Pathfinder Creature Feature: Constructs

Hot on the heels of my Numeria video, let's take a deeper look at Constructs in the world of Pathfinder!
▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Introduction & Preamble
3:37 - Androids
6:12 - Animated Objects
10:51 - Automatons
22:07 - Clockwork Creations
27:17 - Golems
32:20 - Robots
37:27 - Other Constructs
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[@justincherry4027]

Best place for lore and history for sure! You're turning your channel into its own Akashic Library.

[@TheMythKeeper]

The Akashic Library would have been a dope name for this channel in retrospect...

[@grinningbuck]

​@@TheMythKeeper It's never too late for a name-change! 😅

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@@grinningbuck Nah, Mythkeeper is an awesome name already.

[@crunchydragontreats6692]

@@TheMythKeeper I can’t believe I’m only just now finding your channel. I search high and low for in-depth Pathfinder lore like this about the time you started your channel. I must have just missed you. Just stopping by your most recent video to say thank you. I’ll be back to watch this video in full, eventually. Now, back to my regularly schedule binge watching of your playlists. Grab your ketchup and crunch away my friends.

[@TheMythKeeper]

@@crunchydragontreats6692 - Thank you so much for the kind words and welcome to the channel!

[@NSG0079]

In one Starfinder adventure path, you encounter a *vampire* android. This proves that androids can be afflicted with undeath just like non-construct humanoids.

[@TheMythKeeper]

Weird but very cool!

[@theprecipiceofreason]

Golarion is like someone who played a lot of DND and Star Ocean wanted to combine the two.

[@1234kalmar]

That Poppets can be brought to full life by the wish a child made me tear up, that's so wholesome!

[@TheMythKeeper]

They are a pretty wholesome creature type!

[@KapitanSipri]

Nicely CONSTRUCTED video! Eh, eh? Seriously excited for Alkenstar! Numeria fails to grasp me, but mixing steam punk into fantasy feels way smoother.

[@TheMythKeeper]

That's my next deep dive. I have one more religion video next week and then Alkenstar drops the week after.

[@Ofley_Adventures]

It is so great to see you thriving slowly but surely. Constructs are an excellent choice for a creature type to investigate. Have a beautiful day everyone! Thanks for the vid.

[@TheMythKeeper]

Thanks as always for watching and commenting!

[@jonw7214]

Given the limited audience the topic has, I always appreciate the quality of your videos. Keep it up!

[@EzraeL91]

When you published the video I just finished to watch a video about the constructs in 5e and I was like "Ugh... I'd love a video like this for PF!"

[@TheMythKeeper]

Haha, well honestly Paizo (as usual) is really doing Constructs right ;-) There are also a ton of Constructs as Player Characters options which makes them feel really central to the setting.

[@EzraeL91]

@@TheMythKeeper Yeah, sadly there is still no robots for 2nd edition, with great sadness for one of my players who is a big Numeria fanboy.

[@TheMythKeeper]

@@EzraeL91 They're coming. Pathfinder is a big setting, it will take a while for all the pieces to come out.

[@EzraeL91]

@@TheMythKeeper I know! Sooner or later we will have to see a book about our Techno-Barbarian region or an Adventure Path that shows the aftermath of Iron Gods. Meanwhile I'll have to homebrew, but thankfully I have time before I'll put some robot in my campagn.

[@davdav1370]

0:43 I loved how you said "you are hoping you are giving us all tools to run adventures", yet I bet many are like me, just viewing videos because they're super interesting and are not active Pathfinder players

[@trajanfidelis1532]

Flesh golems are my favorite, but all constructs are neat! Thanks for the video!

[@ColinGrym]

I was pleasantly surprised by all the varieties of constructs with meaningful differences between them. I never got to play her, but one of my most developed and interesting character ideas was for a Warforged (DnD) bard, back before I played WoTR and fell in love with Pathfinder. As you were talking about Automatons I quickly realized they were a better fit, and as you described Imperfect Automatons I felt like you were describing her origin. It's fun to come up with an idea you love and years later have it mesh really well with official content. I'm also a big fan of Warhammer 40k and I feel like a lot of infernal, robotic and necrotic creations from that universe would translate well as homebrew constructs if you wanted to give your campaign that dusting of grimdark.

[@ActionCow69]

They only got to sneak in for a little blip at the end, but I'd love to hear more about wyrwoods and more about Arcadia in general. Shame it's been so underused so far.

[@JamesAdams-nd1td]

I was always kind of neutral on Constructs, but this does a really good job of showing how versatile they are. In particular the ways a soul or spirit can be attached to one to give it more intelligence or even will and the various substances golems can be made from. And the robots of Numeria and Alkenstar are very strange and powerful and pretty cool. I also love how some of these have been woven into the history of Golarion like the Monoloths or the aluums. I actually now kind of want to try to include these as a major element in one or two of my homebrew settings.

[@TheMythKeeper]

Awesome, glad I could inspire you to make more use of constructs!

[@rune5916]

Alkenstar next week! I cant wait to see the city of firearms. I'm hoping to learn more about the weird magical effects in the mana wastes and how that affects day to day life in Alkenstar.

[@TheMythKeeper]

Ah! I totally lied, next week is Asuras, Divs and Qlippoths. THEN its Alkenstar. That's an important note to get right in the publishing order for when this hits the general audience.

[@rune5916]

@@TheMythKeeper Well it is good to know that the Alkenstar deepdive is coming soon.

[@fumarc4501]

I really like the Warforged from d&d, and I’ve since learned about Conrasu. Very excited to have learned about more constructs.

[@TheMythKeeper]

Turns out this creature type makes for some fun PCs

[@fumarc4501]

@@TheMythKeeper Hoping to start a new campaign as a Conrasu with some friends and I’m learning all about all the influences I can. Need a very good reason why a Conrasu would find itself out side of the Mwangi Expanse.

[@TheMythKeeper]

@@fumarc4501 - Best advice I can give is to be a Conrasu that joined an international faction with some kind of agenda. Maybe you're a rare Conrasu pathfinder you represent the Nexian acrclords for example.

[@OMartinez91]

This video just gave me an idea on how to refine one of my players' backstories. He's an Automaton monk with a tiefling heritage

[@TheMythKeeper]

Automaton tiefling! Now that's a combo ;-)

[@sa-sy5no]

Mythkeeper video! Always a delight

[@MrTotalAhole]

Data entry and Mythkeeper. Good combo!

[@TheMythKeeper]

😅

[@joshuarogue9345]

Man there are so many plot options just within the realm of constructs! Great video!

[@TheMythKeeper]

I know, right? Thanks for the comment!

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The inevitables are an awesome concept, the inevitable video will be incredible

[@TheMythKeeper]

Yeah I can't wait for that one. Been building to it for a while.

[@RicardoPM777]

@@TheMythKeeper if an inevitable shows up your party may have done something very problematic

[@keyannwilliams5152]

Always looking forward to hearing your soothing voice explaining to me the history and lore or a great campaign setting.

[@alexwatts1064]

Good video, and looking forward to Alkenstar! That's my favorite place in the entire setting.

[@TheMythKeeper]

Its my next region deep dive - 2 weeks!

[@Vrakoat]

Construct-y (def): 1.apparently manufactured 2.robotic

[@TheMythKeeper]

Hehe!

[@kingkaiju2211]

Your content is so good. The editing, the formatting and the cohesion of themes across videoes is so good. Does anyone know similar channels thst explore lore in long form deep dive content. Or any channel with a similar style to this?

[@TheMythKeeper]

Thanks for the kind words. If you're into 40k I recommend kzbin.info who does a few videos in this format.

[@CooperativeWaffles]

A day with new videos from @TheMythKeeper is a better day.

[@chrisstanton70]

Automatons kinda sounds like a lich except without having to eat babies to achieve it.

[@TheMythKeeper]

Yeah, this is true.

[@cd12pc]

Another great video! They are a great help with prepping for running my first adventure path. Just wish you had a video on Absalom.

[@TheMythKeeper]

I'm getting there! You've got to save some of the big ones for the end of my region series or I worry interest will peter out!

[@cd12pc]

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[@soturi_]

great video as always

[@Hollowpitta]

Love your channel and lore dives! Anxiously waiting on a video on the wondrous Old Man Jatembe!

[@TheMythKeeper]

While you're waiting on that, check out my Southern Mwangi and Western Mwangi deep dive videos for some more Mwangi goodness.

[@mistybloo52]

I needed this video, thank you! I'm currently writing the first campaig I'm going to DM for and it deals with all of these, seeing as the party is going to be all poppets!

[@TheMythKeeper]

Wow! An all-poppet party! That's a first ;-)

[@dmeep]

looks like ill get some use out of my 40k models in pathfinder after all :D

[@TheMythKeeper]

Haha! Right!?

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Awesome!

[@BreadCatGames]

Awesome video! I would love a deep dive into goos, oozes and slimes in Pathfinder if you think it'd make a good video!

[@TheMythKeeper]

Yes, Oozes are totally on my list. I'll get there soon.

[@RyanVonAegir]

This is a weird request, but I'd be interested to hear you talk about your favorite lore bits. Like, what parts of Golarion you like? Favorite diety? Favorite AP? Stuff like that!

[@TheMythKeeper]

People that have been following for a while know that I'm a huge fan of all the content on the western coast of Garund. Skull and Shackles is my favorite 1E AP. I also really enjoyed Serpent's Skull as well. I think the Ghol-gan are super fun. I have now scripted my Shackles deep dive and it will be my longest ever, clocking in at 2.5 hours, and I think I'm just going to drop the whole thing uncut when it comes time to! As runners up, I love Ustalav and particularly Carrion Crown and Tyrant's Wrath as back-to-back APs that feed into each other. A close third is Varisia and the whole Runelords saga. Most of all, I love the tapestry. I'm a big Marvel nerd too, so many people in my personal life ask me "what's your favorite hero" - my answer "all of them". Its not the one thing I like, its the whole, and how all the pieces intersect. Hope that helps! And thanks for the cool question.

[@RyanVonAegir]

@TheMythKeeper I appreciate the reply! I've been binging a lot of your videos but couldn't recall any mention of your favorites, so I appreciate the reply! So far I've enjoyed the setting as I learn about it!

[@carlborneke8641]

I wonder if we will ever get more information about Androffa or see what it looks like today.

[@TheMythKeeper]

Could be something cool to explore in a PF2E sequal to Iron Gods.

[@Dezbood]

This will help me roleplay my character a little better. I’m playing a dwarf with prosthetic legs, and I’ve decided to pick up ‘adopted ancestry’ to become more and more of a construct as time goes on.

[@TheMythKeeper]

I love this, right on!

[@Dezbood]

@@TheMythKeeper thanks for yet another video that helps me get into character!

[@namelesssomebody2557]

Wait. I thought the recipie for creating a Homunculus is water (35 L), carbon (20 kg), ammonia (4 L), lime (1.5 kg), phosphorus (800 g), salt (250 g), saltpeter (100 g), sulfur (80 g), fluorine (7.5 g), iron (5 g), silicon (3 g) and trace amounts of fifteen other elements? The Devs missed the opportunity for a perfect Easter Egg 😂

[@andyknightwarden9746]

You missed a couple constructs that I remember. They are improvements on the base model of the soulbound doll or poppet. There is the soulbound mannequin, and the soulbound statue. The mannequin (which is typically made of wood and cannot verbally communicate) possesses a full soul, or at least a large enough fragment that it retains the identity it had in life, but it does not retain any spell-casting ability it might once have had. The statue is the perfected work of art (often made of marble), retaining the full soul and its spellcasting abilities (if it had any).

[@TheMythKeeper]

Yes, you are right I did overlook a few constructs here. There are a number of variations on the theme here, and you can imagine how you might create more additional constructs along this vein.

[@ClarionMumbler]

It has been bugging me for a while where I know you from, you look so familiar. It finally donned on me that you could be the twin brother of Edin Terzic. He's the head coach/manager of Borussia Dortmund FC.

[@TheMythKeeper]

My secret twin brother!

[@edwardchytil8868]

Awesome, now I need slimes

[@TheMythKeeper]

How handy that this is the next creature feature then...

[@edwardchytil8868]

@@TheMythKeeper let’s gooo!

[@RicardoPM777]

👏👏👏

[@gewdguy6972]

Perfect follow up video to the numeria deep dive! Does dispel magic work on a golum?

[@TheMythKeeper]

No, a properly constructed Golem is resistant to magic of all kinds.

[@yaelz6043]

Androids' souls making them affected by healing and lycanthropy sounds all cool and metaphysical but if you think about it, how do those magics even affect metal and plastic? And on the flip side does that mean my ex's flesh is somehow immune to the changes caused by healing and curses?

[@frederickgleicher1385]

Amazing and detailed as always ! So is there a video about Tar-Baphon ? how about a video about gargoyles ? is there a video for the Darklands ?

[@TheMythKeeper]

Darklands is coming. I'm sure Gargoyles will land in a future creature feature, I'm just not sure which one yet. For Tar-Baphon I suggest watching my Ustalav deep dive video.

[@frederickgleicher1385]

@@TheMythKeeper is there a video that covers the Mega dungeons in Golarion ? such as the Emerald Spire or the Abomination Vaults ?

[@TheMythKeeper]

@@frederickgleicher1385 Not yet, but thats a great suggestion.

[@christopherpugnetti5827]

Gah! I wish I could describe and explain one of my world’s homebrew construct races, but I’m afraid my players might find the comment and spoil it for themselves!!

[@TheMythKeeper]

You think they might be crawling the KZbin comments for clues I see ;-)

[@orliag218]

Automatons looks really cool. I already want to make one. How many info there are about Jistka empire, never heard about it, is there any your video about them?)

[@TheMythKeeper]

I discuss them in a little detail in my Cheliax deep dive video towards the start of the history section since the Jistka Empire covered a chunk of southern Cheliax.

[@namelesssomebody2557]

Torturer Robots are just expys of the IT-O interrogation droid from Star Wars.

[@TheMythKeeper]

Yep!

[@TheSpiritus0]

Are you evet gonna do a creature feature on abberations?

[@TheMythKeeper]

I will do a number of abberations at once when I do a video on "Dungeon Denizens" which I have planned to come out in the next couple months.

[@dragon200ism]

Is golems being animated by chunks of soul a 2e thing? I remember them them being animated by elemental spirits. I think i even remember there being a template about different elemental spirits that drive it.

[@TheMythKeeper]

You're absolutely right in your understanding of the lore. They are typically animated by elemental spirits, that's correct. They can function with any animating force and that can be any type of spirit, elemental, mortal or even fey if you're feeling funky. Watching it back I wrote that section too quickly and skipped the most common Golem construction method. Thanks for the correction.

[@dragon200ism]

@TheMythKeeper no problem, happy my nerd knowledge was able to help. Also, there are so many changes in 2e that I thought to ask. It seemed as likely to be retconed lore as anything else.

[@OpenWorldAddict0]

I wish the Pf2e classes had lore.

[@TheMythKeeper]

They do actually. There's a lot of lore tied to the classes in Pathfinder. One thing to keep in mind though is that the rules are an abstraction layer, necessary to run a game but not always narratively accurate. This makes doing lore videos about classes a little tricky, as I don't want to get bogged down in the specific abilities that are mapped to each character class.

[@OpenWorldAddict0]

what about historical Golarain characters. Were there any alcehcmists through Golarian's history, or inventors, important druids, powerful sorcerers, etc?@@TheMythKeeper

[@TheMythKeeper]

@@OpenWorldAddict0 Yep, eventually I'll do some lore guides to important individuals.

[@Briar7862]

How does one learn your release schedule?

[@TheMythKeeper]

I don’t have it posted anywhere, but I typically reply on comments when folks ask

[@iwyt3995]

_No Hollow One's?_

[@TheMythKeeper]

I had limited space, but yes a Hollow One functions a bit like a scarecrow.