[Magic] The weakest golems - The worst of ideas

[cptbutton]

I recall a "Rag Golem" figure in one of the Cardboard Heroes sets.

[Racer]

Swordboy has mentioned a 'Flag Golem' and 'Towel Golems' he encountered . I expect the attack of the latter to be rolling itself up & cracking itself painfully against peoples buttocks ... ! 8-o

I suppose a Flag Golem could have a permanent Misdirection spell cast on it to give false signals ?

Thousands of Sugar Cube Golems could jump into your Tea unobserved , and slowly shorten your lifespan by making you obese ? ;-)

[Jose]

Originally Posted by Celti

From GURPS Magic for 4th Edition:



Thus, your cheapest golem still costs 130 energy and has a character template worth [-60].

Damn. I can imagine GW prices on my wargaming golems ingame.

[Dalillama]

Technomancer or one of the Magic Items books had golem action figures.

[Bruno]

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.

[VariousRen]

The cost for the Golem spell seems to assume a single creation of decent value (not necessarily strong, but useful in some way even if the point values are low).

I wonder if a group of tiny golems should be treated as an ally group, instead of a single ally. Not sure how this would work mechanically and I don't have the Magic book open at the moment to take an educated guess, but it might be an interesting approach. A golem maker would animate a whole tiny squad of army men at once, with a point value the same as a bigger single ally.

[Racer]

I quite like the idea of a talking Handbag/Manbag Golem - loudly & sarcastically commenting on everyday bag things :

" Really ? That shade of lipstick with THAT dress ?? "

" No I WILL NOT let have your wallet to buy a burger ! Your already busting out of those pants dude ! " etc .

Lay a Curse on it , so you can never rid yourself of it & the role-playing fun is just starting ! ;-)

[Flyndaran]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122718/
Small Soldiers from 1998. Tiny A.I. "dolls" "accidentally" given military CPUs follow their programming, and heart felt tragedy and comedy ensue.

Taking a page from Zombie spell, there is a Mass Zombie spell that gives an energy discount but requires all follow the same orders, I think.
Or the demon summing spell that summons a group of lesser creatures in a similar manner.
Group Golem spells sound interesting.

[Jose]

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122718/
Small Soldiers from 1998. Tiny A.I. "dolls" "accidentally" given military CPUs follow their programming, and heart felt tragedy and comedy ensue.

Taking a page from Zombie spell, there is a Mass Zombie spell that gives an energy discount but requires all follow the same orders, I think.
Or the demon summing spell that summons a group of lesser creatures in a similar manner.
Group Golem spells sound interesting.

Very, I remember that movie. I like the ending: Slap a couple of extra 0's on and sell them in south america. And the hilarious improvised weapons.

[Prince Charon]

Originally Posted by robkelk

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.

Originally Posted by Dalillama

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).

Originally Posted by Bruno

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.