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You may notice the voting poll up above. I've been struggling with this on my own, so I decided to ask for the opinions of others. A Golem character form is rather... lacking compared to the human forms, but there is a very precise reason for that. A Golem does not exist until they are named, although they are without a personality due to the way that magical upgrades work.
However, due to their lacking-ness, assigning Golems to humans can be a bit difficult. There are two different ways I have been considering how to achieve this. The first is that Golems be given only a name, but no appearance. Then a human would choose a Golem, and then give them a name from the list of available Golem names, who will be actual roleplayers. That would mean that roleplayers would choose their character's name, but that the appearance will be decided by the human that buys them. Now the reason I am considering this option is because it is the name that brings the Golem to life. The shell is completely secondary to the name. As an example, if a Golem in one universe were named Alice, and the same exact Golem in a parallel universe were named Bob, they would be two completely different dolls despite looking the exact same. However, if a Golem in one universe were named Caroline, and a completely different Golem in a parallel universe was also named Caroline, there would be a chance that they are actually the same doll despite their different appearances. As such, I have taken great care to try to choose a variety of different appearances to try to hopefully raise the chance of roleplayers being satisfied with the Golem appearance they receive.
However, because I realize that some roleplayers might not like having absolutely no control over their Golem appearance (well, not absolutely no control. Some names will match one appearance more than the other, much like how people tend to look like their names.). The alternative is that roleplayers can choose their character's appearance, but not their character's name. Then a human character will choose the Golem based on said appearance, and then name them for you. This goes against the fact that it is giving a Golem a name that is important, not the body/shell, but just in case this is preferred more I decided to present it as an option.
Anyway, so those are the options. I've opened up the poll for people who like the privacy of voting, but people are more than welcome to post here in the OoC or send me a PM to further discuss this Golem issue.