Homebrew Iron Golem Species Details
History
There is very little know about iron golem, not even the creature itself knows of it's orgins. Seemingly placed on this plane with no guidance or purpose, the iron golem wonders the lands looking for a purpose in life, wiether it be protecting a small farm from bandits or enslaving an entire town with it's literal iron fist!
Age
Iron golem's being a very rare race of a very unknown creatures are nearly immortal, it's easy for the own golem to lose track after a few years since it never sleeps, it does not follow time as a normal person would.
A living fairy tail
To see an iron golem is a very rare occurance, most people will go there whole life without ever seeing one. Most of the known ones through out history were all hermits that lived in the forests/deserts/tundras/mountains/volcanos outside of any kind of civilization never interacting with anyone unless someone invaded there home unknowingly.
Iron Golem Traits
Using the energy of the core grants the golem great stregnth and ablilites!Ability Score Increase
Iron Golems recieive +1 to strength and +2 to constitution.
Golem Energy Core
Due to the fact that nothing about the Golem is organic, it cannot be healed by conventional means, but using the almost limitless power of it's core it can mend the armor.
All healing magics and potions have no effect on it.
.Iron golem get double the amount of hit die per level
Enegry Core Absobtion
Due to the nature of the core it absorbs all Lightning and Thunder causing all incoming damage to be turned into temperary hit points that decrease by 5 at the end of the golems turn, and by 10 when the temp hit points are over 25. The golem can use 20 temp hit points to use for OVERCHARGE instead of spending a hit die. If the golem absorbs more then half of it's hit points in temp hit points the core overloads and dischargers causing the golem to take lightning damage equal to half of the temp hit points absorbed.
OVERCHARGE
The Golem gets a massive surge of energy causing it to attempt great feats!
Spending a hit dice the golem can instantly gain advantage on any roll or add it to a damage roll equal to the roll of the hit die.
Heavy Armor Plating
The iron golems hard body is hard forged steel, it gains heavy armor mastery feat. while having disadvatage on all stealth and slight of hand checks.
Living steel
As a iron golem you do not need to eat or sleep. You still have the sense of touch as if your armor had nerve endings running all throigh it.
Long rests still heal you to full but you do not sleep, minium 4 hours of no movement and full focus on recharging your core to maximum.
You cannot swim, the armor will sink and you can walk on the bottom with your speed halved
Choosing a path
As the iron golem is given no purpose it must find it's own, either choosing to become a guardian for others or a machine of destruction.
Defensive Reach
Your arms interact and attack a full 10 ft away (reach weapon property)
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