Paper golem - Revision history

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Umbire the Phantom: potholes et. al.

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potholes et. al.

Umbire the Phantom: gen

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gen

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants */ xnh + evil + hackem

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‎Variants: xnh + evil + hackem

Umbire the Phantom: origin - need to remember to slap this on the other articles

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origin - need to remember to slap this on the other articles

Umbire the Phantom: encyc

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encyc

Umbire the Phantom: hackem

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hackem

Umbire the Phantom: hist

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hist

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fire damage

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 The paper golem shares the same basic [[encyclopedia]] entry with other golem monsters that lack a unique 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 '''paper golem''', {{monsym|paper golem}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The paper golem is one of the weakest types of [[golem]] in the [[monster class]], and is likely to be the first one a [[hero]] encounters.
-Paper golems have a claw attack, and possess [[sleep resistance]] and [[poison resistance]] like all golems. A paper golem that is subjected to [[stoning]] will become a [[stone golem]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2525|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} [[Fire]] damage that sets a paper golem aflame can cause them to burn up completely;{{refsrc|include/mondata.h|208|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1707|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/mhitm.c|1016|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} paper 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 a value equal to that maximum plus one.{{refsrc|src/trap.c|2404|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} A hero [[polymorph]]ed into a paper golem can also burn up if they take fire damage and can lose the same amount of their current form's maximum HP plus one from the same traps;{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|1057|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} dying from burning up returns them to normal form, even if they are wearing an [[amulet of unchanging]].{{refsrc|src/trap.c|3152|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+Paper golems have a claw attack, and possess [[sleep resistance]] and [[poison resistance]] like all golems. A paper golem that is subjected to [[stoning]] will become a [[stone golem]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2525|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} [[Fire (element)|Fire]] damage that sets a paper golem aflame can cause them to burn up completely;{{refsrc|include/mondata.h|208|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1707|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/mhitm.c|1016|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} paper 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 a value equal to that maximum plus one.{{refsrc|src/trap.c|2404|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} A hero [[polymorph]]ed into a paper golem can also burn up if they take fire damage and can lose the same amount of their current form's maximum HP plus one from the same traps;{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|1057|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} dying from burning up returns them to normal form, even if they are wearing an [[amulet of unchanging]].{{refsrc|src/trap.c|3152|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Generation==
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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], wood golems can drop various items with an [[Object materials (EvilHack)|object material]] of paper upon death - any non-blank scrolls, [[spellbook]]s and other invalid objects generated this way are each replaced with a scroll of blank paper.
+In [[EvilHack]], paper golems can drop various items with an [[Object materials (EvilHack)|object material]] of paper upon death - any non-blank scrolls, [[spellbook]]s and other invalid objects generated this way are each replaced with a scroll of blank paper.
 ===Hack'EM===
-In [[Hack'EM]], paper golems can be instantly destroyed by [[rot]]-inducing attacks, such as the bite of a [[brown pudding]].
+In [[Hack'EM]], paper golems can also be instantly destroyed by [[rot]]-inducing attacks, such as the bite of a [[brown pudding]].
 Paper golems can drop various items with an [[Object materials (Hack'EM)|object material]] of paper upon death - any non-blank scrolls, [[spellbook]]s and other invalid objects generated this way are each replaced with a scroll of blank paper.

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 ==Generation==
-Randomly-generated paper golems are always created hostile. Paper golems are always generated with 20 [[HP]].{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|1973|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+Randomly-generated paper golems are always created hostile. Paper golems are always generated with 20 [[HP]].{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|1973|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} They are not a valid target for [[genocide]].
 Paper golems can generate as a result of [[polypiling]] if there are enough [[paper]] objects in a pile of items.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|1340|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-Paper golems leave behind 1-4 [[scrolls of blank paper]] upon death [[Corpseless|instead of a corpse]], unless they are burnt up completely by fire damage.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|418|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} They are not a valid target for [[genocide]].
+Paper golems leave behind 1-4 [[scrolls of blank paper]] upon death [[Corpseless|instead of a corpse]], unless they are burnt up completely by fire damage.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|418|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Strategy==

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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]], [[notnotdNetHack]], [[spell golem]]s are stronger versions of paper golems that drop random scrolls upon death in place of a corpse.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]], [[notnotdNetHack]], [[spell golem]]s are stronger versions of paper golems that drop random [[scroll]]s upon death in place of a corpse.
 ===Hack'EM===
 In [[Hack'EM]], paper golems can be instantly destroyed by [[rot]]-inducing attacks, such as the bite of a [[brown pudding]].
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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	From NetHack 3.3.0 to NetHack 3.6.0, including some variants based on those versions, paper golems will still leave death drops even when killed in a manner that causes the "burns completely" message to print - this is fixed in [[NetHack 3.6.1]] via {{commit\|892f210c1ef4fe6b5c4f5001e3374718ae8bcb79}}.		From NetHack 3.3.0 to NetHack 3.6.0, including some variants based on those versions, paper golems will still leave death drops even when killed in a manner that causes the "burns completely" message to print - this is fixed in [[NetHack 3.6.1]] via {{commit\|892f210c1ef4fe6b5c4f5001e3374718ae8bcb79}}.
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		+	==Origin==
		+	{{wikipedia\|Golem}}
		+	The ''gōlem'' is an animate, anthropomorphic being that originates from Jewish folklore, and is created entirely from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud. The most famous golem narrative is "The Golem of Prague", which tells of the late 16th century rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel and his creation of a golem using clay from the Vltava River, which he brought to life to defend the Prague ghetto from anti-Semitic attacks and pogroms. In modern popular culture, the word became generalized to refer to any crude anthropomorphic construct that is made of inanimate material and brought to life by some means, with the method of animation and the resulting creation's sapience and/or sentience varying wildly.

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 ==History==
 The paper golem first appears in [[NetHack 3.3.0]].
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