Base Class: Druid
Druids who choose this path must belong to a gold dragon tribe. They are taught the language and culture of the gold dragons as well as their secret knowledge of the weave. The druid and the dragon are life-long companions, bound by a ritual of souls recognizing each other and choosing to walk their paths together.
Circle Spells
2nd-level Circle of the Gold Dragon feature
Your training with gold dragons grants you access to certain spells.
At 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to the spells listed for that level in the Circle of the Gold Dragon Spells table. Once you gain access to one of these spells, you always have it prepared, and it doesn’t count against the number of spells you can prepare each day. If you gain access to a spell that doesn’t appear on the druid spell list, the spell is nonetheless a druid spell for you. You also gain a bonus cantrip.
Circle of the Gold Dragon Spells
| DRUID LEVEL | SPELLS |
|---|---|
| 2nd | burning hands, sleep |
| 3rd | alter self, scorching ray |
| 5th | fireball, fly |
| 7th | banishment, fire shield |
| 9th | dream, flame strike |
Gold Dragon Companion
2nd-Level Gold Dragon Druid Feature
Humanoid members of draconic tribes create a life-long bond with a draconic companion during a ritual known as The Calling. The dragon who answers your Call imbues you with their lifeforce, linking your souls forever. It is a recognition of two souls who are meant to complement each other in every way. For druids among the tribes, this means being taught the traditions of draconic magic and accessing special abilities through their bond with their companion. You also learn to speak, read, and write Draconic.
The gold dragon wyrmling is friendly to you and your companions, and it obeys your commands. As an action, you can call your dragon companion to you. It appears in an unoccupied space of your choice within 30 feet of you. (Add the creature in your Extras section as a mount)
In combat, the dragon shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It can move and use its reaction on its own, but the only action it takes on its turn is the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action on your turn to command it to take another action. That action can be one in its stat block or some other action. If you are incapacitated, the dragon can take any action of its choice, not just Dodge.
Draconic Bond: One Body
2nd-level Circle of the Gold Dragon feature
As a bonus action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape feature to activate the bond with your companion and gain a draconic aspect, rather than transforming into a beast.
While active, you retain your game statistics, but your body becomes luminous; your skin glimmer with translucent golden scales, and your eyes glow gold-white. The form lasts the same amount of time granted your Wild Shape for your Druid level. It ends early if you dismiss it (no action required), are incapacitated, die, or use this feature again.
Whenever you activate your draconic bond, choose which of the following aspects enhances your body or mind; your choice gives you certain benefits:
Aspects grow to enhanced at 6th-level and unified at 10th-level.
Dragon Blood: You restore maximum possible HP on all healing spells
Enhanced: You gain advantage on all Medicine checks.
Unified: If you fall unconscious in battle, your connection to your dragon companion automatically stabilizes you as long as they are also conscious.
Dragon Scales: When you aren’t wearing armor, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Constitution modifier.
Enhanced: You gain resistance to all non-magical attacks. You gain immunity to cold.
Unified: You gain temporary hit points equal to 5 points for every 2 levels in druid.
Dragon Wings: Energy infuses your every movement. You gain +10 ft. to your walking speed.
Enhanced: You gain advantage on saves against grapples and restraints.
Unified: You gain a flying speed.
Draconic Bond: One Mind
3nd-level Circle of the Gold Dragon feature
As a bonus action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape feature to activate the bond with your companion and gain a draconic aspect, rather than transforming into a beast.
While active, you retain your game statistics, but your body becomes luminous; your skin glimmer with translucent golden scales, and your eyes glow gold-white. The form lasts the same amount of time granted your Wild Shape for your Druid level. It ends early if you dismiss it (no action required), are incapacitated, die, or use this feature again.
Whenever you activate your draconic bond, choose which of the following aspects enhances your body or mind; your choice gives you certain benefits:
Aspects grow to enhanced at 6th-level and unified at 10th-level.
Dragon Tongue: You gain the effects of Comprehend Languages
Enhanced: You also gain the effects of Tongues.
Unified: You gain advantage on Persuasion and Deception checks
Dragon Sight: You gain Darkvision in magical and non magical darkness up to 120 ft.
Enhanced: You gain the effects of Detect Magic.
Unified: You gain Blindsight up to 30 ft.
Dragon Mind: When you make an Intelligence or a Wisdom check or a Constitution saving throw to maintain concentration on a spell, you can treat a roll of 9 or lower on the d20 as a 10.
Enhanced: You gain advantage on Intelligence and Wisdom saving throws.
Unified: You gain resistance to Psychic damage. You cannot be charmed.
Enhanced Bond
6th-level Circle of the Gold Dragon feature
The bond with your dragon companion grows stronger. When activated, aspects gained through the draconic bond are now Enhanced.
The bond also enhances your destructive and restorative spells. Whenever you cast a spell that deals fire damage or restores hit points while your dragon bond is active, roll a d8, and you gain a bonus equal to the number rolled to one damage or healing roll of the spell.
Unified Bond
10th-level Circle of the Gold Dragon feature
Aspects of the Draconic bond grow to become Unified. Benefits gained from the chosen aspect stack where applicable.
You gain resistance to fire.
In addition, when you cast a spell with a range other than self, the spell can originate from you or your dragon companion.
Timeless Bond
14th-level Circle of the Gold Dragon feature
Your bond with your dragon companion grows to its fullest capacity. Your life span and rate of aging synch to that of your dragon companion.
If your dragon companion dies, the echoes of the bond will sustain you for one more year before fading away completely. You then return to aging at your normal racial rate.
Dependent on the will of the DM, if your health drops below 10 HP, your dragon companion can teleport you to them if you are within 120 ft.
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