Homebrew Robot Species Details

Physical Description

Robots come in nearly infinite shapes and sizes. They can be humanoid, animal-like, vehicular, mechs, you name it. Usually, these robots are humanoid size, but they can be small to large. Robots also have various appendages, whether they have regular arms and hands, claws, tools, or built-in weaponry; regular legs and feet, wheels, tracks, or a combination of two or all of them. Older robots tend to move slowly, but the newer ones can move as fast as any humanoid creature, if not faster.

History

Robots are otherworldly constructs who have traveled through the planes from another time and dimension. You have no ability to cross back to your world, yet you constantly seek to get home, wherever that is, which you don't know. Being an entity of logic, this presents you a huge logical dilemma and robots don't prefer to discuss this with anyone. Instead, you have become sentient and self-repairing to your now defunct programming. You have the ability to alter your program slightly every week, trying to find your way through life. You have developed nano-technology in your circuits that slowly repair broken components. You seek out processed metal and silicon at any opportunity to keep as spare building materials.

Robots have the ability to imitate not only weapons combat by reprogramming and upgrading their bodies, but they can "learn" spells as any character could by replicating the effects of any spell. Thus, caster classes are not impossible to be played by a robot.

Society

There is no robot society as you are an extra-planar being displaced from another time and dimension. You are alone, unless you find a person to cast a wish spell for another robot to join you.

Robot Names

Robots most often receive their names from the people who created them.

Male: Atom, Bender, 343 Guity Spark, Cordu, Data, HAL, Johnny Five, Jumn, Mach, Pops, Wall-E, WX-78, BB-8, R2-D2, Fetch, Springtrap, Vision, Ultron, C3PO

Female: Alita, Ani, Eve, Galatea, Giffany, Giga, Roll, Rosie, Six, T-X, Vicki, Wia

Robot Traits

It’s hard to make generalizations about robots, but your robot character has these traits.

Darkvision

Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Construct Nature

Construct Nature. You are a construct, not a humanoid. You don't need to breathe, eat, or drink, but you do need to enter a shut-down period of 4 hours to gain the benefits of a long rest.

Armored Skin

Armored Skin. Your AC while not wearing armor is equal to 13 + your Dexterity modifier.

Mechanical

Mechanical. You are immune to disease and the charmed and poisoned conditions.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score increases by 2.

Age

robots are mostly ageless 

Size

Humans vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. robots typically learn the languages of their creator, including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on.