ability_mods:
  cha_mod: 4
  con_mod: 6
  dex_mod: 3
  int_mod: 5
  str_mod: 7
  wis_mod: 6
ac: 38
ac_special: null
alignment: LG
automatic_abilities:
- action_cost: None
  critical_failure: The creature is frightened 4.
  critical_success: The creature is unaffected by the presence.
  description: 90 feet, DC 33
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: The creature is frightened 2.
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: A creature that first enters the area must attempt a Will save.
    Regardless of the result of the saving throw, the creature is temporarily immune
    to this monster's Frightful Presence for 1 minute.
  name: Frightful Presence
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Frightful Presence** 90 feet, DC 33 A creature that first enters
    the area must attempt a Will save. Regardless of the result of the saving throw,
    the creature is temporarily immune to this monster''s Frightful Presence for 1
    minute.

    Critical Success The creature is unaffected by the presence.

    Success The creature is frightened 1.

    Failure The creature is frightened 2.

    Critical Success The creature is frightened 4.'
  requirements: null
  success: The creature is frightened 1.
  traits:
  - aura
  - emotion
  - fear
  - mental
  trigger: null
- action_cost: Reaction
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: Jaws only.
  effect: You lash out at a foe that leaves an opening. Make a melee Strike against
    the triggering creature. If your attack is a critical hit and the trigger was
    a manipulate action, you disrupt that action. This Strike doesn't count toward
    your multiple attack penalty, and your multiple attack penalty doesn't apply to
    this Strike.
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Attack of Opportunity
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Attack of Opportunity** [Reaction] **Trigger** A creature within
    your reach uses a manipulate action or a move action, makes a ranged attack, or
    leaves a square during a move action it''s using. **Effect** You lash out at a
    foe that leaves an opening. Make a melee Strike against the triggering creature.
    If your attack is a critical hit and the trigger was a manipulate action, you
    disrupt that action. This Strike doesn''t count toward your multiple attack penalty,
    and your multiple attack penalty doesn''t apply to this Strike.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: A creature within your reach uses a manipulate action or a move action,
    makes a ranged attack, or leaves a square during a move action it's using.
- action_cost: Reaction
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: null
  effect: The dragon improves its result by one degree of success, turning a failure
    into a success or a critical failure into a normal failure. The dragon can't use
    this ability again for 1d4 rounds.
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Golden Luck
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Golden Luck** [Reaction] **Trigger** The gold dragon fails a
    saving throw. **Effect** The dragon improves its result by one degree of success,
    turning a failure into a success or a critical failure into a normal failure.
    The dragon can''t use this ability again for 1d4 rounds.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: The gold dragon fails a saving throw.
description: 'Gold dragons are the epitome of metallic dragonkind, unrivaled in their
  strength as well as their wisdom. They command the unwavering reverence of all other
  metallic dragons, who view gold dragons as their leaders and counselors. Golds rival
  the raw power of even red dragons, much to the chagrin of their chromatic cousins,
  and the two races are often regarded as bitter rivals. But despite their incredible
  power, gold dragons are fond of discourse and prefer to talk through solutions to
  problems rather than rely upon brute strength. Long-lived as they are, they necessarily
  take a wide view of all situations and never act without considering all possible
  options and outcomes. Because of this, gold dragons willingly converse with any
  creature that seeks them out, even evil chromatic dragons. Mortals might find this
  behavior strange, considering the longstanding war between chromatic and metallic
  dragons, but dragons know all too well that desperate situations sometimes call
  for drastic alliances. And although gold dragons might consider brief truces with
  their chromatic brethren in the case of world-ending threats, they also know when
  such alliances have run their course.




  When another metallic dragon faces a quandary or a foe beyond its own ability to
  overcome, its best option is often to seek the counsel of the eternally wise and
  gloriously righteous gold dragons. Locating these legendary beings is no easy task,
  however, for gold dragons are notoriously reclusive. Their intellect and wisdom
  is such that they prefer to ponder the great questions of life in seclusion, where
  they strive to formulate solutions to the world''s most pressing problems. As a
  result, gold dragons are sometimes absent when metallic dragons gather together,
  or are missing from tribunals where their counsel would be beneficial. Impatient
  dragons sometimes begrudge gold dragons for this apparent unreliability, but such
  aspersions are usually a result of jealousy rather than any true criticism; in their
  hearts, other dragons know that few gold dragons purposefully exclude themselves
  from truly important matters.


  A gold dragon''s incredible foresight and unparalleled enlightenment means they
  are unlikely to interfere in the business of individual mortals, though the rare
  person who captures the attention of a gold dragon is fortunate indeed, for there
  are few beings in the cosmos who can offer such prudent and considerate advice.
  Rulers and individuals in stations of high power have an easier time of garnering
  the aid of a gold dragon; entire wars have been avoided thanks to a gold dragon''s
  last-minute intermediation.


  Gold dragons are often found in warm grasslands and savannas, lands where they can
  enjoy long, meditative flights without attracting the attention of potential enemies.
  They tend to sleep either out in the open in a barren, remote place, or within a
  heavily secreted or fortified lair, such as a forgotten sink hole or in the labyrinthine
  caverns of a terrestrial chasm. Gold dragons may enlist trusted servants and allies
  to guard their lairs, though many live truly solitary lives, preferring to protect
  their hoards with nonlethal traps and magical wards.




  **__Recall Knowledge - Dragon__ (__Arcana__)**: DC 34'
hp: 330
hp_misc: null
immunities:
- fire
- paralyzed
- sleep
items: null
knowledge_checks:
  dc: 34
  skills:
  - Arcana
languages:
- Common
- Draconic
- Dwarven
- Elven
- Sylvan
level: 15
melee:
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 3d12+15
    type: piercing
  name: jaws
  plus_damage:
  - formula: 3d6
    type: fire
  to_hit: 30
  traits:
  - fire
  - magical
  - reach 15 feet
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 3d10+15
    type: slashing
  name: claw
  plus_damage: null
  to_hit: 30
  traits:
  - agile
  - magical
  - reach 10 feet
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 3d10+13
    type: slashing
  name: tail
  plus_damage: null
  to_hit: 28
  traits:
  - magical
  - reach 20 feet
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 2d12+13
    type: piercing
  name: horns
  plus_damage: null
  to_hit: 28
  traits:
  - agile
  - magical
  - reach 15 feet
name: Adult Gold Dragon
perception: 29
proactive_abilities:
- action_cost: Two Actions
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: The gold dragon breathes in one of two ways. The dragon can't use Breath
    Weapon again for 1d4 rounds.
  effect: null
  effects:
  - action_cost: None
    critical_failure: null
    critical_success: null
    description: The dragon breathes a blast of flame in a 40-foot cone that deals
      15d6 fire damage (DC 37 basic Reflex save).
    effect: null
    effects: null
    failure: null
    frequency: null
    full_description: null
    generic_description: null
    name: Flame
    range: null
    raw_description: '**Flame** (__arcane__, __evocation__,__fire__); The dragon breathes
      a blast of flame in a 40-foot cone that deals 15d6 fire damage (DC 37 basic
      Reflex save).'
    requirements: null
    success: null
    traits:
    - arcane
    - evocation
    - fire
    trigger: null
  - action_cost: None
    critical_failure: null
    critical_success: null
    description: The dragon breathes a blast of weakening gas. Each creature within
      a 40-foot cone must succeed at a DC 37 Fortitude save or become __enfeebled__
      2 for 1 minute (or enfeebled 3 on a critical failure).
    effect: null
    effects: null
    failure: null
    frequency: null
    full_description: null
    generic_description: null
    name: Weakening Gas
    range: null
    raw_description: '**Weakening Gas** (__arcane__, __necromancy__); The dragon breathes
      a blast of weakening gas. Each creature within a 40-foot cone must succeed at
      a DC 37 Fortitude save or become __enfeebled__ 2 for 1 minute (or enfeebled
      3 on a critical failure).'
    requirements: null
    success: null
    traits:
    - arcane
    - necromancy
    trigger: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Breath Weapon
  range: null
  raw_description: "**Breath Weapon ** [Two Actions]  The gold dragon breathes in\
    \ one of two ways. The dragon can't use Breath Weapon again for 1d4 rounds.\n\n\
    \  * **Flame** (__arcane__, __evocation__,__fire__); The dragon breathes a blast\
    \ of flame in a 40-foot cone that deals 15d6 fire damage (DC 37 basic Reflex save).\n\
    \n  * **Weakening Gas** (__arcane__, __necromancy__); The dragon breathes a blast\
    \ of weakening gas. Each creature within a 40-foot cone must succeed at a DC 37\
    \ Fortitude save or become __enfeebled__ 2 for 1 minute (or enfeebled 3 on a critical\
    \ failure)."
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
- action_cost: Two Actions
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: The gold dragon makes two claw Strikes and one horns Strike in any
    order
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Draconic Frenzy
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Draconic Frenzy** [Two Actions]  The gold dragon makes two claw
    Strikes and one horns Strike in any order'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
- action_cost: None
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: When the gold dragon scores a critical hit with a strike, it recharges
    Breath Weapon.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Draconic Momentum
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Draconic Momentum** When the gold dragon scores a critical hit
    with a strike, it recharges Breath Weapon.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
ranged: null
rarity: Common
resistances:
- amount: 15
  type: cold
ritual_lists: null
saves:
  fort: 28
  fort_misc: null
  misc: +1 status to all saves vs. magic
  ref: 25
  ref_misc: null
  will: 28
  will_misc: null
sense_abilities: null
senses:
- Perception +29
- darkvision
- scent (imprecise) 60 feet
size: Huge
skills:
- bonus: 22
  misc: null
  name: 'Acrobatics '
- bonus: 24
  misc: null
  name: 'Arcana '
- bonus: 28
  misc: null
  name: 'Athletics '
- bonus: 29
  misc: null
  name: 'Diplomacy '
- bonus: 27
  misc: null
  name: 'Medicine '
- bonus: 29
  misc: null
  name: 'Religion '
- bonus: 26
  misc: null
  name: 'Society '
source:
- abbr: Bestiary
  page_start: 124
  page_stop: null
speed:
- amount: 50
  type: Land
- amount: 180
  type: fly
- amount: 50
  type: swim
spell_lists:
- dc: 35
  misc: null
  name: Arcane Innate Spells
  spell_groups:
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 7
    spells:
    - frequency: null
      name: sunburst
      requirement: null
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 3
    spells:
    - frequency: gems only
      name: locate
      requirement: null
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 1
    spells:
    - frequency: evil only
      name: detect alignment
      requirement: null
  to_hit: null
traits:
- LG
- Huge
- Dragon
- Fire
type: Creature
weaknesses: null