Class levels for a gold dragon?

[Adavoi]

Dragon Magazine #320 has a progression table for gold dragons (and 4 others) as PC classes for levels 1-20, as well as a variant rule for age requirements.

 

[Corona Dragon]

Hi. I was thinking something along this line but with a half gold half force dragon, and using alter form to disguise myself as human. I'm a new to the game so I've been reading the D&D wiki and searching online. I was thinking juvenile for a decent amount of power, but not over powered for age, but level adjust there only goes to young. Although there is a difference in age categories, and am not sure how that would effect that. I don't want to get off topic so any suggestion on which threads to ask about stats, abilities, spells for such a character.

 

[Adavoi]

Hi. I was thinking something along this line but with a half gold half force dragon, and using alter form to disguise myself as human. I'm a new to the game so I've been reading the D&D wiki and searching online. I was thinking juvenile for a decent amount of power, but not over powered for age, but level adjust there only goes to young. Although there is a difference in age categories, and am not sure how that would effect that. I don't want to get off topic so any suggestion on which threads to ask about stats, abilities, spells for such a character.

I'm not sure where you were looking up force dragons, but what you're describing would be almost purely custom/house-ruled.

I'm not sure if there are rules for half&half dragons, but I suppose you might be able to convince your DM to apply the half-dragon template onto a dragon. The Monster Manual I only lists restrictions for the template as living and corporeal creature so for a mere +3 LA you'd have everything listed in the template.

The complicated part comes with playing a force dragon (even part force dragon). Templates work by applying it to a base creature so the simplest thing would be to take a force dragon and apply the Half-Dragon(Gold) template onto it. The problem with this is that force dragons are epic. Disregard the fact that a Wyrmling force dragon has a CR of 13 - it has 20 HD and no listed LA.

You could hash together a progression based on what's listed in the magazine or the Draconomicon, but it would take you deep into epic levels and won't win you any favors with your DM (and that's for the a progression for a force dragon to Wyrmling alone).

EDIT: You can apply the half-dragon template as Half-Dragon(Force) but it just gives you the special benefits consist of a mere 6d8 cone of force 1/day. You don't get an Immunity.

 

[Corona Dragon]

I just started with D&D, and it was just something I was playing around with while I was trying to figure out the rules. I read something about averaging the stats and rounding them. Might have misunderstood it (probably) half-breeds(3.5e variant rule)
Speed is averaged and rounded to nearest 10.
Racial bonus to skills is averaged and rounded down.
LA is (averaged and rounded up. orig) total of both races +1
I just averaged everything (it was 2 or 3 am)

The work of a clueless newb. A gold/force that just advanced and age class and decide to go adventuring as a human. Most of it's Skills, spells, feats, and abilities would be geared to normal dragon pursuits, with only what can from the new age class available and what ever overlap there was. A young dragon starting it's hord, but doesn't want to advertise it. Only using dragon form / powers if no other choice.

Gold / Force dragon
Type: Dragon (Fire, Force)

Age: Juvenile; Size: H; hit dice (hp) (292); Str: 34; Dex: 10; Con: 22; Int: 22; Wis: 23; Cha: 22; Base Attack / Grapple: +24/+43; Attack: 33; Fort Save: 16; Ref Save: 14; Will Save: 20;
Breath weapon: 28; Frightful Presence DC: 20

abilities 60 ft., fly 250 ft. (poor or clumsy), swim 60 ft.
Initiative: 0
AC 34 (–2.5 size, +4 deflection, +29 natural), touch 14,flat-footed 43

Special Abilities Damage reduction 10/magic, deflecting force, immune to force, Alternate form, immunity to fire, vulnerability to cold, water breathing, Bless

I figured this would give it decent magic and not that much more powerful than a gold.

 

[Adavoi]

Half-Breeds are a homebrewed variant rule. Your combination doesn't factor in the massive LA that an epic dragon would have (they aren't suited to be played as PCs). I'm afraid that there's just too little support in the official rules for what you're trying to build, so you'd have to hash the thing together at the complete mercy of your DM.

Cool concept though, the pity being that you wouldn't get to all of the powers until about level 30 (and the trickle of the ones you get each level would be very slow).

Try going down a couple age categories and maybe picking something other than force dragon as the other half. Juvenile is strictly Epic Level. Juvenile Gold Force Dragon is strictly high Epic Level (about ECL 30~).

 

[Corona Dragon]

Thanks for the info. I mostly just wanted to see what a gold force would look like. I picked force mainly for the Caster Level. Actually when I started I wasn't trying to make a pc for a game, just something that looked like one that was as strong as possible. A better might be a old or older dragon with geas / quest as a dm tool to give out quest. Although that probably a common use for gold dragons.