Dispelling Golems: Possible? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Dispelling Golems: Possible? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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sooperspook
12-30-05, 09:22 PM A golem is immune to all magic that can be stopped with SR. Dispel is not affected by SR. could you then dispel a golem? what would happen if you did? I'm guessing that even if you could it would only be supressed for a bit. would it still be animate? would it lose its special abilities?

any guesses welcome.

yes , I'm bored. :D
primemover003
12-30-05, 09:28 PM Golems are not Magic Items, they are creatures. You couldn't dispel a Golem anymore than you could dispel a Dire Bear. Neither Dispel, Greater, Anti-Magic Field, nor Mage's Disjunction work on a Golem.
sooperspook
12-30-05, 09:30 PM Realy? I thought golems stopped working in antimagic fields? huh. musta beenleft over from when we played 2nd ed.
primemover003
12-30-05, 09:32 PM I'm almost positive Golems worked the same in 2.0 as well...
sandskimmer
12-30-05, 09:41 PM Read the description of Dispell Magic in the PHB. It does not effect golems. Anti-magic fields will supress the (Su) abilities of all creatures, however, including golems, but otherwise a golem functions normally in these as well.

And yes, it worked that way in 2e too.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
sooperspook 12-30-05, 09:22 PM	A golem is immune to all magic that can be stopped with SR. Dispel is not affected by SR. could you then dispel a golem? what would happen if you did? I'm guessing that even if you could it would only be supressed for a bit. would it still be animate? would it lose its special abilities? any guesses welcome. yes , I'm bored. :D
primemover003 12-30-05, 09:28 PM	Golems are not Magic Items, they are creatures. You couldn't dispel a Golem anymore than you could dispel a Dire Bear. Neither Dispel, Greater, Anti-Magic Field, nor Mage's Disjunction work on a Golem.
sooperspook 12-30-05, 09:30 PM	Realy? I thought golems stopped working in antimagic fields? huh. musta beenleft over from when we played 2nd ed.
primemover003 12-30-05, 09:32 PM	I'm almost positive Golems worked the same in 2.0 as well...
sandskimmer 12-30-05, 09:41 PM	Read the description of Dispell Magic in the PHB. It does not effect golems. Anti-magic fields will supress the (Su) abilities of all creatures, however, including golems, but otherwise a golem functions normally in these as well. And yes, it worked that way in 2e too.