A Green Dragon (CR8) has how many attacks if slowed (Spell)?


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Dear fellow Pathfinders,

My group had a pretty challenging encounter on the tree of Yggdrasil last night. They fought against a Young Green Dragon (CR8). This guy has 6 attacks:

Melee bite +13 (2d6+7), 2 claws +13 (1d8+5), 2 wings +8 (1d6+2), tail slap +8 (1d8+7)

The wise Wizard chose to slow the beast (Spell: Slow) and succeeded in limiting the dragon to only one standard or move action per turn. So, how many attacks does the monster have now?
Obviously he still got his bite (primary) - however what about the 2 claws? They have the same attack bonus as the bite. Anyway, it seems quite impossible, that one spell can limit a dragon from 6 to 1 attack per round for like 7 rounds.

It did not matter that much in this case, cause the dragon was able to use his breath quite often (lucky ^^) and was then spammed to death by Stirges from the druid before it got real nasty.

Thanks for any help on this matter!


No, you were right.

If slowed he gets 1. I would go with Bite.

Also, yeah, Breath weapon is the best idea at that point.


Don't forget how FAST dragons fly, even if slowed. The dragon probably could have been able to fly off, be out of range of most attacks and then return when the spell ended.

The dragon should have just induced the stirges in it's breath weapon cone. It is immune to it's own breath.


Monsters work just like PCs. Only 1 attack with a standard action, or all of its attacks with a full round action. Slow does reduce the dragon from 6 attacks per round to only 1.


And what about off-hand attacks while being slowed?


Judeaux wrote:
And what about off-hand attacks while being slowed?

In order to get more than 1 attack, the character must take a full-round action. When slowed, apart from a couple of feats, all characters are limited to a single attack.

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