Golem Physiology

The power to use the abilities of or become a Golem.

Also Called

 * Animated Anthropomorphic Beings

Capabilities
Users of this ability either are or can gain the traits and attributes of a Golem.

With no internal organs (or any organs for that matter) Golems have no physical needs for need for sleep, food (with the Bone/Flesh Golem being an exception, or anything else that living things typically need for survival.

Most Golems have some sort of special abilities, dictated by the materials used in their creation. For example, Golems made of iron are likely to be extremely strong, while a Golem made of wood is likely to perish if set on fire. They are painless beings that can be composed of a wide variety of materials (with each Golem being made of just one material) such as clay, stone, minerals, wood, ice, water, or in the case of the Bone/Flesh Golem, corpses.

In Jewish folklore (and many others as well), the golem is most widely known as an artificial creature created by magic, often to serve its creator. They typically have strong, supernatural bonds with their creators.

Applications

 * Clay Mimicry
 * Defunct Physiology
 * Enhanced Durability/Invulnerability
 * Enhanced Endurance
 * Enhanced Immunity
 * Enhanced Strength
 * Earth Mimicry
 * Ice Mimicry
 * Hyper Connection- with creators.
 * Oxygen Independence
 * Pain Suppression
 * Self-Sustenance
 * Semi-Immortality
 * Stone Mimicry
 * Supernatural Condition
 * Thermal Resistance
 * Wood Mimicry

Variations
A few of the many known Golem types:
 * Snow/Ice Golem- Thrives in frozen condition, but since they are made of snow/ice, advance heat would most likely hinder them.
 * Iron Golem- Has abundant strength as well as the durability of iron.
 * Wood Golem- Can float in water, or be used as a raft if need be.
 * Clay Golem- Has abundant strength, (though less than the Rock Golem) and the ability to change its body shape
 * Bone/Flesh Golem- One of the most fearsome Golems, has the ability to eat, and is the product of the joining of several corpses.

AssociationsEdit

 * Elemental Mimicry
 * Golms are products of Golem Creation.

Limitations

 * Because users do not heal in the natural sense, they would have to be repaired with some of the material that they are made from.
 * If materials that they are made from are not present, they cannot be presently repaired and may be handicapped.
 * Users do not thrive in enviroments that are unnatural to the materials they are made from.
 * Users have the same weaknesses as the matter that they are formed from.

Known Users
Television                   Folklore '                  ' Film  Games  Books/Literature
 * Snow Golem (Adventure Time)
 * The Golem of Prague (Gargolyes)
 * The Golem of Prague (Czech Folklore)
 * Golems (Jewish Folklore)
 * The Golem (The Emperor and the Golem)
 * Golems (Various video games, for example Minecraft)
 * Golems (Roleplaying Games, like Dungeons and Dragons)
 * Golem (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay) 
 * The Golem (The Bible)
 * Golems (Feet of Clay)
 * Golems (Marvel Comics published three Strange Tales comic books that included a Golem character)