Homebrew Animated Armor Species Details
Generally, people see animated armors as threats. The thought of a walking, talking suit of armor terrifies them, though not to the same capacity as a tiefling. They are often likened to ghosts in armor, and many villages have their own tales of menacing suits of armor that move of their own volition. Because of this, anarmors that waltz into unsuspecting towns are usually avoided completely, the only words spoken of them being whispers. Those who know better than this see wandering anarmors as potential companions, workers, or servants. Some are ambitious or crazy enough to try and capture them by force, often to no avail. Taverns and whorehouses usually look the other way, since being intangible except for one's armor don't give the ladies or the barkeeps much to work with.
That said, an anarmor will usually try to avoid being discovered, unless a quirk in their personality programming says otherwise. They'll use cloaks, scarves, and bandages to cover the gaps in their armor and blend in. They'll stay away from crowded places, speaking only when spoken to and never causing too much of a scene. Some spend their time in taverns, never ordering any food or drink, hoping that the patrons will be too drunk to notice how empty they are on the inside. On the rare occasion that an animated armor is welcomed or even worshipped by the people of a village, some merely serve the community as a guard or sentry, while others take a more commanding role, like a war chief or even a deity.
Animated Armor Traits
A suit of armor that is given life through magic and is assigned a task. Often they are left behind by their creators, left to lie dormant for hundreds of years only to wake up and seek out a new purpose.Antimagic Susceptibility
You are incapacitated while in the area of an antimagic field. If targeted by dispel magic, you must succeed on a Constitution saving throw against the caster's spell save DC or fall unconscious for 1 minute.
Blindsight
You can perceive your surroundings without relying on sight within a specific radius. You have a blindsight range of 60 feet but are blind beyond this radius.
Construct
You are a suit of armor made of a variety of durable materials. Your creature type is Construct. Spells like cure wounds don't affect you as you are a construct and spells like crown of madness or dominate person you are immune to due to them specifically targeting humanoids. You are immune to poison damage, being poisoned and diseases. You do not need to eat or breathe, and any food you do attempt to eat falls through your space where your head would be at the bottom of your armor. Instead of sleeping, you enter an inactive state for 4 hours each day. You do not dream in this state; you are fully aware of your surroundings and notice approaching enemies and other events as normal.
False Appearance
While the armor remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal suit of armor.
Mendable
When the mending spell is cast on you and you have 0 hit points you become stable. Alternatively, as part of the casting of mending the caster may expand any number of spell slots(minimum 1) causing you to regain a number of hit points equal to 1d8 + their spellcasting ability modifier. When you do this using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the healing increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 1st.
Soul Transfer
You can transfer your consciousness into another suit of armor over the course of a short or long rest. During that time you or another creature performs an hour-long ritual. Over the course of that hour, you must remain within 5 feet of the armor or the ritual fails. This change may alter your subrace accordingly, based on the desired armors type. If you are not proficient in the armor you transfer yourself into you receive all the detriments that someone normally would by wearing a set of armor they are not proficient in as well as an addition -2 to your Armor Class.
Languages
You can speak, read and write Common, as well as in the language of your creator. Given that animated armors are often created by wizards, the exotic languages of magic such as Draconic or Primordial are commonly known.
Ability Score Increase
Your Constitution score increases by 1.
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