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− | The '''stone golem''' is a [[golem]]. It may come about after another type of golem is [[stoned]]. | + | 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]] will change it into a [[flesh golem]]. | + | 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 == | == Encyclopedia entry == |
Revision as of 06:46, 7 April 2008
' stone golem | |
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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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