Cow Dragon
- Armor Class
- 1 [18]
- Hit Dice
- 8
- Attacks
- Gore (1d6+2)
- Special
- scalding milk breath (7d8, save half), magic cheese
- Move
- 12/24 (when flying)
- HDE/XP
- 10/1,400
Description
A Cow Dragon is a very rare species of mammalian oddity which, despite the name is completely unrelated to true dragons. It resembles enormous cattle with giant bat-like wings and a tough cow-like hide, usually colored white with black spots.
The cow dragon attacks by goring with its giant horns or by exhaling scalding hot milk in a 60-foot cone. It can use its breath weapon seven times per day, but no more than once every other round.
The breath weapon of a cow dragon does 7d8 points of damage; victims may make a saving throw for half damage.
Cow dragons are not aggressive unless one enters their territory.
Cheese made from curdled cow dragon milk is extremely rare and valuable. Any experienced cheese- maker can render cow dragon cheese from cow dragon milk, provided it is made within 6 hours of leaving the cow dragon's body.
Each bite of cow dragon cheese yields one of the following randomly-determined (1d6) results:
Cow Dragon Cheese Effects
| 1d6 | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | The next “to hit” roll by the eater should be considered a natural 20. |
| 2 | Serious diarrhea. |
| 3 | Permanent ability score (randomly determined) gain of 1. |
| 4 | Permanent ability score (randomly determined) loss of 1. |
| 5 | Poison (saving throw against poison or die). |
| 6 | Eater gains 1 wish. |
Cow dragon cheese will retain its magical effects for 4 weeks after creation.
Source note: This creature is converted from The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign – Omnibus Edition, 1st Edition Release 4, © 2010–2025 Chris Gonnerman, R. Kevin Smoot, James Lemon, Matt Sluis, and Contributors. The Basic Fantasy Field Guide textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.