WYVERN

Neutral (Evil) Large Monster (reptile) (35-ft long)

FREQUENCY: Uncommon

NO. APPEARING: 1-6 (VI. 1)

SURPRISE: 33%

SENSES: infravision

ARMOR CLASS: 3

MOVE: 6" — fly 24" (Class E, 19/9 hp)

HIT DICE: 7 + 7 (hp 38)

% IN LAIR: 30%

TREASURE TYPE: E

THAC0: 12

MELEE: bite (2d8) and tail stinger (1d6; iterative) plus poison

SPECIAL ATTACKS: multi-attack-1, poison - Hits As: +2

SPECIAL DEFENSES: none

MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard

INTELLIGENCE: Low (5-7)

MORALE: +42%

SAVES: Poison 8, Petrify 9, Wand 10, Breath 9, Spell 11

LANGUAGES: Understands one or two languages

LEVEL: VI (XP 925 + 10 per hp)

Wyverns are dark brown to gray. Their eyes are orange or red.

Wyverns are distantly related to dragons. These monsters also inhabit places favored by dragons - tangled forests, great caverns, and the like. They are rather stupid, but very aggressive, and wyverns will always attack.

The wyvern bites (2-16) and lashes with its sting-equipped tail at one or two opponents.

Any creature struck by this tail must save versus Poison or die. Even if the victim makes its saving throw, it takes 1-6 points of damage.

Note that the tail is very long and mobile, easily striking over the back of the wyvern to hit an opponent before its front.

Campaign Rule. A wyvern can melee creatures up to 15-ft away. A wyvern can strafe attack creatures on the ground, attacking with the tail without coming within melee range of the creature (unless the creature also has a long reach or very long weapon. e.g. an awl pike or long spear).

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