Constructs

Constructs often appear to be statues or other objects that can move about on their own. A few resemble living (or undead) things. They are made of a range of different materials, and are animated in several ways. They are loyal to you, their creator, and they lack the ability to reproduce. Because the magic needed to create them is powerful, they are not easily made, and they are rare.

Constructs are magical monsters that you can create if you have the Craft Construct feat. That feat has a prerequisite, the Craft Permanent Items feat, which is the Tier II Enchanter Tree feat. Thus, creating constructs requires you to be within the Adventurer Tier.

Activation and Control

With one exception, constructs are never soul-linked to their creator (or anyone else), but they are keyed to their creator, that is, they accept orders only from their creator. Since only the creator can order a construct, a construct's utility to another person is limited. A maker In general, if a construct maker

The Construct Type

Features: A construct has the following features.

10-sided Hit Dice.
Base attack bonus equal to 3/4 total Hit Dice.
No good saving throws.
Skill points equal to (2 + Int modifier, minimum 1) per Hit Die, if the construct has an Intelligence score. However, most constructs are mindless and gain no skill points or feats.

Traits: A construct possesses the following traits (unless otherwise noted in a creature's entry).

No Constitution score.
Low-light vision.
Darkvision out to 60 feet.
Immunity to all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects).
Immunity to poison, sleep effects, paralysis, stunning, disease, death effects, and necromancy effects.
Cannot heal damage on their own, but often can be repaired by exposing them to a certain kind of effect (see the creature's description for details) or through the use of the Craft Construct feat. A construct with the fast healing special quality still benefits from that quality.
Not subject to critical hits, nonlethal damage, ability damage, ability drain, fatigue effects, or energy drain.
Immunity to any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect also works on objects, or is harmless).
Not at risk of death from massive damage. Immediately destroyed when reduced to 0 hit points or less.
Since it was never alive, a construct cannot be raised or resurrected
Proficient with its natural weapons only, unless generally humanoid in form, in which case proficient with any weapon mentioned in its entry.
Proficient with no armor.
Constructs do not eat, sleep, or breathe.

Because its body is a mass of unliving matter, a construct is hard to destroy. It gains bonus hit points based on size, as shown on the following table.

Construct Size Bonus Hit Points

Fine —

Diminutive —

Tiny —

Small 10

Medium 20

Large 30

Huge 40

Gargantuan 60

Colossal 80

Construct Size	Bonus Hit Points
Fine	—
Diminutive	—
Tiny	—
Small	10
Medium	20
Large	30
Huge	40
Gargantuan	60
Colossal	80

Construct Varieties

These monsters range from weak to mighty. The weakest can be made by second-tier people, since it is possible to take the Craft Construct feat at the Adventurer tier. The greatest constructs result from the labors of legendary people.

Base Constructs

Construct CR Gold Cost XP Cost Required CL

Homunculus 1 4,000 400 7

Iron Cobra 2* 5,000 500 8

Animated Object (Tiny - Medium) 3** 7,000 700 9

Ice Golem 4 10,000 1,000 10

Animated Object (Large) 5 12,000 1,200 11

Wood Golem 6 18,000 1,800 12

Animated Object (Huge) 7 22,000 2,200 13

Flesh Golem 8 30,000 3,000 14

Animated Object (Gargantuan) 9 40,000 4,000 15

Clay Golem 10 50,000 5,000 16

Stone Golem 11 65,000 6,500 17

Retriever 12 90,000 9,000 18

Iron Golem 13 120,000 12,000 19

*Increase the CR by 1 for adamantine and mithril cobras. **The CR of animated objects smaller than medium is less, but has no effect on cost or required CR.

Construct	CR	Gold Cost	XP Cost	Required CL
Homunculus	1	4,000	400	7
Iron Cobra	2*	5,000	500	8
Animated Object (Tiny - Medium)	3**	7,000	700	9
Ice Golem	4	10,000	1,000	10
Animated Object (Large)	5	12,000	1,200	11
Wood Golem	6	18,000	1,800	12
Animated Object (Huge)	7	22,000	2,200	13
Flesh Golem	8	30,000	3,000	14
Animated Object (Gargantuan)	9	40,000	4,000	15
Clay Golem	10	50,000	5,000	16
Stone Golem	11	65,000	6,500	17
Retriever	12	90,000	9,000	18
Iron Golem	13	120,000	12,000	19
Increase the CR by 1 for adamantine and mithril cobras. *The CR of animated objects smaller than medium is less, but has no effect on cost or required CR.

Advanced Constructs

It is possible to start with a base construct as a starting point, and create it in a stronger or weaker version.

Crafting a construct with more Hit Dice than the typical specimen described in each entry can be done, up to double the base version's hit dice. Each extra hit die raises the cost of the construct in gold and experience by 10 percent per die; every two hit dice increase raises the required caster level (CL) by 1.

A construct one size larger than described can be made, but only one size change may be applied to a construct. The increase in gold and experience point costs is 100% of the base price, and the required CL rises by 2. A size decrease reduces base construction costs by 10 percent and reduces the required CL by 1. Size advancement does not apply to animated objects — see the table above regarding size variations for them.

Building a golem with the advanced template increases its cost by 30 percent of the base price and raises the required CL by 2. (Applied to constructs, this template does not increase ability scores that start at —.)

Building a golem with the young template decreases its cost by 15 percent of the base price and reduces the required CL by 1.