A stained glass golem was a type of golem resembling stained glass. They were constructed to blend in with the decor of a temple or palace, in order to hide them from view to all except unwanted visitors.[1]
Description[]
They resembled flat, two-dimensional imitations of people made from glass. They were silent and never communicated; the only sound they made was a tinkling sound like delicate crystal wind chimes when they moved. As they moved, they flickered and twinkled as the light passing through them refracted.[1]
Abilities[]
Like many golems, glass golems possessed a general immunity to most magic and spells.[1][2] Though the material that made up their bodies also made glass golems one of the most vulnerable types of golem,[2] making them vulnerable to sonic spells[1] and the spell shatter.[1][2] Their appearance also allowed them to blend in perfectly with any window.[1]
A stained glass golem could be repaired with mending, but healed rapidly on its own.[1]
Combat[]
They fought by swinging their arms; like broken glass, their edges were very sharp.[1]
Society[]
They were typically encountered alone, in pairs, or in groups of up to five.[1]
Construction[]
To create a stained glass golem, a high-level arcane spellcaster skilled in glass-making required some 50 pounds (23 kilograms) of glass shards and the spells geas/quest, limited wish, and polymorph any object, and it otherwise cost 10,000 gold pieces.[1]
Usages[]
Deep within the jungles of Chult, four of these golems were installed by the necromancer Zzarka Tuzarr within the stained glass windows of her sandstone pyramid stronghold.[3]
Within the quiet village of Irl, many of the larger and wealthier families had a number of stained glass golems at their command.[4]
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Gallery[]
Appearances[]
- Adventures
- The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
External Links[]
Stained glass golem article at the Ravenloft Wiki.
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Ed Bonny, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Skip Williams, and Steve Winter (September 2002). Monster Manual II 3rd edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 116. ISBN 07-8692-873-5.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc), p. 169. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ Ramon Arjona (2002-10-02). “Strongholds of Undeath Portals”. Perilous Gateways. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2020-12-01.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd (March 2006). Power of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 140. ISBN 0-7869-3910-9.
Connections[]
Clay (Ceramic • Clay warrior) • Coal • Crystal • Doll • Flesh (Blood • Brain • Cadaver • Demonflesh • Fiendish flesh • Nyraala)
Gemstone (Diamond • Emerald • Ruby) • Gloom • Hammer • Ice • Iron (Furnace) • Lightning • Magic • Minogon • Necrophidius
Rag & String • Sand • Scarecrow • Siege golem • Snow • Stained glass • Stone (Colossus • Gargoyle • Guardian • Juggernaut • Spiderstone • Tombstone) • Thayan golem • Vault guardian
Related Creature
Half-golem