A harvest golem
- For the Westfall mob, see Harvest Golem.
Three qualities make a harvest golem so terrifying: its surprising speed, its harmless appearance, and its merciless battle tactics. A harvest golem appears at first to be a common scarecrow. Only a closer examination reveals its snarling face, glowing eyes, and unnaturally long arms and dagger fingers — and by then it is usually too late.
Goblins created the first harvest golems to serve as guardians, setting the constructs to patrol the fields of Westfall. The goblins’ first attempts were too effective; the golems killed so quickly and ruthlessly that no victims remained to spread tales of the horrifying guardians. Goblin tinkers thus hamstrung one of their creations just long enough for a survivor to spread the word. Within weeks, the fields of Westfall stood empty save for their silent, shambling caretakers. Harvest golems have since spread to other territories, leaving fear and mutilated corpses in their wake.
A harvest golem poses as a simple scarecrow long enough for its victims to enter partial charge range. It then charges, utilizes its backstab ability to rip the throat out of its nearest opponent. While mindless, a harvest golem possesses a degree of innate cunning a touch above that of most golems, modifying its tactics somewhat in response to its enemies’ attacks. A harvest golem never retreats.
A harvest golem seems a simple scarecrow, but a crafter must lace its innards with sachets of expensive powders and ground herbs. In addition, the caster inscribes animating runes inside the golem’s fabric body, which requires a rare ink made of powdered arcanite.Template:Cite
Harvest golems have a smaller, but more deadly cousin called a Remote-Controlled Harvest Golem.
Notable Harvest Golems
Strawman — a boss in Karazhan, a parody of the Scarecrow from the movie "The Wizard of Oz".