Galem Builder: An Alternative to Pathfinder's Summoner

Exclusive to TRAILseeker patrons. Galems - not golems! - are built out of clay by the galem builders, an alternate version of the summoner. This article introduces the galem builder, along with the galem itself. Why summon an outsider when you can build your own perfect construct? By Carl Cramér; art by Xanditz.

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[Phaide]

Were the dev afraid of the word golem for some reason? Were they inspired by Young Frankenstein to alter the name slightly? Weird, but the class looks interesting enough.

 

[Morrus]

Were the dev afraid of the word golem for some reason? Were they inspired by Young Frankenstein to alter the name slightly? Weird, but the class looks interesting enough.

A golem is a golem. A galem is a galem.

 

[Dire Bare]

Galem? It's just a word, but . . . I'm having a hard time getting past it. It's like all those kids in my science classes (I teach middle school) that have "normal" names, but with odd spellings to make them "unique".

Still, I like the idea of a golem (or construct) building class, so the article is intriguing!

 

[Alzrius]

The 20th-level power is still called "twin eidolon" in the class table in the picture displayed above.

 

[turkeygiant]

Yeah Galem is giving me weird reading tick every time I come across it in the text, just call a golem a golem.

 

[Fralex]

There are two kinds of golems: galems and guyems. Guyems like galems, and that's why we have golems!

 

[Starfox]

Golem comes from Hebrew. Hebrew is a semitic language. As far as I understand, the vowel sounds are unspecified - you can use a, e, i, and y interchangeably. Galem, golem, golyem, all are really the same word. The reason I picked galem was that I red it as an alternate transcription in my sources. I wanted to keep it separate from the golem simply to avoid confusion.

/Carl Cramér, Author