Summon Blazeheart Golem

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Summon Blazeheart Golem
Level	4
School1	Fire
School2	Summoning
Source(s)	Book of Callings Book of Dangerous Friends
Casting noise	4
Spell noise	0
Power Cap	100

Summons a volatile elemental spark encased in a shell of slag iron. It is capable of raining down powerful blows on its summoner's adversaries - so powerful that the golem itself is often damaged by their impact. Only tenuously bound to this world, the flames within it will rapidly go dormant whenever its summoner leaves its side. If its shell is ever destroyed while still active, the exposed core will violently detonate a moment later.

Summon Blazeheart Golem is a level 4 Summonings/Fire spell which summons an explosive golem.

Useful Info

Summons a single blazeheart golem. It must be adjacent to the caster to do most things. If the blazeheart golem is not adjacent for more than 1 turn, it becomes dormant: it will no longer move, attack, or create a fiery core on death. Standing next to the golem afterwards will end dormancy.

Whenever the blazeheart golem attacks, it loses 1/3rd of its max HP, rounded up.

When a non-dormant blazeheart golem is killed, it will create a fiery core. After exactly 1 player action (no matter how fast or slow), the fiery core will explode. Similar to Inner Flame, this explosion hits 3x3 area, deals 3d(5 + HD) damage (min. 3d11), and creates flame clouds on the blast. The explosion is not considered your attack, so it won't anger good gods if it hits an ally.

Higher spell power increases the golem's HD, which in turn increases golem HP and explosion damage. The golem's HD equals 6 + pow/12. Therefore, the explosion damage equals 3d(11 + power/12).

There is a summon limit of 1 golem; casting the spell again will cause the old summon to very quickly time out.

Strategy

• In order for the golem to be anything more than a meatshield, you must be adjacent to it.
• While the explosion is the most flashy part of this spell, the golem actually deals decent melee damage.
• Don't let yourself get damaged by an explosion, at least without fire resistance:
  • Avoid using this spell against users of Mesmerise, namely Maggie.
  • Watch out for wall layouts! If you're back is against a wall, you can't retreat away from the explosion.
  • Also, don't let your retreat path get blocked by monsters. In a pinch, you can try Blinking away.

History

• Summon Blazeheart Golem was introduced in 0.31, replacing Summon Guardian Golem.