Sapphire golem
' sapphire golem 
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| Difficulty | 32 |
| Attacks |
Weapon 6d10, Breath lightning 5d8 |
| Base level | 28 |
| Base experience | 1031 |
| Speed | 12 |
| Base AC | 3 |
| Base MR | 60 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | No |
| Weight | 2000 |
| Nutritional value | 0 |
| Size | large |
| Resistances | fire, cold, shock, sleep, poison, reflection |
| Resistances conveyed | none |
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A sapphire golem:
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| Reference | SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line3595 |
A sapphire golem, ', is a type of monster that appears in SLASH'EM, SpliceHack, SlashTHEM, and Hack'EM. The sapphire golem is a type of golem that is made of its namesake gemstone - it is strong, thick-skinned, has an affinity to lightning, and will seek out weapons and other items to pick up.
Sapphire golems have a powerful weapon attack and a strong lightning breath attack - in Hack'EM, the weapon attack is changed to a claw attack. Sapphire golems possess fire resistance, cold resistance, shock resistance, sleep resistance, poison resistance, and reflection; in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, they also possess drain resistance, while in Hack'EM they possess acid resistance. A sapphire golem that is subjected to stoning will become a stone golem.[1]
A sapphire golem is poisonous to consume, which primarily comes up if it is digested by another monster.
Generation
Randomly-generated sapphire golems are always created hostile. Sapphire golems are always generated with 280 HP.[2]
Sapphire golems leave behind 2-8 sapphires upon death instead of a corpse.[3] They are not a valid target for genocide.
Strategy
Though sapphire golems lack the magic resistance of diamond golems, they are still notably stronger and have an even higher capacity for physical damage, and share the same 12 speed and MR score of 60 as other gemstone golems, providing high defenses against magical effects and rays. Most heroes that encounter one normally should have a source of speed, reflection and shock resistance, along with the ability to reliably inflict a lot of non-elemental damage and keep other hostile monsters from surrounding them or attacking alongside the golem; spellcasters will find their options quite limited in comparison due to its reflection and resistances. If all else fails, a means of inflicting stoning (e.g. a footrice egg or corpse) can significantly weaken the golem's defenses by turning it into a stone golem.
Origin
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.
Encyclopedia entry
The sapphire golem shares the same basic encyclopedia entry with other golem monsters that lack a unique entry:
"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.
"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.'
"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." ...
