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<blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 4711454" data-attributes="member: 326">Hi Kerrick mate! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />DOH! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />UK, I've got a problem. Mithril and adamantine aren't real materials, so we don't have any densities for them, which makes it impossible to determine the golem stats. With hypothetical materials the trick is to create hypothetical densities. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Mithril is much lighter than iron, so I'd place it around a +20 Strength bonus, but that would mean that it has only 40 Strength - lower than an iron golem - and 19 HD (vs. an iron golem's 22). I think adamantine is around the same as steel, density-wise, so about 27. Same story, though - it would be 43 Strength and 22-23 HD.I can't remember exactly where I'd have both but probably equate Mithril with Aluminium and Adamantine with Uranium.The Golem has to have strength by density to move its own mass.The softness/hardness of a material is represented in its Damage Reduction - not its strength. A punch from a 5 ton Golden Golem is likely to hurt more than a punch from a 1000 pound Mithril Golem.I disagree...but feel free to tinker.Its based on how much more dense the material is contrasted with flesh/bone.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Upper_Krust, post: 4711454, member: 326"] Hi Kerrick mate! :) DOH! :) UK, I've got a problem. Mithril and adamantine aren't real materials, so we don't have any densities for them, which makes it impossible to determine the golem stats. With hypothetical materials the trick is to create hypothetical densities. ;) Mithril is much lighter than iron, so I'd place it around a +20 Strength bonus, but that would mean that it has only 40 Strength - lower than an iron golem - and 19 HD (vs. an iron golem's 22). I think adamantine is around the same as steel, density-wise, so about 27. Same story, though - it would be 43 Strength and 22-23 HD. I can't remember exactly where I'd have both but probably equate Mithril with Aluminium and Adamantine with Uranium. The Golem has to have strength by density to move its own mass. The softness/hardness of a material is represented in its Damage Reduction - not its strength. A punch from a 5 ton Golden Golem is likely to hurt more than a punch from a 1000 pound Mithril Golem. I disagree...but feel free to tinker. Its based on how much more dense the material is contrasted with flesh/bone. [/QUOTE]

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