---
title: "Brine Dragon (Young)"
obsidianUIMode: preview
noteType: pf2eMonster
cssClasses: pf2e
aliases: "Actor.VEkFL03OXxJynbQI" 
tags:
  - pf2e/creature/type/amphibious
  - pf2e/creature/type/dragon
  - pf2e/creature/type/elemental
  - pf2e/creature/type/lawful
  - pf2e/creature/type/water
  - pf2eMonster
  - pf2e/creature/level/8
statblock: inline
name: "Brine Dragon (Young)"
level: 8
license: OGL
---

```statblock
columns: 2
forcecolumns: true
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
source: "Pathfinder Bestiary 2"
name: "Brine Dragon (Young)"
level: "Creature 8"
rare_03: [[Uncommon]]
alignment: ""
size: "Large"
trait_01: [[amphibious]]
trait_02: [[dragon]]
trait_03: [[elemental]]
trait_04: [[lawful]]
trait_05: [[water]]
modifier: 16
perception:
  - name: "Perception"
    desc: "+16; Darkvision, Scent (Imprecise) 60 Feet"
languages: "Common, Draconic, Thalassic"
skills:
  - name: "Skills"
    desc: "Acrobatics: +14, Athletics: +18, Deception: +18, Intimidation: +18, Nature: +16, Society: +16, Survival: +14"
abilityMods: [6, 2, 4, 2, 2, 4]
speed: 30 feet,  fly 100 feet,  swim 50 feet
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder Bestiary 2_"
ac: 27
armorclass:
  - name: AC
    desc: "27; __Fort__ +18, __Ref__ +16, __Will__ +16"
hp: 142
health:
  - name: ""
  - name: HP
    desc: "142; __Immunities__  acid,  paralyzed,  sleep"
abilities_top:
  - name: ""

abilities_mid:
  - name: ""
  - name: "Brine Spit"
    desc: "`pf2:r` (concentrate) **Trigger** A creature the brine dragon observes within 30 feet uses a concentrate action\n* * *\n\n**Effect** The dragon spits a glob of caustic salt water at the creature. The creature takes 3d6 acid damage (DC 26 Reflex check save). On a failure, the concentrate action is disrupted."

  - name: "[[Bestiary Ability Glossary/Frightful Presence|Frightful Presence]]"
    desc: " (aura,emotion,fear,mental) 90 feet. DC 24 Will check\n* * *\n\nA creature that first enters the area must attempt a Will save.\n\nRegardless of the result of the saving throw, the creature is temporarily immune to this monster's Frightful Presence for 1 minute.\n* * *\n\n**Critical Success** The creature is unaffected by the presence.\n\n**Success** The creature is [[Conditions/Frightened|Frightened 1]].\n\n**Failure** The creature is [[Conditions/Frightened|Frightened 2]].\n\n**Critical Failure** The creature is [[Conditions/Frightened|Frightened 4]]."

attacks:
  - name: ""

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Jaws"
    desc: "+20 (acid, reach 10 feet)\n__Damage__  2d10 + 8 piercing 2d4 acid"

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Claw"
    desc: "+20 (agile)\n__Damage__  2d8 + 8 slashing"

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Tail"
    desc: "+18 (reach 15 feet)\n__Damage__  2d12 + 8 bludgeoning"

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Wing"
    desc: "+18 (agile, reach 10 feet)\n__Damage__  1d12 + 8 piercing"

  - name: "Primal Innate Spells"
    desc: "DC 26, attack +18; __2nd __  _[[Spells/Mist|Obscuring Mist]]_; __1st __  _[[Spells/Hydraulic Push|Hydraulic Push (x2)]]_"

  - name: "Breath Weapon"
    desc: "`pf2:2` (acid,primal) The dragon breathes a spray of acidic salt water that deals 9d6 acid damage in an 80-foot line (DC 26 Reflex check save).\n\nThey can't use Breath Weapon again for 1d4 rounds."

  - name: "Draconic Frenzy"
    desc: "`pf2:2`  The dragon makes two claw Strikes and one wing Strike in any order."

  - name: "Draconic Momentum"
    desc: "  The dragon recharges their Breath Weapon whenever they score a critical hit with a Strike."
 
```

```encounter-table
name: Brine Dragon (Young)
creatures:
  - 1: Brine Dragon (Young)
```



Brine dragons are usually blue-green in color, with shiny scales, crests that help them glide through the water, and sweeping neck frills. They care little for either good or evil. As they are both opinionated and willing to impose their sense of order on others, many brine dragons eventually seek to rule over a meticulously crafted community. These communities are orderly and well-planned, with rigid standards of courtesy and unchanging laws set down by the dragon themself. A settlement seeded by a brine dragon can be made of members of almost any ancestry, but the most common inhabitants are humans, merfolk, tengus, or sahuagin.

Depending on the dragon's personality, their community members might view their brine dragon ruler as anything from a benevolent force of order to a fearful tyrant. Regardless, the typical brine dragon has little patience for kindness or philanthropy, and the strength and health of their settlement as a whole are of greater concern than individuals' well-being. A notable exception to this dispassion rises when an outside force encroaches on their lands. In these cases, the brine dragon is quick to step in and aid in the defense of their community.

Although brine dragons enjoy cultivating settlements, they rarely make their lairs within the city limits, instead preferring to dwell in sea caves or cliffside grottoes overlooking the coastline. Here they can retreat for privacy as needed, or can accumulate and display their gathered wealth in a place where they feel safe spreading out their treasures. Brine dragon hoards often consist of a mix of offerings and taxes paid by those they rule over and strange discoveries salvaged from sunken ships.
