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drfate_order 12-22-05, 02:20 PM	I've decided since its almost Christmas that I'd re post my Nut Cracker Golem. He's not meant to be funny or anything he has real firepower (literally) You can find it somewhere in the archives but it has allot of the developement so I'll save you all the trouble and post the most recent version. Enjoy. Also this was the first monster I evert made and I ddin't even have access to a Monster Manuel! Nut Cracker Golem Large Construct Hit Dice: 20d10 + 30 (140) Initiative: +1 Speed: 25ft 5 squares Armor Class: (-1 size, +1 Dex, +20 natural) 30 touch 9, flat footed 29 Base Attack/Grapple: 15/26 Attack: Bite = 22 melee (1d10+7),Slam +17 melee (1d8 +7) Full Attack: 2 bite attacks +22 melee (3d10=7,) 2 slam attacks +17 melee (1d8 +7) Space/reach: 10ft/10ft Special Attacks: breath weapon, improved grapple Special Qualities: Construct traits, damage reduction 10/slashing and adamantine, Dark vision, Low light vision 60ft, resistance fire 15, immunity to magic, wood warp. Saves: Fort 7, Reflex 6, Will 7 Abilities: str 25, Dex 12, Con -, int-, wis 11, cha 1 Environment: Castles, cities. Organization: solitary or pack (1-9) CR: 16 Treasure: see below Alignment: neutral Advancement: - Level adjustment:- The party marched down the hallway until they heard heavy foot steps. "it's probably one of the wizard’s defenses get ready", says the leader. The thing making the noise comes into the light. A kind painted wooden face greets them. Its huge eyes gave as the part. " it’s made of wood, get the alchemist fire." The bottle hits the golem but it doesn't catch fire instead it keeps walking its huge jaw open and ready to bite down. Nut cracker golems are beautiful constructs that are often used by only the richest wizards. standing 13 ft tall and weighing 2,000 pounds they are no push overs. It appears to look like its holiday cousin but larger and used for much more important reasons then cracking a nut. Combat In battle a NC golem will use it bite attack first until it traps an opponent in its jaws. It then uses its slam attack and every four rounds it will use its breath weapon regardless if someone is in its jaws. Bite: This is the first mode of attack a nc golem will use. It’s a standard attack and that does 3d10 +7 crushing damage. Improved Grapple: To use this the nc golem must make a successful attack using bite. It will always grapple after a successful hit; this does not provoke an attack of opportunity. If it succeeds on a grapple check the player is trapped in its jaws. It will not let go of the player unless reduced to 1/4 hit dice or is killed. For every round in the nc golem's jaws the player takes 1d6+7 points of crushing damage. The player is considered grappled but not the Golem. It can only use this ability on Medium or less creatures. Breath weapon: once every 4 rounds of combat a nc golem can unleash a cone of fire 15ft wide dealing 6d8 points of damage, if a player makes its reflex save they take half damage. Immunity magic: NC golem is immune to all spells or spell like abilities that allow spell resistance. Resistance to fire: No wizard would create a guardian that would have such a weakness like wood + fire = dead construct. So in its construction a special varnish is used in its construction as well as a fireball spell. Wood warp: when a spell that effects wood is cast on the nc golem because if it’s intricate construction and varnish it effects the golem in an odd way. The golem’s body becomes covered in knots and large jagged spurts of ugly red wood. This lowers the golems Dex by 4 every time a wood effecting spell is cast on it. As well the amount of new mass adds weight and fuels the golems rage increasing his strength by 2 each time a wood effecting spell is cast. The only treasure on a nc golem except each eye worth over 2,000 gp each and a large wooden weapon of ornate design attached to the golem’s waist. The golem can not use this weapon. Construction 2000 pounds of wood 10,000 gp of rare materials Assembling the body requires a DC 20 craft check (sculpting) CL 16th: Craft Construct (see page 303 of the monster manual) wall of thorns and fireball spells caster required to be level 16: price 190,000 gp: cost 7,600 xp+ 100,000 gp + and 2 gems stones of at least 2000 gp worth must match.
savant_warlord13 12-22-05, 05:03 PM	why does it breath fire?
ubernex 12-22-05, 05:38 PM	why does it breath fire? Because it is a rich, mad, wizard's guardian of do-o-o-o-om! Although I might think about replacing the fire breath with a cloud of gas (like an Iron Golem): Transmutative Gas (Su) 10-foot cube, cloud of transmutative gas lasting 1 round, free action once every 1d4+1 rounds; All caught in the areas are subject to Flesh to Wood, Fortitude DC 19 negates. The save DC is Constitution-based. Sor something like that. Seriously drfate_order, if my players wouldn't turn on me in an instant for throwing this into what has evolved into a fairly serious game, I would load up a hallway with these things for my High-level party to battle through before reacing the wizard's inner santum. Just great, especially how using warp wood just pisses them off. It's still a seriously good critter, I think I'll have to use it. If nothing else I could pop it in as a "dark curse animating the giant holiday statue and sending it on a villager eating frenzy." Yeah, that's the ticket. :D
drfate_order 12-23-05, 01:38 PM	Thanks Ubernex. I've always liked Nut Crackers (no pun intended) so I came up with this guy. I didn't want a cartoony funny creature I wanted something that would be a real threat and challenge. and Savant warlord 13 the reason he breathes fire is because wizards aren't dumb so they use the fireball spell in its creation to help resist fire that usually destroys wood. So its turned a weakness into its greatest weapon kind of. Also has to do with a christmas thing chest nuts roasting over an open fire. You aren't the first one to ask a question about the cone of fire and if you wanted to change it like Ubernex would that would be fine. Even not including it would be fine its just a little extra is all. Also imagine a pc casught in his jaws being grappled all of a sudden fire erupts from the Nut Cracker and hes on fire.
savant_warlord13 12-23-05, 02:02 PM	if you didn't mind a CR increase, a bludgeoning version of the vorpal quality called skull crush would be a good idea. It would have a maximum size for creatures it can effect (a whale's head wouldn't fit in there)