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Constructed Individuality

Warforged heads have simple humanlike features. They have

heavy brows, hinged toothless jaws, and no noses. A

's eyes sometimes glow when he or she

experiences certain intense emotions. The forehead of each

warforged bears a unique rune called a ghulra. These ghulra

help give warforged a sense of individuality.

Warforged possess an artificial and relatively sexless

shape. They don't reproduce like other humanoids. A

warforged can modify its body, adding and removing limbs as

necessary. A warforged feels pain only from real injury. These

physical modifications allow warforged to vary in appearance

as much as any other humanoids.

Warforged can have unique personality traits, though, as they are constructs, those are restricted in some ways. They experience anger, pain, fear, and hatred like their human Warforged creators. All warforged naturally seem reserved, stoic, and "IF ... IF WHAT THE DOMO SAYS IS TRUE," SHE SAID, "THEN YES, I pensive, hiding an array of emotions behind their have doubts." She reached out, resting her hand on his inexpressive metallic faces. Their faces were not designed to mithral shoulder. "I just don't know what to expect. I thought display facial expressions, so it can seem like they are distant the was finally over." to the conversation. "Perhaps the war is never won," Pierce said. "We must Despite their lack of physical facial expressions, they're not simply find satisfaction in survival." completely without them, as their eyes tend to brighten when experiencing strong or specific emotions. Some warforged Lei tightened her grip on his shoulder, and they continued have their faces modified to be more expressive for their on their way. companion's comfort, but these expressions are learned -- Keith Baker, City of Towers rather than natural and often appear stilted and awkward.

Warforged are bulky humanoids covered in plates of metal and stone. A skeleton of these materials supports woody fiber A New Perspective bundles that comprise a warforged's muscular system. Some warforged can be incredibly naive and lack a sense of Warforged bodies have an internal network of tubes filled introspection. However, many others are the opposite and with a bloodlike fluid that nourishes and lubricates their question their existence, they wonder if, as constructs, they systems. have souls, and ask what becomes of them in the after life. The warforged were made as the ideal soldiers to serve in The more intelligent warforged create complex philosophies the devastating Last War. Although they are constructs, they about what they perceive and learn. Though warforged can have much in common with living creatures, including show loyalty to religions and organizations, typically they emotions and social bonds, and perhaps even souls. become loyal to a small group of comrades.

1 Warforged often have little life experience as they have Alternative Models. Built for specific purposes, many spent most of their time working towards one specific duty, different types of warforged exist. These alternative models usually soldiering. If there is one interest all warforged share count as subraces. Choose one of these models. it is their love of working and the satisfaction of a job well done. Many create endless lists of goals and chores to feed Soldier that feeling. They take pride in their work and can work Warforged of this model make for excellent fighters and incredibly hard, both traits that make them dislike idleness bodyguards. They are quick to dispense justice on those they and failure. percieve as enemies. Warforged can excel at most tasks, having a single-minded Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by efficiency, especially in combat related roles. But this same 1. single-mindedness can often translate to a lack of creativity Shock and Awe. Your model comes with a pre-attached and they can be easily surprised or "outflanked." shield. You gain proficiency with shields, and you also have one already attached. If you take the Attack action, you can Warforged Names use a bonus action to attempt to shove a creature with your shield, making a Strength (Athletics) check against the Because most warforged have bodies that resemble males, target's Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check they identify themselves as males and prefer to be called "he" (that target chooses the ability to use). If you win the contest, rather than "it." Some warforged adopt female names, though the creature has disadvantage on its next attack. most warforged have simple names related to their jobs , abilities, or military positions. Warforged often accept the names or the nicknames that Scout Often smaller or lighter than their compatriots, scout models their comrades give them, although some search long for are quick and agile, able to reach where most others cannot. particular names that define them. Many simply take names Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by common within another race, especially those of humans. 1. Warforged Names: Amalgam, Bard, Book, Bulwark, Cart, Size. This model's height is between 3 to 4 feet tall, and is Cutter, Falchion, Graven, Hammer, Mark, Morg, Nameless, considerably lighter. Your size is Small. Pierce, Pious, Relic, Rune, Steeple, Three, Titan, Unsung, Mobile. Your base walking speed increases by 5 feet. Victor, Watcher, Zealot Warforged Traits As a warforged, you share many traits with others of your kind. Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2. Age. Warforged usually mature mentally after around a decade among the other races. Though they do not age, eventually they suffer from disrepair. Alignment. Young warforged are often naïve, and easily influenced due to their inexperience. As such, warforged can mature into any alignment. Size. Warforged are generally broader and taller than humans, standing well over 6 feet tall and weighing close to 300 pounds. Your size is Medium. Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Living Construct. Even though you were constructed, you are a living creature. You are immune to disease. You do not need to eat or breathe, but you can ingest food and drink if you wish. 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. Warforged Resilience. You have advantages on saving throws against poisons, and have resistance against poison damage. Composite Plating. Your construction incorporates wood and metal, granting you a natural armor of 12 + your Dexterity modifer while not wearing any armor. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield's benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.

2 Tactician These warforged tend to have a higher capacity to adapt, often working to ensure the best outcome for their side. Credits & Inspiration Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases Keith Baker for the , by 1. books, and the Warforged themselves, as well as Field Medic. You know and can cast the spare the his redesigned 5th Edition warforged. dying. It does not count against the number of you u/Ge4rShift, u/SolaceKnight, and u/JamesMusicus for know. Intelligence is your spellcasting modifier for it. their warforged designs. Surveyor Steve Prescott, Tomas Giorello, and Joshua the James Excellent explorers and guides, surveyors are most often the for the warforged art, found in Races of Eberron ones to travel away from home to seek knowledge and pgs. 18, 163, and 168. adventure. Cyriixx on DeviantArt for the background header, Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by Day 2: Battlefield. 1. u/stolksdorf and any affiliated parties for the creation . Surveyors have surperior vision in dark and and maintainance of the Homebrewery, without dim conditions. You can see in dim light up to 60 feet in front which this would not look nearly as good. of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. -- Created by u/Spoolicus

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