Champion of the Gilded HostThis towering humanoid creature is made almost entirely of gold and radiates a warm light.Mythic Champion of the Gilded Host CR 18/MR 7Source Lost Treasures pg. 23
XP 153,600
N Colossal construct (colossus, mythic)
Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +11
Aura blazing courage (30 ft.), selective antimagic (30 ft.)DefenseAC 32, touch 3, flat-footed 31 (+1 Dex, +29 natural, –8 size)
hp 273 (19d10+169)
Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +7
DR 10/epic; Immune construct traitsOffenseSpeed 50 ft., climb 50 ft., swim 50 ft.
Melee 2 slams +30 (3d8+19/19–20) or stomp (6d8+28 plus pinning stomp and suppressing stomp)
Space 30 ft., Reach 30 ft.
Special Attacks mythic power (7/day, surge +1d10), mythic quickening
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 14th; concentration +14)
3/day—extended good hope
1/day—extended vengeful outrageUM (DC 16)StatisticsStr 48, Dex 13, Con —, Int 7, Wis 12, Cha 11
Base Atk +19; CMB +46; CMD 57 (can’t be tripped)
Feats CleaveM, Combat ReflexesM, Critical Focus, Great Cleave, Improved CriticalM (slam), Improved Vital Strike, Power AttackM, Stand Still, Toughness, Vital Strike
Skills Climb +27, Intimidate +9, Perception +11, Swim +27
Languages Vudrani
SQ alternate form, blessing of the Gilded Host, mythic creation, mythic resilienceEcologyEnvironment any land
Organization solitary or legion (1 plus 10–100 human fighters of 5th–8th level)
Treasure noneSpecial AbilitiesAlternate Form (Ex) As a full-round action, a gold colossus can take the form of an immense war monument. Its DR in this form increases to 20/epic, and its aura of blazing courage’s radius increases to 1,000 feet. While in this form, it can’t attack.
Aura of Blazing Courage (Su) A gold colossus constantly radiates a warm aura of bravery. Allies within 30 feet of a gold colossus gain the benefits of bless and remove fear.
Blessing of the Gilded Host (Su) Once per week, a gold colossus can bless an army using the rules for mass combat (Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Campaign 234), granting the army a +2 bonus to its Offensive Modifier and on Morale checks until the end of its next battle or for 1 week, whichever comes first.
Selective Antimagic Aura (Su) Spells with the compulsion or teleportation descriptor are unaffected by this field.
Suppressing Stomp (Su) Whenever a gold colossus deals stomp damage to a target, it reduces the target’s damage reduction and spell resistance by 2 for 1 minute. Each stomp thereafter increases the reduction by 2 (maximum reduction of 10) and resets the duration.DescriptionFor perhaps a thousand years, the imperial phalanxes of Ninshabur conquered and controlled immense swaths of Casmaron. The independent state of Praramdav, one of many kingdoms that would later consolidate to form Vudra, watched Ninshabur’s rise to power with growing discomfort. Its rulers began building its armies to repel the seemingly inevitable invasion, but in –632 ar, the Tarrasque emerged from the Pit of Gormuz in central Casmaron and laid waste to Ninshabur.
Rather than rejoicing at the news of his rival’s demise, the rajah of Praramdav feared that a Spawn of Rovagug might visit the same cataclysm upon his kingdom. He issued incentives of wealth and power to lure the brightest minds to his capitol; hundreds of sages answered his call and concluded that only a comparably large guardian could repel a Spawn’s attack. Pointing to Rovagug’s destructive power, the scholars informed the rajah that only the purest, most infallible and incorruptible material would do: gold.
With study and divination revealing no weakness to the Tarrasque, the rajah desperately clung to the idea of a powerful golden guardian and turned his powerful army against his other neighbors in order to fund this ambitious construct. Within 5 years, the form of the colossus was complete, a dozen kingdoms were under the rajah’s control, and a great army—known as the Gilded Host—stood ready to fight alongside its golden champion. Despite the construct’s tremendous might, further divination determined that the Champion of the Gilded Host was still incapable of defeating a Spawn of Rovagug. The rajah continued to spend money to improve the construct, unwilling to abandon a weapon that had already consumed such vast resources. However, the Tarrasque never came.
Without a great victory to justify its leader’s aggressive policies and reckless spending, Praramdav was unable to hold onto its new territory. It collapsed into bankruptcy, and its vassal kingdoms attempted in vain to melt down the colossus but succeeded only in breaking it into five virtually invulnerable sections: two arms, the head, the torso, and its articulated serpentine tail. A different kingdom claimed each one as spoils of Praramdav’s folly. Nearly a millennium later, these same kingdoms had managed to reunite three of the pieces when Unyielding Kothogaz arrived in Vudra, but the Spawn of Rovagug attacked and scattered the pieces far and wide in its rampage. Ultimately, it was not a golden champion but an army of hero-priests that defeated Kothogaz.Gold Colossus ConstructionAlthough the Champion of the Gilded Host is made almost entirely of gold, most gold colossi are alloys of gold and less precious metals that cost 100,000 gp to build. Such lesser constructs lack the Champion of the Gilded Host’s suppressing stomp ability (which was added after the colossus’s initial completion) though they retain the stomp attack and pinning stomp special attack. Gold colossi are MR 6. Gold Colossus CL 14th; Price 100,000 gp Construction Requirements Craft Construct, Mythic CrafterMA, antimagic field, good hope, remove fear, vengeful outrageUM, wish, creator must be at least mythic rank or tier 6th
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