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[Drakknyte32]

Most mind affecting affects are a moot point anyways, thanks to the golems magic immunity. But since no other sentient constructs and undead are vulnerable to mind-affecting abilities, I don't see why a sentient golem would be.

As for people willingly taking flesh golem bodies, sure it could happen.
-If you were capable of finding a wizard strong enough and willing enough to make you such a body (Awaken construct is a 9th level spell with a 5,000 xp cost, in addition to the normal cost of making a golem)
-If you were willing to take the risk that the wizard won't just decide to keep control of you instead of awakening you.
-If you don't mind the fact that your body is made from the corpses of 5 other people.
-If others don't mind the fact that your body is made from the corpses of 5 other people (I can't see clerics or paladins being to impressed with this)
-If you don't mind permanently giving up almost all feelings and emotions
-If you were capable of finding a way to make a body of stitched together corpses actually look beautiful
-If you don't mind the scorn of other people for being different (if they don't accept orcs or goblins they aren't likely to accept a flesh golem)

All in all being a flesh golem has just as many, if not more, difficulties as being an undead has. You get a lot of power, but you pay the price for it.

 

[Ghostknight]

Most mind affecting affects are a moot point anyways, thanks to the golems magic immunity. But since no other sentient constructs and undead are vulnerable to mind-affecting abilities, I don't see why a sentient golem would be.
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All in all being a flesh golem has just as many, if not more, difficulties as being an undead has. You get a lot of power, but you pay the price for it.

All true if what is being mooted is an awakened construct. Your backstory, however, moveds away frokm the awakened construct to the necromantic sphere. It is not just awakening the construct to "some" personality, but is rather awakening a specific personality, implanted within the construct. Considering that nothing from the above is any worse what the average lich/vampire etc must live with, it has a far superior set of abilties in comparison to those.

Awakened construct is one issue - an awakened construct with the personality of a brain implanted into it for the purposes of body swapping is very over powered in my opinion.

 

[Drakknyte32]

If it's the previous personality that you think doesn't work I could change that easily enough. It's simply a matter of rewriting the background so that the Wizard decided to awaken a golem to raise as a kid instead of reanimating his kid as a golem. I used the reanimating idea in the background because I thought it would be interesting to roleplay but a golem that has been raised as a child might be interesting too.

 

[Ferrix]

If it's the previous personality that you think doesn't work I could change that easily enough. It's simply a matter of rewriting the background so that the Wizard decided to awaken a golem to raise as a kid instead of reanimating his kid as a golem. I used the reanimating idea in the background because I thought it would be interesting to roleplay but a golem that has been raised as a child might be interesting too.

I can see the parenting books now, how to raise your baby golem... is your golem house-trained? problems you should expect from your baby golem as he grows older... puberty and flesh golems (the rebelious years)

 

[Ghostknight]

If it's the previous personality that you think doesn't work I could change that easily enough. It's simply a matter of rewriting the background so that the Wizard decided to awaken a golem to raise as a kid instead of reanimating his kid as a golem. I used the reanimating idea in the background because I thought it would be interesting to roleplay but a golem that has been raised as a child might be interesting too.

Heh, try changing that baby!

Well, personally I don't like the idea of awakened constructs, but I'm not the DM on this one

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Hi, I'm in! Sorry about missing these threads before now.

I posted in the character thread in Rogue's Gallery, thinking of playing a Bear Warrior from Complete Warrior. I don't have my books on my right now...one thing does occour to me, however.

Would a Bear Warrior's bear form qualify him for the, I think it's called the Warshaper PrC? It's the one that grants you extra abilities whilst in an alternate form...sounds fun to me, no?

If we've already got a couple of cohorts in the group then I'll leave off any Leadership feats of my own.

 

[Ferrix]

Hi, I'm in! Sorry about missing these threads before now.

I posted in the character thread in Rogue's Gallery, thinking of playing a Bear Warrior from Complete Warrior. I don't have my books on my right now...one thing does occour to me, however.

Would a Bear Warrior's bear form qualify him for the, I think it's called the Warshaper PrC? It's the one that grants you extra abilities whilst in an alternate form...sounds fun to me, no?

If we've already got a couple of cohorts in the group then I'll leave off any Leadership feats of my own.

it actually mentions the bear warrior's bear form ability in the description of the warshaper PrC as a legitimate ability to qualify for entrance into the PrC. It's a nasty PrC too, granting immunity to critical hits and stunning, a +4 bonus to Str and Con, additional reach, fast healing 2, natural weapons, and quicker shape changing. I hope that's the right one that you are thinking about, but these are constant effects, the only other class I can think you are thinking about is Nature's Warrior which is almost specifically druid focused as it grants some increase in casting ability. All in a five level PrC that you can qualify for after your first level of bear warrior or even earlier with other combinations.

 

[JDragon]

Equipment and items added to my character. Still working on background and description.

 

[the Jester]

Folks- sorry about the lack of contact the last coupla days, I've been having terrible spyware problems. Once my com-pu-tar is clean I'll be back at it! Right now my browser is crippled though.

 

[Ferrix]

Folks- sorry about the lack of contact the last coupla days, I've been having terrible spyware problems. Once my com-pu-tar is clean I'll be back at it! Right now my browser is crippled though.

what browser do you use?

spyware sucks, Spybot Search & Destroy works decently for eradicating a good bit of it.

no problem on the delay, a lot of games are having that lately for various reasons, so it's just a busy few days for everyone