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Old 07-18-2016, 06:13 AM   #20
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Default Re: [Magic] The weakest golems - The worst of ideas

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Originally Posted by robkelk View Post
The phrase "a truck load of ST 1 golems" puts me in mind of those mass-produced Army men given mobility. And that makes me wonder whether there's a spell for that sort of thing in GURPS Technomancer - which I don't have ready access to at the moment.
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Originally Posted by Dalillama View Post
Technomancer or one of the Magic Items books had golem action figures.
IIRC, they were called 'active figures' and had some flavor text with a whiny brat who wanted them real BAD (and something about the damage they can do if your kid lets they fight around anything breakable).


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Originally Posted by Bruno View Post
Weak, tiny golems is not a worst idea, it's "computers". Which means they need little or no ST, and should be as small as possible. It's a dangerous idea.
Kind of like the Imp-tech in Discworld, but generally less funny, and possibly taken further. Imagine a TL2^ Information Age.
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