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Revision as of 00:11, 22 February 2021
An adamantine golem is a powerful construct composed of adamantine. It is a type of golem, an animated creature built by a powerful spellcaster.
Appearance and personality
An adamantine golem is huge construction which stands around thirty feet in height, and weighs 32,000 pounds. It closely resembles an iron golem, except for its great size and unmistakable sheen of adamantine. It moves slowly, around half as fast as a human, with a smooth but ponderous gait. Each step causes the ground to shake for a hundred feet in all directions.[1]
Personality
An adamantine golem is a mindless construct. It has no voice or distinguishable personality.[1]
Adamantine golems are neutral in alignment.[1]
Abilities and traits
An adamantine golem is immune to magic, and highly resistant to injury by all but the most powerful of weapons. It is a mindless automaton, slow-moving but with phenomenal strength. It is feared for its ability to beat enemies with its heavy fists, and to trample smaller creatures such as humans beneath its feet.[1]
History
Creation
Adamantine golems are created by exceptionally powerful spellcasters, requiring access to such powerful spells as Bigby's crushing hand, geas, polymorph any object, and the supremely powerful 9th-level spell wish. It is also extremely expensive, costing as much as half a million gold pieces, of which only 25,000 gp goes into producing the physical body.[1]
The adamantine golem is not built from adamantine, but rather sculpted from 45,000 of iron, which is then polymorphed into adamantine using a wish spell. The sculptor must also be of supreme skill with blacksmithing.[1]
Publication history
AD&D 2nd edition
A creature called the adamantite golem appeared in the AD&D-based video games Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal. However, they would not appear in a D&D sourcebook until third edition.
D&D 3rd edition
The adamantine golem appeared in the Epic Level Handbook (2002), p.194-195, where it is a challenge rating 25 creature. A general lack of support for such high-level adventures in later D&D third edition products precluded it from appearing in later works.[1]
Creative origins
The mithral golem and adamantine golem appear to be inspired by the iron golem, a robotlike creature which has appeared since early editions of Dungeons & Dragons. It is in turn inspired by the Jewish myth of the golem, a creature made of clay and brought to life with magic, which inspired D&D's clay golem.
Reception and influence
An adamantine golem subsequently appeared in the game Neverwinter Nights, where its design is similar to Wayne Reynolds' art in the Epic Level Handbook.
An adamantine golem later appeared in Pathfinder 2nd edition, as a level 18 creature.
A tiny adamantine golem named Willi appeared in the Critical Role web series.