Homebrew Android Species Details
Physical Description
Androids usually appear like metallic humanoids with sleek metal and glass parts. Of course being an android they are sometimes customized to the tasks they were built to perform but most of the time they are bald humanoids usually standing around 6 feet tall and having a slight metallic voice.
History
Androids were first invented by the masters of contraptions themselves, the Gnomes. Gnomes originally built to serve as assistants for their alchemy and tinkering research but of course, as the androids became popular, other races raced to build them as well. Different androids built by different races have different attributes based on who made them and for what purpose with gnomish ones being inventive and intelligent, human ones being adventurous and brave, elven ones being refined and antiquated and halfling ones being curious and inquisitive.
Society
Androids don't have a true society and how they are treated varies greatly from kingdom to kingdom. In some kingdoms, androids are seen as the pinnacle of mechanical and magical engineering and are treated as citizens. While in other kingdoms, many still fear the thought of a created being like an android being independent of a master and they are either outlawed or heavily persecuted.; Regardless, the mannerisms of an android is generally a dead giveaway as to its origins as most androids learn their mannerism from their creators.
Android Names
Androids have a universal Number-Letter-Number system but often times will choose a name for themselves based on either this system or the tasks they perform. In countries of persecution, androids are known only by their serial number name.
Android Names: 2E0, 4C1, 9Z7, etc.
Android Traits
You were created and programmed for a specific purpose in mindAbility Score Increase.
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Living Construct.
Living Construct. Your creature type is construct. While you were constructed, you are a living creature. You are immune to diseases and the poisoned condition. You are considered a humanoid for the purpose of magic that would recover your hit points. You do not need to eat or breathe in order to survive by normal means, but you must consume food and/or drink to convert the matter into energy internally. Instead of sleeping, you enter an inactive "sleeping" state. The time required for you to receive the benefits of a short rest is 2 hours, while a long rest is 4 hours. You do not dream in this state; you are fully aware of your surroundings and notice approaching enemies and other events as normal. This state is also used to recharge your internal energy reserves, negating the need to consume food or drink for the purpose of receiving the benefits of a long rest.
Maintenance
Whenever you are reduced to 0 hit points you deactivate and fall unconscious, you are stable in this state but must receive maintenance to regain consciousness. Healing magic can be used to jump start your system and cause you to regain consciousness, however, you take a level of exhaustion until repaired which can be done over a short or long rest. Alternatively, a creature may make a DC 18 Tools check to repair you over the course of a short or long rest, if successful you gain 1 hit point and regain consciousness. Android's and the race you originated from have advantage on this check.
Languages.
You can speak, read, and write Common and the native language of your creator.
Diplomat by Design.
Diplomat by Design. You were designed for customs and conversations with other races to keep elven nobles alive. You are proficient in the Persuasion skill.
System Backup.
System Backup. To get you up in running quickly in case of an assassination attempt, you have been outfitted with a backup reserve of energy that when used will keep you alive a little bit longer. When you are reduced to 0 hit points, you may choose to drop to 1 hit point instead. You may only use this trait once, regaining the use of it at the end of your next long rest.
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