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== [[Name::Clockwork]] ==

[[File:Steampunk Brass Spider.jpg|thumb|left|150px|A clockwork spider.]]

[[Summary::Not all golems are solid stone or iron.  Some are complex creations of turning gears and pressurized steam.]]  Often controlled by a shadow intelligence or magical runic programming rather than a bound elemental spirit, they possess some strange quirks to the otherwise "simple" process of single-element constructs.

=== Creating a Clockwork ===

This template is an inherited template applied to any construct that is not a living construct.  They are formed this way on creation.

==== Size and Type ====

There is no change in size or type, but it gains the Clockwork subtype.  The clockwork traits are given below.

==== Special Qualities ====

Being composed of gears, springs, pipes, and wires, they have a great deal of vital, moving parts.  Remove one, and the system may fail.  As such the construct becomes vulnerable to critical hits, with 25% fortification.

In return, they gain pseudo-intelligence based on their [[Cha]] score.  The complexity of their programming depends on their [[Cha]].  Each clockwork has a limited range of tasks they are given, from as simple as "guard this place" to as complex as managing a communications system.  Within their "Portfolio" they have capable intelligence as any being with an equivalent [[Int]] score.  Outside, they are unlikely to understand commands and revert to their base, golem concepts of instructions.  If the portfolio includes 'combat', it gains proficiency in all simple and martial weapons, OR a single exotic weapon.

The clockwork golem can gain one Portfolio for every 6 points of [[Cha]] it possesses.

In addition, a clockwork golem is easier to salvage than a traditional golem.  While a golem when reduced to 0 hp falls apart into a pile of rubble, what was formerly a large chunk of stone, iron, or flesh, a clockwork golem would fall into various re-usable springs and cogs which can be pieced back together.  A clockwork golem falls apart at -10 hp as if it were a living creature (or if using [[Dying 3.75 Edition (3.5e Variant Rule)|3.75e Dying Rules]] -10 - (1/2 your HD x [[Cha]] modifier).

==== Abilities ====

The construct's [[SRD:Charisma|Charisma]] score becomes 3d6 (minimum 3).

==== Environment ====

Any.

==== Challenge Rating ====

[[CR::Variable]]. +0 CR for one portfolio, +1 CR for two, +2 CR for three, and so forth.

==== Level Adjustment ====

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Name	Clockwork +
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Summary	Not all golems are solid stone or iron. Some are complex creations of turning gears and pressurized steam. +
Title	Clockwork +