| ElementalofCuteness |
I am confused, the Construct trait grants me a lot of immunities (Which i am immune to) . however my Constructed racial ability says it grants me +1 bonus to some saving throws. It also ways I am a living creature and i can be healed as normal, however does this overwrite my Construct trait I innately have?
| shroudb |
Correct.
Normally poppets are Constructs.
Poppets are small, basic constructs that typically help their owners with simple tasks.
Most commonly made of cloth, wicker, and wood, poppets are among the simplest of constructs. They serve as helpers to fetch tools, clean dishes, tidy rooms, or perform other light tasks. Their size and appearance vary, but nearly all poppets appear humanoid in shape and between 1 to 3 feet tall. They're usually roughly made with button eyes sewn onto blank faces, strings of yarn in place of hair, and a simple dress or tunic made from coarse, cheap cloth. Wealthy families sometimes purchase poppets as toys, with their squishy bodies and stitched smiles, to keep their children company. Most poppets can't speak and lack the intellect to understand speech beyond preprogrammed orders.
Those aren't the actual player characters.
But as noted in their description a tiny amount of those constructs actually awaken:
Very, very rarely, a common poppet spontaneously manifests a spark of life—a tiny bit of life essence— and becomes a thinking, independent creature. These events are exceedingly rare; fewer than one in a thousand gain this spark.
THOSE few are the player characters.
Those, as noted in the Constructed Trait that they gain are actually "alive"
The materials of your body resist ailments that assail the flesh. You gain a +1 circumstance bonus to saving throws against death effects, disease, and poison as well as to saving throws against effects that would give you the drained, paralyzed, or sickened conditions. Your spark of life means that you're a living creature, and you can be healed by positive energy and harmed by negative energy as normal.
And thus, like a living creature, you are no longer immune to all the things that a mindless construct is immune, although you still have some resistance to those things (reflected by the +x to the saves against those things)
| Errenor |
Quote:Very, very rarely, a common poppet spontaneously manifests a spark of life—a tiny bit of life essence— and becomes a thinking, independent creature. These events are exceedingly rare; fewer than one in a thousand gain this spark.
It's interesting that for that to work lore-wise they should've gotten also a bit of mind essence. Otherwise they would be living, but still mindless creatures.
| shroudb |
shroudb wrote:It's interesting that for that to work lore-wise they should've gotten also a bit of mind essence. Otherwise they would be living, but still mindless creatures.Quote:Very, very rarely, a common poppet spontaneously manifests a spark of life—a tiny bit of life essence— and becomes a thinking, independent creature. These events are exceedingly rare; fewer than one in a thousand gain this spark.
it does say that they become "thinking" independent creatures, so I assume that this spark of life does indeed come alongside with giving them minds as well.