#ballistae

Tower Golem

Gargantuan construct, unaligned

Armor Class: 18 (natural armor)

Hit points: 325 (25d12+150)

Speed: 20 ft.

STR 26, DEX 8, CON 24, INT 3, WIS 12, CHA 1

Saving throws: STR +8, DEX -2, CON +7, INT -3, WIS +1, CHA -5

Damage immunities: poison, psychic, bludgeoning, piercing, slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with adamantine weapons or siege weapons.

Condition immunities: charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned.

Senses: darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 11

Languages: understands the languages of its creator but cant speak.

Challenge 20 (25000 XP)

Immutable Form: The golem is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.

Magic Resistance: The golem has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Magic Weapons: The golem's weapon attacks are magical.

Tower Form: As an action, the tower golem alters its configuration to become a tower. The golem becomes is a cylindrical tower, 30 feet in diameter and 50 feet high, with arrow slits on all sides and a battlement atop it complete with a magical ballistae. Its interior is divided into three floors, with a ladder running along one wall to connect them. The ladder ends at a trapdoor leading to the roof. When in this form, the tower has a small door allowing entry to the first floor. The door is immune to the knock spell and similar magic, such as that of a chime of opening.

Actions

Multiattack: The golem can make two melee attacks or one ballistae attack.

Slam: Melee Weapon Attack +14, Reach 10 ft., one target, Hit: 30 (4d10+8) bludgeoning damage.

Here another thing every D&D Dm should have handy - artillery equipment. That stuff might not look like much but is soooo useful in setting up interesting combat encounters. Either your players have to stop the enemy catapults, or use a catapult to do weird stuff or break down a wall etc. All the while being attacked by diverse minion enemies.

I dont know if a bag of holding can hold one of those ballistae but I think there is a chance.

Google Image Search I’m had this topic on my list for a long time, but I never really found the time to think about it.  Still haven’t, which I realized could be part of the reason why I never took it off the bench.  I mean, these aren’t the easiest things to put in your story.  That problem stems entirely from what they are. Siege weapons (A.K.A. Siege Engines) are what you think they are. …