Flesh Golem

Flesh Golem (CR 7)

Neutral - Large - Construct

Lore:	Know (Arcana)
12		29
Basic DC		Full DC

Initiative

11

Perception:
21	+11
Passive	Active

Ambush:

10+

on a d20

Senses:

• Standard Senses

Movement Types:

Defense

AC

23

Man Def

23

Monster Health
113	56	11
Hit Points	Bloodied	Hit Dice

Saving Throws
Fort:	+4
Refl:	+4
Will:	+4

Strong Against:

• DR 10/Adamantine
• (Mindless) Immune (no effect): all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, fear, morale effects, patterns, and phantasms)
• (Construct 1) Immune (no effect): diseases (infected, diseased, blighted), poisons (tainted, poisoned, blighted), ability damage (dilution, damage, drain), and essence damage (suppression, omission, destruction)
• (Construct 2) Immune (no effect): bleeds (bruised, bleed, ruptured), fatigued, exhausted
• (Construct 3) Immune (no effect): magical sleep (drowsy, sluggish, asleep), paralyzed, stunned
• (Construct 4) Immune (no effect): any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect also works on objects, or is harmless)

Weak Against:

Offense

Size:	Large
10 ft.		10 ft.
Space		Reach

To-Hit

+13

Man Off

+11

Action

0

Points

Standard Attack (Melee):

• 1x Smashing Fist +13 (2d8+4/19-20 x2)
  as undefined damage type

Full Attack (Melee):

• 3x Smashing Fist +13 (2d8+4/19-20 x2)
  as undefined damage type

Standard Attack (Ranged):

• 1x None, but see Rampage +12 (2d8+4/19-20 x2)
  as undefined damage type
  

Full Attack (Ranged):

Siege Damage:

• 1x Smashing Fists +11 (1d4)
  

Statistics

20

STR

16

DEX

—

CON

—

INT

11

WIS

6

CHA

Skills:

• Perception: 11
• All other skills: 6 (no ranks)

Languages:

Feats:

• Overrun, Improved (EFFECT: Overrun, Improved (Feat))

Special Abilities

Double Smash (Ex)

As a standard action, a flesh golem can raise both mighty fists above its head and crash them down upon a melee opponent. This is resolved as two Smashing Fist attacks: + to-hit for damage. If both of these attacks hit, the opponent is also knocked Prone.

Rampage (Ex)

Once per round, as a full attack action, a Flesh Golem may move up to half its speed while flailing its massive fists in all directions, smashing everything. Any enemy creature that falls into its reach during this movement is attacked once with Smashing Fists at + to-hit inflicting . Rampage does not provoke attacks of opportunity. Note that Flesh Golems may attempt to use Improved Overrun with Rampage if enemies are in their way.

Vital Spark (Ex)

Once per round, if a Flesh Golem is targeted by an electrical effect, its spell resistance is not checked and it takes no damage or ill effects from the effect. Instead, it is granted a free move action and is healed for one hit point of damage per caster level or Challenge Rating of the electrical effect. If undefined, it is healed for the Campaign Challenge Rating.

Flesh Golem

Flesh Golems are alchemical horrors usually created by people who should probably know better. As all golems, flesh golems are constructs, made things, despite the vile nature of the material used in the construction process.

That said, because flesh golems are usually built from the corpses of sentient creatures, they have a serious stigma associated with them. Even worse, they have a small but real chance of being tainted by necromantic energies, and when this occurs, there is no end of the terrible things that can come about.

Combat Tactics

Flesh Golems are quite mindless and, as a result, they don't really bother with tactics too much. They will generally use Rampage every round, with their Improved Overrun feat letting them stomp right over their enemies with nigh-impunity. They will not bother with five foot steps to use their reach for attacks of opportunity, as Rampage does all that for them. No thinking required.

If there's only one foe nearby, they will walk up to it and use Double Smash instead, just for a change of pace. If they are hemmed in, they will use a full attack action to make two normal Smashing Fist attacks, for the chance to inflict critical damage.

If anyone is foolish enough to hit them with an electrical effect, they will usually use the free move action to line up for their next Rampage or Double Smash, using Improved Overrun to move through enemies if required.

Out of Combat

Flesh Golems are frequently used as guardians and servants by the unscrupulous, and their ability to tear through structures and walls makes them favorites with military commanders as well. Flesh Golems will often be found with some simple command set, such as 'kill everyone who tries to go through this door', 'obey the orders of this person until I order you to stop doing so', or 'kill anyone who enters without saying 'Fribbit'. Flesh Golems are not sophisticated enough to use the complex nested commands frequently 'programmed' into higher designs of golem.

A downside of this is that sometimes, Flesh Golems will 'get stuck' trying to fulfill a badly worded command, and will seem to go on a mad rampage. This fuels rumors that flesh golems may have remnants of souls or fragments of consciousness. Of course, this is probably specious, but in a magical world, it is hard to say anything for certain.

Rewards

XP: 3,200

Treasure: Sellable Goods worth 2,875 gp.

Weight: 70 lbs.     Volume: 2.8 cu. ft.

Optional Treasure Rules: Roll a d20 on Table 1 below once per encounter (NOT per creature). Any items discovered are in addition to the normal treasure for the encounter.

Table 1: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 10	Nothing Found
11 - 14	1 Languid Remnant (tier 1)
15 - 17	1 Pale Remnant (tier 2)
18 - 19	1 Bright Remnant (tier 3)
20	Roll on Table 2
###	Nothing to see here!
###	Or here. Move along.

Table 2: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5	3 Languid Remnants (tier 1)
6 - 10	3 Pale Remnants (tier 2)
11 - 14	1 Intense Remnant (tier 4)
15 - 17	1 Blazing Remnant (tier 5)
18 - 19	1 Vital Remnant (tier 6)
20	Roll on Table 3
###	Or here. Move along.

Table 3: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5	3 Bright Remnants (tier 3)
6 - 8	3 Intense Remnants (tier 4)
9 - 11	3 Blazing Remnants (tier 5)
12 - 14	3 Vital Remnants (tier 6)
15 - 17	1 Prime Remnant (tier 7)
18 - 19	1 Mythic Remnant (tier 8)
20	1 Empyrean Remnant (tier 9)