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Message: <blockquote data-quote="azmodean" data-source="post: 1894326" data-attributes="member: 26590">Actually constructs DO have a soul of sorts, they all have some sort of spirit bound to them which is animating them.  Once the construct is "killed" (brought to 0 or fewer HP) that spirit escapes and merely repairing the golem will do nothing.  The best you could hope for is to restore the body and re-use it in another golem creation ceremony.  (and that's if your DM is feeling nice)For example, a golem has an earth elemental trapped in it, can't remember the name of the other type of construct you can make, but they have shadow creatures trapped in them.  Also the object that used to be a golem loses all of its magical properties, it's just a statue (a broken one at that)Then there's the flesh colossus, which either has a ghost bound in it or is inhabited by the creator.  See Slayers Great for some (admittedly silly) examples of... colossi?(plural of colossus) where they are powered by powerfull mages trapped inside the core of the construct.</blockquote>