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Volume III · Monster ManualBuild 25

White Dragon

Creatures of the Crooked Mile

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White Dragon
Implemented development through Build 25Reviewed 28 October 2026

Frost dragon · Physical

Pale against a cold horizon, the dragon makes the surrounding wilderness feel suddenly smaller. The Tundra’s current boss remains a development placement.

Reference statistics

Basic difficulty · ordinary profile before temporary states and encounter adjustments

HP
240
Armor class
17
Attack
+8
Damage
d8+3
Initiative
12
Strikes
2

Weaknesses Fire

Resistances Frost

Polymorph immunity Yes

Traits and special behavior

Two strikes, avoiding the previous random target when another is eligible. Frost Breath replaces the whole action on rounds 3/6/9 and every third round thereafter; next-round telegraph. Each living hero independently receives d6+3 Frost plus ceil(tier damage × 0.5), ordinary elemental/Defended mitigation, then a 30% Freeze check if still alive, reduced to 10% with Frost resistance. Freeze odds stay fixed at every tier. A skipped scheduled action loses that use rather than casting late. Immune to Polymorph.

See the condition reference for the shared effects, and enemy tuning for difficulty-wide chance adjustments.

Statistics by difficulty

DifficultyHPACAttackDamageStrikes
Basic24017+8d8+32
Advanced37422+12d8+52
Expert42928+15d8+72
Master49530+17d8+82
Master+57032+18d8+102

Includes explicit tier overrides and the final maximum-HP multiplier. Damage is the ordinary die and bonus, before final outgoing multipliers. Rage, growth, buffs, encounter adjustments and special action damage are not baked into this table.

Current appearances

AdventureLocationEncounter roster
Black TundraThe Dragon's LairWhite Dragon × 1

Detailed reference

These panels retain the exact authored configuration, including unscaled base values. For tier overrides, −1 Attack or damage bonus and zero HP or strikes mean “inherit”; tier indices run from 0 (Basic) to 4 (Master+). Field values and message templates are shown as reference data, not additional rules.

Creature configuration
Stable identifier
whiteDragon
Name
White Dragon
Plate Name
Dragon
Role
Frost dragon
HP
240
Armor class
17
Attack
8
Damage die
8
Damage bonus
3
Initiative
12
Artwork registry index
42
Visual Scale
1.95
Preserve Aspect
Yes
Registered Combat Art
Yes
Keep In Combat Frame
Yes
Attack Kind
melee
Attack Text
{actor} snaps its jaws and sweeps its claws toward {target}.
Weaknesses
  1. Fire
Resistances
  1. Frost
Strikes per action
2
Distinct Targets
Yes
Immune to Polymorph
Yes
Tier Damage Multiplier
0.5
Timed Action
Name
Frost Breath
Round
3
Interval
3
Tier Damage Multiplier
0.5
Icon
spell.blizzard
Telegraph
The White Dragon draws breath. Frost gathers between its teeth.
Effect
Kind
damage
Target
party
Element
Frost
Damage die
6
Damage bonus
3
Freeze Chance
30
Resisted Freeze Chance
10
Resistance Mitigates Freeze
Yes
Fixed Freeze Chance
Yes
Sound
combat.frostBreath
Telegraph Sound
combat.frostInhale
Tier Adjustments
  1. Tier index (0–4)
    1
    HP
    170
  2. Tier index (0–4)
    2
    HP
    130
  3. Tier index (0–4)
    3
    HP
    110
  4. Tier index (0–4)
    4
    HP
    95
Attack Sound
combat.dragonClaw
Encounter configurations (1)

Whole encounter rewards and modifiers are shown here; they are not rewards for defeating this creature alone. Legacy fields remain visible for configuration audits.

  1. Stable identifier
    white-dragon-lair
    Enemies
    1. whiteDragon
    Gold
    140
    Xp
    110
    Opening
    The White Dragon rises. Use Fire against its hide and Frost wards against its breath.
Artwork and presentation
Resource
JournalArt/Adventures/BlackTundra/Creatures/WhiteDragon
Registrations
  1. Resource
    JournalArt/Adventures/BlackTundra/Creatures/WhiteDragon
    Height Units
    1.95
    Body Height
    0.68310546875
    Ground Y
    0.16015625
    Center X
    0.498291015625
    Fit Source
    Enabled
    Yes
    Left
    0.04248046875
    Right
    0.955078125
    Bottom
    0.154296875
    Top
    0.84619140625
    Combat Fit
    Enabled
    Yes
    Left
    0.5
    Right
    0.985
    Bottom
    0.1
    Top
    0.985
    Exploration Fit
    Enabled
    Yes
    Bottom
    0
    Top
    0.985

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