Converting Greyhawk monsters

[freyar]

Seems like it.

 

[Shade]

The blade golem looks like a 12 feet-tall humanoid with sharp forearms; almost its entire surface is covered with blades of varying sizes.

Blade Golem: AC 3; MV 9; HD 9; hp 45; THAC0 12; #AT 1; Dmg 4d4; SA +2 to initiative rolls; SD +3 or better weapon to hit, immune to most spells, damages attackers; SZ L (12' tall); ML 20; AL N; XP 2000.
Notes: Electrical attacks slow the blade golem for 3 rounds; magical fire attacks heal 1 hp per die of damage; other spells have no effect. Characters striking the blade golem with hands or short hand-held weapons take 1d4 damage from the golem's sharp spikes.

Originally appeared in Star Cairns (1998).

 

[Shade]

A 3e blade golem exists, but is slightly different. Those blade golems are identical to iron golems except as follows: Their Dexterity is 19; they attack with bladed hands (resembling axes or swords) rather than slams; their attacks are the equivalent of keen wounding weapons; and they have no breath weapons.

This one sounds more like an iron golem covered in armored spikes.

 

[freyar]

Yes. Why don't we call these "spiked golems" and add barbed defense and subtract the breath weapon from the iron golem. Then we can see what else we might change.

 

[Shade]

That makes good sense.

 

[Shade]

I just noticed that they only have half the hit dice of an iron golem, yet are the same size and have similar characteristics.

 

[Cleon]

Seems like it.

Shouldn't the cost be 105,000 gp?

(Price + Materials) / 2 = Cost

(200000 + 10000) / 2 = 210000 / 2 = 105k.

Apart from that it looks fine.

EDIT: I spoke too soon. It's got an "as the hasted spell" in the Immunity to Magic which should be "haste".

 

[Cleon]

I just noticed that they only have half the hit dice of an iron golem, yet are the same size and have similar characteristics.

Yes that is a puzzler. It also does a lot less damage than a 2E Iron Golem - 4d4 instead of 4d10.

Maybe it's a "poor man's Iron Golem". A hollow framework of blades welded together, instead of a solid construction like the SRD Iron Golem.

So, apart from the 9 Hit Dice are there are other changes you fancy.

Modify the stats a bit? With only 9 HD, 45 hp and 4-16 damage it is more like a Flesh Golem in power.

How about putting it between a Flesh and a Stone Golem in strength.

Spiked Golem: HD 9d10+30 (79hp), Str 25, Dex 9, Con 0, Int 0, Wis 11, Cha 1, NA +18 ?

Attacks ought to be 2 blades or spikes, but how much damage should they be do?

A Large armour spike only does 1d8 damage. The original 4-16 damage is marginally more than a Flesh Golem's 2-16, so I'd be OK leaving it at 2d8 damage with a higher Strength bonus for blade/spike +12 melee (2d8+7).

 

[freyar]

NA seems maybe a touch too high for likely CR, but not much. The other ideas sound pretty good. As suggested before, let's add barbed defense.

 

[Shade]

Added to Homebrews.

Suggested damage for spiked defense?