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from the tables are as follows: AT 3, DB 10, and 30
concussion hits. It won’t be able to survive long in any
fight.
Example: The magician creating the Brass Golem
decides that it should be of Medium size, so its
creation level remains unchanged at 9. Its basic
statistics are as follows: AT 20, DB 0, and 120
concussion hits.
Example: The enchantress wants her Iron Wolf Golem
to be big enough to deter or defeat most intruders, so
she chooses to make it Large in size. Its original
creation level was 13, multiplying by 1.5 for Large,
gives 19.5, which rounded up is 20. It has the following
statistics: AT 20, DB +20, and a hefty 400
concussion hits.
For steps 4 to 7, please see section 6.4.
6.3
MAKING A BASIC
CONSTRUCT
Let us now examine the steps 1 to 3 in creating a
Construct in greater detail.
6.3.1 SHAPE
What form will the Construct take As with Golems,
Humanoid Constructs are the easiest to fashion and the
most frequently created. For the average alchemist, such
forms are the easiest to render and animate. However
the internal machinery required to simulate the gross
dexterity of even the human form when enchanted
means that even humanoid Constructs are non-trivial
creations. Unusual humanoids (such as avian races) and
normal animals are proportionally more difficult. Fantastic
beasts, demons, and extra-planar beings with their
reliance on magic and/or alternate laws of physics are at
least twice as difficult to mimic as Constructs.
Some creators may seek to “improve” on nature’s
handiwork, by adding limbs and other appendages to a
particular form. In game mechanics terms, this increases
the entity’s creation level, as the mage must balance the
additions to the original shape. Extra limbs may provide
new methods of locomotion, greater stability or extra
attacks. A cautious enchanter might remove limbs from a
form – this will reduce the entity’s creation level marginally.
A humanoid Construct without arms cannot attack
its opponents (unless it has built-in missile weapons in its
torso!); likewise one without legs cannot move itself.
Shape also decides the nature of the attacks available
to a Construct. Humanoid Constructs are normally
built as “killing machines” with each arm terminating in
a weapon rather than a hand and other weapons “wired”
directly into their bodies. Animal and monstrous Constructs
imitate their organic counterparts with sculpted
claws, talons, horns, and so forth.
The creation level modifiers for various categories of
Constructs are given below.
Shape Modifiers
Humanoids:
Normal humanoids (one head, torso, two arms, and
two legs): 4
Unusual humanoids (e.g. centaurs, avians, merfolk): 5
Animals:
Insects, arachnids, and crustaceans: 6
Fish: 6
Birds: 6
Mammals: 5 (6 if aquatic or winged, 7 if both)
Reptiles: 5 (6 if aquatic or winged, 7 if both)
Amphibians: 6 (7 if winged)
Exotic creatures:
Monsters: +8
Undead: +9
Demons and extra-planar beings: +10
Add +1 if the creature has wings.
Add +1 if the creature is aquatic.
Add +1 if the creature is insectoid in form.
Add +1 if the creature has any magical abilities.
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