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Caracteristics of the golem
Although there are no written rules, golems tends generally to respect various specifications :


 * Alignment. Being a construct, the golem does not have any notion of good and evil or law and chaos. So a golem is near systematically neutrally aligned or unaligned, whatever its creator (in particular in the case of clerical golems associated with deities other than Neutral).
 * Appearance. Golems tends to adopt a humanoïd form even if its detailled features can vary from one golem to another. For example, the surface of the body of the creature could be covered with runes, religious texts or other forms of writing . Moreover, golems are usually of large size and at least 8' tall.
 * Intelligence. By definition, a golem possess no intelligence beside just enough awareness to follow orders.
 * Material. Usually there is only one type of golem for each kind of material (iron, silver, etc.) from which their named derived (Gold Golem, etc.). Not all materials are elligible for the construction of a golem and there are some materials that are completely inadequate. . Most of the time, golems are built from only one kind of material (iron, etc) being sculted or moulded and are very rarely obtained by assembling heterogeneous pieces or materials of different sources. Moreover, the structure of the golem are very often obtained only from solid and cohesive materials.
 * Permanency. Golems are always a permanent animation contrary to magical items that can be animated as a Python Rod could be.
 * Treasures. Golems do not have treasures in its own name. Due to its nature of animated creature, the golem does not have any notion of property and does not express any need for possession. Nevertheless, the creature can be guardian to the treasure of his creator or to the temple of a divinity if its manufacturer ordered to him to. The golem can also “have” as treasure the possessions of the various creatures which perished under its blows. Its creator can however equip it with instructions ordering him to pile up treasures and to watch them and to simulate a form of cupidity. It is remembered that the structure of the golem can itself sometimes be regarded as a treasure, on one hand because of the value of the material it is made of, but also for the alchemical properties it can represent.

As an animated creature,