Golems
201 -- A Historical Reference
Reading
List
By Mark A. Jindra
Some
unique golems (half-golem, mechanical golem) appear in the second Ravenloft
Monstrous Compendium Appendix and Children
of the Night: Created. A Thayan golem appears in Monster
Compendium: Monsters of Faerûn, along with converted gemstone
golems.You can find the Psion-Killer (crystal golem) in the Psionics
Handbook. And, of course, the new Monster
Manual includes
the four classic golems. The wax golem appears in its 3rd edition form
on our website in the November
Cliffhangers adventure.
In addition, there are four golems in the 3rd edition D&D game Diablo II: Diablerie (and repeated in Diablo II: To Hell and Back): bone, fire, iron, and clay. The Diablo iron and clay golems are the not similar to those with the same names in the Monster Manual. Finally, Diablo II: The Awakening (2nd edition rules) had a golem spell in it as well.
Here is a comprehensive list of golems from past D&D and AD&D products.
| Golem, Amber Mys/51 Golem, Ash DS1 Golem, Bone MM/168, Rav1/28 Golem, Brain MCA1 Golem, Brass Minotaur MCA4/43 Golem, Burning Man MCA2/66 Golem, Chitin DS1 Golem, Doll MM/168, Rav1/28 Golem, Drolem Mys/52 Golem, Flesh (Ravenloft) Rav3/47 Golem, Furnace SJ1 Golem, Gargoyle MM/169, Rav1/29 Golem, Gemstone, Diamond MCA4/44 Golem, Gemstone, Emerald MCA4/44 Golem, Gemstone, Ruby MCA4/44 Golem, Glass MM/169, Rav1/29 Golem, Greater, Iron MM/166, MC1 Golem, Greater, Stone MM/166, MC1 Golem, Hammer MCA1 Golem, Iron Gargoyle Mys/53 Golem, Lesser, Clay MM/167, MC1 Golem, Lesser, Flesh MM/167, MC1 Golem, Maggot MCA4/46, Req Golem, Magic MCA3/53 Golem, Magma DS2/49 |
Golem, Mechanical Rav1/30 Golem, Metagolem MCA1 Golem, Mist Rav3/48 Golem, Mud Mys/53 Golem, Necrophidius MM/170, GH Golem, Obsidian DS1 Golem, Phantom Flyer MCA2/67 Golem, Radiant SJ1 Golem, Rock (Dark Sun) DS1 Golem, Rock (Mystara) Mys/54 Golem, Salt DS2/50 Golem, Sand DS1 Golem, Scarecrow MM/170, GH Golem, Shaboath MCA3/54 Golem, Silver Mys/54 Golem, Skeletal Mys/51 Golem, Snow Rav3/50 Golem, Spiderstone MCA1 Golem, Stone Guardian MM/171 Golem, Stone, Caryatid Column MM/171 Golem, Stone, Juggernaut MM/171 Golem, Wax Rav3/51 Golem, Wood DS1 Golem, Zombie Rav1/30 |
Key: (Numbers after slashes indicate page numbers.)
DS1 = Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix
DS2 = Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II
GH = Greyhawk Monstrous Compendium Appendix
MC1 = Monstrous Compendium, Vol. 1
MCA1 = Monstrous Compendium Annual, Vol. 1
MCA2 = Monstrous Compendium Annual, Vol. 2
MCA3 = Monstrous Compendium Annual, Vol. 3
MCA4 = Monstrous Compendium Annual, Vol. 4
MM = Monstrous Manual
Mys = Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix
Rav1 = Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix
Rav3 = Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III
Req = Ravenloft Requiem boxed adventure
SJ1 = Spelljammer Monstrous Compendium Appendix