Category:Snow Golem
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The snow golem is a large magical animated construct[1] and as such lacks the dread golem template. It is a mindless automaton that obeys in the most straightforward way possible the orders of its maker, drawing no conclusions and taking no initiative. The creature will not resort spontaneously to special actions such as tripping or disarming, but it may either be given a specific instruction to make one such attack or may be directed as necessary by a maker who is immediatley at hand. When issuing instructions to the animate thing, its maker is wise to error on the side of simplicity. The creature is usually lent the shape of an oversized humanoid or that of some creature native to an icy region. Meredoth, the darklord of Todstein, invented the snow golem a little prior to 635 BC.[2]
Tales of its existence may have leaked out as early as 642 BC but more likely after 737 BC.
Snow golems can be found within the domain of Todstein, where they were first encountered.[1]
Construction
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The successful maker of a snow golem is an arcane spellcaster of at least the 17th level. He or she pours 30,000 gp (or its equivalent) into bringing his or her idea to "life". Of this total, 50 gp (or its equivalent) are spent fashioning the thing's body, which takes one week in subzero conditions and a successful Craft (carving or sculpting) check (DC 15). The ultimate animation of the thing requires ? XP from the caster and the casting of the following spells: animate objects, chain lightning, limited wish, and transmute snow to stone.
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Not Your Father's Snow Golem
Meredoth has continued to pursue arcane research in respect to the snow golem to the end of diversifying its capacities for attack. See the Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 199.
References
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III |
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