BRONZE GOLEM

FREQUENCY:

Very Rare

Although smaller than the major golem types, bronze golems are nevertheless to be feared.

Bronze golems are man-sized and usually man-shaped creatures, although they are sometimes sculpted to resemble animals instead. They may be constructed by means of a magical tome, or by a sufficiently high-level magic-user employing the proper spells. The cost in materials is 1000 gp per hit point, and it requires 2 months construction time.

Once created, the stone golem can be controlled by its creator, and it will understand and obey simple commands. It may also stand as a guard until some event takes place to trigger its actions.

Although its movement rate is no greater than that of a stone or iron golem, this smaller golem is faster than either of those others, and gains 3 attacks every 2 rounds. These attacks will be with whatever weapon the golem is portrayed with if is it man-shaped, or with the primary attack of whatever animal it may depict. Regardless of its form, it has the to hit probabilities of an 11 hit dice monster. In addition to its normal attack, a bronze golem may cause fear in one creature every other round, provided that the creature is within 60', looking in the golem's direction, and capable of seeing the golem. A successful saving throw negates this effect. Creatures affected by the fear are 90% likely to drop anything they are holding, and will run away at their fastest normal movement rate (ie: no stopping to cast spells or use magic abilities, but able to fly or swim) for one turn.

Bronze golems are unaffected by most forms of magic. Those which do affect them are magical fires, mending, minor creation, major creation, and grease.

• Magical fire effects will cause the golem to slow for 3 rounds, but otherwise do not harm it. A slowed golem moves at 3" and makes only 2 attacks in the 3 rounds for which it is slowed. (If slowed more than once in succession, it makes 3 attacks every 4 rounds.)
• Mending will restore 1 hit point to the golem, minor creation will restore 15, and major creation will restore 25. However, these spells must be cast specifically for this purpose to have this effect.
• Grease, cast directly on the golem, will partially hasten the golem for 3 rounds or negate the slow effects of a magical fire. Partially hastened golems move at 12", but still attack only 3 times every 2 rounds.

A bronze golem is damaged only by +2 or better magical weapons. Blunt magical weapons less than +2 in value will mark it and appear to cause damage, but actually do it no harm.

NO. APPEARING:

1

ARMOR CLASS:

4

MOVE:

6"

HIT DICE:

50 HP

% IN LAIR:

Nil

TREASURE TYPE:

Nil

NO. OF ATTACKS:

3/2

DAMAGE/ATTACK:

4-16 each

SPECIAL ATTACKS:

See description

SPECIAL DEFENSES:

See description

MAGIC RESISTANCE:

See description

INTELLIGENCE:

Non-

ALIGNMENT:

Neutral

SIZE:

M (6' tall)

PSIONIC ABILITY:

Nil

LIVING STATUE

FREQUENCY:

Very Rare

Living statues are animated (usually marble) statues. They are mindless magical creations, and therefore immune to mind-affecting spells. They are also immune to damage from fire and cold, and shrug off 5 points of damage from every physical attack made against them.

Living statues may attack once a round, doing 2d4 damage no matter what weapon they appear to be attacking with. They usually look like warriors, but may be in the shape of animals or famous (non-warrior) people.

NO. APPEARING:

1

ARMOR CLASS:

3

MOVE:

9"

HIT DICE:

3

% IN LAIR:

Nil

TREASURE TYPE:

Nil

NO. OF ATTACKS:

1

DAMAGE/ATTACK:

2d4

SPECIAL ATTACKS:

None

SPECIAL DEFENSES:

See description

MAGIC RESISTANCE:

See description

INTELLIGENCE:

Non-

ALIGNMENT:

Neutral

SIZE:

M (6' tall)

PSIONIC ABILITY:

Nil