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Another question regarding the Guldrege section in Chapter 2 of Mantle of Gold…

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F5 has an encounter with two soulbound dolls, and then F7 has Thenur as a soulbound mauler. The stats for both of these constructs vary according to the soul’s alignments as they were written pre-remaster, but then (perhaps because of last minute remaster adjustments) neither encounter description indicates the alignment of the soulbound constructs in question. Which abilities are they intended to have?
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Davelozzi wrote:

Another question regarding the Guldrege section in Chapter 2 of Mantle of Gold…

** spoiler omitted **

Giving my understanding of the situation under the spoiler.

Spoiler:
Alignment is very thoroughly included in this book, with every full creature statblock (and even the microstatblocks with only an ancestry, gender, and class) featuring an alignment. The soulbound dolls don't list an alignment because they're a statblock pulled from another source, which - without other variation - won't list that.

The explanation for the dolls is that their statblock continues onto the following page. Page 51 has the header, page 52 has the following:

Initiative Perception +8 Occult Innate Spells DC 18; 3rd levitate, phantom pain; Cantrips (1st) light, mage hand, prestidigitation

So, these dolls don't have an alignment listed, but it does include their additional 3rd level spell in the form of phantom pain, which is not one of the usual options for a soulbound doll and is therefore elaborated in the statblock.

Thenur the soulbound mauler is... a bit more complicated. Her spirit features in the book a few times later, but never with an alignment listed. However, when she possesses Krohan after the Rite of Repatriation and attacks with ghostly versions of her own pick and hand crossbow, she also briefly possesses two innate castings of 2nd-level sound burst. While it's far from an official answer, my ruling would be to give the soulbound mauler with her spirit a casting of 3rd-level sound burst.

I hope this helps!
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Thanks, Sasha, that is helpful!
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