Nelisardrim
Nelisardrim, the Topaz Wizard, is more engaged with
the mortal world than most other dragons—gemstone
or otherwise. Though they channel psionic power like
all their kind, the young Nelisardrim has a particular
fascination with mortal magic. They study it obsessively,
collecting scrolls and tomes much like chromatic and
metallic dragons hoard gold and gemstones.
Distracted and Friendly. To the mortal folk
who interact with them, Nelisardrim resembles an
absentminded professor. They accumulate so much
lore that they spend all their time categorizing it in
their library and their head. And just when the dragon
has everything neatly filed away, they realize that one
treatise doesn’t fit any existing classification—and the
whole process must be redone from scratch.
Nelisardrim’s natural curiosity makes them
approachable and easy to talk to, though they rarely give
a straight answer to questions posed to them. It’s easy to
assume the Topaz Wizard is an expert on everything,
considering how many books they possess, but the
opposite is often true. Anything the young dragon
can think about can be defended with their extensive
references, but many of those references contradict
each other.
Oops, Explosion. Brash and reckless, Nelisardrim
enjoys experimenting with their magic items and tomes,
but this pursuit pairs poorly with their short attention
span. The dragon has had to rebuild their lab more than
once, and may the gods help them if they ever get their
claws on a cursed item.
Nelisardrim’s Lair
Nelisardrim organizes their hoard and experiments in
a mage’s tower that appears ruined from the outside.
Inside, though, the dragon has made every surface
shine and every doorway big enough for their large
form. The Topaz Wizard has reanimated a number of
old constructs found scattered about when the dragon
took over the tower, supplementing their missing limbs
with whatever was on hand. These beings work without
complaint through long days and nights, cataloguing all
Nelisardrim owns and serving as assistants and subjects
in the dragon’s experiments.
THE TALENT | Psionic Creatures
Lair Actions
When fighting inside their lair, Nelisardrim can take
lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties),
Nelisardrim can take one lair action to cause one of the
following effects; they can’t use the same lair action two
rounds in a row:
Dust Disappearance. Nelisardrim turns into a cloud
of gem dust and moves up to 30 feet, reforming in
an unoccupied space they can see. While moving in
this way, they can move through occupied spaces and
don’t provoke opportunity attacks. If Nelisardrim
moves through a creature’s space, that creature must
succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be
blinded until the end of their next turn.
Mind Over Magic. A shimmering globe of psionic
energy surrounds Nelisardrim. Until the end of
initiative count 20 on the next round, the dragon
can’t be affected or detected by spells of 2nd level or
lower unless they wish to be, they have advantage
on saving throws against spells and other magical
effects, and spell attack rolls made against them have
disadvantage.
The Page is Mightier. A swirling vortex of books
appears in a 40-foot-high, 10-foot-radius cylinder
centered on a point Nelisardrim can see within
60 feet of them, and lasts until the end of initiative
count 20 on the next round. Any creature that enters
the cylinder for the first time on a turn or starts their
turn there must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving
throw or take 10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage and be
knocked prone.
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