Homebrew Monarch-Warforged Species Details

"Sister, haven't you seen the destruction these squabbles have brought? The chaos and brutality? These wars have been going on Era after Era and we have only ever stepped in when it affected us, I disregarded what you said, I have deployed the Royal Court prototypes to intervene, don't you see how quickly they rule the battlefield like kings? They are the answer! If we cannot trust these people to create prosperity and peace among themselves, if they are dead set on conflict and battle, then I shall end it, all of it. I shall build a true weapon of war, the weapon to end all wars, a weapon forged from war."

~ Unknown

 

 

The Monarch warforged was built centuries ago, but was only activated for the first time to fight in the Last War. While the first warforged were mindless automatons known as the Royal Court, which consisted of: The Monarch, The Matriarch, The Bishop,The Heir, The Jack and The Jester. These frames while extremely effective militarily, were highly expensive to produce and could not communicate or strategise, until House Cannith devoted vast resources to redefining these steel soldiers from exceptions on the battlefield into mass produced template soldiers. An unexpected breakthrough later produced sapient soldiers, giving rise to what some have only grudgingly accepted as a new species. The Monarch Warforged is made from Mithril, Starmetal and an adamantine fibre creating an alloy sinew known as Manifold, however with the consciousness of a newer Warforged it can feel pain and emotion. Built as weapons, the Royal Court has been scattered, with the only known surviving frames being The Monarch, The Bishop and The Heir.

Living Steel and Stars

The Monarch Warforged are formed from a blend of organic and inorganic materials. Root-like Adamantine cords infused with alchemical fluids serve as their muscles, wrapped around a framework of Mithril. Stacked Armor plates form a protective outer shell and reinforce joints. The Monarch Warforged boasts an Atypical facial design, with smoother features and a strip of gold embedded in a ring around the forehead, as well as the traditional hinged jaw. It also has diamond eyes embedded beneath a reinforced brow ridge.

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.

The Identity of the Monarch

The Monarch Warforged lacked any name or personality beyond its Model's namesake and a relentless desire to fulfil its objectives.

Innate Weaponry

The Monarch Warforged wields dual arm blades that require a reaction to sheathe or unsheathe and can be used separately or together.

 

Monarch-Warforged Traits

Your warforged character has the following traits.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score increases by 3, your Strength, Intelligence and Dexterity increase by 1.

Age

The Monarch Warforged prototype is centuries old, however 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

Warforged of the Court lacked any presiding moral intelligence, purely following orders in a binary fashion, the Monarch no exception. Any moral governance would be given by the conscience utilising it's body-shell 

Size

Your size is medium, however it is half a foot taller than Watcher's Body

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Constructed Resilience

You were created to have an unmatched 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.
• You have resistance to many magical damage sources

Sentry’s Rest

When you take a long rest, you must spend at least four 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.

Diamantine Occuli

Your Jewel infused eyepieces grant you darkvision up to 120 feet

Monarch's Wings

The Monarch Body-frame can release its armblades or retract them in one reaction, they may be used singularly or together.

Mithril Plating

Your body has built-in defensive layers, which can be enhanced with armor:

• You gain a +3 bonus to Armor Class.
• You can don only armor with which you have proficiency. To don armor other than a shield, you must incorporate it into your body over the course of 1 hour, during which you remain in contact with the armor. To doff armor, you must spend 1 hour removing it. You can rest while donning or doffing armor in this way.
• While you live, the armor incorporated into your body can’t be removed against your will.

Specialized Design

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

Languages

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