Golem

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The golem is a monster class that appears in NetHack, and is represented by the apostrophe glyph ('). Golems are designated internally by the macro S_GOLEM.[1]

The monster class contains the following monsters:[2]

Common traits

Golems are large humanoid monsters that are neutral-aligned, and are all unbreathing and mindless. Golems typically attack using 'claws' - the iron golem is the only one that can wield weapons and attack with them.

Golems possess sleep resistance and poison resistance - any golems subjected to stoning will turn into stone golems if they are not yet extinct (with the obvious exception of the stone golem itself), and will otherwise be unaffected.[3]

Generation

Randomly-generated golems are always created hostile.

Polymorphing enough items of a particular material or set of materials has a chance of causing them to form a golem, destroying those items in the process.[4] Golems always generate with a set amount of HP, and except for the flesh golem they do not leave corpses on death, with many instead leaving behind special death drops based on their material[5][6][7] - all of these are described in the list below:

Monster Corpse[5] Hit points[6][8] Material(s)
' clay golem 51-69 rocks[9] 50 copper, silver, platinum, gemstone, mineral[10]
' glass golem pieces of worthless glass[11] 60 glass[12]
' iron golem iron chains[13] 80 iron, metal, mithril[14]
' leather golem 2-8 sets of leather armor[15] 40 leather[16]
' paper golem 1-4 scrolls of blank paper[17] 20 paper[18]
' rope golem (none) 30 cloth[19]
' stone golem statue of a stone golem[20] 60 copper, silver, platinum, gemstone, mineral[10]
' straw golem (none) 20 liquid, wax, veggy, dragon hide, plastic[21]
' wood golem 2-8 quarterstaffs[22] 50 wood[23]
' gold golem 101-199 gold pieces (dependent on luck[24] 40 gold[25]
' flesh golem flesh golem corpse 40 flesh, undefined[26]

While not considered a golem, skeletons can be created in a similar manner by polymorphing enough items made of bone.[27]

Golems cannot be selected as a target for genocide of any kind.

History

The golem monster class is introduced in NetHack 3.0.0.

Origin

Wikipedia
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Golems are creatures from ancient Jewish folklore. The legendary golem was made of clay, but the word has also been used to describe similar creatures made from other materials.

Variants

SLASH'EM

Main article: Golem (SLASH'EM)

SLASH'EM features the following new golems:

Symbol Monster Corpse Hit points
' wax golem wax candles 40
' plastic golem credit cards; cheap plastic imitations of the Amulet of Yendor in older versions 60
' ruby golem rubies 250
' diamond golem diamonds 270
' sapphire golem sapphires 280
' steel golem iron chains 290
' crystal golem random gems 300

UnNetHack

UnNetHack includes wax golems, as described above.

In addition, the Sheol branch contains two new golem types, the ice golem and the crystal ice golem.

dNetHack

Main article: Golem (dNetHack)

dNetHack adds many new golems. Some drop rare and magical items, and some are unique monsters.

Encyclopedia entry

The following encyclopedia entry is returned when searching "golem" or any type of golem monster that lacks their own 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." ...

[ The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink ]

References

  1. ↑ include/monsym.h in NetHack 3.6.7, line 69
  2. ↑ src/monst.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 2040
  3. ↑ src/mon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 2525
  4. ↑ src/zap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1271: create_polymon function
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 src/mon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 297: golem cases are handled as part of make_corpse
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 src/makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 990: is_golem(ptr) in newmonhp
  7. ↑ src/makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1967: golemhp
  8. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named golemHP
  9. ↑ src/mon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 389
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 src/zap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1306: equal chance to produce clay or stone golem
  11. ↑ src/mon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 383
  12. ↑ src/zap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1335
  13. ↑ src/mon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 380
  14. ↑ src/zap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1298
  15. ↑ src/mon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 407
  16. ↑ src/zap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1320
  17. ↑ src/mon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 418
  18. ↑ src/zap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1340
  19. ↑ src/zap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1324
  20. ↑ src/mon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 395
  21. ↑ src/zap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1345: straw golems act as fall-through for materials that are not listed in specific cases
  22. ↑ src/mon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 400
  23. ↑ src/zap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1316
  24. ↑ src/mon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 413
  25. ↑ src/zap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1324
  26. ↑ src/zap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1312
  27. ↑ src/zap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1328
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