| Vivar |
I have a question:
There are intelligent automatons and golems that are powered by elemental spirits, like the Nimblewright (water elemental), Helmed Horror (fire elemental, I think) and the Brass Golem (earth elemental, I think. My question is: Is there a relation between the personality of the golem and the elemental powering it? Or is the elemental providing only the "magical fuel" and the personality is entirely programmed by its creator?
I think that, if the construct is essentially and enthralled elemental bound into an artificial body, it should show some quirks, and maybe hint its own desires and even that it resents being enslaved.
If the personality is entirely programmed, the creator should be able to make them of any alignment and with any personality as desired, and should be able to make them fiercely loyal and helpful, as opposed with being merely magically bound into obedience.
There are arguments backing both sides: The constructs doesn´t retain the skills and feats of the elemental powering them, and gain instead new ones, but, on the other side, the Nimblewright and the Battle Horror have alignments that seem dependent on the elemental force (CN for the Nimblewright, LE for the Battle Horror).