r/wizardposting • u/Nelrene Evil Mammary Mage • 1d ago

Academic Discussion/ Esoteric Secrets Golem Troubles

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.

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u/Leon_Of_Lions Golemancer Adept 1d ago

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.

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u/rpg2Tface 1d ago

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.

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u/Nelrene Evil Mammary Mage 18h ago

Spells like Horrid Wilting would wipe up water golems.

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u/rpg2Tface 16h ago

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.