Homebrew Porcelain Warforged Species Details

“Pierce was built by design, while you were built by accident,” Lakashtai said. “The soul is what matters, not the shape of the vessel.”

“What makes you think he has a soul?” Gerrion said.

“What makes you think you do?”

—Keith Baker, The Shattered Land

The porcelain warforged were built to defend the homes of those who fought in the Last War. Considered a luxury item, only wealthy families could afford to craft one; these ceramic defenders were custom-tailored to each request. Porcelain warforged are made from glass, wood, and porcelain, but they can feel pain and emotion. Built as caretakers, they must now find a purpose beyond their construction. A warforged can be a steadfast ally, a cold-hearted killer, or a visionary in search of meaning.

Living Glass and Clay

Warforged are formed from a blend of organic and inorganic materials. Vine-like cords infused with alchemical fluids serve as their muscles, wrapped around a framework of steel, darkwood, or stone. Porcelain plates form a protective outer shell and reinforce joints. Porcelain warforged are tailor-made and exist in an infinite variety of shapes, colors, and physical features. All warforged have crystals embedded in sockets for eyes.

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

Warforged Personality

The porcelain warforged were built to tend to and serve. The Treaty of Thronehold gave them freedom, but many still struggle both to find a place in the post-war world and to relate to the creatures who created them.

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

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

The more a warforged 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 often display an odd personality trait or two, given how new they are to the world. The Warforged Quirks table contains example quirks.

Porcelain Warforged Quirks

Warforged Names

Most warforged were assigned serial numbers upon assembly. Many of them adopted nicknames, often given to them by those in their care. As independent individuals, some have chosen new names as a way to express their path in life. A few take on human names, often the name of a fallen friend or mentor.

Porcelain Warforged Traits

Your warforged 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.

Ability Score Increase

Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1.

Age

A typical warforged is between two and thirty years old. The maximum warforged lifespan remains a mystery; so far, warforged have shown no signs of deterioration due to age. You are immune to magical aging effects.

Alignment

Most warforged take comfort in order and discipline, tending toward law and neutrality. But some have absorbed the morality, or lack thereof, of the beings with which they served.

Size

Your size is Medium. To set your height and weight randomly, start with rolling a size modifier:

Size modifier = 2d6

Height = 5 feet + 10 inches + your size modifier in inches

Weight in pounds = 170 + (4 × your size modifier)

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Constructed Resilience

You were created to have remarkable fortitude, represented by the following benefits:

• 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.

Precise Protection

Your body has been crafted for precision:

• You gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class, thanks to your speed.
• When without armor, you have advantage on Dexterity Saving Throws.

Specialized Design

You gain one skill proficiency and one tool proficiency of your choice.

Languages

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