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collapse under their own weight during the fabrication
process. Lead Golems cannot fly or swim even with
magical assistance. Lead will also not hold an edge, so it
is not possible to equip Lead Golems in beast form with
natural weapon attacks.
Ruby Golems are immune to magical bolts and balls,
reflecting such energy attacks back at their caster as +20
Bolt attacks (if fire-based) and +0 Bolt attacks (if otherwise).
Weapons striking a Ruby Golem have their Breakage
Numbers increased by 2.
Sapphire Golems are immune to magical bolts and
balls, reflecting such energy attacks back at their caster as
+20 Bolt attacks (if water or ice-based) and +0 Bolt
attacks if otherwise. Weapons striking a Sapphire Golem
have their Breakage Numbers increased by 2.
Silver Golems are expensive to create. Malignant or
evil spirits cannot possess Silver Golems. Creators may
also imbed one Charged Power (see below) in a Silver
Golem without raising its creation level. The disadvantages
of Silver Golems stem from the malleability and
relative softness of silver – it will not hold an edge
rendering it impossible to equip Beast Silver Golems
with natural weapon attacks. Even Humanoid Silver
Golems suffer significant penalties to their Bash and
Grapple attacks.
Steel Golems increase the Breakage Numbers of any
weapon striking them by 3. Steel Golems fashioned from
higher-quality steels are possible, but more expensive.
Golems made of “Steel II” (+10 material), “Steel III”
(+15 material), or “Steel IV” (+20 material) receive +5,
+10, or +15 bonuses to all OBs and DB respectively.
Stone Golems are the favored artificial creations of
mountain cultures, ranging from roughly hewn granite
giants to exquisitely sculpted marble statues. Any weapon
striking a Stone Golem will have its Breakage Number
increased by 1.
Tar Golems ignore all Crush criticals. Furthermore
any weapon will adhere to its body if it fails to deliver a
critical, and its erstwhile owner must make a Strengthbased
maneuver (roll d100 open-ended and add three
times his Strength bonus) to wrest it free (on a result of
100 or more). Beast Tar Golems cannot have natural
weapon attack types that require an edge.
Water Golems are extremely difficult to fashion owing
to their liquid nature – the water must be contained
within a sealed tank of an appropriate shape and size for
the entire duration of the creative process. They are
ineffectual combatants, unable to melee opponents. Their
only offensive capability is their water breath which they
can use once per minute and up to 50 times per day. They
are useful at propelling becalmed boats and ships,
moving vessels at up to the Golem’s Base Movement Rate
each round. The larger the Water Golem, the larger the
vessel it can propel. As a rule of thumb, a Water Golem
can propel a normally laden craft of length up to twice
the Golem’s height at the Golem’s base movement rate,
i.e. a 6’ tall Golem could move a 12’-long rowing boat, a
24'-long boat at half-speed, and so on. Note that owing
to the Water Golem’s liquid nature, it is not possible to
restrain them with a Glyph of Control.
Wood Golems are inexpensive to make as they can be
carved from any suitably sized tree trunk. They take
double damage from all fire-based attacks.
TABLE 6.1 MATERIAL CREATION LEVELS AND
REQUIRED GOLEM CREATION SPELLS
Creation Level Material Creation Spell
2 Wood Wood Golem
4 Ice Ice Golem
5 Tar Organic Golem
5 Water Ice Golem
6 Clay Organic Golem
7 Stone Stone Golem
8 Copper Metal Golem I
8 Lead Metal Golem I
9 Brass Metal Golem II
9 Bronze Metal Golem II
10 Silver Metal Golem I
12 Crystal Crystal Golem
12 Gold Metal Golem I
12 Iron Iron Golem
13 Bone Organic Golem
13 Steel Steel Golem
14 Steel II Steel Golem
15 Emerald Gemstone Golem
15 Ruby Gemstone Golem
15 Sapphire Gemstone Golem
15 Steel III Steel Golem
16 Steel IV Steel Golem
18 Illinar Golem True
20 Adamantium Golem True
20 Diamond Diamond Golem
25 Eog Golem True
25 Laen Golem True
Note: Golems have substantially higher Defensive
Bonuses for most materials than a human would
receive for wearing a full suit of armor of those
materials. The explanation is simple – Golems are
completely solid figures of these materials.
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