Golemancy

Golemancy is the respected craft of constructing, animating, and programming complex artificial constructs. Golemancers use specialized mana cores and intricate shaping matrices to power their creations.
Classification: Specialization Parent School: Animation

Technique Glyph Doctrine

Doctrine Pair: Anker + Kreis

Golemancy emphasizes stable construct frameworks, routine logic, and long-hold command loops.

Fictional Permission

When you hold Golemancy in your Grimoire, you have specific fictional positioning.

Golemancy CAN:

• Create tireless, loyal physical servants for labor or combat (Baut, Wach).
• Program complex, conditional triggers for the golem to follow.
• Utilize mundane materials (stone, iron, wood) to dictate the construct's physical durability.

Golemancy CANNOT:

• Create true, independent sapience (without extreme, highly illegal Soul Magic intervention).
• Animate living beings (Animation can technically target the living, but Golemancy specifically deals with inanimate constructs).

The Core Matrix

This specialization's live-casting access follows its Technique Glyph doctrine.

Geometric Scaling (Mana Track Box Costs)

When determining the cost of a spell, the GM uses this scale. Each example uses live notation: Intent -> School -> Glyph -> Scale -> Tags.

• Trivial (0 Ticks): Toy golem takes clumsy steps. Animate tiny clay figurine -> Animation -> Faden+Band -> trivial effect, touch range, toy size, short
• Regular (1 Tick): Statue trails the caster. Make stone statue follow -> Animation -> Band+Kreis -> standard effect, near range, human scale, sustained
• Hard (2 Ticks): Labor golem holds a choke point. Order golem to guard portal -> Animation -> Band+Schmiede -> hard effect, near range, human scale, until dismissed
• Complex (2 Ticks): Hulking stone worker or brawler. Animate massive stone golem -> Animation -> Schmiede+Stoss+Kreis -> complex effect, near range, carriage-sized, sustained
• Miracle (4+ Ticks): Pseudo-mind in a colossus (still not a person). Imprint pseudo-sentience on colossus -> Animation -> Kreis+Hall+Schmiede -> miracle effect, near range, building-sized, permanent hook

(For detailed sensory information and theoretical deep-dives, refer to Schools Lore)

Core-school glyph sets by training level: Animation#The Core Matrix.