Golden dragon

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golden dragon D
HP	90-127
HD	18
XP	6013
Speed	10
AC	15
EV	7
Will	192
Attack¹	40 (bite: plain)
Attack²	20 (claw: plain)
Attack³	20 (trample: plain)
Resistances	rF+, rC+, rElec, rPois+, rDrown
Vulnerabilities	Dragon Slaying
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Animal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Natural
Size	Huge
Type	dragon, golden dragon
Flags	Fake spells Flees Warm-blooded See invisible Flying Silence immune

For a list of all dragons, see list of dragons.

A great winged dragon covered in shining golden scales. Legends say that their blood runs both hot and cold, and is venomous to boot.

"You do not come dramatically, with dragons
That rear up with my life between their paws
And dash me butchered down beside the wagons"

-Philip Larkin, "To Failure". 1949.

Useful Info

Golden dragons are extremely powerful dragons that can breathe fire, cold, or poisonous clouds. Butchering their corpses may leave behind gold dragon hides which can be enchanted, creating gold dragon armour, one of the best heavy armours in the game.

Golden dragons appear in the Realm of Zot, as well as the last floors of the Vaults and the Dungeon.

If you have low AC, keep out of melee with your fire, cold, and poison resistances up (conservation certainly helps too).
It resists all elements, but its EV and AC are low enough that you can overpower it with physical or irresistible Conjurations (Orb of Destruction, Lehudib's Crystal Spear, etc.). Even elemental Conjurations can break through its resistances if they have enough power behind them.