Zeppelid (Huge to Gargantuan Monstrosity, Unaligned)

 

ZEPPELID

They are huge to gargantuan lair-dwelling creatures. They extract lighter-than-air gases from their environment and contain them within their blimp-like bodies. Spread across the creature's body are small wings that it uses to propel itself, thought it much prefers to drift in the wind than to fly itself.

Using its keen eyesight (ranging from the microscopic to telescopic) to great advantage, it eats microbes in the air, sea plankton from bodies of water, and the leafy tops of tall trees. If it is every hungry, it may even eat meat. They are peaceful creatures, but can be fierce when defending themselves or their young.

Two main guilds have particular interest in their domestication and use. The Simic Guild breeds and trains them. The Izzet League harnesses them and uses them as a form of aerial mass transit, profiting from the fares they generate and using them as vehicles for further research and development.

Their stats range by their relative age:

Child (up to 10 years old)
huge aberration, unaligned
AC: 11; HP: 36 (4D12+8); Initiative: +0, Senses: passive Perception 19; Speed: 10 ft., swim 60 ft., fly 120 ft.
STR: 14, CON: 14, INT: 03, WIS: 20
Skills: +9; Resistances: poison; Vulnerabilities: fire after creature has been damaged; Languages: none; CR: 1/8 (25 XP); PB: +2
TRAITS
Bloodied: If HP are reduced to half, the creature starts a controlled descent to earth as if affected by a feather fall spell.
Flame Averse: If the creature is damaged in any way, it becomes vulnerable to fire damage. Once it regenerates to full HP, it becomes no longer vulnerable to fire again.
Regeneration: It can regenerate 4 HP at the start of each of its turns.
ACTION
Bite: melee natural attack (+4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: D4+2 piercing damage)

Juvenile (11 - 20 years old)
gargantuan aberration, unaligned
AC: 11; HP: 120 (8D20+32); Initiative: +0, Senses: passive Perception 19; Speed: 10 ft., swim 60 ft., fly 120 ft.
STR: 18, CON: 18, INT: 03, WIS: 20
Skills: Perception +9; Resistances: poison; Vulnerabilities: fire after creature has been damaged; Languages: none; CR: 2 (450 XP); PB: +2
TRAITS
Bloodied: If HP are reduced to half, the creature starts a controlled descent to earth as if affected by a feather fall spell.
Flame Averse: If the creature is damaged in any way, it becomes vulnerable to fire damage. Once it regenerates to full HP, it becomes no longer vulnerable to fire again.
Regeneration: It can regenerate 8 HP at the start of each of its turns.
ACTION
Bite: melee natural attack (+6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: D6+4 piercing damage)

Adult (21 - 30 years old)
gargantuan aberration, unaligned
AC: 11; HP: 204 (12D20+72); Initiative: +0, Senses: passive Perception 21; Speed: 10 ft., swim 60 ft., fly 120 ft.
STR: 22, CON: 22, INT: 03, WIS: 20
Skills: Perception +11; Resistances: poison; Vulnerabilities: fire after creature has been damaged; Languages: none; CR: 2 (450 XP); PB: +3
TRAITS
Bloodied: If HP are reduced to half, the creature starts a controlled descent to earth as if affected by a feather fall spell.
Flame Averse: If the creature is damaged in any way, it becomes vulnerable to fire damage. Once it regenerates to full HP, it becomes no longer vulnerable to fire again.
Regeneration: It can regenerate 12 HP at the start of each of its turns.
ACTION
Bite: melee natural attack (+9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: D8+6 piercing damage)

Old (31 - 40 years old)
gargantuan aberration, unaligned
AC: 11; HP: 304 (16D20+128); Initiative: +0, Senses: passive Perception 23; Speed: 10 ft., swim 60 ft., fly 120 ft.
STR: 26, CON: 26, INT: 03, WIS: 20
Skills: Perception +13; Resistances: poison; Vulnerabilities: fire after creature has been damaged; Languages: none; CR: 2 (450 XP); PB: +4
TRAITS
Bloodied: If HP are reduced to half, the creature starts a controlled descent to earth as if affected by a feather fall spell.
Flame Averse: If the creature is damaged in any way, it becomes vulnerable to fire damage. Once it regenerates to full HP, it becomes no longer vulnerable to fire again.
Regeneration: It can regenerate 16 HP at the start of each of its turns.
ACTION
Bite: melee natural attack (+12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: D10+8 piercing damage)

Ancient (41 - 50 years old)
gargantuan aberration, unaligned
AC: 11; HP: 420 (20D20+200); Initiative: +0, Senses: passive Perception 25; Speed: 10 ft., swim 60 ft., fly 120 ft.
STR: 30, CON: 30, INT: 03, WIS: 20
Skills: Perception +13; Resistances: poison; Vulnerabilities: fire after creature has been damaged; Languages: none; CR: 2 (450 XP); PB: +5
TRAITS
Bloodied: If HP are reduced to half, the creature starts a controlled descent to earth as if affected by a feather fall spell.
Flame Averse: If the creature is damaged in any way, it becomes vulnerable to fire damage. Once it regenerates to full HP, it becomes no longer vulnerable to fire again.
Regeneration: It can regenerate 20 HP at the start of each of its turns.
ACTION
Bite: melee natural attack (+14 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: D12+10 piercing damage)

--LM