Clockwork Fabricator
Level 4Attacks
Abilities
24 hours, DC 19 thievery check, standby For a clockwork to act, it must be wound with a unique key by another creature. This takes 1 minute. Once wound, it remains operational for the listed amount of time, usually 24 hours, after which time it becomes unaware of its surroundings and can't act until it's wound again. Some clockworks' abilities require them to spend some of their remaining operational time. They can't spend more than they have and shut down immediately once they have 0 time remaining. If it's unclear when a clockwork was last wound, most clockwork keepers wind all their clockworks at a set time, typically 8 a.m. A clockwork that lists standby in its wind-up entry can enter standby mode as a 3-action activity. Its operational time doesn't decrease in standby, but it can sense its surroundings (with a -2 penalty to Perception). It can't act, with one exception: when it perceives a creature, it can exit standby as a reaction (rolling initiative if appropriate). A creature can attempt to Disable a Device to wind a clockwork down (with a DC listed in the wind-up entry). For each success, the clockwork loses 1 hour of operational time. This can be done even if the clockwork is in standby mode.
Requirements The clockwork fabricator has a creature Grabbed or Restrained
(2d4+4) bludgeoning, DC 21 fortitude The monster deals the listed amount of damage to any number of creatures Grabbed or Restrained by it. Each of those creatures can attempt a basic Fortitude save with the listed DC.
A clockwork fabricator is built to perform a specific type of task repeatedly, and it comes with built-in artisan's tools and two detachable "arms." An adjacent creature can forcibly remove a clockwork fabricator's arm with a successful DC 18 Thievery check to Disable a Device. A creature can Interact to install a new arm with a successful DC 18 engineering-lore Lore check. A fabricator has two of any of the following types of arms. • Melee 1 buzz-saw blade +16 (forceful, sweep), Damage 1d4+6 slashing plus 1d6 bleed • Melee 1 crushing vise +14 (grapple), Damage 2d6+6 bludgeoning plus Grab • Melee 1 sledgehammer +12, Damage 2d10+6 bludgeoning • Ranged 1 nail gun +11 (agile, range 10 feet), Damage 2d8 piercing • Melee 1 pneumatic chisel +14, Damage 2d8+6 piercing • Ranged 1 towing anchor +11 (thrown 30 feet), Damage 1d4+6 piercing
Requirements The clockwork fabricator's last action was a successful towing anchor Strike
The clockwork fabricator reels in the anchor and attempts an athletics check against the target's Fortitude DC. On a success, the clockwork fabricator pulls the target into a free square adjacent to it. This movement is forced movement.
Requirements The monster's last action was a successful Strike that lists Grab in its damage entry, or the monster has a creature Grabbed or Restrained Effect If used after a Strike, the monster attempts to Grapple the creature using the body part it attacked with. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the creature's multiple attack penalty. The monster can instead use Grab and choose one creature it's grabbing or restraining with an appendage that has Grab to automatically extend that condition to the end of the monster's next turn.
Description
Clockwork creatures are as common in Alkenstar as carts and horses are in most Inner Sea region cities. In the City of Smog, clockworks perform many of the simple, repetitive tasks that sentient workers find boring, as well as dangerous jobs such as private security or riot control.
A common sight among Alkenstar work crews, construction teams, and mining operations, the clockwork fabricator is a one-size-fits-all construction companion. These clockworks can be programmed to perform up to two simple, repetitive tasks such as hauling equipment, chopping down trees, or grinding up hunks of ore. The modular nature of these units makes them even more valuable-after finishing a day's work sawing planks, the same machine can be unwound, updated with a new modular arm or two, and then re-wound and given new instructions.
While it's possible to remove or replace an arm while a fabricator in use, doing so is dangerous and likely to void the manufacturer's warranty, to say nothing of the danger posed to the engineer doing the retrofitting.