Manual of Golems
Manual of Golems
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This compilation is a treatise on the construction and animation of a golem.
It contains all of the info and incantations
necessary to make 1 of the 4 sorts of golems
(cf. AD&D,
MM,
Golem).
It will take a considerable
amount of time, and be expensive as well,
to construct and animate the
golem. During this period, a single magic-user
or cleric must have the
manual at hand to study, and he or she
must not be interrupted. The type
of manual found is determined as noted
below:
| Die Roll | Type of Golem | Construction
Time |
G.P. Cost |
| 1-5 | Clay
(C) ( ) ( ) |
1 month | 65k |
| 6-17 | Flesh
(M) ( ) |
2 months | 50k |
| 18 | Iron (M) | 4 months | 100k |
| 19-20 | Stone (M) | 3 months | 80k |
Once the golem is finished, the writing
fades and the book is consumed in
flames. When the ashes of the manual
are sprinkled upon the golem it
becomes fully animated. It is assumed that
the user of the manual is of
10th or higher level. For every level of
experience under 10th there is a
cumulative 10% chance that the golem will
fall to pieces within 1 turn of
completion of its construction due to the
maker’s imperfect understanding.
If a cleric reads a work for magic-users,
he or she will lose 10,000-60,000
XP. A magic-user reading a clerical work
will lose 1 level of
experience. Any other class of character
will suffer 6-36 HP of
damage from opening the work.
OA: This magical book is not found in Oriental lands. Reroll the result.
<the title is in a hebrew
font>
<MANUAL OF GOLLUMS — Not until
the character using this
book has expended the requisite money
and Time will he discover that
he has built not a golem, but a gollum
—a simpering, whining, cowardly,
being that will only travel at night and
will rob its “master” blind at
the first opportunity. The Dragon #35.>