Type:	Dragon (Fire)'''
Environment:	Warm plains
Organization:	Wyrmling, very young, young, juvenile, and young adult: solitary or clutch (2?5); adult, mature adult, old, very old, ancient, wyrm, or great wyrm: solitary, pair, or family (1?2 and 2?5 offspring)
Challenge Rating:	Wyrmling 5; very young 7; young 9; juvenile 11; young adult 14; adult 16; mature adult 19; old 21; very old 22; ancient 24; wyrm 25; great wyrm 27
Treasure:	Triple standard
Alignment:	Always lawful good
Advancement:	Wyrmling 9?10 HD; very young 12?13 HD; young 15?16 HD; juvenile 18?19 HD; young adult 21?22 HD; adult 24?25 HD; mature adult 27?28 HD; old 30?31 HD; very old 33?34 HD; ancient 36?37 HD; wyrm 39?40 HD; great wyrm 42+ HD
Level Adjustment:	Wyrmling +4; very young +5; young +6; others ?

Gold Dragons by Age

Age	Size	Hit Dice (hp)	Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha	Base Attack/ Grapple	Attack	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Breath Weapon (DC)	Frightful Presence DC
Wyrmling	M	8d12+16 (68)	17	10	15	14	15	14	+8/+11	+11	+8	+6	+8	2d10 (16)	?
Very young		L (11d12+33)	104	21	10	17	16	17	16/+11	+20	+15	+10	+7	+10 (4d10)	18
Young	L	14d12+42 (133)	25	10	17	16	17	16	+14/+25	+20	+12	+9	+12	6d10 (20)	?
Juvenile		L (17d12+68)	178	29	10	19	18	19	18/+17	+30	+25	+14	+10	+14 (8d10)	22
Young adult	H	20d12+100 (230)	31	10	21	18	19	18	+20/+38	+28	+17	+12	+16	10d10 (25)	24
Adult		H (23d12+115)	264	33	10	21	20	21	20/+23	+42	+32	+18	+13	+18 (12d10)	26
Mature adult	H	26d12+156 (325)	35	10	23	20	21	20	+26/+46	+36	+21	+15	+20	14d10 (29)	28
Old		G (29d12+203)	391	39	10	25	24	25	24/+29	+55	+39	+23	+16	+23 (16d10)	31
Very old	G	32d12+256 (464)	41	10	27	26	27	26	+32/+59	+43	+26	+18	+26	18d10 (34)	34
Ancient		G (35d12+315)	542	43	10	29	28	29	28/+35	+63	+47	+28	+19	+28 (20d10)	36
Wyrm	C	38d12+380 (627)	45	10	31	30	31	30	+38/+71	+47	+31	+21	+31	22d10 (39)	39
Great wyrm		C (41d12+451)	717	47	10	33	32	33	32/+41	+75	+51	+33	+22	+33 (24d10)	41

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Gold Dragon Abilities by Age

Age	Speed	Initiative	AC	Special Abilities	Caster Level	SR
Wyrmling	60 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 60 ft.	+0	17 (+7 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 17	Alternate form, immunity to fire, vulnerability to cold, water breathing	?	?
Very young		60 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 60 ft.	+0, touch 19 (?1 size, +10 natural), flat-footed 9	19:	?
Young	60 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 60 ft.	+0	22 (?1 size, +13 natural), touch 9, flat-footed 22	1st	?
Juvenile		60 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 60 ft.	+0, touch 25 (?1 size, +16 natural), flat-footed 9	25	Bless	3rd
Young adult	60 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 60 ft.	+0	27 (?2 size, +19 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 27	DR 5/magic	5th	21
Adult		60 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 60 ft.	+0, touch 30 (?2 size, +22 natural), flat-footed 8	30	Luck bonus	7th
Mature adult	60 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 60 ft.	+0	33 (?2 size, +25 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 33	DR 10/magic	9th	25
Old		60 ft., fly 250 ft. (clumsy), swim 60 ft.	+0, touch 34 (?4 size, +28 natural), flat-footed 6	34	Geas/quest, detect gems	11th
Very old	60 ft., fly 250 ft. (clumsy), swim 60 ft.	+0	37 (?4 size, +31 natural), touch 6, flat-footed 37	DR 15/magic	13th	28
Ancient		60 ft., fly 250 ft. (clumsy), swim 60 ft.	+0, touch 40 (?4 size, +34 natural), flat-footed 6	40	Sunburst 15th	30
Wyrm	60 ft., fly 250 ft. (clumsy), swim 60 ft.	+0	39 (?8 size, +37 natural), touch 2, flat-footed 39	DR 20/magic	17th	31
Great wyrm		60 ft., fly 250 ft. (clumsy), swim 60 ft.	+0, touch 42 (?8 size, +40 natural), flat-footed 2	42	Foresight	19th

*Can also cast cleric spells and those from the Law, Luck, and Good domains as arcane spells.
On hatching, 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 are completely golden. Gold dragons? faces are bewhiskered and sagacious; as they age, their pupils fade until the eyes resemble pools of molten gold.

Gold dragons usually parley before fighting. When conversing with intelligent creatures, they use Intimidate and Sense Motive to gain the upper hand. In combat, they employ bless and their luck bonus; older dragons use their luck bonus at the start of each day. They make heavy use of spells in combat. Among their favorites are cloudkill, delayed blast fireball, fire shield, globe of invulnerability, maze, sleep, slow, and stinking cloud.
Breath Weapon (Su): A gold dragon has two types of breath weapon, a cone of fire and a cone of weakening gas. Creatures within a cone of weakening gas must succeed on a Fortutude save or take 1 point of Strength damage per age category of the dragon.
Alternate Form (Su): A gold dragon can assume any animal or humanoid form of Medium size or smaller as a standard action three times per day. This ability functions as a polymorph spell cast on itself at its caster level, except that the dragon does not regain hit points for changing form and can only assume the form of an animal or humanoid. The dragon can remain in its animal or humanoid form until it chooses to assume a new one or return to its natural form.
Water Breathing (Ex): A gold dragon can breathe underwater indefinitely and can freely use its breath weapon, spells, and other abilities while submerged (the cone of fire becomes a cone of superheated steam underwater).
Luck Bonus (Sp): Once per day an adult or older gold dragon can touch a gem, usually one embedded in the dragon?s hide, and enspell it to bring good luck. As long as the dragon carries the gem, it and every good creature in a 10-foot radius per age category of the dragon receives a +1 luck bonus on all saving throws and similar rolls, as for a stone of good luck. If the dragon gives an enspelled gem to another creature, only that bearer gets the bonus. The effect lasts 1d3 hours plus 3 hours per age category of the dragon but ends if the gem is destroyed. This ability is the equivalent of a 2nd-level spell.
Detect Gems (Sp): An old or older gold dragon can use this ability three times per day. This is a Divination effect similar to a detect magic spell, except that it finds only gems. The dragon can scan a 60-degree arc each round: By concentrating for 1 round it knows if there are any gems within the arc; 2 rounds of concentration reveal the exact number of gems; and 3 rounds reveal their exact location, type, and value. This ability is the equivalent of a 2ndlevel spell.
Other Spell-Like Abilities: 3/day?bless (juvenile or older); 1/day?geas/quest (old or older), sunburst (ancient or older), foresight (great wyrm).
Skills: Disguise, Heal, and Swim are considered class skills for gold dragons.
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