Bestiary

Ancient Gold Dragon

Gargantuan Dragon, lawful good

AC22 (natural armor)HP546 (28d20 + 252)Speed40 ft., fly 80 ft., swim 40 ft., climb 20 ft., crawl 20 ft.

STR

30 (+10)

DEX

14 (+2)

CON

29 (+9)

INT

18 (+4)

WIS

17 (+3)

CHA

28 (+9)

Sensesdarkvision 120 ft., blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 27LanguagesCommon, DraconicCR24 (62,000 XP)

Traits

Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.

Legendary Resistance (4/Day, or 5/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

Fire Breath. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 24, each creature in a 90-foot Cone. Failure: 71 (13d10) Fire damage. Success: Half damage.

Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of (A) Spellcasting to cast Guiding Bolt (level 4 version) or (B) Weakening Breath.

Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +17 to hit, reach 15 ft. 19 (2d8 + 10) Slashing damage plus 9 (2d8) Fire damage.

Spellcasting. The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 24, +16 to hit with spell attacks): - **At Will:** Detect Magic, Guiding Bolt, Shapechange - **1/Day Each:** Flame Strike, Word of Recall, Zone of Truth

Weakening Breath. Strength Saving Throw: DC 24, each creature that isn't currently affected by this breath in a 90-foot Cone. Failure: The target has Disadvantage on Strength-based D20 Test and subtracts 5 (1d10) from its damage rolls. It repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. After 1 minute, it succeeds automatically.

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