I had a wild hare recently and the end result was a modified soulbound doll. I am soliciting advice on a name and plot hooks for use.
This doll appears to be a cleric wearing half plate with a white tabard depicting a green hammer and wields a war maul made of a single piece of greyish green metal.
SOULBOUND DOLL CR 2
XP 600
NG Tiny construct
Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +3
DEFENSE
AC 15, touch 14, flat-footed 13 (+2 Dex, +1 natural, +2 size)
Hp 30 (3d10) takes into account the integrated masterwork half plate which does not adjust AC
Fort +1, Ref +3, Will +3
DR 2/magic; Immune construct traits
Weaknesses susceptible to mind-affecting effects
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft.
Melee Maul +4 (1d4)
Space 2-1/2 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 3rd, concentration +2)
4/day—disrupt undead (1d6), mending (1d4), prestidigitation
1/day—make whole (3d6), cure serious wounds (3d8+3)
Str 10, Dex 14, Con —, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 10
Base Atk +3; CMB +3; CMD 11
Feats Improved Initiative, Iron Will
Skills Perception +3, Stealth +10, Knowledge: Religion +3
Languages Common
SQ soul focus, susceptible to mind-affecting effects
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary
Treasure Soul focus, Adamantine Maul (tiny), Clockwork Hound (mount)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Susceptible to Mind-Affecting Effects (Ex) The weakened conviction of a soulbound doll's soul makes it susceptible to mind-affecting effects, despite the fact that it is a construct.
Soul Focus (Su) The soul shred bound to this doll lives within a focus integrated into the doll’s chest, an emerald set in a silver hammer holy symbol is used as the soul focus. As long as this soul focus remains intact, it can be used to animate another doll. Once bound into the soul focus, the soul continues to learn, and so the soul retains its personality and memories from its previous body or bodies. A soul focus has hardness 8, 12 hit points, and a break DC of 20.
This sentient doll contains the shred of a NG cleric’s soul. The binding process stripped most of the individuality from the soul shred, making the new soulbound doll an almost blank slate. Despite this process, fragments of the cleric’s personality remain.
Construction
This soulbound doll's body is made with bones of polished granite, muscle of Iron wood and sinew of soar wood, joints coated in the finest porcelain, skin of the tightest duct canvas dyed pitch black, eyes of polished quartz, and for a face; the finest and most detailed of porcelain masques. A masterwork set of half plate (Tiny/integrated), a white tabard depicting a green hammer and a masterwork adamantine war maul (tiny) complete the ensemble. The soul focus was created using a soul shred from a dying and willing good aligned cleric, who was later raised from the dead.
Clockwork Riding Hound
This black mechanical wolf keeps its nose to the ground collecting scents. Gleaming teeth fill its metal mouth.
CLOCKWORK HOUND CR 3
XP 800
N Medium construct
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent; Perception +6
DEFENSE
AC 16, touch 12, flat-footed 14 (+2 Dex, +4 natural)
hp 50 (3d10+20)
Fort +1, Ref +3, Will +1
Immune construct traits
OFFENSE
Speed 50 ft.
Melee bite +7 (1d6+3) or slam +6 (1d4+3)
STATISTICS
Str 16, Dex 15, Con —, Int 2, Wis 10, Cha 1
Base Atk +3; CMB +6; CMD 18 (22 vs. trip)
Feats Skill Focus (Survival), Weapon Focus (bite), Run
Skills Perception +6, Survival +5 (+9 when tracking); Racial Modifiers Acrobatics (+8 when jumping), +5 Perception, +4 Survival when tracking
Languages understands Common
SQ diligent tracker
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Diligent Tracker (Ex)
Clockwork hounds are designed to guard areas and track prey. They gain a +5 racial bonus to Perception checks and Survival checks when tracking.
Once Partner to a clockwork huntsmen, this modified clockwork hound now serves as the mount for a Soulbound doll. The hound’s whip tongue was lost when this once destroyed clockwork was reconstituted. Cosmetic modifications were made to this hound to make it appear as a wolf.
I would name it Atlas. And have plot hooks revolving around people wanting to contact the soul of the doll to find out something related to what the soul did in life, which the good-aligned cleric either can't or won't tell.