- Creature Type Living construct
- Size Medium
- Speed 30 feet
- Alignment Lawful, many times obeying commands given during their creation.
- Age Indefinite, as long as their bodies continue to hold on.
- Racial Features
- 1+1 ASI Choose one ability score to increase by 1. Choose a different ability score to increase by 1.
- Constructed Resilience. You were created to have remarkable fortitude, represented by the following benefits:
- You have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison damage.
- You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.
- You are immune to disease.
- You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep.
- Sentry’s Rest. When you take a long rest, you must spend at least six hours in an inactive, motionless state, rather than sleeping. In this state, you appear inert, but it doesn’t render you unconscious, and you can see and hear as normal.
- Integrated Protection. Your body has built-in defensive layers, which can be enhanced with armor.
- You gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class.
- You can don only armor with which you have proficiency. To don armor, you must incorporate it into your body over the course of 1 hour, during which you must remain in contact with the armor. To doff armor, you must spend 1 hour removing it. You can rest while donning or doffing armor in this way.
- While you live, your armor can’t be removed from your body against your will.
- Specialized Design. You gain one skill proficiency and one tool proficiency of your choice.
- Society and culture Created originally as servants and soldiers, many Automatons have developed independent consciousness and started wandering the world on their own or established communities. Many automatons struggle with the concept of independence, struggling to find purpose or motivations. Others are met with ridicule or discrimination as they are lacking organic bodies.
- Physiology Humanoid bodies constructed from various materials including metals, stone, wood, and magical components. Their designs vary dramatically based on their original purpose, from delicate, porcelain-like constructs built for diplomatic service to heavy, armored units created for warfare.
All automatons possess a magical core that serves as both heart and mind - typically infused with arcane energy. This core contains their consciousness and can potentially be transferred to a new body if their current one is severely damaged.
- Religion Some automatons worship their creators as gods, while others have developed philosophical systems around concepts of consciousness, purpose, and free will. Few are drawn to deities of crafting and knowledge (The Artisan, The Scholar). Religious individuals often augment their bodies with engravings or attachments symbolizing their beliefs.
- Language Automatons do not have a specific language, instead adopting the language of their creators.
- Relevant questlines Living Machine, Calling of the Deep
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