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== Encyclopedia entry ==
 
== Encyclopedia entry ==
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"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.
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              "The original story harks back, so they say, to the sixteenth
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"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.'
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              century.  Using long-lost formulas from the Kabbala, a rabbi is
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"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." ...
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              said to have made an artificial man -- the so-called Golem -- to
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    [ The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink ]
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              help ring the bells in the Synagogue and for all kinds of other
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              menial work.
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              "But he hadn't made a full man, and it was animated by some sort
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              of vegetable half-life.  What life it had, too, so the story
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              runs, was only derived from the magic charm placed behind its
 +
              teeth each day, that drew down to itself what was known as the
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              `free sidereal strength of the universe.'
 +
              "One evening, before evening prayers, the rabbi forgot to take
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              the charm out of the Golem's mouth, and it fell into a frenzy.
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              It raged through the dark streets, smashing everything in its
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              path, until the rabbi caught up with it, removed the charm, and
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              destroyed it.  Then the Golem collapsed, lifeless.  All that was
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              left of it was a small clay image, which you can still see in
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              the Old Synagogue." ...
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                  [ The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink ]
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' stone golem Stone golem.png
Difficulty 15
Attacks

claw 3d8

Base level 14
Base experience 345
Speed 6
Base AC 5
Base MR 50
Alignment 0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means) Very Rare
Genocidable no
Weight 1900
Nutritional value 0, leaves a statue instead of a corpse
Size Large
Resistances sleep, poison, petrification
Resistances conveyed

None

stone golem

  • doesn't need to breathe
  • has no mind
  • is humanoid
  • has thick hide or scales
  • always starts hostile
  • strong (or big) monster

The stone golem is a golem. It may come about after another type of golem is stoned. When a stone golem is killed, it leaves a statue (of a stone golem) rather than a corpse.

Casting stone to flesh on either the "animated" stone golem or its statue will change it into a flesh golem. Stoning this flesh golem will turn it back to a stone golem.

Encyclopedia 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 ]


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