This is just a little mod I whipped up out of curiosity about some of the new syndrome interactions. It lets you craft real, live, non-vermin golems. At the low cost of one dwarf
A cut clear diamond and a bar of steel are both required to craft the Golem Heart which is used as a catalyst in the actual golem creation process, both of which are performed at the Golem Forge which requires four obsidian blocks and an anvil to construct so don't expect to start churning them out five minutes after embark unless you specifically prepared for it.

The golems themselves are a good deal stronger than a regular dwarf, easily able to triumph in two to one odds against goblins in all the tests I have run and they gain combat skills at a highly accelerated rate. There are a few downsides though. Being made of solid obsidian they lose limbs like crazy so you're going to be running through them constantly. They also lose the ability to gain any skill not related to combat so they will do nothing but fight and haul well.

This is mostly just something I whipped up last night for fun and I'm not very experienced at modding so any feedback would be appreciated.

For installation just plop all the files into your RAW directory and copypasta
[PERMITTED_BUILDING:GOLEM_FORGE]
[PERMITTED_REACTION:CRAFT_GOLEM]
[PERMITTED_REACTION:CRAFT_GOLEM_HEART]
into your entity file.