Fire Absorption. Whenever the golem is subjected to fire damage, it takes no damage and instead regains a number of hit points equal to the fire damage dealt.
Immutable Form. The golem is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.
Magic Resistance. The golem has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Magic Weapons. The golem's weapon attacks are magical.
Multiattack. The golem makes two melee attacks.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d8 + 7) bludgeoning damage.
Sword. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 23 (3d10 + 7) slashing damage.
Poison Breath (Recharge 6). The golem exhales poisonous gas in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 19 Constitution saving throw, taking 45 (10d8) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
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Posted Jan 16, 2021This guy could kill a red dragon by it's lonesome
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Posted Feb 25, 2021Why does this kind of golem not go berserk when damaged?
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Posted Mar 5, 2021Most golems in D&D don't go berserk, the only 2 that do (at least I think only 2 go berserk if not counting variants) do those because they are references. Flesh Golems going berserk is a reference to Frankenstein's Monster and Clay Golems going berserk is a reference to Golem of Prague.
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Posted Apr 11, 2021pretty sure its a consturct
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Posted May 10, 2021Iron Golems have a higher challenge rating than Young Red Dragons
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Posted May 18, 2021Most things have a CR higher than Young Dragons. Ancient Dragons, on the other hand, could kill this with ease.
Does Disintegrate count as an effect which would alter its form? We ruled no, because pretty much any form of damage could be flavoured as form-altering (eg being dented by a warhammer).
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Posted May 21, 2021its so strong
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Posted May 31, 2021Dragons don't do magical damage so they'd be 100% relying on bites and breath weapon. Not impossible but not something I'd say would be done 'with ease'.
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Posted Jun 16, 2021Can someone explain to me why, outside of being nice to the players, a DM would ever use the slam attack? Why would I attack with 3d8 when I can attack with 3d10? I don't understand why the multiattack isn't written as, "The golem makes one attack with Slam and one attack with Sword." That would make sense, like it's giving you the old right-left. But as it's written, there's zero reason for me to ever use the slam attack.
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Posted Jul 1, 2021Maybe if the slam attack caused a STR save to avoid being knocked prone, it could be viable. If it successfully knocked an enemy prone, its next attack would have advantage on the prone creature.
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Posted Jul 2, 2021Yeah, or that. Another cool alternative. So many of the attack sets in the official stat block make zero sense.
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Posted Jul 25, 2021I think that it would just have the same effects of Adamantine Armor.
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Posted Jul 25, 2021Question: What would happen if a rust monster attacked an iron golem?
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Posted Aug 18, 2021If you were a changeling or new disguise self could you disguise yourself as its creator in order to fool it or would it not be susceptible to that
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Posted Oct 4, 2021Would the Iron Golem be affected by a Rust Monster?
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Posted Oct 12, 2021So me and my friend created a iron golem and I have no regrets. This thing is a beast in battle
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Posted Oct 21, 2021an ancient red dragon would lose to this thing...hard
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Posted Nov 2, 2021This thing would make the perfect Red Dragon slayer.
Immunity to the dragon's bite, claws, and tail, and heals from its breath.
Assuming of course, the dragon has no clever tactics, innate magic abilities, or magic items (or minions that are equipped with magic items)
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Posted Dec 30, 2021If it gets disarmed or you as a DM decide it attacks that way.
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Posted Dec 31, 2021Your call, it is a spell effect technically so I think rules as written it gets advantage, but I might rule otherwise as a DM.