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Message: <blockquote data-quote="korjik" data-source="post: 5679126" data-attributes="member: 56755">A stone golem can reason exactly as far as the DM wants it to. If the DM wants it to relentlessly pursue the characters, then it has the ability to relentlessly pursue the characters. If the DM wants it to be so dumb it cant figure out that the ballista bolts hitting it are coming from the ballista in the doorway, than it cant figure out that the bolts are coming from the ballista in the doorway. The question isnt 'does the golem have the ability to reason' it is 'how do I, the DM, want the party to interact with the golem'. If I want it to be a straight up fight, then the golem comes around the corner and spots the part, or something along those lines. If I want the encounter to be a stealthy skill challenge, then it patrolls around, and the price of failure of the challenge is a fight. If all I want is to let the party know that the bad guy has a golem, then they sneak around it easy. Other than that, this isnt an answerable question. There will be at least one different opinion per post to this thread, and very little chance that a consensus will be formed. That isnt a bad thing. If every DM thought the same, we would be computers.</blockquote>