Porcelain Golem
Construct · no Crown (Mundane)
T2d6Minor
Delicate doll soldiers, porcelain golems crack and reform, tea sets hiding deadly precision.
Tier 2 · Role Minor · Pool Vigor 2 (+2 overflow) · AC 11 · ATK +3 · Save DC 13 · Dmg 2 (flat)
| Stat | Score | Mod | Die |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body | 16 | - | - |
| Mind | 4 | - | - |
| Sense | 14 | - | - |
| Heart | 12 | - | - |
| Cunning | 8 | - | - |
| Fate | 12 | - | - |
A Minor has no attribute mechanics: the scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
Passives
Construct Nature
Immune to poison, charm, and fear. Mindless: fights until destroyed instead of fleeing at 0 Vigor.
Fragile Frame
Vulnerable to bludgeoning damage. Whenever a bludgeoning hit cracks it, creatures within 5 ft take 1 Vigor damage from flying porcelain shards.
False Appearance
While motionless, indistinguishable from an ornate porcelain doll or figurine.
Maneuvers
Shatter and Reform
The golem explodes into razor shards. Each creature within 10 ft makes a Body save (DC 13); on a failure it takes 2 damage, on a success 1 Vigor damage. The golem reforms in an open space within 15 ft.
Tactics
GM tactics
Sits on shelves or in display cases, appearing decorative. Attacks when triggered or when intruders take what it guards. Uses Shatter and Reform against clusters and to escape being surrounded. Deceptively deadly despite its delicate appearance.
Running it
Rules
- Vigor equal to Tier, with an overflow of the same size behind it: 2, then 2 more. Neither half regenerates.
- A hit deals a flat 2, no roll. A crit (natural 20 only) rolls d6 and never lands below 2.
- Crits on a natural 20 only.
- Minor: no stat modifiers or dice in play; its scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
- At 0 Vigor it breaks and flees, out of the fight but alive; Fanatics fight on into the overflow instead.
- Total damage reaching 4 kills it outright, and a single blow of 4 or more kills it on the spot.
- Vigor damage is simply damage against a Minor: its whole pool is Vigor.
- Group morale: when its group loses half its number, fled or dead, the rest check morale.
- NPCs never take wounds.