ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

As far as I know, golems don't ever get category points... so it should be made impossible to eat the heart with this or any other summon (or at least give a warning). Alternatively, they could be given the tree unlocked...?

I guess there *may* be some player out there who wants to give his/her golem a C/G point anyway, hence the idea of a warning prompt about never being able to unlock the tree rather than outright making it impossible. Some indication should be given of this being a bad idea, as ToME has a goal of minimising metagaming or at least against unfairly disadvantaging players who haven't read the forums, right?

I keep thinking of other things as I write this, but I'd be best off making a new thread rather than spewing out multiple ideas in the one post

Gliktch wrote:As far as I know, golems don't ever get category points...

They can gain a category point by consuming another artifact. Unless it outright prevents golems from consuming it.
But yes, giving a warning could be good.

Simply preventing it would be better. How does a golem consume a heart?

He opens the battered, squeaky little door on his tummy and smooshes it in there, then closes it up and lets out a comical metallic belch. *Everyone* knows THAT

I'm imagining the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz right now.

Honestly, I kinda wish Golems did have more complete trees, with category and generic points... though, Alchemists really don't need a buff right now...

But right now there aren't very many options for golem builds. Sort of a pity.