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 Leather golems share the following [[encyclopedia]] entry with other golems that lack their own entry:
 {{encyclopedia|
-"The original story harks back, so they say, to the sixteenth
+"The original story harks back, so they say, to the sixteenth century.  Using long-lost formulas from the Kabbala, a rabbi is said to have made an artificial man -- the so-called Golem -- to help ring the bells in the Synagogue and for all kinds of other menial work.
-century.  Using long-lost formulas from the Kabbala, a rabbi is
+"But he hadn't made a full man, and it was animated by some sort of vegetable half-life.  What life it had, too, so the story runs, was only derived from the magic charm placed behind its teeth each day, that drew down to itself what was known as the `free sidereal strength of the universe.'
-said to have made an artificial man -- the so-called Golem -- to
+"One evening, before evening prayers, the rabbi forgot to take the charm out of the Golem's mouth, and it fell into a frenzy. It raged through the dark streets, smashing everything in its path, until the rabbi caught up with it, removed the charm, and destroyed it.  Then the Golem collapsed, lifeless.  All that was left of it was a small clay image, which you can still see in the Old Synagogue." ...
 |[ The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink ]
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 A '''leather golem''', {{monsym|leather golem}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The leather golem is a type of [[golem]] that is slower and stronger than some of the other golems.
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 ==Generation==
-Randomly-generated leather golems are always created hostile. Leather golems are always generated with 40 [[HP]].{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|1977|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+Randomly-generated leather golems are always created hostile. They are not a valid genocide target.
 Leather golems can generate as a result of [[polypiling]] if there are enough [[leather]] objects in a pile of items.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|1320|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-Leather golems leave behind 2-8 sets of [[leather armor]] upon death [[Corpseless|instead of a corpse]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|407|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} They are not a valid target for [[genocide]].
+Leather golems leave behind 2-8 sets of [[leather armor]] as a special [[death drop]] [[Corpseless|instead of a corpse]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|407|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Strategy==
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 ==History==
-The leather golem first appears in [[NetHack 3.0.0]]. From this version to [[NetHack 3.4.3]], including some variants based on those versions, casting stone to flesh at a [[figurine]] of a leather golem produces a live leather golem despite the item being made of stone, while animating a statue this way produces a [[flesh golem]] as intended - this is fixed in [[NetHack 3.6.0]] via {{commit|d8a0f734815d6d0d81151c7222e63efbfe3f7cd4}} so that animating a leather golem figurine with the spell also produces a live flesh golem.
+The leather golem first appears in [[NetHack 3.0.0]]. From this version to [[NetHack 3.4.3]], including some variants based on those versions, casting stone to flesh at a [[figurine]] of a leather golem produces a live leather golem despite the item being made of stone, while animating a statue this way produces a [[flesh golem]] as intended&mdash;this is fixed in [[NetHack 3.6.0]] via {{commit|d8a0f734815d6d0d81151c7222e63efbfe3f7cd4}} so that animating a leather golem figurine with the spell also produces a live flesh golem.
 ==Origin==

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 ===EvilHack===
 In [[EvilHack]], leather golems can drop various items with an [[Object materials (EvilHack)|object material]] of leather upon death, with leather armor acting as a fallback to replace invalid items generated this way.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
 In [[SLASH'EM]], leather golems generate with 80 HP, possess [[death resistance]] and [[Hits creatures as +x weapon|hit as a +1 weapon]].{{refsrc|makemon.c|2247|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}} This also applies to [[SlashTHEM]].

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 ==History==
 The leather golem first appears in [[NetHack 3.0.0]]. From this version to [[NetHack 3.4.3]], including some variants based on those versions, casting stone to flesh at a [[figurine]] of a leather golem produces a live leather golem despite the item being made of stone, while animating a statue this way produces a [[flesh golem]] as intended - this is fixed in [[NetHack 3.6.0]] via {{commit|d8a0f734815d6d0d81151c7222e63efbfe3f7cd4}} so that animating a leather golem figurine with the spell also produces a live flesh golem.
 ==Messages==
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 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], leather golems generate with 80 HP, possess [[death resistance]] and [[Hits creatures as +x weapon|hit as a +1 weapon]].{{refsrc|makemon.c|2247|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
+In [[SLASH'EM]], leather golems generate with 80 HP, possess [[death resistance]] and [[Hits creatures as +x weapon|hit as a +1 weapon]].{{refsrc|makemon.c|2247|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}} This also applies to [[SlashTHEM]].
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 A '''leather golem''', {{monsym|leather golem}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The leather golem is a type of [[golem]] that is slower and stronger than some of the other golems.
-Leather golems have two claw attacks, and possess [[sleep resistance]] and [[poison resistance]] like all golems. A leather golem that is subjected to [[stoning]] will become a [[stone golem]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2525|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} Leather golems that take damage from [[fire trap]]s, the fire effect of [[magic trap]]s and the fire effect of [[container trap]]s can lose maximum [[HP]] up to {{frac|4}} of that maximum plus one;{{refsrc|src/trap.c|2414|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} a leather golem that is hit by a decay attack (i.e. from a [[brown pudding]]) will instantly rot away and be destroyed.{{refsrc|src/mhitm.c|1118|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1875|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} A hero [[polymorph]]ed into a leather golem can lose the same amount of maximum HP from the aforementioned traps, and dying from a decay attack returns them to normal form, even if they are wearing an [[amulet of unchanging]].{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|1458|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/trap.c|3161|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+Leather golems have two claw attacks, and possess [[sleep resistance]] and [[poison resistance]] like all golems. A leather golem that is subjected to [[stoning]] will become a [[stone golem]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2525|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} Leather golems that take damage from [[fire trap]]s, the fire effect of [[magic trap]]s and the fire effect of [[container trap]]s can lose maximum [[HP]] up to {{frac|8}} of that maximum plus one;{{refsrc|src/trap.c|2414|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} a leather golem that is hit by a decay attack (i.e. from a [[brown pudding]]) will instantly rot away and be destroyed.{{refsrc|src/mhitm.c|1118|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1875|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} A hero [[polymorph]]ed into a leather golem can lose the same amount of maximum HP from the aforementioned traps, and dying from a decay attack returns them to normal form, even if they are wearing an [[amulet of unchanging]].{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|1458|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/trap.c|3161|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Generation==

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-'''Leather golems''' are a type of [[golem]]. When killed they may drop [[leather armor]].
+A '''leather golem''', {{monsym|leather golem}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The leather golem is a type of [[golem]] that is slower and stronger than some of the other golems.
-Leather golems are always generated with 40 hit points.{{refsrc|makemon.c|918}}{{refsrc|makemon.c|1534}}
+Leather golems have two claw attacks, and possess [[sleep resistance]] and [[poison resistance]] like all golems. A leather golem that is subjected to [[stoning]] will become a [[stone golem]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2525|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} Leather golems that take damage from [[fire trap]]s, the fire effect of [[magic trap]]s and the fire effect of [[container trap]]s can lose maximum [[HP]] up to {{frac|4}} of that maximum plus one;{{refsrc|src/trap.c|2414|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} a leather golem that is hit by a decay attack (i.e. from a [[brown pudding]]) will instantly rot away and be destroyed.{{refsrc|src/mhitm.c|1118|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1875|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} A hero [[polymorph]]ed into a leather golem can lose the same amount of maximum HP from the aforementioned traps, and dying from a decay attack returns them to normal form, even if they are wearing an [[amulet of unchanging]].{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|1458|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/trap.c|3161|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-== References ==
+==Generation==
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+{{nethack-367}}
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