Mirror Golem
Construct · Crown of Deception
T3d8Minor
Reflective duplicates, mirror golems mimic attacks, shattering to reflect damage.
Tier 3 · Role Minor · Pool Vigor 6 · AC 12 · ATK +4 · Save DC 15 · Dmg 3 (flat)
| Stat | Score | Mod | Die |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body | 18 | - | - |
| Mind | 5 | - | - |
| Sense | 16 | - | - |
| Heart | 6 | - | - |
| Cunning | 16 | - | - |
| Fate | 12 | - | - |
A Minor has no attribute mechanics: the scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
Passives
Construct Nature
Immune to poison and fear. Mindless: fights to the death instead of fleeing.
Mirror Image
The golem always walks with 2 illusory duplicates. Roll randomly to see whether an attack strikes the golem or a duplicate; duplicates shatter on any hit. One duplicate reforms at the start of each of the golem's turns.
Maneuvers
Shattering Burst
All active duplicates explode into razor glass. Each creature within 10 ft of a duplicate makes a Body save (DC 15): on a failure it takes 3 damage, on a success 1 Vigor damage. Duplicates reform at the start of the golem's next turn.
Reactions
Damage Reflection
When a melee attack damages the golem, its surface fractures and flings shards back: the attacker takes 1 Vigor damage.
Tactics
GM tactics
Fights in rooms with mirrors and reflective surfaces. Uses Mirror Image duplicates to absorb attacks. Shattering Burst punishes close-range attackers. Damage Reflection makes every melee blow cost something. The duplicates make it hard to tell which figure is the golem.
Running it
Rules
- One Vigor pool of 2 x Tier, no Vitality. It breaks and flees with 3 left, and dies at 0. The pool does not regenerate.
- A hit deals a flat 3, no roll. A crit (natural 20 only) rolls d8 and never lands below 3.
- Crits on a natural 20 only.
- Minor: no stat modifiers or dice in play; its scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
- With 3 Vigor left it breaks and flees, out of the fight but alive; Fanatics fight on to 0 instead.
- At 0 Vigor it is dead: 6 total damage, and a single blow of 6 or more kills it on the spot.
- Vigor damage is simply damage against a Minor: its whole pool is Vigor.
- Two attacks in a normal turn: Tier 3+ Minors get a second.
- Group morale: when its group loses half its number, fled or dead, the rest check morale.
- NPCs never take wounds.