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'''Half-Golems''' are, despite the name, nothing like the [[Half-Fiend]] or [[Half-Dragon]] you may be familiar with from [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. Instead, a half-golem is a [[magitek]] [[cyborg]]; a living creature augmented by replacing limbs with [[golem|artificial limbs animated by magic]], and sometimes incorporating other artificial implants for increased armor or stability. | '''Half-Golems''' are, despite the name, nothing like the [[Half-Fiend]] or [[Half-Dragon]] you may be familiar with from [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. Instead, a half-golem is a [[magitek]] [[Adeptus_Mechanicus|cyborg]]; a living creature augmented by replacing limbs with [[golem|artificial limbs animated by magic]], and sometimes incorporating other artificial implants for increased armor or stability. | ||
The half-golem as a concept dates all the way back to [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], were a single "half-[[Flesh Golem]]" appeared as a unique NPC in the [[Ravenloft]] setting. In [[3e]], the half-golem appeared as a racial template in the [[Monster Manual]] 2. This was then followed by a web enhancement detailing further types of half-golem than those listed in the original MM2 entry. | The half-golem as a concept dates all the way back to [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], were a single "half-[[Flesh Golem]]" appeared as a unique NPC in the [[Ravenloft]] setting. In [[3e]], the half-golem appeared as a racial template in the [[Monster Manual]] 2. This was then followed by a web enhancement detailing further types of half-golem than those listed in the original MM2 entry. | ||
"The Year of Rogue Dragons" trilogy of novels for the [[Forgotten Realms]] setting featured a Half-Iron Golem named Dorn Graybrook as their protagonist. | "The Year of Rogue Dragons" trilogy of novels for the [[Forgotten Realms]] setting featured a Half-Iron Golem named Dorn Graybrook as their protagonist. | ||
[[Dragonmech]] features the Steamborg class, which is literally a guy who transforms themselves into a [[magitek]] [[steampunk]] half-golem by spreading it over 20 class levels. | |||
[[Eberron]] features the Self-Forged, a prestige class in 3e and a [[Paragon Path]] for [[Artificer]]s in 4e representing a guy so enamored with [[magitek]] and [[construct]]s that he progressively swaps out more and more of his original fleshy body for an artificial one, ending up as a living construct. | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:45, 21 June 2023
Half-Golems are, despite the name, nothing like the Half-Fiend or Half-Dragon you may be familiar with from Dungeons & Dragons. Instead, a half-golem is a magitek cyborg; a living creature augmented by replacing limbs with artificial limbs animated by magic, and sometimes incorporating other artificial implants for increased armor or stability.
The half-golem as a concept dates all the way back to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, were a single "half-Flesh Golem" appeared as a unique NPC in the Ravenloft setting. In 3e, the half-golem appeared as a racial template in the Monster Manual 2. This was then followed by a web enhancement detailing further types of half-golem than those listed in the original MM2 entry.
"The Year of Rogue Dragons" trilogy of novels for the Forgotten Realms setting featured a Half-Iron Golem named Dorn Graybrook as their protagonist.
Dragonmech features the Steamborg class, which is literally a guy who transforms themselves into a magitek steampunk half-golem by spreading it over 20 class levels.
Eberron features the Self-Forged, a prestige class in 3e and a Paragon Path for Artificers in 4e representing a guy so enamored with magitek and constructs that he progressively swaps out more and more of his original fleshy body for an artificial one, ending up as a living construct.
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