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Initial Mythic Features |
Gold Dragon is a Mythic Path in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. The mighty magic and form of a Gold Dragon gives you the power to smite your enemies, but remember: killing is not the only option. Those who faltered could be redeemed, those who are lost, should be guided. Your way is the way of mercy. Your path leads to eternity.
"The Gold Dragon is a mighty, almost omnipotent creature that possesses powers beyond all others. The Gold Dragon is the embodiment of goodness, hope, and redemption."
Gold Dragon Information
- The Gold Dragon is a late-game mythic path that can be chosen in Act 5. It is themed around redemption and forgiveness. It grants powerful bonuses to your attribute scores, spell damage dice, several immunities, and can allow you to permanently transform into a Gold Dragon.
- At Mythic 9, you are given the option to change your character portrait to that of a Gold Dragon with its claws crossed.
Unlocking the Gold Dragon Mythic Path
Unlocking the Gold Dragon mythic path is a multi-step process that begins as early as the prologue and ends in Act 5. It is possible to miss this mythic path if you do not fulfill all the requirements.
Spoilers below.
Act 1:
- You must collect at least one Terendelev's Scale and give it to the Storyteller in the Defender's Heart after rescuing him from the Blackwing Library to have its story told. The scales can be found in the Underground Caves of Kenabres during the quest Devoured by Darkness. If you do not give the scale to the Storyteller in the Defender's Heart, you can still give the item to him in later acts.
Act 2:
- The story quest The Music of the Abyss will have you go to the location Leper's Smile. After defeating the Vescavor Queen there, you will need to enter the caves behind her. In the western section of the caves you will have to face off against numerous undead foes. In this area is a damaged cart - interact with it to retrieve Terendelev's Claw. You will need this item in Act 3.
Act 3:
- After completing the story quest The Dragon Hunt, the Storyteller will join you at Drezen. You must give him Terendelev's Claw, and he will unlock a new location for you to visit, Terendelev's Lair.
- Go to Terendelev's Lair, where you will encounter several cultists. After defeating them, Hal will reveal himself and in the ensuing cutscene you must decide to spare the cultist.
Act 5:
- After returning from the Abyss, you will meet Hal again as you work to reclaim Drezen. He will be standing on the steps leading up to the keep and is difficult to miss. You must not choose the (Evil) dialogue option.
After completing all of these steps, when you are prompted to choose your final mythic path the Gold Dragon path will be available to you.
Gold Dragon Features
- Gold Dragon Breath: You gain the ability to breathe holy energy, attacking all enemies in a 50 feet cone, dealing (character level plus half mythic rank)d8 holy damage. A successful Reflex saving throw (DC=10 + your character level + half your mythic rank) halves the damage. Any enemy hit by the breath attack also gains a -1 penalty on all d20 rolls, while all enemies who failed the Reflex saving throw gain -2 penalty. You can use your breath attack once every 1d4 rounds.
- The Gold Dragon gains immunity to poison, diseases, fear, confusion, paralysis and sleep. Hit Dice are increased to d12 if they were not already. Saving Throws and Ability Scores are increased to a minimum value, which increases with Mythic level. At Mythic 9, skills are similarly increased. Spell damage dice are increased to d6, d8, and d10 at Mythic 8, 9, and 10 respectively; if spells already dealt that die size of damage, they instead deal extra damage based on the number of dice. At Mythic 10, all damage dealt is Holy (cannot be mitigated).
- Gold Dragon Form: At Mythic 9, you can assume the form of a Gold Dragon. You gain the following abilities: a +10 size bonus to Strength, a +8 size bonus to Constitution, a +8 form natural armor bonus. Blindsense 60 feet. You also gain one bite (2d8), 2 claws (2d6), two wing attacks (1d8), and 1 tail slap attack (2d6).
Path-specific Notes
Azata: The player loses their dragon companion and the ability to visit their court. Aivu will begin to shrink from her former size and share that the Free Crusaders will have to disband, that the island can no longer be used to create miracles, and that it can't fly anymore. She will give a heartfelt goodbyes, claiming that she and the commander will see each other again someday.
Gold Dragon Video Guide
Gold Dragon Progression
Level |
Abilities |
| 8 | Gold Dragon Breath, Wings, Perfect Body, Mythic Feat |
| 9 | Gold Dragon Form, Dragon Feat x3, Perfect Mind, Mythic Ability |
| 10 | Perfect Soul, Mythic Feat |
Gold Dragon Abilities
Gold Dragon Breath
You gain the ability to breath holy energy, attacking all enemies in a 50 foot cone, dealing (character level plus half mythic rank)d8 holy damage. A successful Reflex saving throw (DC=10 + your character level + half your mythic rank) halves the damage. Any enemy hit by the breath attack also gains a -1 penalty on all d20 rolls, while all enemies who failed the Reflex saving throw gain -2 penalty. You can use your breath attack once every 1d4 rounds.
Wings
You gain a pair of wings that grant a +3 dodge bonus to AC against melee attacks and an immunity to ground based effects, such as difficult terrain.
Perfect Body
The Gold Dragon gains immunity to poison, disease, fear, confusion, paralysis and sleep. He also gains resistance to all energies equal to (his character level plus half his mythic rank).
If any of your saving throw bonuses before modifiers is less than (5 + your mythic rank), you gain a bonus up to that number.
If any of your attributes before modifiers is less than 14, you gain a bonus up to that number.
Your highest ability score gets a +4 bonus.
All your hit dice are now d12.
Any spells dealing damage now change their dice to d6, if it was not d6 or greater. If it was d6 or greater, the spell instead gains a +1 damage bonus per die. All your weapons count as +5 weapons.
Gold Dragon Form
You can assume the form of a Gold Dragon. You gain the following abilities: a +10 size bonus to Strength, a +8 size bonus to Constitution, a +8 form natural armor bonus. Blindsense 60 feet. You also gain one bite (2d8), 2 claws (2d6), two wing attacks (1d8), and 1 tail slap attack (2d6).
Dragon Feat
You can select any feat, ignoring all prerequisites.
Perfect Mind
The Gold Dragon gains immunity to mind-affecting effects and spell resistance equal to 15 plus your character level and half your mythic rank.
If your base attack bonus is less than 15 plus mythic rank, you gain a bonus up to that number.
All skills become class skills for you. If you have less ranks in a skill than your mythic rank, you gain a bonus up to that number.
If any of your attributes before modifiers is less than 18, you gain a bonus up to that number.
The bonus to your highest ability score increases to +6.
Any spells dealing damage now change their dice to d8, if it was not d8 or greater. If it was d8 or greater, the spell instead gains a +1 damage bonus per die.
Perfect Soul
The Gold Dragon gains immunity to cold, fire, electricity and acid, energy drain and negative energy. All your damage is now holy damage.
Any spells dealing damage now change their dice to d10. If it was not d10 or greater. If it was d10 or greater, the spell instead gains a +1 damage bonus per die.
The bonus to your highest ability score increases to +8.
Anonymousat mythic level 10, your damage becomes all holy damage and vital strike breaks, doing only a single regular-damage attack. just be aware when entering the final boss fight. i listed this bug on the vital strike ability page too. it works for companions still. i quit to desktop and reloaded two different saves to see if maybe it was a saving or loading error, but both had the same problem. i didn't notice it on the first save, but the second time around, i caught it.
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don't know if it's a typo in the code, over correction in the balancing, or simply intended, but the dragon units you start with right after taking the mythic path have low damage stats. the damage was about the same for the brass, bronze, and copper dragons. looking at the copper ones, they have 25 str and 20 dex. the modifiers for the bite is +2, claw is -1, wing is -5, and tail is -5. wing is 1d4 -5, so 1, and tail is 1d6-5 or just 1. they're kind of useless. in total over 6 attacks in a single turn they do 8-17 damage per round each.
- Anonymous
Does the ability scores being brought up to 18 count things like the potion or the books, or does it only count scores made at character creation?
- Anonymous
warning! do not visit the dragon burial ground before completing the dragon's asinine fetch quests. they will send you there after they're done wasting your time, fetch questing. if you've already cleared it, reload an old save or beat the game at mythic level 8.
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- Anonymous
Bas experience, as un the board game dragon are to easy to beat
- Anonymous
does this have any need of especific alighment ?? i finished the related quests and the path did not open for me...
- Anonymous
If you play druid with this mythic path you can bascially play Aerosclughpalar
- Anonymous
A warning for any Kineticists out there looking at this path; As of right now (02/10/21), you *cannot* gather power while in Dragon Form, making almost every blast require you to burn, and you also don't get the D6->D8/D10 upgrades on Kinetic Blasts.
- Anonymous
does having the dragon lineage as a sorcerer affect the golden dragon?
I mean, it's almost the same, only it increases my resistance and I can transform into a dragon, only this can be used more times
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