mechanical some with only adopt fair for like

Stone Shape

Spells Player’s Handbook

You touch a stone object of Medium size or smaller or a section of stone no more than 5 feet in any dimension and form it into any shape you like. For example, you could shape a large rock into a

weapon, statue, or coffer, or you could make a small passage through a wall that is 5 feet thick. You could also shape a stone door or its frame to seal the door shut. The object you create can have up to two hinges and a latch, but finer mechanical detail isn’t possible.

Changeling

Species Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

With ever-changing appearances, changelings reside in many societies undetected. Each changeling can supernaturally adopt any face they like. For some changelings, a new face may reveal an aspect of

Clockwork Observer

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

. It looks like a mechanical, grapefruit-sized orb suspended under softly humming propeller blades. Embedded in the orb are keenly perceptive crystal eyes that enable the observer to see in multiple

mechanical shriek until the start of its next turn or until it drops to 0 hit points. This shriek can be heard within a range of 300 feet.A clockwork observer serves as an aerial spy for its creator

Don-Jon Raskin

Monsters Dragon of Icespire Peak

":"Sling","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.A fearless troubleshooter who has experienced more than his fair share of adventures. Full of bluster and stories of his great exploits, Don-Jon

Raskin walks and talks like a giant. He has worked as a gold prospector, miner, fur trader, privateer, and whaler. He even ran a trading post on the outskirts of Neverwinter for a few seasons.

Worker Robot

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

worker robots fill public-facing service roles. Antigravity technology and built-in tractor beams allow worker robots to effortlessly lift cargo and other heavy objects with their mechanical tentacles

. Robots that endure long stretches of isolation, mistreatment, or neglect are prone to malfunctions. Some robots become despondent or cruel, while others obsessively repeat their last directive or adopt new, peculiar purposes of their own.Cold, PoisonAcid, Fire

Darkling Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

darkling grows into a tall and fair form, like that of a gray-skinned elf. The darkling perishes if the ritual fails.

, and doing so wizens the creature, much like the effect of rapid aging. For this reason, darklings cover every part of their body with clothing when exposure to light is a risk. The light a darkling

Guardian Portrait

Monsters Curse of Strahd

best of their ability, and can act independently to fulfill simple instructions. Some animated objects might converse fluently or adopt a persona, but most are simple automatons. Constructed Nature

becomes inanimate and is too damaged to be of much use or value to anyone. A guardian portrait looks like a finely rendered and beautifully framed work of art, usually depicting someone important in a

Broom of Animated Attack

Monsters Curse of Strahd

simple instructions. Some animated objects might converse fluently or adopt a persona, but most are simple automatons. Constructed Nature. An animated object doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep

creators to ride them, in which case they behave like typical brooms of flying. A broom of animated attack, however, can carry only half the weight that a broom of flying can.Poison, Psychic

Darkling Elder Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

, channeling some of the darkling's absorbed light away from its body. If the ritual succeeds, the darkling grows into a tall and fair form, like that of a gray-skinned elf. The darkling perishes if the ritual fails.

. The Killing Light. The Summer Queen's curse causes a darkling's body to absorb light, and doing so wizens the creature, much like the effect of rapid aging. For this reason, darklings cover every

Quadrone Detention Drone

Monsters The Book of Many Things

inside.Detention drones vary in size, strength, and shape, though most are shaped like some kind of mechanical animal or plant.

Animated Armor Detention Drone

Monsters The Book of Many Things

the creature inside.Detention drones vary in size, strength, and shape, though most are shaped like some kind of mechanical animal or plant.Poison, Psychic

Advanced Detention Drone

Monsters The Book of Many Things

mechanical animal or plant. This Construct doesn’t have a control amulet and can’t be controlled like other shield guardian;shield guardians.Poison

creates a detention orb when it already has one active, the first orb disappears, freeing the creature inside.Detention drones vary in size, strength, and shape, though most are shaped like some kind of

Helmed Horror Detention Drone

Monsters The Book of Many Things

already has one active, the first orb disappears, freeing the creature inside.Detention drones vary in size, strength, and shape, though most are shaped like some kind of mechanical animal or plant.Force, Necrotic, PoisonBludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Adamantine

Eliphas Adulare

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

that rely on smell.Multiattack. In bear form, Eliphas makes two claw attacks. In humanoid form, he makes two greataxe attacks. In hybrid form, he can attack like a bear or a humanoid. Bite (Bear or

werebear who can adopt the form of a polar bear.Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Silvered

Eye Monger

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

eye and mouth are closed, an eye monger looks like nothing more than a 12-foot-diameter asteroid. When it senses vibrations in the space around it, the eye monger opens its eye and reveals its true

, menacing nature. An eye monger has no use for treasure, but its belly might hold a fair amount of incidental valuables that it can’t digest, including coins, metal weapons, gemstones, and magic

Gnome Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

Skinny and flaxen-haired, his skin walnut brown and his eyes a startling turquoise, Burgell stood half as tall as Aeron and had to climb up on a stool to look out the peephole. Like most

excitement. Their fair hair has a tendency to stick out in every direction, as if expressing the gnome’s insatiable interest in everything around. A gnome’s personality is writ large in

Boss Augustus

Monsters The Book of Many Things

few words. He shares leadership of the guild with Boss Delour and has a knack for planning heists. Guild members consider him a brutal but fair leader. Some perceptive guild members—like Kathra

Baba Lysaga's Creeping Hut

Monsters Curse of Strahd

to fulfill simple instructions. Some animated objects might converse fluently or adopt a persona, but most are simple automatons. Constructed Nature. An animated object doesn't require air, food

with a semblance of life. When she wills it to do so, the hut pulls its gigantic roots free of the earth and shambles around like a spidery behemoth, shaking the ground with every step. The hut

Dzaan's Simulacrum

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

himself. This simulacrum dwells in the sunken Netherese spire, waiting for its creator to return. The simulacrum, which looks and acts like Dzaan, has half of Dzaan's hit points and can't regain

. If this change occurs, the simulacrum effectively becomes a clone of Dzaan, authentic in every way. Companion. Because they're so despised throughout Faerûn, Red Wizards often adopt disguises and

Duergar Despot

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

will: mage hand, minor illusion 1/day: stinking cloudDuergar despots replace parts of their bodies with mechanical devices that they control through their psionic abilities. Duergar Duergar are

were infused with powerful psionic abilities but also a profound gloom. In some, this strain of sorrow inspires works of grand but melancholic beauty, while in others, it manifests as rage. Like

Nevermind Gnome Mastermind

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

): Chattergrab. Parts of this gadget look like gnashing metal teeth. This gadget hurtles toward a creature the mastermind can see within 60 feet of itself. The creature must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity saving

appendages, or both. Nevermind Gnomes Mount Nevermind is a hollow, dormant volcano on the island of Sancrist in Krynn. Within the mountain, a vibrant community of rock gnome tinkerers and other inventors relentlessly study various scientific pursuits to create mechanical marvels.

Shield Guardian Detention Drone

Monsters The Book of Many Things

a +2 bonus to the wearer’s AC if the drone is within 5 feet of the wearer.Detention drones vary in size, strength, and shape, though most are shaped like some kind of mechanical animal or plant.Poison

Emerald Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

to impress visitors by reciting epic poetry. 4 The only people I’m interested in are those who know history and those who make history. 5 I like to adopt the personas of characters

I repeat what others have said back to them to make sure I have remembered it correctly. 2 I might not like you, but I will endeavor to treat you with respect, if not kindness. 3 I like

Urchin Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

of questions. 3 I like to squeeze into small places where no one else can get to me. 4 I sleep with my back to a wall or tree, with everything I own wrapped in a bundle in my arms. 5

I eat like a pig and have bad manners. 6 I think anyone who’s nice to me is hiding evil intent. 7 I don’t like to bathe. 8 I bluntly say what other people are hinting at

Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

; Elves. “It’s best not to wander into elven woods. They don’t like intruders, and you’ll as likely be bewitched as peppered with arrows. Still, if an elf can get past that damned

racial pride and actually treat you like an equal, you can learn a lot from them.” Halflings. “It’s hard to beat a meal in a halfling home, as long as you don’t crack your

Hellfire Engine

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

these magical-mechanical hybrids gets loose, driven berserk by its need to destroy. Hellfire engines take many forms, but all of them have one purpose: to mow down foes in waves. They are incapable of

intervene on their behalf. The archdukes of the Nine Hells would like nothing better than to modify this magic so it works against demons, too, but that discovery has eluded them so far.Fire, PoisonCold, Psychic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Silvered

Young Emerald Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

like to impress visitors by reciting epic poetry. 4 The only people I’m interested in are those who know history and those who make history. 5 I like to adopt the personas of

1 I repeat what others have said back to them to make sure I have remembered it correctly. 2 I might not like you, but I will endeavor to treat you with respect, if not kindness. 3 I

Half-Orc Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

stings like acid, and sadness saps their strength. But they laugh loudly and heartily, and simple pleasures — feasting, drinking, wrestling, drumming, and wild dancing — fill their hearts

name for a human name. Some half-orcs with human names decide to adopt a guttural orc name because they think it makes them more intimidating. Male Orc Names: Dench, Feng, Gell, Henk, Holg, Imsh, Keth

Crystal Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

clarity that bend and refract light, sometimes making them difficult to see clearly. The radiant energy of the Positive Plane shimmers in crystal dragons’ scales. It glows like starlight between

the radiant forces of the Positive Plane fosters a nurturing, optimistic attitude in most of these dragons. They sometimes adopt the abandoned eggs or hatchlings of other dragons; many a white wyrmling

Tiefling Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

eyes. “You fight it, don’t you? Like a little wildcat, I wager. Every little jab and comment just sharpens your claws.” — Erin M. Evans, Brimstone Angels To be greeted with

horns like a ram, others have straight and tall horns like a gazelle’s, and some spiral upward like an antelopes’ horns. They have thick tails, four to five feet long, which lash or coil

Urchin - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

. 3 I like to squeeze into small places where no one else can get to me. 4 I sleep with my back to a wall or tree, with everything I own wrapped in a bundle in my arms. 5 I eat like

a pig and have bad manners. 6 I think anyone who’s nice to me is hiding evil intent. 7 I don’t like to bathe. 8 I bluntly say what other people are hinting at or hiding

Changeling Legacy

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

knowing another like themselves. Others are part of nomadic changeling clans spread across the Five Nations, families who keep their true nature hidden from the single-skins. Some clans maintain safe

can be shared by multiple changelings; there might be three healers in a community, but whoever is on duty will adopt the persona of Tek, the kindly old medic. Personas can even be passed down through

Changeling

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

With ever-changing appearances, changelings reside in many societies undetected. Each changeling can supernaturally adopt any face they like. For some changelings, a new face is only a disguise. For

Feywild. Sometimes they adopt new forms for the sake of mischief or malice, and other times they don a new identity to right wrongs or delight the downtrodden. In their true form, changelings appear faded

Autognome

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Autognomes are mechanical beings built by rock gnomes. Sometimes, because of a malfunction or a unique circumstance, an autognome becomes separated from its creator and strikes out on its own. An

you like to identify what event set you on the path to adventure. If nothing on the table appeals to you, work with your DM to create an origin story for your character. Like gnomes, autognomes can

Courtier

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

. 5 I’m rude to people who lack my commitment to hard work and fair play. 6 I like to talk at length about my profession. 7 I don’t part with my money easily and will haggle

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