Gold Dragon Dragon, Metallic
Climate/Terrain:
| Any
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Frequency:
| Very rare
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Organization:
| Solitary or clan
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Activity Cycle:
| Any
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Diet:
| Special
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Intelligence:
| Genius (17-18)
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Treasure:
| Special
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Alignment:
| Lawful good
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No. Appearing:
| 1 (2-5)
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Armor Class:
| -4 (base)
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Movement:
| 12, Fl 40 (C), Jp 3, Sw 12 (15)
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Hit Dice:
| 16 (base)
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THAC0:
| 5 (at 16 HD)
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No. of Attacks:
| 3+special
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Damage/Attack:
| 1-10//1-10/6-36 (6d6)
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Special Attacks:
| Special
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Special Defenses:
| Variable
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Magic Resistance:
| Variable
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Size:
| G (54' base)
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Morale:
| Fanatic (17-18)
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XP Value:
| Variable
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Gold dragons are wise, judicious, and benevolent. They often embark on
self-appointed quests to promote goodness, and are not easily distracted from them.
They hate injustice and foul play. A gold dragon frequently assumes human or
animal guise and usually will be encountered disguised.
At birth, a gold dragon's scales are dark yellow with golden metallic flecks.
The flecks get larger as the dragon matures until, at the adult stage, the
scales grow completely golden.
Gold dragons speak their own tongue, a tongue common to all good dragons, and
18% of hatchling gold dragons have an ability to communicate with any
intelligent creature. The chance to possess this ability increases 5% per age category
of the dragon.
Combat: Gold dragons usually parley before combat. When conversing with intelligent
creatures they use
detect lie and
detect gems spells to gain the upper hand. In combat, they quickly use
bless and
luck bonus. Older dragons use
luck bonus at the start of each day if the duration is a day or more. They make heavy
use of spells in combat. Among their favorites are
sleep, stinking cloud, slow, fire shield, cloudkill, globe of
invulnerability, delayed blast fireball, and
maze.
Breath weapon/special abilities: A gold dragon has two breath weapons: a cone of
fire 90' long, 5' wide at the dragon's mouth, and 30' wide at the end or a cloud
of potent chlorine gas 50' long, 40' wide and 30' high. Creatures caught in
either effect are entitled to a save versus breath weapon for half damage.
At birth, gold dragons have
water breathing ability, can
speak with animals freely, and are immune to fire and gas. They can also
polymorph self three times a day. Each change form lasts until the dragon chooses a
different form; reverting to the dragon's normal form does not count as a change. A
gold dragon's natural form has wings. However, they sometimes choose a wingless
form to facilitate swimming, gaining the higher swimming rate listed above. A
gold dragon in any wingless form can fly at a speed of 6 (MC E).
As they age, they gain the following additional powers.
Young: bless three times a day.
Juvenile: detect lie three times a day.
Adult: animal summoning once a day.
Mature adult: animal summoning once a day.
Mature adult: luck bonus once a day.
Old: quest once a day, and
detect gems three times a day. (This allows the dragon to know the number and kind of
precious stones within a 30' radius, duration is one minute.
The
luck bonus power of mature adults is used to aid good adventurers. By touch the dragon
can enchant one gem to bring good luck. The gem is usually one which has been
embedded in the dragon's hide. When the dragon carries the gem, it and every good
creature in a 10' radius per age category of the dragon receives a +1 bonus to
all Saving Throws and similar dice rolls, cf.
stone of good luck. If the dragon gives a gem to another creature only the bearer gets the
bonus. The enchantment lasts three hours per age category of the dragon. plus 1-3
hours. The enchantment ends if the gem is destroyed before its duration expires.
Habit/Society:Gold dragons can live anywhere. Their lairs are secluded and always made of
solid stone, either caves or castles. These usually have loyal guards: either
animals appropriate to the terrain, or storm or good cloud giants. The giants
usually serve as guards through a mutual defensive agreement.
Ecology: Gold dragons can eat almost anything, however, they usually sustain themselves
on pearls or small gems. Gold dragons who receive pearls and gems from good or
neutral creatures will usually be favorably inclined toward the gift bringers,
as long as the gift is not presented as a crass bribe. In the latter case, the
dragon will accept the gift, but react cynically to any requests the giver
makes.
| Body
| Tail
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| Breath
| Spells
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| Treas.
| XP
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Age
| Lgt. (')
| Lgt. (')
| AC
| Weapon
| Wizard/Priest
| MR
| Type
| Value
|
1
| 7-19
| 6-16
| -1
| 2d12+1
| Nil
| Nil
| Nil
| 8,000
|
2
| 19-31
| 16-28
| -2
| 4d12+2
| Nil
| Nil
| Nil
| 9,000
|
3
| 31-43
| 28-38
| -3
| 6d12+3
| Nil
| Nil
| Nil
| 11,000
|
4
| 43-55
| 38-50
| -4
| 8d12+4
| 1
| Nil
| E, R, T
| 13,000
|
5
| 55-67
| 50-60
| -5
| 10d12+5
| 2
| 35%
| H, R, T
| 15,000
|
6
| 67-80
| 60-70
| -6
| 12d12+6
| 2 2
| 40%
| H, R, T
| 18,000
|
7
| 80-93
| 70-84
| -7
| 14d12+7
| 2 2 2
| 45%
| H, R, T
| 19,000
|
8
| 93-10
| 84-95
| -8
| 16d12+8
| 2 2 2 2/1
| 50%
| H, R, Tx2
| 20,000
|
9
| 106-120
| 95-108
| -9
| 18d12+9
| 2 2 2 2 2/2
| 55%
| H, R, Tx2
| 22,000
|
10
| 120-134
| 108-120
| -10
| 20d12+102
| 2 2 2 2 2/2 2
| 60%
| H, R, Tx2
| 23,000
|
11
| 134-148
| 121-133
| -11
| 22d12+112
| 2 2 2 2 2 2/2 2 2
| 65%
| H, R, Tx3
| 24,000
|
12
| 148-162
| 133-146
| -12
| 24d12+122
| 2 2 2 2 2 2 1/2 2 2 2
| 70%
| H, R, Tx3
| 25,000
|