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<Snipped quote by Blabbo>

*Scrawls some pictures on a napkin*
I think of a golem as something dead being given life. There’s often some kind of core that keeps it together.
*Draws a large cartoon skeleton*
A skeleton could be a golem, but it could also just be a skeleton. It depends on how it came to life.
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I always thought and heard that golems are things that were never alive, like a rock, to be given life.