Dragon Turtle

Massive aquatic creatures up to 200 feet long, occasionally mistaken for rocky outcroppings or small islands

Type: Dragon

Stat Blocks

Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game

Armor Class	22
Hit Dice	30** (AB +15)
Number Appearing	Wild 1
Attacks	2 claws/1 bite or breath
Damage	2d8/2d8/10d6 or 30d8
Movement	10' (10') Swim 30' (15')
Save As	Fighter: 20 at +5
Morale	10
XP	13650
Treasure Type	H (calculated at one-quarter hit dice)

Monster statistics extracted from online SRD wiki, not the published hardcover edition.

Dragon turtles are so large, up to 200 feet long, that they are occasionally mistaken for rocky outcroppings or even small islands. Though they are not true dragons, they do advance through the same sort of age categories as the true dragons do; however, each age category changes the dragon turtle’s Hit Dice by 5.

Due to their massive size, dragon turtles are immune to virtually all poisons.

Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy

Armor Class	-2 [21]
Hit Dice	30* (135hp)
Number Appearing	0 (1)
Attacks	2 × claw (1d8), 1 × bite (1d6 × 10), breath
THAC0	5 [+14]
Movement	30' (10') / 90' (30') swimming
Saving Throws	D4 W5 P6 B5 S8 (15)
Morale	10
Alignment	Chaotic
XP	9000
Treasure Type	H

Monster statistics extracted from online SRD wiki, not the published hardcover edition.

Gargantuan sea monsters with the body and hard shell of a turtle and the head, tail, and legs of a dragon. Lurk in huge caves in the depths of the ocean, only rarely coming to the surface.

Special Abilities

Breath weapon: 90’ long, 30’ wide cloud of steam. Can be used up to three times per day. All caught in the area suffer damage equal to the dragon turtle’s current hit points (save versus breath for half).

Mistaken for island: When floating, can be mistaken for a small island.

Attack ships: Sometimes try to destroy ships and eat the crew by surfacing below.

Treasure: From sunken ships.

OSRIC

Hit Dice	13
Number Encountered	1
Attacks	3
Damage	2d6/2d6/4d8
Move	90-ft swimming
Alignment	Neutral
Intelligence	Very
XP	10/7,000+18/hp
Treasure Type	(For a typical individual) 5d6×1,000 cp (25%), 1d100×1,000 sp (40%), 1d4×10,000 ep (40%), 1d6×10,000gp (55%), 5d10×100 pp (25%), 1d100 gems (50%), 1d4×10 jewellery (50%), 4 magic items plus 1 potion and 1 scroll (15%), 2d4 potions (40%), 1d4 scrolls (50%)
Size	Large
Frequency	Very rare
Lair	5%

Monster statistics extracted from online SRD wiki, not the published hardcover edition.

Dragon turtles are not true dragons, but seem to be a blend of the same kind that produced the owlbear. They do resemble true dragons in that they have a breath weapon: a cloud of steam 60 ft long, 40 ft wide and 40 ft high. The steam does damage equal to the dragon turtle’s remaining hp (save for half damage) to all within the cloud.