Category:Grave Dirt Golem

This section contains canon info from officially published sources

Grave Dirt Golems are golems created from the soil of graves held together by magic. As golems, they are mindless and subject to going berserk if the elemental spirit inside of them is sufficiently provoked. The main ability that distinguishes golems from other types is the negative energy that saturates wounds left by their attacks, such negative energy causes a one time damage affect shortly after the wound is inflicted. Like other golems, grave dirt golems are immune to most forms of magic. They are healed by electricity but are vulnerable to move earth, earthquake, and disintegrate spells.^[1]

Descriptive Text

This section contains Homebrew non-canon info, created by fans

“You were wise to run from that lumbering shade and to keep running for it is relentless. Know that it is a thing of earth, but in this land all earth is earth of the grave, and so a skull crowns its bone-ridden, bloated bulk. One must not let one’s person be touched by it, for its soil is fouled with the unlife of the undead, even if it is not itself one. Destruction is its yolk and so it is left to its hateful consumption by the Dark Lady. But it wouldn’t dare test its strength against that of the Eternal Order. Within Marbh-Cathair you are safe. Let us go now to the walls and watch the sunrise.”

- Unwald Rottennail, demented sentinel of the Eternal Order

Descriptive text contributed by cure to John W. Mangrum's Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror project (posted on the Fraternity of Shadows message board).

John W. Mangrum's Grave Dirt Golem Lore^[2]

Libris Mortis

Characters with ranks in Knowledge (arcana) can learn more about grave dirt golems. When a character makes a successful skill check, the following lore is revealed, including the information from lower DCs.

DC Result 21 This vaguely humanoid mass of moist earth, shattered stone, and shards of bone is a grave dirt golem. This result reveals all construct traits.

26 A grave dirt golem is immune to almost all forms of magic, and its earthen body deflects minor attacks. However, adamantine bludgeoning weapons can prove effective. A disintegrate spell slightly damages a grave dirt golem and slows it for a few moments. This result also reveals the procedure for creating grave dirt golems.

31 A grave dirt golem flails at foes with its powerful fists. These strikes grind negative energy-infused grave soil into the victim’s wounds, dealing additional damage within a few seconds. Move earth repels and damages a grave dirt golem. Rather than dealing damage, electricity actually repairs a grave dirt golem.

36 The elemental spirit animating a grave dirt golem is only tenuously controlled by its master. The longer a grave dirt golem fights, the greater the chance that it will fly into a berserk frenzy, attacking all that stands before it — even its master.

References