Glass golems, also known as stained glass golems, were constructs made from stained glass.[1][4]
Description[]
Glass golems were typically crafted to resemble a knight.[1][2][3]
Abilities[]
Like many golems, glass golems possessed a general immunity to most magic. However, the glass material that made up their bodies also made glass golems one of the most vulnerable types of golem. Some were known to be especially vulnerable to the spell shatter,[2][3] as well as blessed hammers.[1][2][5] They could only be harmed by magical blunt weaponry.[2][3]
Due to being constructed of stained glass, these golems would strobe and flicker any light that hit them, reflecting it into an array of hues, and hence were even capable of casting the spell prismatic spray.[2][3] When in direct sunlight, or the radius of daylight or a similar spell, glass golems would heal at an accelerated rate.[1]
History[]
None knew for certain when the first glass golems came about, but it was believed that they were created by some spellcaster who fancied themselves an artist.[4] Others claimed that this spellcaster was the lord of an Island of Terror.[citation needed]
Ecology[]
Glass golems were usually built into windows fashioned from the same glass they were constructed of, usually at a church or shrine. As a result they served as the building's guardian whenever the need arose.[1][2] The process of constructing them took over three months and would cost the creator around 100,000 gold pieces.[citation needed]
Notable Glass Golems[]
- Lady of the Solemn Vows[citation needed]
- Lumina[citation needed]
- Glass Guardian: a glass golem who stood guard in the Malachite Palace under the guise of a painting.[citation needed]
Appendix[]
External Links[]
- Glass golem article at Mistipedia, a wiki for the Ravenloft campaign setting run by The Fraternity of Shadows.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Beth Bostic, et al. (January, 2004). Denizens of Dread. Edited by Dale Donovan. (White Wolf Publishing), pp. 97–98. ISBN 1-58846-951-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc.), p. 169. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Teeuwynn Woodruff (1994). Van Richten's Guide to the Created. Edited by Andria Hayday. (TSR, Inc.), p. 52. ISBN 1-56076-819-3.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc.), p. 165. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ Teeuwynn Woodruff (1994). Van Richten's Guide to the Created. Edited by Andria Hayday. (TSR, Inc.), p. 29. ISBN 1-56076-819-3.
Sources[]
- William W. Connors (1996). Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I & II. Edited by C. Terry Phillips, John D. Rateliff, Karen Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 27, 29. ISBN 0786903929.