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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5359470" data-attributes="member: 19675">No, not unkillable- except things like vampires or liches- just that there is no one spot more important to the undead's survival than any other spot, so there is no damage bonus to hitting them here or there.&nbsp; You just keep hitting them until they stop moving.Every real living thing has a spine, yes.&nbsp; Solid undifferntiated pieces of matter have centers of mass which some people compare to a spine.You can't backstab a column of stone.&nbsp; If you apply enough force to exceed it's ability to resist shear, it will snap in half.&nbsp; But this is done by applying massive amounts of force to it over time...not by chipping at it.&nbsp; If you're chipping away at the column, it doesn't matter where you strike- as long as you strike the same spot, you'll make it through at the same rate you would anywhere else on the column.And that is what most golems are- undifferentiated, solid matter- animated by magic.&nbsp; They are not articulated like action figures; they have no joints; they have no internal frame, just solid matter.&nbsp; They are animated statues.&nbsp; The same magic that animates them also keeps their jointless bodies from disintegrating due to structural fatigue.No, you just keep swinging until it stops coming for you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5359470, member: 19675"] No, not unkillable- except things like vampires or liches- just that there is no one spot more important to the undead's survival than any other spot, so there is no damage bonus to hitting them [I]here[/I] or [I]there[/I]. You just keep hitting them until they stop moving. Every real living thing has a spine, yes. Solid undifferntiated pieces of matter have centers of mass which some people compare to a spine. You can't backstab a column of stone. If you apply enough force to exceed it's ability to resist shear, it will snap in half. But this is done by applying massive amounts of force to it over time...not by chipping at it. If you're chipping away at the column, it doesn't matter where you strike- as long as you strike the same spot, you'll make it through at the same rate you would anywhere else on the column. And that is what most golems are- undifferentiated, solid matter- animated by magic. They are not articulated like action figures; they have no joints; they have no internal frame, just solid matter. They are animated statues. The same magic that animates them also keeps their jointless bodies from disintegrating due to structural fatigue. No, you just keep swinging until it stops coming for you. [/QUOTE]

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