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System Reference Document 5.2.1
Silver Dragons
Silver Dragon Wyrmling
Medium Dragon (Metallic), Lawful Good
AC 17  Initiative +2 (12)
HP 45 (6d8 + 18)
Speed 30 ft., Fly 60 ft.
MOD SAVE MOD SAVE MOD SAVE
Str 19 +4 +4 Dex 10 +0 +2 Con 17 +3 +3
Int 12 +1 +1 WIS 11 +0 +2 Cha 15 +2 +2
Skills Perception +4, Stealth +2
Immunities Cold
Senses Blindsight 10 ft., Darkvision 60 ft.; 
Passive Perception 14
Languages Draconic
CR 2 (450 XP; PB +2)
Actions
Multiattack. The dragon makes two Rend attacks.
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +6, reach 5 ft. Hit: 9 (1d10 
+ 4) Piercing damage.
Cold Breath (Recharge 5–6). Constitution Saving 
Throw: DC 13, each creature in a 15-foot Cone. Failure: 
18 (4d8) Cold damage. Success: Half damage.
Paralyzing Breath. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 13, 
each creature in a 15-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 tar-
get 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.
Young Silver Dragon
Large Dragon (Metallic), Lawful Good
AC 18  Initiative +4 (14)
HP 168 (16d10 + 80)
Speed 40 ft., Fly 80 ft.
MOD SAVE MOD SAVE MOD SAVE
Str 23 +6 +6 Dex 10 +0 +4 Con 21 +5 +5
Int 14 +2 +2 WIS 11 +0 +4 Cha 19 +4 +4
Skills History +6, Perception +8, Stealth +4
Immunities Cold
Senses Blindsight 30 ft., Darkvision 120 ft.; 
Passive Perception 18
Languages Common, Draconic
CR 9 (XP 5,000; PB +4)
Actions
Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks. It 
can replace one attack with a use of Paralyzing Breath.
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +10, reach 10 ft. Hit: 15 (2d8 
+ 6) Slashing damage.
Cold Breath (Recharge 5–6). Constitution Saving 
Throw: DC 17 , each creature in a 30-foot Cone. Failure: 
49 (11d8) Cold damage. Success: Half damage.
Paralyzing Breath. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 17 , 
each creature in a 30-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 tar-
get 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.
Adult Silver Dragon
Huge Dragon (Metallic), Lawful Good
AC 19  Initiative +10 (20)
HP 216 (16d12 + 112)
Speed 40 ft., Fly 80 ft.
MOD SAVE MOD SAVE MOD SAVE
Str 27 +8 +8 Dex 10 +0 +5 Con 25 +7 +7
Int 16 +3 +3 WIS 13 +1 +6 Cha 22 +6 +6
Skills History +8, Perception +11, Stealth +5
Immunities Cold
Senses Blindsight 60 ft., Darkvision 120 ft.; 
Passive Perception 21
Languages Common, Draconic
CR 16 (XP 15,000, or 18,000 in lair; PB +5)
Traits
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If 
the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to suc-
ceed 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.
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +13, reach 10 ft. Hit: 17 (2d8 
+ 8) Slashing damage plus 4 (1d8) Cold damage.
Cold Breath (Recharge 5–6). Constitution Saving 
Throw: DC 20, each creature in a 60-foot Cone. Fail-
ure: 54 (12d8) Cold damage. Success: Half damage.
Paralyzing Breath. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 20, 
each creature in a 60-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 tar-
get 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 19, 
+11 to hit with spell attacks):