Converting Monsters from Polyhedron Magazine

[Shade]

Sounds good.

Added to Homebrews.

Weapons of +2 or greater enchantment are required to harm brass golems, and the only spell which can adversely affect one is continual darkness, which causes the golem to become rigid for one round, and negates its ability to produce the sunburst effect for 3 rounds. Note that a continual light spell will cure 4-40 points of damage sustained by the golem.

Typical golem DR x/adamanting?

Spells with darkness descriptor slow golem and suppress sunburst effect for a number of rounds equal to spell level?

Spells with light descriptor heal golem of 1d10 points of damage per spell level?

 

[freyar]

That all sounds reasonable.

 

[Shade]

A brass golem attacks twice per round with a crude two-handed sword, striking as a 13 hit die monster. Whenever a hit is scored, small bursts of light equal to torchlight flash from the point of contact. Once every two rounds, the brass polem can increase its illumination so that it duplicates the sunburst effect of the wand of illumination, except that the golems sunburst affects only a 1" x 1" x 1" cube directly in front of it.

Rather than the cube, reduce the sunburst effect to a 10-foot radius burst?

 

[freyar]

Rather than the cube, reduce the sunburst effect to a 10-foot radius burst?

Well, the cube is a bit smaller, but I guess 10ft radius is about the smallest we can go... Could be a 5ft square, affecting the creature hit?

 

[Shroomy]

How does the 1e sunburst compare to the 3e version?

 

[Shade]

How does the 1e sunburst compare to the 3e version?

Pretty closely, except the damage cap vs. undead is higher in 3e (25d6 vs. 10d6).

 

[Shade]

How's this?

Sunburst (Su): A brass sentinel golem can use a sunburst effect, as the spell, as a free action once every 2 rounds. The effect has a range of 10 feet and deals 6d6 points of damage (11d6 points of damage to undead). A DC 17 Reflex save halves the damage. The save DC is Constitution-based.

 

[freyar]

Good enough! Sounds reasonable for its likely CR, also.

 

[Shade]

+20 natural armor?

CR 11? Sunburst seems worth 1 CR over the equally-strong clay golem.

3,000 pounds?

 

[freyar]

I'd say that the natural armor sounds reasonable, though it's 6 more than the clay golem. Is AC 28 still reasonable for CR 11?