Golem Heart (3.5e Martial Discipline)

Summary::Created by warforged during the wars they were built to serve in, this maneuver was later adopted for use by organic races as well as the constructs who originally created them. One of the many signs that the warforged produce were more than mere machine, the creation of a martial discipline proved more than simple optimization in battle, but the artistic and arcane creation of its originator, a warforged only known as Prometheus-01. Designed on the thought of using the binding magics to create constructs and golems in the midst of battle to enhance the body and destroy other magical items and constructs, the discipline is ideal for warforged to use. For organic creatures lacking the mechanical systems intergrated, a modification was made by using a focus item, much like a holy symbol. This item, called a Golem Heart, is typically hung as an amulet or placed as a decorative bit on a piece of armor or weapon. It costs 50 gp, and while magically crafted it is extraordinary in its function. The Golem Heart takes up no body slot, and is requires for non-constructs to use the supernatural aspects of this discipline. The Golem Heart takes on many appearances, from orbs to jewels to simulacrums of humen hearts, but its innars are always alive with eternally spinning gears and pistons for purposes unknown. Constructs do not require a Golem Heart as a focus.

While heavily in the supernatural, the Golem Heart discipline is suitable for all martial classes, including Warblades which many warforged warriors often took levels in. The weapons associated with the Golem Heart discipline are the Armor Spikes, BattlefistECS, Natural Weapons, Shield Bash (with or without spikes), and all Swords (Short, Long, Great, and otherwise). The skill associated with Golem Heart is Knowledge Arcana (Int).

Martial classes may replace one of their known disciplines with the Golem Heart discipline.

Maneuvers of the Golem Heart Discipline

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