Golem, Mud

Family: Golems

Small construct, unaligned

Armor Class 10
Hit Points 27 (6d6 + 6)
Speed 20 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
15 (+2) 10 (+0) 13 (+1) 3 (-4) 8 (-1) 1 (-5)

Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with adamantine
Damage Immunities poison, psychic
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9
Languages understands the languages of its creator but can’t speak
Challenge 1 (200 XP)

Special Traits

  • Immutable Form. The golem is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.
  • Magic Resistance. The mud golem has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
  • Construct Nature. A golem doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.

Actions

  • Multiattack. The mud golem makes two slam attacks.
  • Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage.
  • Mud Ball. Ranged Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, range 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage, and the target is blinded until the end of its next turn.

About

Some golems are made by the concentrated work of dozens or hundreds of priests, wizards, or other enchanters, focusing all their efforts on a suitably impressive display of their god’s power or their arcane mastery. Others are thrown together by apprentices on a bet or just to prove that hair can, indeed, be animated as a construct. The latter are the lesser golems, a set of golems that are rather easy to create but are often rather feeble when compared to their full-fledged brethren.

Mundane Materials. The lesser golems of hair and mud are simply animated piles of those materials. Those made of glass and wood are sturdier and often ornamented in some fashion but are far less robust that iron or clay.

Temple and Workshop Helpers. In many instances, a lesser golem is conjured or animated to remove some of the drudgery of daily tasks. Initiate priests ask a hair golem to sweep the floors and remove spent candles from chapels. Apprentice alchemists set mud or glass golems to stir cauldrons, pulverize noxious minerals, or feed fires.

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