Golem preview

Greetings fellow gods,

The end of September is going to be very exciting, we're gonna get the big v0.6 patch and the new Golem playable race designed by vitokin! 

Today we're gonna go into the details of the upcoming race addition. With the Golems, we're starting a new page of races to choose from. They don't fit on the screen anymore! But there's no such thing as too many choices - right?

I wouldn't want to stand in the way of this thing.

The Golem was an interesting race to add, as essentially magic constructs regular food and sleep mechanics didn't fit them very well. After consulting with vito we agreed that it would be cool to add a different food system. Golems don't need to drink and hunger is replaced with resource storage. Instead of eating meat and veggies, they will need to consume items of type resource like coal, ore, wood, or gems. Then upon rest action, the resource storage is going to be consumed for stamina. If the Golem runs out of resources, he will start consuming his own health to keep running!

Then comes the passive to deal tons of damage to inanimate collidable objects on its path. The damage is enough to drop a wooden wall on 2 bumps (one to turn a wooden wall into a broken wooden wall, and another to destroy it to wood). With a couple of bumps, he can even drop down trees without an axe. Pretty badass. It scales with endurance too. This power doesn't come free, however. The Golem will always lose 5 HP on such bump, as his body is damaged during the impact. 

This has an additional impact on the Golem playstyle as it will make running blind through the forest more difficult. Bumping into a tree will cost HP and a turn, so it requires a bit more careful play than other races.

That's it for the Golem. The patch is planned in 2 weeks, with gods and golem together, so stay tuned. Can't wait for more of your awesome ideas, we've already added some great things each month thanks to your contributions and we hope to continue on.

I'll see you all among the ashes of a soulless world very soon!