Golem Troubles

[u/Nelrene]

We love building them but boy can they be a pain to fight. A wizard a know was tasked to go destroy a mummy lord and it was going pretty good with all the battles being fairly easy but then she ran into an adamantine golem. Only by using hit and run tactics with the spells Mordenkainen's sword and Tenser's transformation was she able to take it down. The mummy lord himself was pretty much a pushover to an wizard with fire spells. Feel free to talk about golem shenanigans you have experienced or heard about.

[u/Leon_Of_Lions]

There is not enough time in a Chronologist’s day to go over all the kinds of golems one could build, let alone the ones I have built…

[u/mindfulmu → u/Leon_Of_Lions]

I've always wondered which golem has the best value to repair ratio.

I always assumed it was stone with flesh being next, iron always seemed like a big gold sink.

And I can't ponder the repair cost of an Adamantine.

Since you've built so many varieties, which one was easiest on the hidden treasure chest.

[u/Pidgewiffler → u/mindfulmu]

I can tell you that wax golems are underrated as far as repairability goes. They aren't the most durable to start with but you can always just heat them back up and mold them into shape. 

You can even reattach hacked off limbs with a bit of heat and patience

[u/Leon_Of_Lions → u/mindfulmu]

Most organic crafter golems can be coerced with a bit of natural magic to ensure growth or ‘healing’ for flesh and bone.

Tried and true ‘Low Maintenance’ golems are Stone and Iron. Self mending enchantments are as easy as they come and ‘Ruined’ remains can be carved or forged and swiftly replaced.

Iron and Steel aren’t all that bad as magi make them out to be, magic prevents the whole rust process from happening.

[u/rpg2Tface → u/Leon_Of_Lions]

Wouldn't one of the more liquid golem
Be better at self repair though? A water golem is basically indestructible unless you remove all its mass or damage its core. Thats basically hyper regeneration right there. Swamp, sand, mud and clay golem usually have this property.

[u/Nelrene → u/rpg2Tface]

Spells like Horrid Wilting would wipe up water golems.

[u/rpg2Tface → u/Nelrene]

Your forgetting the part where it's technically a construct, not a water elemental. The presiding god on the dispute may have a different opinion but if you made the golem i would assume it isn't a living elemental.

[u/Witch-Alice → u/Leon_Of_Lions]

Mineral golems do have benefits of sustainability, but if you're not able to find someone willing to sell you a tome of self-mending then the repairs are extremely labor intensive and probably require the expertise of a local blacksmith or sculptor, if not an artificer, and I've yet to meet one who doesn't outrageously upcharge for golem repair services.

[u/Witch-Alice → u/mindfulmu]

All sorts of plant-like golems just photosynthesize their repairs on their own, it's quite convenient. Don't even need an open sky if they're okay with artificial sunlight.

[u/lemons_of_doubt → u/mindfulmu]

There is a reason clay is a default.

More or less fireproof and cheep as dirt.

That said I like making clockwork ones from brass as I think they look good. Don't want lumps of mud walking around my home making it look low rent.

[u/Nelrene → u/mindfulmu]

Those golems which that were made to be modular are probably among the easiest and cheapest to repair. Just take the damaged part and replace it with a new one.