Construct (5e Background)
Construct
You were made, not born. For some reason you have been crafted by a skilled tinkerer, wizard, engineer or other craftsman. Were you built for a war cresting the horizon? Was your maker a lonely hermit who made you as a companion, but died when (s)he finished? Are you an ancient guardian of a sacred location?
Skill Proficiencies: Choose 2: Arcana, History, Religion, Animal Handling, Insight, Performance.
Tool Proficiencies: Artificer’s Tools
Languages: One exotic language of your choice.
Equipment: Common clothes (if you appear humanoid), a pouch with 10gp, a sketchbook with your designs inside, Artificer’s Tools.
Feature: Construct Image
You appear robotic and don’t blend into a crowd. Xenophobia against you is common among most races, but the wiser races find you fascinating and wish to study you.
Alternate Feature: Fascinating Design
There’s nothing in this world quite like you. You can usually draw a crowd simply by making your presence known. However, rich scholars and nobles simply can’t stand not owning you.
Suggested Characteristics
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am logical and have little to no emotion. |
| 2 | I despise my construct nature and pretend to be real. |
| 3 | I believe organics are flawed abominations compared to me. |
| 4 | I’m really uncomfortable about my mechanical nature, and I really wish people would stop bringing it up. |
| 5 | Boy howdy, I sure do love doing what people tell me to do! |
| 6 | I am a weapon for war, wake me when I’m needed. |
| 7 | My intelligence is far beyond any of these meat bags. |
| 8 | What do you mean I’m a robot! |
| d8 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rage. I will avenge my master. (any) |
| 2 | Servitude. I will complete my orders, regardless of the cost. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Discovery. I need to know why I was made. (any) |
| 4 | Transformation. I want to become more human. (any) |
| 5 | Conquest. I am a weapon for war, and this war will be won! (Lawful) |
| 6 | Expansion. I will build a kingdom for my kind. (any) |
| 7 | Destruction. Organic life is unfit to rule this world. (Evil) |
| 8 | Preservation. I will protect all organic life. (Good) |
| d8 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I was ordered to assist a community in any way possible. |
| 2 | I was built to protect a location, object or creature. |
| 3 | My creator is evil, and I will stop them at all costs. |
| 4 | I fight for my country! |
| 5 | I have an identical copy with whom I’m diametrically opposed to. |
| 6 | My mind was based off of a real person. |
| 7 | I keep getting drawn back to my master’s grave. |
| 8 | I was built to win a war, no matter the cost. |
| d8 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | My master taught me that a specific race is evil, and (s)he’s never wrong! |
| 2 | If someone seems trustworthy, I’ll do whatever they ask. I’m also a really bad judge of character. |
| 3 | My master made me, so obviously they created everything. |
| 4 | I can’t feel pain, but I’m not impervious to damage. |
| 5 | My artificial mind is slowly tearing itself apart. |
| 6 | There are things that aren’t constructs? |
| 7 | I am unable to process that the war I was built for is long over. |
| 8 | I incite conflict among those filthy organics whenever possible. |
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