Golem costs

[Krishnath]

WHOA! Somebody solved the equation! Way to go Sixten!

 

[Grazzt]

Wow! Very nice Sixten. Excellent work. MAybe the break point isnt HD. Perhaps it is just based on the material the golem is constructed from.

 

[Sixten]

Quite possibly. OTOH, the clay golem's body is actually more expensive (though the construction DC is lower). It's sort of hard to tell anything conclusively with only 4 data points.

But there's some sort of greater/lesser division in there. For now, I'd say the best rule of thumb would be:
CR <= 10, base cost 5000 gp
CR 11+, base cost 10,000 gp

Wonder if we could ply one of the guys who worked on the MM with a couple of beers....

 

[Grazzt]

More Golems

Here are the Golems from Monsters of Faerun:

Ruby Golem

HD 10
CR 11

Cost: 65,000 gp
XP Cost: 1,500
Craft DC: 15

Emerald Golem

HD 12
CR 12

Cost: 70,000 gp
XP Cost: 1,500
Craft DC 15

Diamond Golem

HD 14
CR 12

Cost: 75,000 gp
XP Cost: 1,500
Craft DC 16

With the exception of the Ruby Golem, Sixten's system of base costs tied to CR works for these guys as well. So, that is six of seven golems it works on. If we can figure out the Construction DCs then I'll post something in the Fiend Factory (new site) about all of this)

 

[Gish Makai]

I'm glad to see that people are still working on this problem.

I haven't had the time to keep working on it but I'll try to get back to it soon.

 

[Grazzt]

bumped for usefulness