why

why

non-cultists should not have access to overpowered cult material, the same reason noncultists cannot use cult metal or other cult gear

why? i understand cult golem but not clock golem

i wouldn't say either of these are OP. Sure they are powerful, but do they need to be removed from random players? However, if this is added i'll probably add a way to sell cult metal in cargo (if you can't already, i dont know) so that it isn't totally useless.

While not "OP" it seems like an oversight.
I don't think people can use cult metals normally to make things so it seems like inconsistent behavior to keep this in.

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@ynot01 @Hopekz it is neither OP nor an oversight

it was very much intended behavior

much like the chaplain can create crew-sided constructs (which is intended) if they get their hands on a construct shell and a purified soulstone xenobiology can create runic golems if the crew recovers runed metal

also the PR that added runic golems intentionally specified they were meant to look culty but not be necessarily cult sided

also the PR that added runic golems intentionally specified they were meant to look culty but not be necessarily cult sided

Are you referring to this PR?
tgstation/tgstation#25028

That PR is on TG.
We have not had this discussion yet on yogs. The PR that added the runic golems to yogs also didn't mention anything like that.

Remember; we are not TG so what might be intentional there might not be intentional here as it was added here in the form of a lazy port without any real discussion, making it a potential oversight.