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<blockquote data-quote="DrunkonDuty" data-source="post: 3768506" data-attributes="member: 54364">Back in the dark ages (1e) I ran a game in which an important NPC wizard was a simulacrum. (The PC's never knew this, campaign finished too soon.) IIRC, the spell description back then mentioned that they had (or could develop?) free will and a tendency to be a bit cracked it not out-right mental. (Hence NPC called Ulmrik the Mad.) Oh and simulacrum was always a copy of the wizard, not any old tissue sample they were able to find.I ran it, I should say 'he,' as a free-willed being with his own personality that was distinct from, if not entirely unrelated to, the personality of the wizard who'd created him. I was somewhat influenced by the Jack Vance story 'Lyonesse' in which a a simulacrum was in fact a (slightly cracked) character in its own right and not a mere automaton. And in terms of did they need food, sleep, etc: Yes. Every bit as much as whoever created them (and if created by a Lich et. al., then every bit as much as when the Lich was alive.) I would rule that they lack a soul and thus cannot be raised if killed but can be healed as they have normal bodies.Not a very crunchy answer but hope it helps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DrunkonDuty, post: 3768506, member: 54364"] Back in the dark ages (1e) I ran a game in which an important NPC wizard was a simulacrum. (The PC's never knew this, campaign finished too soon.) IIRC, the spell description back then mentioned that they had (or could develop?) free will and a tendency to be a bit cracked it not out-right mental. (Hence NPC called Ulmrik the Mad.) Oh and simulacrum was always a copy of the wizard, not any old tissue sample they were able to find. I ran it, I should say 'he,' as a free-willed being with his own personality that was distinct from, if not entirely unrelated to, the personality of the wizard who'd created him. I was somewhat influenced by the Jack Vance story 'Lyonesse' in which a a simulacrum was in fact a (slightly cracked) character in its own right and not a mere automaton. And in terms of did they need food, sleep, etc: Yes. Every bit as much as whoever created them (and if created by a Lich et. al., then every bit as much as when the Lich was alive.) I would rule that they lack a soul and thus cannot be raised if killed but can be healed as they have normal bodies. Not a very crunchy answer but hope it helps. [/QUOTE]

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