Ancient Silver Dragon

Gargantuan dragon · CR 23 · 50,000 XP

22 AC · 468 HP

Roll the Ancient Silver Dragon

Rend

Cold Breath DC 24 CON

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Stat block

Type: Gargantuan dragon, lawful good
Armor Class: 22
Hit Points: 468 (24d20 + 216)
Speed: 40 ft., fly 80 ft.
Challenge: 23 (50,000 XP), proficiency +7
Immunities: cold
Senses: darkvision 120 ft., blindsight 60 ft., passive perception 26
Languages: Common, Draconic

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
30	10	29	18	15	26

Ancient Silver Dragon odds against your Armor Class

Chance to hit, then average damage per attack once misses and critical hits are counted.

Attack	AC 12	AC 14	AC 15	AC 16	AC 18	AC 20
Rend (+17)	95% 27.5 dmg	95% 27.5 dmg	95% 27.5 dmg	95% 27.5 dmg	95% 27.5 dmg	90% 26.1 dmg
Full turn (3 attacks)	82.5 dmg	82.5 dmg	82.5 dmg	82.5 dmg	82.5 dmg	78.3 dmg

Ancient Silver Dragon hit points

The stat block uses the average, 468. Rolled, 24d20 + 216 lands anywhere from 240 to 696.

240chance of each total for 24d20 + 216696

Hit points	Chance
354 or more	>99%
468 or more	51%
582 or more	<1%
650 or more	<1%

Traits

Legendary Resistance. If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of (A) Paralyzing Breath or (B) Spellcasting to cast Ice Knife (level 2 version).

Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +17, reach 15 ft. Hit: 19 () Slashing damage plus 9 () Cold damage.

Cold Breath. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 24, each creature in a 90-foot Cone. Failure: 67 () Cold damage. Success: Half damage.

Paralyzing Breath. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 24, each creature in a 90-foot Cone. First Failure: The target has the Incapacitated condition until the end of its next turn, when it repeats the save. Second Failure: The target has the Paralyzed condition, and it repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. After 1 minute, it succeeds automatically.

Spellcasting. The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 23, +15 to hit with spell attacks):

Legendary actions

Chill. The dragon uses Spellcasting to cast Hold Monster. The dragon can’t take this action again until the start of its next turn.

Cold Gale. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 23, each creature in a 60-foot-long, 10-foot-wide Line. Failure: 14 () Cold damage, and the target is pushed up to 30 feet straight away from the dragon. Success: Half damage only. Failure or Success: The dragon can’t take this action again until the start of its next turn.

Pounce. The dragon moves up to half its Speed, and it makes one Rend attack.

Other CR 23 monsters

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This page includes material from the System Reference Document 5.2.1 (“SRD 5.2.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC, available at dndbeyond.com/srd. The SRD 5.2.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The averages, odds and tables are ours.