Goodbye to Golems?
So background: I’ve slowly been learning PF2e as my players finally decided the new campaign should use PF2e Remaster. I got the first two core but I’m only just coming around to reading the Monster Core.
Many changes are great and aligned with the way our homebrew world worked anyways, re: Dragon and Archons. I went looking for Golems only to realize they had been changed to completely different non-golem constructs like the Noxious Needler.
Many new changes had to do directly with D&D/WotC/Hasbro IP and licensing… but golems? I don’t think you can copyright Golems given their religious and mythological origin. Now, if I’m wrong, and this is a copyright thing, please stop reading right now and post what makes you believe that to be the case.
If not, keep reading:
My assumption is this is due to the Hebrew tales of The Golem and not wanting to appropriate culture; similar to the Lich’s phylactery being changed to a Soul Cage. Which I approve of.
Now, by marriage, half of my family is Jewish. I also live in NYC, so a bunch of my non-family friends are also nerdy Jews who are to fantasy. Among them, my wife and her family included, the inclusion of the Golem was always seen as a positive. I even attended a panel once at NYCC about Judaism in fantasy; specific referencing Golems as a positive.
Now, of course, this evidence is all anecdotal and no group is a monolith of opinion. Searching this forum I couldn’t find anyone talking about this (but I am now aware how happy you all are about antimagic going away 😂). So, to everyone, but especially my Pathfinder members of The Tribe, what are your thoughts?