This magnificent dragon is covered in splendid gold scales, and horns jut from its head like a crown.
Wyrm Sovereign Dragon CR 21
XP 819,300
N Gargantuan dragon
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +44; Aura frightful presence (360 ft., DC 33)
AC 41, touch 4, flat-footed 41 (-2 Dex, +37 natural, -4 size)
hp 406 (28d12+224)
Fort +24, Ref +16, Will +25
DR 20/magic; Immune paralysis, sleep; SR 32
Speed 50 ft., fly 250 ft. (clumsy)
Melee bite +40 (4d6+22/19-20), 2 claws +40 (2d8+15/19-20), gore +39 (2d8+22/19-20), tail slap +37 (2d8+22)
Space 20 ft.; Reach 15 ft. (25 ft. with bite and gore)
Special Attacks breath weapon (60-ft. cone, 22d6 sonic damage, DC 32), crush (DC 32, 4d6+22), tail sweep (DC 32, 2d6+22), violent retort
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 28th; concentration +35)
At willâcalm emotions, detect good/evil, prismatic spray, sympathetic vibration, tongues
Spells Known (CL 17th; concentration +24)
8th (4/day)âmaze, power word stun
7th (7/day)âgreater teleport, limited wish, mass hold person (DC 24)
6th (7/day)âeyebite (DC 23), mass suggestion (DC 23), transformation
5th (7/day)âbreak enchantment, dismissal (DC 22), dominate person (DC 22), feeblemind (DC 22)
4th (7/day)âconfusion (DC 21), lesser geas (DC 21), locate creature, rainbow pattern (DC 21)
3rd (8/day)âgaseous form, hold person (DC 20), lightning bolt (DC 20), suggestion (DC 20)
2nd (8/day)âdetect thoughts (DC 19), fog cloud, hideous laughter (DC 19), scorching ray, touch of idiocy
1st (8/day)âcharm person (DC 18), chill touch (DC 18), color spray (DC 18), endure elements, true strike
0 (at will)âdaze (DC 17), detect magic, flare (DC 17), ghost sound, mage hand, mending, message, read magic, resistance
Str 41, Dex 6, Con 27, Int 24, Wis 25, Cha 24
Base Atk +28; CMB +47; CMD 55 (59 vs. trip)
Feats Flyby Attack, Hover, Improved Critical (bite, claw, gore), Improved Initiative, Improved Iron Will, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Multiattack, Persuasive, Skill Focus (Perception), Weapon Focus (bite, claw)
Skills Appraise +38, Bluff +38, Diplomacy +42, Fly -16, Heal +38, Intimidate +42, Knowledge (arcana, history, nobility, planes) +38, Perception +44, Perform (oratory) +35, Sense Motive +38, Spellcraft +38
Languages Abyssal, Auran, Celestial, Common, Draconic, Ignan, Infernal, Terran
SQ change shape, dogmatic discordance, golden armor
A young or older sovereign dragon can assume any humanoid form three times per day as polymorph.
Good or evil creatures take a -2 penalty when making saving throws against a sovereign dragon’s spells, spell-like abilities, breath weapon, and aura.
Once per day as a standard action, an old or older sovereign dragon can cover its form in golden armor, granting it a +4 armor bonus to AC and energy resistance 15 to one energy type, chosen at the time the armor is summoned. This armor lasts for a number of rounds equal to the dragon’s age category. The sovereign dragon can dismiss the armor as a free action.
When a young or older sovereign dragon takes damage from a melee attack critical hit, it can, as an immediate action, make a claw or tail slap attack against the creature that made the critical hit.
Environment any mountains
Organization solitary
Treasure triple
Guardians of balance, sovereign dragons, or lungwangs as they are also known, were placed in the skies by the gods themselves to safeguard harmony in the world.
Section 15: Copyright Notice Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary 3, © 2011, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Authors Jesse Benner, Jason Bulmahn, Adam Daigle, James Jacobs, Michael Kenway, Rob McCreary, Patrick Renie, Chris Sims, F. Wesley Schneider, James L. Sutter, and Russ Taylor, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams.