All the Different Types of Golems Redux

[Echohawk]

Since I've just about run out of things to index, I thought I should take another look at the "All the Different Types of..." threads.

So, to start with, here's an updated version of this thread, listing all of the D&D golems. I picked the golems first, because I think that was the very first thread I ever participated in on these boards, many years ago .

True Golems

• Golem, Adamantine (Epic Level Handbook)
• Golem, Aelder (Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix)
• Golem, Alchemical (Monster Manual III)
• Golem, Amber (Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix)
• Golem, Armor (Sword and Shield)
• Golem, Ash (Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert)
• Golem, Bamboo Warrior (Rage of the Rakasta)
• Golem, Black, Greater (Dungeon #14)
• Golem, Black (Dungeon #14)
• Golem, Blade (Polyhedron #75)
• Golem, Blood (Wizards of the Coast web site)
• Golem, Blood Claw (Diablo II: To Hell and Back)
• Golem, Blood Golem of Hextor (Fiend Folio)
• Golem, Blood Rock Golem of Hextor (Fantastic Locations: The Frostfell Rift)
• Golem, Bone (Mystaran) (Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia)
• Golem, Bone (Ravenloft) (Denizens of Dread)
• Golem, Bone (Tellenian) (Dangerous Denizens)
• Golem, Bone Spider (Sinister Spire)
• Golem, Brain (Fiend Folio)
• Golem, Brass (Monster Manual II)
• Golem, Brass (Alternative I) (Polyhedron #30)
• Golem, Brass (Alternative II) (Dungeon #45)
• Golem, Bronze (Mystaran) (Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia)
• Golem, Bronze (Tellenian) (Dangerous Denizens)
• Golem, Burning Man (Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two)
• Golem, Cadaver (Heroes of Horror)
• Golem, Calzone (Knowledge Arcana: Issue 9)
• Golem, Cannon (Dragon #355)
• Golem, Chain (Monster Manual II)
• Golem, Chalk (Dangerous Denizens)
• Golem, Chess (Vortex of Madness and Other Planar Perils)
• Golem, Chia (Dragon #228)
• Golem, Chitin (Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert)
• Golem, Chocolate (Dragon #228)
• Golem, Clay (Monster Manual v.3.5)
• Golem, Clay (Diablo) (Diablo II: To Hell and Back)
• Golem, Coal (Wizards of the Coast web site)
• Golem, Copper (Polyhedron #30)
• Golem, Coral (Stormwrack)
• Golem, Crystal (Dungeon #42)
• Golem, Curse-Scribed (Expedition to Castle Ravenloft)
• Golem, Demonflesh (Fiend Folio)
• Golem, Diamond (Monsters of Faerûn)
• Golem, Doll (Denizens of Dread)
• Golem, Dragonbone (Draconomicon)
• Golem, Dragonflesh (Monster Manual II)
• Golem, Drakestone (Draconomicon)
• Golem, Equine (Arms and Equipment Guide)
• Golem, Emerald (Monsters of Faerûn)
• Golem, Ether (Guide to the Ethereal Plane)
• Golem, Fang (Monster Manual IV)
• Golem, Fire (Diablo II: To Hell and Back)
• Golem, Flesh (Monster Manual v.3.5)
• Golem, Flesh (Ravenloft) (Denizens of Dread)
• Golem, Force (Monster Manual V)
• Golem, Fungus (Dragon #341)
• Golem, Furnace (Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix)
• Golem, Ganetra (Nightstorm (HWA3))
• Golem, Gargoyle (Denizens of Dread)
• Golem, Gear (Dungeon #126)
• Golem, Glass (Ravenloft) (Denizens of Dread)
• Golem, Glass (Tellenian) (Dangerous Denizens)
• Golem, Glassine Horror (Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix)
• Golem, Gloom (Monster Manual III)
• Golem, Gold (Wizards of the Coast web site)
• Golem, Grave Dirt (Libris Mortis)
• Golem, Hammer (Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One)
• Golem, Hangman (Monster Manual III)
• Golem, Hellfire (Fiend Folio)
• Golem, Ice (Frostburn)
• Golem, Ice, Black (Dragon #324)
• Golem, Ice (Mystaran) (Quest for the Silver Sword)
• Golem, Ice (Tellenian) (Dangerous Denizens)
• Golem, Incarnum (Magic of Incarnum)
• Golem, Iron (Monster Manual v.3.5)
• Golem, Iron, Lesser (Harvest of Darkness)
• Golem, Iron, Spider (Dungeon #84)
• Golem, Iron (Diablo) (Diablo II: To Hell and Back)
• Golem, Iron Gargoyle (Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix)
• Golem, Ironwyrm (Draconomicon)
• Golem, Junk (Dragon #341)
• Golem, Leather (Dangerous Denizens)
• Golem, Lemorian (Dungeon #142)
• Golem, Lightning (Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix (MC11))
• Golem, Loam (Dangerous Denizens)
• Golem, Maggot (Dragon #339)
• Golem, Magmacore (Monster Manual V)
• Golem, Magic (Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three)
• Golem, Magma (Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II)
• Golem, Mechanical (Denizens of Dread)
• Golem, Metagolem (Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One)
• Golem, Minogon (Dragon #302)
• Golem, Mist (Denizens of Dread)
• Golem, Mithral (Epic Level Handbook)
• Golem, Mithral Guardian (Undermountain: The Lost Level)
• Golem, Mithril (Blood and Shadows: The Dark Elves of Tellene)
• Golem, Mud (Monster Manual III)
• Golem, Nyraala (Dragon #255)
• Golem, Oak (Polyhedron #30)
• Golem, Obsidian (Athasian) (Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert)
• Golem, Obsidian (Mystaran) (Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia)
• Golem, Old One Guardian (Dragon #302)
• Golem, Paper (Dragon #341)
• Golem, Phantom Flyer (Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two)
• Golem, Prismatic (Monster Manual III)
• Golem, Quartz (Dangerous Denizens)
• Golem, Radiant (Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix)
• Golem, Rag (Imagine #19)
• Golem, Razor (Wizards of the Coast web site)
• Golem, Red (Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix)
• Golem, Relief (Dragon #334)
• Golem, Rock (Athasian) (Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert)
• Golem, Rock (Mystaran) (Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix)
• Golem, Rope (Dragon #302)
• Golem, Ruby (Monsters of Faerûn)
• Golem, Rune (Dragon #343)
• Golem, Salt (Athasian) (Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II)
• Golem, Salt (Tellenian) (Dangerous Denizens)
• Golem, Sand (Sandstorm)
• Golem, Sand (Athasian) (Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert)
• Golem, Sand (Tellenian) (Midnight's Terror)
• Golem, Sardorian (Wizards of the Coast web site)
• Golem, Seashell (Dungeon #85)
• Golem, Serpent Griffon (In the Cage: A Guide to Sigil)
• Golem, Serpentflesh (Serpent Kingdoms)
• Golem, Shaboath (Lords of Madness)
• Golem, Shadesteel (Monster Manual III)
• Golem, Shadesteel, Greater (Monster Manual III)
• Golem, Shadow (Polyhedron #30)
• Golem, Sickstone (Wizards of the Coast web site)
• Golem, Siege (Cityscape)
• Golem, Silver (Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix)
• Golem, Skeletal (Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix)
• Golem, Sleepwalker (Dungeon #63)
• Golem, Slime (Ravager of Time (I8))
• Golem, Snow (Denizens of Dread)
• Golem, Soap (Dangerous Denizens)
• Golem, Spiderstone (City of the Spider Queen)
• Golem, Stained Glass (Monster Manual II)
• Golem, Stone (Monster Manual v.3.5)
• Golem, Stone, Greater (Monster Manual v.3.5)
• Golem, Stone, Survey Construct (Wizards of the Coast web site)
• Golem, Plush (Dragon #228)
• Golem, Puzzle (Dragon #302)
• Golem, Straw (Dangerous Denizens)
• Golem, Thayan (Monsters of Faerûn)
• Golem, Tin (Dragon #341)
• Golem, Tombstone (Libris Mortis)
• Golem, Training (Dungeon #117)
• Golem, Transient (Children of the Night: The Created)
• Golem, Twine (Dangerous Denizens)
• Golem, Vault Guardian (Ruins of Zhentil Keep)
• Golem, Wax (Dragon #341)
• Golem, Wax (Ravenloft) (Denizens of Dread)
• Golem, Wax (Tellenian) (Dangerous Denizens)
• Golem, Web (Monster Manual III)
• Golem, Wood (Dragon #341)
• Golem, Wood, Hard (Dangerous Denizens)
• Golem, Wood, Soft (Dangerous Denizens)
• Golem, Wood (Alternate) (Dungeon #14)
• Golem, Wood (Alternate II) (Dragon #119)
• Golem, Wood (Athasian) (Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert)
• Golem, Wood (Mystaran) (Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia)
• Golem, Zombie (Denizens of Dread)

Bits of Golems

• Golem Remnant (Wizards of the Coast web site)
• Golem Swarm (Dragon #309)

Golem Templates

• Elder Eidolon (Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations)
• Golem, Dread (Ravenloft Player's Handbook)
• Glyph Guardian (Dragon #302)

Half-Golems

• Half-Golem (Template) (Monster Manual II)
• Half-Golem, Brass (More Half Golems! (A Monster Manual II Web Enhancement))
• Half-Golem, Clay (Monster Manual II)
• Half-Golem, Dragonflesh (More Half Golems! (A Monster Manual II Web Enhancement))
• Half-Golem, Flesh (Monster Manual II)
• Half-Golem, Iron (Monster Manual II)
• Half-Golem, Stained Glass (More Half Golems! (A Monster Manual II Web Enhancement))
• Half-Golem, Stone (Monster Manual II)

Unique Golems

• Ahmi Vanjuko (Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I & II)
• Awtawmatawn (Shattered Statue (DQ1))
• Clay Watchers (Wizards of the Coast web site)
• Desmond LaRouche (Half-Golem) (Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I & II)
• Feuer (Wizards of the Coast web site)
• Rabbi Loew's Golem (Dragon #297)
• Ruby (Wizards of the Coast web site)
• Terrible Iron Golem (Dungeon #112)
• The Sphinx (Dragon #297)
• Tod (Wizards of the Coast web site)
• Verran's Flesh (Wizards of the Coast web site)
• Wilbur the Pig-Iron Pig Golem (Polyhedron #62)

Things that were previously (or probably should be) classified as Golems

• Black Widow Totem (Imagine #19)
• Caryatid Column (Fiend Folio)
• Gem Hylem (Imagine #19)
• Grisgol (Monster Manual III)
• Juggernaut (Monster Manual II)
• Juggernaut, Hulean (Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix)
• Necrophidius (Fiend Folio)
• Rock Totem (Imagine #19)
• Scarecrow (Dragon #355)
• Stone Guardian (Monstrous Manual)

 

[sedarfaery]

Wow, thats a lot of golems. I didn't even think there were that many.

 

[BOZ]

no kidding!

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Great resource. Thanks for the compilation.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

You left out the cannon golem (Dragon #355).

 

[Echohawk]

Added

 

[Echohawk]

Added one new golem and some golem-like creatures from Imagine #19: Gem Hylem, Rock Totem, Black Widow Totem, Rag Golem.

 

[Echohawk]

Added the bone spider golem from The Sinister Spire and the two new golems (force and magmacore) from Monster Manual V.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

I just noticed another missing type: the golem swarm from Dragon #309.

 

[Echohawk]

That's listed under "Bits of Golems" .