions

  • A Trial of Cold Steel

    When spotlighting the Clockwork Dragon, you may put a counter on this ability and end the spotlight, describing that the Clockwork Dragon is whirring to life, or lighting up underneath its metal with magma. If the Dragon has a counter on A Trial of Cold Steel when it is spotlighted, it immediately uses Oil and Fire Breath without paying the normal Fear cost.

  • Oil and Fire Breath
    fear 2

    Spend 2 Fear to release an oil slick, followed by a torrent of magma and fire in front of the Dragon within Close range. All targets in this area must make an Agility Reaction Roll. Targets who fail take 3d6+5 magic damage and are Temporarily on fire until they spend a hope or another player puts them out with an action roll. A target that is on fire at the end of its spotlight takes 1 HP direct damage. Targets who succeed the Agility Reaction Roll must either mark 2 Stress or take half damage, without the burning effect.

Reactions

  • Momentum

    When this adversary makes a successful attack against a PC, you gain a Fear.

Motives & tactics

Wander Aggressively Assault Go Down Swinging No Thoughts Head Empty

Experiences

  • Haywire +3

Lost Clockwork Dragon

Tier 2 solo

A time-lost construct made of whirring gears, primitive science, scale, and flesh.

Motives & Tactics: Wander, Aggressively Assault, Go Down Swinging, No Thoughts Head Empty

Difficulty: 15 | Thresholds: 21/42 | HP: 11 | Stress: 5

ATK: +4 | Claws and Teeth: Melee | 2d10+4 Physical

Experience: Haywire +3

HP:

STRESS:

Features

Relentless (2) - Passive: This adversary can be spotlighted up to 2 times per GM turn. Spend Fear as usual to spotlight them.
Momentum - Reaction: When this adversary makes a successful attack against a PC, you gain a Fear.
Teeth Are Literally Swords, Claws Are Literally Spears - Passive: If a target damaged by the Dragon's Standard Attack doesn’t mark an Armor Slot to reduce the damage, they must mark a Stress.
A Trial of Cold Steel - Action: When spotlighting the Clockwork Dragon, you may put a counter on this ability and end the spotlight, describing that the Clockwork Dragon is whirring to life, or lighting up underneath its metal with magma. If the Dragon has a counter on A Trial of Cold Steel when it is spotlighted, it immediately uses Oil and Fire Breath without paying the normal Fear cost.
Oil and Fire Breath - Action: Spend 2 Fear to release an oil slick, followed by a torrent of magma and fire in front of the Dragon within Close range. All targets in this area must make an Agility Reaction Roll. Targets who fail take 3d6+5 magic damage and are Temporarily on fire until they spend a hope or another player puts them out with an action roll. A target that is on fire at the end of its spotlight takes 1 HP direct damage. Targets who succeed the Agility Reaction Roll must either mark 2 Stress or take half damage, without the burning effect.

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