Homebrew Automaton Species Details

Created 100 years after Warforged was created, as they realized that Warforged are slightly to big, so they tried to make a smaller version, and thus Automation was born.

Appearance & Purpose

Automation are a mechanical construct like their predecessor the Warforged, but smaller and more fast, in exchange they’re less sturdy. They are designed to looked like Human and their size also one of the reason. Unlike the Warforged, Automaton have gender. Automaton are designed to Human on their everyday life, some are designed for entertainment, some are designed as worker, and are designed as Soldier, But all of them have the capability to fight. They have the same height as human, but heavier than human (around 300~500 lbs). Their appearance doesn’t change over many years. 

Behavior & Personality

Automaton are machines, but they have a behavior and personality that are given by their creator. They act like human, they can still feel pain, they even have feelings, but they don’t understand all of them. They work and follows order from their creator, they work all day all night with no rest. When their creator or someone that they registered as master in danger, they’ll come and protect them.

 

Automaton Traits

A construct race similar to the Warforged, but looked like human, smaller, and faster. Specialize on using Magic Item

Size

Automaton vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium. But there’s an attachment part that can turn you small

Speed

As an Automaton, you’re base speed are 45 feet, but it can be increased even further with attachment parts.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score you choose increases by 2, and two other ability score you choose increases by 1

Age

As a construct, you do not age and can live forever. 

Alignment

Automaton always follow order and will listen to their creator and master. They’re Lawful Good, Lawful Neutral, Neutral Good, or True Neutral.

Machine Body

As a machine, you can’t be poisoned and Charmed, you also don’t get diseases. You’re not affected by Psychic, Poison, and Acid Damage. You don’t need to eat, sleep, or Breath. You don’t get penalty from Exhaustion.

Uncanny Agility

Automaton have a really powerful gears that makes them fast, but they’re less sturdy than the Wargorged. You get +1 AC. You can ignore Difficult Terrain and Speed Reduction of Heavy Armor.

Automaton Attachment Parts (AAP)

There’s many parts that you can install, you can pick 1 magical item with “AAP” in the name when you create an Automaton. You can only Attune with a magical item with “AAP” on the name.