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Only weapons of +2 or better
enchantment can strike a stone
golem born of ob: iession in Ravenloft.
Further. slashing i md piercing
weapons cause 01 ily 1 hit point of
damage, not inciu iding strength and
magical bonuses. Unusual golems
constructed from slate or other brittle
stone take double damage from
magical bludgeon ing attacks.
Like any comrr ion stone golem, up
to three times per day the golem born
of obsession can I se slou on its
opponents. Stone golems built from
igneous rock inflic It an additional 1d8
points of damage per attack due to
the stone's jaggec I edges.
If you are ever sm o unfortunate as to
face a metallic foe, I would advise
relying on cleverne ss and trickery, as
opposed to brutish physical assaults,
to defeat your unni Itural foe.
stone
This material suffei .s much the same
strengths and weak messes of metal
mentioned above. I However, if the
constructor is both patient and skilled,
stone is often a far less costly material
with which to work
According to the : noted dwarven
scholar Abordicus Slategrinder, several
appearances of sto ne golems have
been recorded in h is homeland of
Dubkelheit in Lam( xdia. Abordicus
describes these go1 lems as extremely
slow, methodical, a Ind almost
invulnerable. lndee d, when faced with
stone golem bent c )n their destruction,
one dwarven clan 1 3ecame so
desperate they trig gered an avalanche
to bury the creatur e. In the process,
over half their towr 1 was destroyed.
Golem hunters r nust sometimes
take such extreme measures to rid the
world of the Create Id.
A rock to mud spell slows the
stone golem for 2d6 rounds. (The
reverse, mud to frock, heals all
damage!) A stone to flesh spell
makes the golem vulnerable to all
normal attacks during the next
round-excluding spell effects that
do not involve the loss of hit points
Golem, Stone: AL N; AC 5; MV 6;
HD 14; THACO 7; #AT 1: Dmg 3d8;
SA slows opponent: SD see above:
MR Nil; SZ L; ML Fearless (20);
XP 9,000. Str 22; Dex 17; Con 20;
Int 9: Wis 2; Cha 8.
stFW
Though magically animated
scarecrows have been known to
stagger through the countryside, bent
on murder, straw is rarely employed in
the construction of an intelligent
golem. When such a material is used,
it is always due to its peculiar
significance to the creator.
I have heard of one such occurrence
of a straw golern, however. The halfling
farmers residing near Delagia in