Wood golem - Revision history

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 ===xNetHack===
-In [[xNetHack]], wood golems can drop various items with an [[Object materials (xNetHack)|object material]] of wood upon death - any invalid objects generated this way are each replaced with a quarterstaff, [[small shield]], [[club]], [[elven spear]], or a [[boomerang]].
+In [[xNetHack]], wood golems can drop various items with an [[Object materials (xNetHack)|object material]] of wood upon death&mdash;any invalid objects generated this way are each replaced with a quarterstaff, [[small shield]], [[club]], [[elven spear]], or a [[boomerang]].
 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], wood golems can drop various items with an [[Object materials (EvilHack)|object material]] of wood upon death - any invalid objects generated this way are each replaced with a quarterstaff, small shield, club, elven spear, or a boomerang.
+In [[EvilHack]], wood golems can drop various items with an [[Object materials (EvilHack)|object material]] of wood upon death&mdash;any invalid objects generated this way are each replaced with a quarterstaff, small shield, club, elven spear, or a boomerang.
 ===Hack'EM===
-In [[Hack'EM]], wood golems can drop various items with an [[Object materials (Hack'EM)|object material]] of wood upon death - any invalid objects generated this way are each replaced with a quarterstaff, small shield, club, elven spear, or a boomerang.
+In [[Hack'EM]], wood golems can drop various items with an [[Object materials (Hack'EM)|object material]] of wood upon death&mdash;any invalid objects generated this way are each replaced with a quarterstaff, small shield, club, elven spear, or a boomerang.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 A wood golem has a single claw attack, and possesses [[poison resistance]] and [[sleep resistance]] like all golems. A wood golem that is subjected to [[stoning]] will become a [[stone golem]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2525|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-Wood 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|2411|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} a wood 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|name="RIP"}}{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1875|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} A [[hero]] [[polymorph]]ed into a wood 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|3158|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+Wood 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|2411|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} a wood 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|name="RIP"}}{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1875|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} A [[hero]] [[polymorph]]ed into a wood 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|3158|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Generation==

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 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.
-The [[encyclopedia]] entry for the wood golem is an excerpt from [[wikipedia:The Sorcerer's Apprentice|"The Sorcerer's Apprentice"]], a 1797 balled written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. In the poem, an old sorcerer departs his workshop, leaving his apprentice with chores to perform; when the apprentice tires of fetching water by pail, he enchants an old broomstick to do the work for him, but is not fully trained in this magic - he soon finds he cannot stop the broom, and attempting to chop it apart with an [[axe]] simply results in two animate brooms forming instead. Before long, the entire room quickly begins to flood, and when all seems lost the old sorcerer returns and quickly breaks the spell, telling the apprentice that only a master should invoke powerful spirits.
+The [[encyclopedia]] entry for the wood golem is an excerpt from [[wikipedia:The Sorcerer's Apprentice|"The Sorcerer's Apprentice"]], a 1797 balled written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. In the poem, an old sorcerer departs his workshop, leaving his apprentice with chores to perform; when the apprentice tires of fetching water by pail, he enchants an old broomstick to do the work for him, but is not fully trained in this magic - the apprentice soon finds he cannot stop the broom, and attempting to chop it apart with an [[axe]] simply results in two animate brooms forming instead. Before long, the entire room quickly begins to flood, and when all seems lost the old sorcerer returns and quickly breaks the spell, telling the apprentice that only a master should invoke powerful spirits.
 ==Messages==

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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], wood golems can drop various items with an [[Object materials (EvilHack)|object material]] of wood upon death - any invalid objects generated this way are each replaced with a quarterstaff, [[small shield]], [[club]], [[elven spear]], or a [[boomerang]].
+In [[EvilHack]], wood golems can drop various items with an [[Object materials (EvilHack)|object material]] of wood upon death - any invalid objects generated this way are each replaced with a quarterstaff, small shield, club, elven spear, or a boomerang.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 ===xNetHack===
-In [[xNetHack]], wood golems can drop various items with an [[Object materials (xNetHack)|object material]] of wood upon death, with quarterstaffs acting as a fallback to replace invalid items generated this way.
+In [[xNetHack]], wood golems can drop various items with an [[Object materials (xNetHack)|object material]] of wood upon death - any invalid objects generated this way are each replaced with a quarterstaff, [[small shield]], [[club]], [[elven spear]], or a [[boomerang]].
 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], wood golems can drop various items with an [[Object materials (EvilHack)|object material]] of wood upon death, with quarterstaffs acting as a fallback to replace invalid items generated this way.
+In [[EvilHack]], wood golems can drop various items with an [[Object materials (EvilHack)|object material]] of wood upon death - any invalid objects generated this way are each replaced with a quarterstaff, [[small shield]], [[club]], [[elven spear]], or a [[boomerang]].
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 ==Encyclopedia entry==
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 ==History==
 The wood golem is introduced 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 [[statue]] or [[figurine]] of a golem produces a single [[meatball]], since any golem other than the [[flesh golem]] or [[leather golem]] is considered "[[vegetarian]]" due to not being composed of normally-edible material - this is fixed in [[NetHack 3.6.0]] via {{commit|d8a0f734815d6d0d81151c7222e63efbfe3f7cd4}} so that doing so produces a live flesh golem.
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 ===FIQHack===
 In [[FIQHack]], the wood golem's glyph is changed to {{brown|<u>'</u>}}.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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-A '''wood golem''', {{monsym|wood golem}}, is a type of [[golem]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[thick-skinned]] [[golem]] that is naturally made of [[wood]].
+A '''wood golem''', {{monsym|wood golem}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The wood golem is the slowest of the [[golem]]s, and is [[thick-skinned]] - weapons that use the [[axe]] skill deal +d4 bonus damage against wood golems.{{refsrc|include/mondata.h|79|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/weapon.c|324|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-A wood golem has a single claw attack, and possesses [[poison resistance]] and [[sleep resistance]].
+A wood golem has a single claw attack, and possesses [[poison resistance]] and [[sleep resistance]] like all golems. A wood golem that is subjected to [[stoning]] will become a [[stone golem]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2525|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-Wood golems take an extra d4 of damage when attacked with an [[axe]] or [[battle-axe]], and can also be killed by [[erosion|rot or burn-inducing]] attacks: A wood golem that is hit by a rotting attack (i.e., from a [[brown pudding]]) will suffer an [[instadeath]]{{refsrc|src/mhitm.c|1120|version=NetHack 3.6.7|name="RIP"}}{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1876|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} - a player [[polymorph]]ed into a wood golem that is rotted away by an attack will instead revert to their base form, even if wearing an [[amulet of unchanging]].{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|1458|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} A wood golem that is subjected to [[stoning]] will become a [[stone golem]].
+Wood 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|2411|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} a wood 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|name="RIP"}}{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1875|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} A [[hero]] [[polymorph]]ed into a wood 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|3158|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Generation==
-In addition to random generation, polypiling enough items made of [[wood]] may create a wood golem.
+Randomly-generated wood golems are always created hostile. Wood golems are always generated with 40 [[HP]].{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|1981|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-Wood golems are always generated with 50 hit points.{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|990|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|1981|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} When destroyed, they leave behind a pile of 2-8 [[quarterstaves]] as a special [[death drop]] [[corpseless|instead of a corpse]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|400|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+Wood golems can generate as a result of [[polypiling]] if there are enough [[wood]] objects in a pile of items.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|1316|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|e5c73d01fefff13d49d9af83a52615dfe20e2699|commit e5c73d0}}, wood golems have a chance of also dropping [[small shield]]s, [[club]]s, [[elven spear]]s, and/or [[boomerang]]s when destroyed.}}
+Wood golems leave behind 2-8 [[quarterstaves]] upon death [[Corpseless|instead of a corpse]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|400|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} They are not a valid target for [[genocide]].
 ==Strategy==
-Despite a decently strong claw attack for the point of the game they can be encountered, wood golems are quite slow and unlikely to be a threat to most characters. Be careful not to create a wood golem by accident when polypiling your highly-enchanted [[Elven item|elven weapons and armor]].
+Despite a decently strong claw attack for the point of the game they can be first encountered, wood golems are quite slow at 3 [[speed]] and are unlikely to be a threat to most heroes. Be careful not to create a wood golem by accident when polypiling your highly-enchanted [[Elven item|elven weapons and armor]].
 ==History==
-Wood golems first appear in [[NetHack 3.0.0]].
+The wood golem is introduced in [[NetHack 3.0.0]].
 ==Messages==
 {{message|<The wood golem> falls to pieces!|A wood golem was hit by a rotting attack and killed instantly.<ref name="RIP"/>}}
-{{message|May <pet> rot in peace.|A pet wood golem was killed as above while out of your sight.{{refsrc|src/mhitm.c|1125|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}}}
+{{message|May <pet> rot in peace.|A pet wood golem was killed as above, while out of your range of sight.{{refsrc|src/mhitm.c|1125|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}}}
 ==Variants==
-In variants with [[object materials]] systems, wood golems may drop additional wooden items alongside or in place of a pile of quarterstaves upon death.
+In variants with [[object materials]] systems, wood golems may drop additional wooden items upon death alongside or instead of a pile of quarterstaves.
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], wood golems are generated with 100 HP and [[Monsters with hits creatures as a +x weapon (SLASH'EM)|hit as a +1 weapon]].{{refsrc|makemon.c|2249|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}{{refsrc|monst.c|3528|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
+In [[SLASH'EM]], wood golems are generated with 100 HP, possess [[death resistance]] and [[Hits creatures as +x weapon|hit as a +1 weapon]].{{refsrc|makemon.c|2249|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}{{refsrc|monst.c|3528|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}} This also applies to [[SlashTHEM]].
 ===dNetHack===
-[[dNetHack]] adds a somewhat similar type of golem in the [[living lectern]], an animated spellbook on a wooden stand that drops 2-6 [[club]]s and a random [[spellbook]] upon its death.
+[[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]] adds the [[living lectern]], an animated spellbook on a wooden stand that is somewhat similar to a wooden golem, and drops 2-6 [[club]]s and a random [[spellbook]] upon death in place of a corpse.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==