Stone golem

Stone golems were constructed from a single piece of carefully chiseled stone. The most elegant stone golems were used as both guardians and art pieces in a magical building.

Description
These constructs were generally made with a bipedal, humanoid shape. Appearing as merely beautiful statues until commanded by their master to move and act. The average stone golem was about tall and weighed approximately.

Behavior
Stone golems were always dutifully obedient to whoever constructed them and could be given simple commands. They could even be commanded to fall into a dormant state, then come to life and attack other creatures when hostile actions are detected.

Abilities
Like any golem, these constructs possessed an immunity to magic and could not be harmed by normal weaponry. Only weapons with an enchantment of +2 or greater were capable of harming them, though this could be bypassed by use of the spell flesh to stone.

Being constructs made entirely of stone, these golems could be slowed down by the spell transmute rock to mud and repaired by use of its counterpart transmute mud to rock.

The strength of these golems was twice that of any flesh golem. Due to the spell being used in their construction, a stone golem was capable of casting slow at any creature within of it.

Variants
A rare variety of stone golems that could be found in the Hordelands. These golems were created by wu jen and given a mind of their own. They were adept at implementing martial arts maneuvers like throws during combat.
 * Sogi-nora:

Creation
In older ages the cost of materials needed to construct a stone golem was at the least 1,000 gp, though this price could be higher depending upon how powerful of an iron golem was desired, and the process took about two months. Construction of these constructs could only be undertaken by magic-users of a 16 level or higher and required use of the spells geas, polymorph any object, slow and wish.

Alternatively, the construction of a stone golem could be undertaken by any individual that owned a manual of golems.

Usage
Stone golems were used as divine agents of the gods Clangeddin Silverbeard, Geb, Segojan Earthcaller, and the Red Knight. Those that served the latter goddess had the form of chess pieces.

Appearances

 * Adventures:
 * Elminster's Back Door
 * Visitors from Above
 * Video Games:
 * Baldur's Gate II:Shadows of Amn
 * Blood & Magic
 * Dungeons and Dragons: Neverwinter
 * Gateway to the Savage Frontier
 * Neverwinter Nights
 * Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms