Sentient Construct (3.5e Creature Type)

Sentient Construct Racial Traits

• +4 Strength, −2 Intelligence, −2 Wisdom, −2 Charisma
• Construct (Living Construct)
• Medium
• Sentient Construct base land speed is 20 feet.
• Zero Empathy(Ex): -6 on all charisma based skill checks. (Exception: Intimidate)
• Fleshless (Ex): -6 on all dexderity based skill checks. (Exception: Balance, and Open Lock)
• Clunky (Ex): -6 on all armor check penelties. (Exception: Balance, and Climb)
• Tight Grip (Ex): +2 on grapple checks
• Slam: 1d6+STR MOD, melee, can be made immediately following a successful grapple or pin check.
• No Constitution score
• Low-light Vision
• Darkvision out to 60 feet.
• Immunity to all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects).
• Immunity to poison, sleep effects, paralysis, stunning, disease, death effects, and necromancy effects.
• Cannot heal damage on their own, except through the use of Craft Construct or Self Repair
• Not subject to critical hits, nonlethal damage, ability damage, ability drain, fatigue, exhaustion, or energy drain.
• Immunity to any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect also works on objects, or is harmless).
• Not at risk of death from massive damage. Immediately destroyed when reduced to less than 0 hit points. At 0 HP they are considered disabled
• Since it was never alive, a construct cannot be raised or resurrected.
• Because its body is a mass of unliving matter, a construct is hard to destroy. It gains bonus hit points based on size, as shown on the following table.

Table: Construct Size and Bonus Hit Points

Construct Size	Bonus Hit Points	Construct Size	Bonus Hit Points
Fine	—	Large	30
Diminutive	—	Huge	40
Tiny	—	Gargantuan	60
Small	10	Colossal	80
Medium	20

• Proficient with its natural weapons only, unless generally humanoid in form, in which case proficient with any weapon mentioned in its entry.
• Proficient with no armor.
• Constructs do not eat, sleep, or breathe.
• Favored Class: Fighter

Personality

Due to being a self aware construct they tend to break away from the rest of the constructs that it was once apart of. Genderless, they have few means of reproducing if for some reason a glitch causes them to have such a need. All sentient constructs have zero empathy which makes them horrible negotiators, liers, and sympathizers. Most have some sort of drive that causes them to become self away in the first place. Such drive is put up to the player or can be randomly chosen usuing the following table.

Sentient Construct Needs and/or Wants

Need	Percentage	Wants	Percentage
To Reproduce	1-20%	Power	1-20%
To Destroy	21-40%	Armor	21-40%
To Assimilate	41-60%	Magic	41-60%
To Protect	61-80%	Wealth	61-80%
To Control	81-100%	Friendship	81-100%

Physical Description

Sentient Constructs start off with normal iron bodies that will rust. Their bodies are made out of six different parts: the torso, head, legs, and arms. Each can be replaced at a price, or can be created with the feat, Craft: Construct. Each piece must be bought at a selected price, with the exception of the torso which costs 10% more than normal price. The set bonus for AC is not obtained until each piece is above or at selected level. For instance a Sentient Construct that has 4 pieces that are Silver, 1 piece Cold Iron, and the torso is Iron must spend 220gp to finish the set for silver in order for the AC Bonus from +2 to +3.

Sentient Construct Armor Upgrades

Set Name	Cost (each)	+AC Bonus (Natural)	HP	Hardness	Set Price
Iron	20gp	+2	20	5	122gp
Silver	200gp	+3	30	8	1220gp
Cold Iron	700gp	+3	35	10	4270gp
Steel	1000gp	+3	40	10
Mithral	2,000gp	+4	40	15
Adamantine	7,000gp	+5	40	20

Relations

Sentient Constructs have no morality, no empathy, this allows for relationships to take long to develop. Most constructs would chose to abandon their companion if it meants prolonging their own life or accomplishing their need. Sentient Construct are bound to loyalty to the race of their creator and believe that all other races, excluding half-races, are inferior. See names for loyalty.

Alignment

Sentient Constructs are typically lawful in a sense that they have their own code they follow which is typically different than that of common law. Sentient Constructs are almost never chaotic

Lands

Sentient Constructs can survive in most lands and environments with the exception of aquatic, when their body is made out of iron. Sentient Constructs can be crafted in almost any environment. The most hostile was the burning depths of Mt. Equinox, where a Fire Elemental Sorcerer created one out of sheer rock and was held together by magma. The construct didn't last long and in addition to it being Chaotic Evil it rampaged a Fireward before cooling off and dying. Most Sentient Constructs have been made out of iron since then.

Language

Automatic Languages: Common
Bonus Languages: Primordial

Names

The first two letters are short for where they were created and the number represents first the creator then which one they were. Examples: SO-1/04, would mean that the construct was created in the Sands of Oezania, by a human, and was the 4th made by those humans.

Table: Construct Names and Loyalty

Place of Birth	Race	Example of Name
Sands of Oezania	Humans	SO-1/04
Dytherna Forest	Elves	DF-2/05
Korrith Mountains	Dwarfs	KM-3/09
Highfield Plains	Gnomes	HP-4/12
Forsworn Steeps	Orcs	FS-5/04

Vital Statistics

Table: Sentient Construct Random Starting Ages

Adulthood	Simple	Moderate	Complex
0 years	+2d4	+2d8	+2d12

Table: Sentient Aging Effects

Middle Age1	Old2	Venerable3	Maximum Age4
250 years	800 years	2000 years	+2d10 x 100 years
At middle age, −1 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. (This applies to armor rating of cold iron or lower) At old age, −2 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. (This applies to armor rating of cold iron or lower) At venerable age, −3 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. (This applies to armor rating of cold iron or lower) If the player manages to obtain steel, mithral, or adamantine armor the ages are all multiplied by 10.

Table: Random Height and Weight

Base Height	Height Modifier	Base Weight	Weight Modifier
5'10	+1d12	1000 lbs	× (1d4) lb

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