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CARYATID COLUMN |
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Medium-Size Construct |
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Hit Dice: 5d10 (27 hp) |
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Initiative: -1 (Dex) |
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Speed: 20 ft (can’t run) |
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AC: 15 (+5 natural) |
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Attacks: Longsword +4 melee |
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Damage: Longsword 1d8+1 |
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Face/Reach: 5 ft by 5 ft/5 ft |
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Special Qualities: Shatter weapons, construct, resistances, magic immunity, damage reduction 10/+1 |
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Saves: Fort +1, Ref +0, Will +1 |
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Abilities: Str 13, Dex 9, Con —, Int —, Wis 11, Cha 1 |
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Climate/Terrain: Any land and underground |
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Organization: Solitary |
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Treasure: None |
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Alignment: Always neutral |
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Advancement: 6-10 HD (Medium-size); 11-15 HD (Large) |
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A caryatid column is 7 feet tall and weighs around 1,500 pounds. Its body is shaped as a beautiful woman of smoothly chiseled stone. It wields a longsword in its left hand. |
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COMBAT |
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A caryatid column attacks using its longsword. |
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Shatter Weapons (Ex): Any weapon that strikes a caryatid column must succeed at a Fortitude save (DC 12) or shatter into pieces. |
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Construct: Immune to mind-influencing effects, poison, disease, and similar effects. Not subject to critical hits, subdual damage, energy drain, or death from massive damage. Caryatid columns have darkvision with a range of 60 feet. |
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Resistances (Ex): Caryatid columns receive a +4 bonus on saving throws against all spells. |
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Magic Vulnerability (Ex): A caryatid column is immune to all spells, spell-like abilities, and supernatural effects, except as follows. A transmute rock to mud, stone to flesh, or stone shape instantly slays a caryatid column if it fails its saving throw. A transmute mud to rock heals all of its lost hit points. |
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Construction |
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A caryatid column’s body is chiseled from a single block of hard stone, such as granite, weighing at least 1,500 pounds. |
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The golem costs 100,000 gp to create, which includes 1,000 gp for the body. Assembling the body requires a successful Craft (sculpting or masonry) check (DC 13). |
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The creator must be at least 16th level and able to cast arcane spells. Completing the ritual drains 1,600 XP from the creator and requires geas/quest, limited wish, polymorph any object, and shatter. |
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The Caryatid Column first appeared in the 1e FF (1981). |