Golem, Wood

Family: Golems

Medium construct, neutral

Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
Hit Points 45 (7d8 + 14)
Speed 30 ft.

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	10 (+0)	15 (+2)	7 (-2)	11 (+0)	5 (-3)

Damage Vulnerabilities fire
Damage Immunities cold, lightning, poison, psychic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages understands the languages of its creator but can’t speak
Challenge 3 (700 XP)

Special Traits

• Alarm. Whenever a creature other than its creator comes within 60 feet of the golem, it releases an audible alarm sound which can be heard out to a range of 300 feet.
• Immutable Form. The golem is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.
• Magic Resistance. The golem has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
• Magic Weapon. The golem’s weapon attacks are magical.

Actions

• Multiattack. The wood golem makes two slam attacks.
• Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8 + 3) bludgeoning damage.

About

This automaton is human-sized and resembles an ornately carved wooden statue.

Arcane spellcasters used several ancient texts to arrive at a process to create inexpensive yet still quite powerful golems. They had master craftsmen create wood statues with articulating limbs and then performed the proper spells to animate and control them. The statues vary in shape and form and usually have weapons of some sort held in each hand. The wood golems were designed to act both as an alarm and a protection against intruders.

Wood golems are usually programmed to close doors and avoid ranged weapons and spells but do not break off melee combat to avoid missile fire from other sources. They attack with their fists.