{"name":"Pyrausta","cr":"1\/4","class":"","alignment":"CN","size":"Diminutive","type":"dragon","subtype":"Fire","initiative":"+2","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +5","short_description":"This minuscule dragon\u2019s transparent wings and large eyes resemble those of a praying mantis. Its form glows bright with an inner fire.","ac":"16, touch 16, flat-footed 14 (+2 Dex, +4 size)","hp":"5","hd":"(1d12\u20131)","hit_points_modifier":"fast healing 1","fortitude":"+1","reflex":"+4","will":"+3","save_modifiers":"","defensive_abilities":"","immunities":"fire, paralysis, sleep","weaknesses":"heart of flame, vulnerable to cold","aura":"","dr":"","sr":"","speed":"20ft \/ 60ft fly","space":"1ft","reach":"0","melee":"bite [roll: 1d20+7] [roll:1d3\u20132+1] fire","ranged":"","special_attacks":"breath weapon (10-ft. cone, [roll:1d4] fire, Reflex DC 9 half, usable every [roll:1d4] rounds)","spelllike_abilities":"At will\u2014spark (concentration +2)","ability_scores":"Str 6, Dex 15, Con 8, Int 5, Wis 12, Cha 13","base_attack":"","cmb":"-1","cmd":"7","feats":"Flyby Attack, Weapon Finesse","skills":"+16, Perception +5, Stealth +18","racial_modifiers":"","languages":"Draconic","sq":"Heart of Flame (Ex) A tiny spark of flame that acts as a pyrausta\u2019s heart beats within its chest. Whenever a pyrausta takes cold damage, including damage from environmental cold, its little heart stalls. It loses its fast healing and breath weapon, gains the staggered condition, and takes 1 point of damage each round. This continues until it is exposed to a source of flame that would normally deal fire damage or until it successfully uses its spark spell-like ability to reignite its heart (doing so requires a successful DC 11 concentration check because of the ongoing damage).","image":"","environment":"any warm place","organization":"solitary, pair, or swarm (12\u201320)","treasure":"double","physical_description":"Though perhaps the smallest of dragons, pyraustas are not insecure about their size, for they lack the inflated egos so common among their larger kindred. Instead, pyraustas delight in being what they are, and live in the here and now. Though their natural life spans are similar to a human\u2019s, their dependence on flame to keep their hearts beating means the average pyrausta meets its end much sooner.\r\n\r\nA typical pyrausta\u2019s body is 9 inches long, though its wingspan is longer, and it weighs 1 to 2 pounds.","description":"Some scholars believe that pyraustas, sometimes called \u201cinsect dragons\u201d or \u201ctrue dragonflies,\u201d are spawned from the very hearts of volcanoes, where flickering flames are common. In truth, young pyraustas are conceived in the warmest months of the year, when swarms of the creatures gather high in the night skies and perform elaborate courtship rituals with their colorful flames, frolicking playfully in mid-flight. These swarms are often mistaken for fireflies, auroras, or other phenomena. A pyrausta\u2019s flame and its heart are one, and its fiery breath changes color depending on the creature\u2019s emotions. Pyraustas use their inner flames primarily to express themselves, creating vivid pyrotechnic displays to communicate their feelings. They can also use this flame as a weapon if necessary, but prefer not to.\r\n\r\nELDER PYRAUSTAS\r\nPyraustas who outlive the short life spans their frailty often imposes on them can grow to become far larger and more dangerous than their younger kin. They gain the giant and advanced simple templates, and the range of their breath weapons increases to a 15-foot cone. Elder pyraustas don\u2019t usually grow arrogant as their might increases; they instead either offer wisdom to other pyraustas, settling disputes and acting as guardians and mentors to their younger kin, or else travel far and wide, bridging the gaps between disparate pyrausta communities.","tags":"Creature","templateId":"1198","blockId":"242749","isShared":"on"}