Let's start with golems.
Golem
We stood in defense of the defenseless, until even we could not save them.
Racial Traits
Ability Scores: +2 Con, +2 Wis
Size: Medium
Speed: 6 squares
Vision: Normal
Languages: Common, choice of one other
Skill Bonus: +2 History, +2 Insight
Living Construct: as the Warforged trait
Soul Scripture: Two parts comprise a golem: the soul scripture and the sculptureflesh. You do not need to sleep, and instead the scripture containing your animating spirit must be removed from the sculptureflesh for 4 hours to gain the benefits of an extended rest. While in this state, you are unaware of your surroundings and your sculptureflesh has the characteristics of a lifeless statue. Most golems carry their soul scripture in their mouths or behind doors in their chests.
Sculptureflesh: Choose one type of sculptureflesh to possess. (You may acquire additional bodies with the use of the Awaken Golem ritual.) Each type offers particular benefits.
Marbleflesh: Marbleflesh is ageless, classical, idealized. You gain a +1 racial bonus to your Will defense and resist 5 (10 at 11th, 15 at 21st) poison. Your identity is masked; in order to identify you as a specific person, an onlooker makes an Insight check opposed by your Bluff check with a +5 bonus.
Claybody: Claybody is primordial, elemental, beloved. You gain resist 5 fire, and the Walls of Clay power.
Ironsand Casting: Ironsand casting is hot, bright, new. You gain a +1 racial bonus to your Fortitude defense and improve your unarmed attack damage to 1d8.
Walls of Clay - Golem racial power
You stalwartly defend an ally.
Encounter
Move Action
Melee 1
Target: One ally
Effect: Until the end of your next turn, any enemy attacking the target grants combat advantage to you.
Notes and details:
- I'll leave it to you to write up the golem-creation rituals.
- A golem's soul scripture can't be separated from its sculptureflesh without its consent.
- Soul scriptures and sculptureflesh aren't permanently bound; a soul scripture can animate any sculptureflesh that it is placed in.
- More than one soul scripture can be placed in a sculptureflesh. Only one animates the flesh at any given time; this is always the first scripture placed inside. If more than one are placed in a sculptureflesh at once, the one with the highest initiative roll wins control. The non-dominant scriptures retain the inseparability benefit described above, and share the dominant soul's perceptions.
