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I want to open a thread about creative uses of simulacrum, here are some things that popped up in my mind

*shopper, item mover simulacrum: a lanthern archon costs only 500gp and has greater teleport self and items (50 lbs) at will. Compare it with ring gates, they cost 40,000 gp and can transfer only 50lbs of items per day and only to a fixed location (that can be moved transporting the ring gates).

The shopper simulacrum can transport money too and he has truespeech, so he can buy anything from merchants and he can bring the items back to you. He can teleport anywhere, to the capital city too, so you can have access to *everything*

He can also bring all the items in a dungeon to a safe location, maybe in your house, tavern room or keep, a lot better than a bag of holding or a portable hole for 20,000 gp.

And he can bring messages to allies wherever they are.

*castle builder simulacrum: not my idea, I read it on these forums. It only costs 6,000gp, an ancient copper dragon can cast Wall of Stone and transmute mud to rock at will, at a caster level of 23, so he can buy an entire castle at a very high speed, maybe a few hours or a few days, at no cost. You can put some points in engineering or buy a headband of engineering or in craft stonemansory and you can cast on yourself (if you direct the dragon) or on the dragon itself "crafter's fortune" to know how to build it. Wall of Stone permits to build complicated or horizontal stone shapes too, not only vertical walls as the name suggests. With wall of stone he can build 23 5foot squares with a thickenss of 5 inches per casting (every 6 seconds).

*profane gift simulacrum: for 2,000gp you can have a succubus that gives you and all your party members a +2 to a single ability (it's a profane bonus that nobody else can give, as far as I know).

*dominate person helper simulacrum: lamia for 2,500gp, she has wisdom drain, so you can reduce the wisdom of a creature to 1, useful for the dominate person saving throws "against its nature". With a bestow curse and a widsom of 1 you can lower a lot his saving throws.

*healbot simulacrum: if you find a creature that could be a good healbot let me know.

*scout simulacrum: I don't know any suitable creature, maybe a fine creature? (fine creatures have +16 to stealth). Is there any fine creature that has special senses?

For example, does a Flawed Pale Green Prism (+1 morale bonus on attack rolls, saves, skill checks, and ability checks) stack with a Pale Green Prism (+1 competence bonus on attack rolls, saves, skill checks, and ability checks) or are they "the same source".

Or for example a Scarlet and Blue Sphere (+2 enhancement bonus to Intelligence) with a Cracked Scarlet and Blue Sphere (+1 competence bonus on one Intelligence-based skill).