b'Cactus Drake \n'b'  Family:   Drake  \n'b'  Medium   dragon ,  neutral good  \n'b'  Armor Class  14 (natural armor)  Hit Points  75 (10d8 + 30)  Speed  20 ft., climb 20 ft.\n'b' STATS STR: 11 (+0) DEX:  17 (+3)  CON:  16 (+3)  INT:  9 (\xe2\x80\x931)  WIS:  12 (+1)  CHA:  11 (+0)  \n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'  Skills   Nature  +1,  Survival  +3  Damage Resistances  fire, lightning  Condition Immunities   paralyzed ,  unconscious   Senses   darkvision  60 ft., tremorsense 30 ft., passive  Perception  11  Languages  Common, Draconic  Challenge  4 (1,100 XP)  Proficiency Bonus  +2 \n'b' SPECIAL TRAITS \n'b'\n'b'  False Appearance . While the cactus  drake  remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a tall, branched cactus. \n'b'  Offering of Flesh . The cactus  drake  can spend 1 minute carefully cutting its own flesh, inflicting 10 slashing damage to itself, to remove a small piece of pulpy material. The pulp is edible and provides a Medium or smaller creature with one quart of water and nourishment equivalent to one meal. The pulp provides this nourishment only if the  drake  offered the flesh willingly. \n'b'  Regeneration . The cactus  drake  regains 5  hp  at the start of its turn. If the  drake  takes cold or poison damage, this trait doesn\xe2\x80\x99t function at the start of the  drake\xe2\x80\x99s  next turn. The  drake  dies only if it starts its turn with 0  hp  and doesn\xe2\x80\x99t  regenerate . \n'b'  Thorny Body . A creature that touches the cactus  drake  or hits it with a  melee attack  while within 5 feet of it must succeed on a DC 13  Dexterity  saving throw or take 4 (1d8) piercing damage from the  drake\xe2\x80\x99s  thorns. \n'b'\n'b' ACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Multiattack . The  drake  makes one Bite  attack  and two Claw attacks. \n'b'  Bite .  Melee Weapon Attack : +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.  Hit : 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage. \n'b'  Claw .  Melee Weapon Attack : +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.  Hit : 6 (1d6 + 3) slashing damage. \n'b'  Thorn Spray (Recharge 5\xe2\x80\x936) . The cactus  drake  shakes its body, spraying thorns around it. Each creature within 20 feet of the cactus  drake  must make a DC 13  Dexterity  saving throw, taking 18 (4d8) piercing damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature that fails the saving throw by 5 or more has its speed reduced by 10 feet until it takes an action to remove the thorns. When the  drake  uses this action, it loses its Thorny Body trait until the start of its next turn. \n'b'\n'b' ABOUT \n'b' A gigantic cactus shifts its arms and trunk so it stands on four legs. Long spines jut from its skin. A small spiky draconic head gives it away as more than a simple plant. \n'b' Cactus drakes are friendly creatures found in all but the coldest deserts. The omnivorous dragons subsist on plants, notably cacti, and supplement their diets with small mammals and rodents\xe2\x80\x94and the occasional ill?mannered traveler. \n'b'  Helpful Desert Dweller . Despite its frightful appearance, a cactus  drake  is usually benign. \n'b' It keeps a watch for travelers lost in the desert or suffering from dehydration. It aids such visitors by directing them to the nearest oasis, and it may even offer some of its own water-retaining flesh in emergencies. Though not greedy, the cactus  drake  accepts repayment for its deeds and does extort treasure from travelers it knows as troublemakers. The  drake  also has no qualms about killing creatures that  attack  it and may spitefully  mislead  foes to cause them to dehydrate. \n'b'  Sanddrift Prey . The more mobile and physically powerful sanddrift drakes hunt cactus drakes in shared desert homes. To protect themselves, cactus drakes lair on bluffs and rocky outcroppings to thwart burrowing by their predators. They also gather for mutual safety. Scholars who study cactus drakes note the dragons have slowly evolved countermeasures to sanddrift drakes\xe2\x80\x99 most devastating attacks. \n'b'  Part Plant . The peculiar cactus drakes are almost as much plants as they are dragons. Like the cacti they emulate, the drakes wither in extreme cold. Some cactus drakes can also produce flowers, allowing them to further camouflage themselves.'