Create Golem

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Additional Bible5e spell option. Apply the current spellcasting and condition rules unless this spell states an exception.

Create Golem

5th-level Transmutation

"You saw that I was unformed, as a golem"
Psalm 139:16

Casting Time: 1 hour

Range: Touch

Components: V, S, M (350 pounds of clay, earth, or other substance)

Duration: 24 hours

You shape the clay used in the material component into the form of a golem. During the casting of this spell, you etch the Hebrew letter aleph "א" into the forehead of the golem, imbuing it with a semblance of life force. The type of golem is chosen by you during the casting of the spell and must have a challenge rating of 4 or lower. Any golem created with this spell obeys your commands without question for the duration of its existence.

As a bonus action on each of your turns you can issue a command to the golem if it is within 120 feet and can hear you. Once given a command, the golem will continue to obey it until the task is complete.

The golem exists for 24 hours, after which it collapses back into a pile of shapeless earth. To maintain the golem's existence for another 24 hours, you must cast this spell on the golem again before the current 24-hour period ends. This use of the spell restores the golem's hit points to full and maintains the golem's existence, rather than creating a new golem.