Talk:Automaton

Generic use of the term

HTD, re: your comment in the description of an otherwise unrelated edit, here is an incomplete list of generic "automaton" usage in Paizo products prior to the Construct Handbook to justify the disambiguation notes:

To describe "a clockwork creature", James L. Sutter. Death's Heretic. Paizo Inc., 2011, chapter 10

To describe clockwork spies, Patrick Renie. “Chapter 1: The Karggat Mine” in Wardens of the Reborn Forge, 8. Paizo Inc., 2013
To describe Brass Guardians and Supercharged Brass Guardians as "clockwork automatons",Patrick Renie. “Chapter 1: The Karggat Mine” in Wardens of the Reborn Forge, 5. Paizo Inc., 2013Patrick Renie. “Chapter 1: The Karggat Mine” in Wardens of the Reborn Forge, 13. Paizo Inc., 2013Patrick Renie. “Chapter 1: The Karggat Mine” in Wardens of the Reborn Forge, 17. Paizo Inc., 2013Patrick Renie. “Chapter 2: Sultur Mill Outpost” in Wardens of the Reborn Forge, 41. Paizo Inc., 2013
To describe plans for generic "clockwork automatons",Patrick Renie. “Chapter 2: Sultur Mill Outpost” in Wardens of the Reborn Forge, 34. Paizo Inc., 2013

To refer to golems,Paizo Inc., et al. “Monsters A to Z” in Bestiary, 158. Paizo Inc., 2009

To refer to stone golems,Larry Wilhelm. Fingerprints of the Fiend, 12. Paizo Inc., 2009,Larry Wilhelm. Fury of the Fiend, 8. Paizo Inc., 2010
To describe a crystalline construct on the King Xeros statted as a clay golem,Greg A. Vaughan. King Xeros of Old Azlant, 8. Paizo Inc., 2009
To refer to statues animated by animus gems,Craig Campbell. The Trouble with Secrets, 7. Paizo Inc., 2009
To describe alchemical golems,Patrick Renie. “Chapter 1: The Karggat Mine” in Wardens of the Reborn Forge, 8. Paizo Inc., 2013

To describe gearsmen,Erik Mona, et al. “Chapter 2: The Inner Sea” in Campaign Setting, 115. Paizo Inc., 2008
To describe arbiter inevitables,Paizo Inc., et al. “Monsters A to Z” in Bestiary 2, 162. Paizo Inc., 2010
Emerald automatons and clockworks throughoutKeith Baker, et al. The Emerald Spire Superdungeon. Paizo Inc., 2014

My comment was more about generic usage of 'clockwork' than 'automaton', but my point was that the disambiguation needed to be rephrased, and it's fine now. - HTD (talk) 07:54, 17 November 2018 (UTC)