Category:Dread Construct: Difference between revisions

A dread construct is either a golem that receives the [[dread golem]] template or a less elaborate [[dread construct]] such as the [[carrionette]], the [[figurine]], the [[living wall]], or the [[wishing imp]]. It is not a [[mindless]] [[creature]], usually having at least a measure of both [[consciousness]] and [[self-consciousness]]. For example a [[necrophidius]] is a not dread construct but rather a [[construct]]. Constructs are dread constructs are in fact only superificially related in many respect, both being members of the the [[The Constructed|Constructed]] however. The maker of a dread construct is a [[dread constructrafter]] who is engaged, whether he or she realises it or not, in [[dread crafting]] and [[dread creation]]. The competences of [[constructcrafting]] are not necessarily presupposed. The dread construct is created with at least a dash of [[dark desire]] and at least a smidgeon of assistance from the [[The Dark Powers|Dark Powers]]. One need not be even a novice at magic to create a dread construct. Equally, one can be the most gifted scientific mind in the [[Land of Mists]] but the [[construct]] will not [[animate]] save by the fiat of the [[Dark Powers]]. Making a dread construct is usually will to the [[creation of life]] and as such is [[hubris]] and [[transgression]]. The creation of a dread construct is usually [[Powers Check]] worthy, but such a check may be unnecessary as the dread construct itself may be "reward" enough as was [[Maligno]] for [[Guiseppe]]. Dread constructs do not necessarily wish their [[dread crafter|makers]] dead ([[figurines]], [[Living Wall|living walls]] and [[golems]] do), but they certainly wish them ill ([the [[Wishisng Imp|wishing imp]] being archetypical of this).