Homebrew Zahnradern Species Details
The Zahnradern, or Gear Folk, are finely crafted mechanical beings who are given life by sheer emotion. It's said the first Zahnradern was made by a despairing watch smith after losing his daughter, the sheer skill, detailing, and emotion poured into making a mechanical copy of his daughter gave birth to a new soul born from the plane of clockwork order, Mechanus. Zahnradern are rare beings made in high emotion situations, despite being rarely seen the documentation on them is rather extensive. Zahnradern appear to look similar to humans but with a few differences their 'skin' appears to be a pale white color, balled joints making up all of their joints, but fitting into the plates that make up their arms, legs, and body almost seamlessly with very little room, if any, for anything to get inside of the joint. They have artificial hair that ranges in style and length, though the color always has a metallic tone to it often shimmering in bright light. A Zahnradern's eyes appear to be normal at a casual glance, but closer inspection reveals that the inner working of their eyes are carefully made mechanical irises often with unique blends of metallic colors. The most important feature of a Zahnradern is their key, every Zahnradern has a unique key that forms in their back when they are granted life. This key is a metal windup key, with unique embellishments, inlays, engravings that are unique to that Zahnradern and that one only.
Zahnradern Traits
A race of blessed clockwork beings, they have several advantages and disadvantages.Ability Score Increase
Your constitution score is increased by 2.
Age
Zahnradern have functionally infinite lifespans, each turn of their key adding one century to their lifespan. The only difficulty being their inability to turn their key themselves.
Size
Zahnradern range from around 4 feet to 6 feet your size is either medium or small.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 ft. You sink in water as if your speed was 0 and you were falling.
Sentient Piece of Art
You are art given life, you learn to use one artisans tool of your choice.
Living Construct
As a living machine you gain several advantages, 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. However, you gain one disadvantage, non-magical and magical healing below 3rd level do not work on you. Magical healing of 3rd level and higher or an expert level clock maker working for an hour can heal you as normal.
Key to the Soul
You soul is stored entirely in your key, your key is immune to being physically affected by magical means due to this. Your physical body will never show signs of damage or wear, instead this is reflected in the state of your key, being cracked and dull at low hit points etc. If your key is physically removed from your body then you become unconscious and the body locks itself in place as your soul is stuck in the key. Your key can only be removed if you are below 25% health and the enemy beats you in a contested grapple. When your key is removed the body becomes able to show damage and can be destroyed, your key form retains the hit points you had before the key being removed with a set AC of 15 regardless of your actual AC, meanwhile the soulless body has your total AC and half your total hit points. Should your body be destroyed then you need to find a new one within 81 days or your soul returns to the plane of Mechanus and you become unrevivable by non-deific means, this also occurs if your key form is fully destroyed.
Sound of Gears
The subtle sound of moving gears, springs and other mechanical components surround you, causing you to have disadvantage on Stealth checks.
Language
You can speak, read, and write Common and one other common language of your choice.
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