Homebrew Aquatrok Species Details

The Aquatrok

The Aquatrok appear similar to Warforged, but instead of a head they have a big, thick, industrial strength glass orb filled with water where the actual Aquatrok resides. It can resemble any type of fish, but it is very small, Tiny if you may. Scale color can range anywhere from red to violet, including black and grey. 

Aquatrok in their mechanical bodes, however, are quite different. They stand 5-7 feet tall, and the metal used to construct the mechanism is very interesting, changing color based upon light exposure. in bright light, it becomes brilliant green, and progresses to dark blue in dim light, and black in utter darkness. They mature at age 10, and live to exactly 120 years old, at which point their body is vaporized by an internal explosion caused by radioactive breakdown of the energy core.

Aquatrok settlements are found either completely submerged in water, or very close to it on land. Their architecture is consistent with their technology, very advanced and industrial.  Underwater cities comprise of many small bubble structures attached to one another, with defense towers at regular intervals. The towers are bubbles that are lighter than air but attached to the city by thick chains, so there is an all-around vantage point from above. Land villages, however, are made of fewer but much larger bubbles that are filled with water to sustain unsuited Aquatrok. 

Aquatrok use pools of something called genetic brine to reproduce. The pool is typically found in the center of a village. It is kept from dissipating by a sonic cage mechanism that pounds it into a sphere with sound. When an Aquatrok wishes to reproduce, they exit their mechanical body and enter the genetic brine vat. in there, they give their genetic material to the vat, and it mixes just like sexual reproduction and creates an embryo. The Aquatrok then exits the vat with the embryo and takes it to a nursery where it is kept in stasis until it has matured into a juvenile Aquatrok, at which point they emerge and their genetic parent takes them in and begins to raise them.

 

Aquatrok Traits

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Talented Crafter

You gain proficiency in smith's and tinker's tools.

Mecha traits

Pick one from the following: 

Defensive shell: You gain a hard exoskeleton, giving you +3 AC but reducing all speeds by 10 ft.

Bladed appendages: You gain a natural attack dealing 1d6 + your strength modifier.

Rocket boots: You get rocket boots! They give you 40 foot propulsion, and you can make a DC 15 dexterity check to hover.

Scope: You gain a scope on your dominant shooting hand, giving you a +2 to hit on ranged attacks that have a target over 50 ft away.

Improved Optical: you get +4 perception and dark vision 120.

Magically Imbued: You have been imbued with more magic than your fellow Aquatrok. Choose a wizard cantrip. You can cast that cantrip at will with a DC 12 intelligence check.

 

Ability Score modifiers

Your Intelligence increases by 2 and your Constitution by 1.