Homebrew Warforged Commando Species Details

As the war against the Astral Elves dragged on, it became clear that the Warforged, while sufficient for battling head on against the Elves, were insufficient to actually win the war. A lack of enemy intel, the inability to target key infrastructure and personnel, or destroy enemy siege machines were turning a long war into an endless one.

New construction techniques and lighter materials were the solution, and the Warforged Commando was born.  Lightweight, fast, and eerily silent in operation, the commando could infiltrate and eliminate key targets, gather information, and disrupt or disable enemy war efforts

Living Steel

Warforged Commando are formed from inorganic materials only.  Light, dark-colored metals are in abundance, with non-reflective gemstone eyes. Joints and flexible areas are typically finely woven metal akin to chain mail but more fine.  Armored plates form a protective outer shell. These Warforged can share a common facial design, with a hinged jaw and crystal eyes embedded beneath a reinforced brow ridge. Beyond these common elements of warforged design, the precise materials and build of a warforged vary based on the purpose for which it was designed.

Although they were manufactured, Warforged Commandos are living humanoids. Resting, healing magic, and the Medicine skill all provide the same benefits to Warforged Commandos that they do to other humanoids.

Warforged Commando Personality

The Warforged Commando were built to serve and to fight. For most of their existence, they had a clearly defined function and were encouraged to focus purely on that role. Now that the war has ended, many struggle both to find a place in the post-war world and to relate to the creatures who created them.

The typical Warforged Commando shows little emotion. Many Warforged Commando embrace a concrete purpose — such as protecting allies, completing a contract, or exploring a land — and embrace this task as they once did war. However, there are Warforged Commando who delight in exploring their feelings, freedom, and relationships with others. Most Warforged Commando have no interest in religion, but some embrace faith and mysticism, seeking higher purpose and deeper meaning.

The typical Warforged Commando has a sexless body shape. Some Warforged Commando ignore the concept of gender entirely, while others adopt a gender identity.

The more a Warforged Commando develops its individuality, the more likely it is to modify its body, seeking out an artificer to customize the look of its face, limbs, and plating.

Quirks

Warforged Commandos often displays an odd personality trait or two.  The Warforged Commando Quirks table contains example quirks.

Warforged Commando Quirks

Warforged Commando Traits

Your Warforged Commando character has the following traits. A few of the traits give you a choice; consider how your choice reflects the purpose for which your character was built.

Warforged Commando Traits

Fast and silent, built for intelligence gathering, the Warforged Commando receives a variety of benefits.

Darkvision

Built to move stealthily means built to move in the dark.  As such, the Warforged Commando was built with darkvision to allow them to see without exposing themselves with a light source.

Constructed Resilience

• 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.

Specialized Design

Built for stealth and insertion into forbidden areas, you have proficiency in stealth due to the dark color of your materials, and thieves tools.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.

Ability Score Increase

Built for speed and stealth, Dexterity increases by 2

Ability Score Increase

Built to quickly assess situations and gather vital information, intelligence increases by 1

Increased Speed

To create a warforged who could quickly move in and out of dangerous areas, focus on light materials and power results in a base walking speed of 40 feet.