Can't Enter or Exit Golden Dragon Form

[Lodraeon]

Hey everyone,

I just reached the Mythic rank required to unlock the Golden Dragon transformation. I completed the related quest, went back to Drezen to speak with my mentor, and obtained the transformation. I was able to activate it normally, and since I was excited to test it out, I went on Greybor’s mission where we fight Baphomet’s daughter.

However, something strange happened. I was in dragon form, but when the dialogue started, my character reverted to human form. When combat began, he remained human but still had the passive effects of the transformation, as if it was active. Every time I tried to activate or deactivate the transformation, I got a "Unavailable" message.

I tried reloading my save, starting the fight without transforming, and then activating it during combat—same issue. I looked it up and saw that it might be related to an active spell (I’m not very familiar with that, as I’m a casual player), so I tried resting. Even with no buffs active, the issue persisted.

I’m stuck with the transformation being "active" without actually being transformed. Has anyone else experienced this or knows how to fix it?

[Drake]

Do not save with the bug. Get a prior save and resart from there, otherwise you might get stuck.

I had the same issue. it's a very nasty bug. I believe it's related to enlarge person (or any size changing spell) and dragon form.

When you use them both in a certain order you can get the enlarge person buff while in dragon form. It usually works out, but in some instances where there is a cutscene before that forces a human transformation, you get transformed back but enlarge person then bugs out and you get locked out of any transformation permanently, even when the spell is not active anymore.

For that fight, my advice is to start the fight unbuffed in human form, and not use size buffs nor dragon form. Since there are cutscenes in that fight that can all mess with the form.
That's what I ended up doing.

[Lodraeon]

Thanks, man. I'll give that a try.

I did notice that my character was under an enlarge effect, but I'm not sure which spell it came from. As I mentioned, I'm still a bit of a noob with this type of game.

I'll follow your tip, and if anything else comes up, I'll be back here.

[Lodraeon]

Yeah, it didn't work for me.

I didn't transform during that battle, and whenever I try elsewhere, my character just puts his hand over his chest (the standard self-targeting spell animation), a bit of blood splatters, and nothing happens.

Guess I'll have to stick with human form after all—I knew I should have taken the Azata path :P

[BlackPhoenix7777]

If you have Toybox, you can do the following. Go to the party tab and then the buff menu for your character. Remove the buff called something like "RomanceRemovePolymorph". Can't remember the exact name. Use Dragon Form again. Profit