Artificially created beings
Large Construct, CR 9. From Creature Codex.
A cloud of unconnected, flat gray triangles in the vague shape of a mantis flickers unpredictably from one position to another, clicking softly as its arm blades swing outward. Akaasits are constructed beings from a plane destroyed by a catastroph...
Medium Construct, CR 2. From Tome of Beasts 3.
_Sometimes called folding angels, algoriths are lawful beings made from sheer force, pure math, and universal physical laws._ **Creatures of Pure Reason.**They are the border guards of the Conceptual Realms, warding subjective beings from the Re...
_Wearing silver and red enamel pectoral jewelry and stylized armlets, as well as carrying a thin, carved stick, this angular, dark‑eyed human appears almost normal. When it moves, gears clash and whir faintly within it._ **Lifelike Servants.** S...
_An enormous bronze and iron statue filled with fire towers above the ring of chanting, frenzied worshipers._ Tophets are used by worshipers of fire gods, who toss sacrifices into their flaming maws to incinerate them. A tophet has a large openi...
_A suit of elven parade armor, beautifully ornate but perhaps not terribly functional, stands at attention._ **Beautiful Construct.** Like the Open Game License
_This suit of armor stands motionless, its visor raised to reveal a black skull with eyes cold as a winter moon. A cloak of owl feathers hangs from its shoulders, and a greatsword is slung across its back._ **Beautiful Constructs.** Monolithic s...
_This small metallic globe skitters about on many-jointed legs._ **Cleaning Constructs.** Created by gnomish tinkerers, xanka are constructs whose purpose is cleaning up their masters’ messy workshops. Most xanka are built from copper, brass, or...
_A salt golem is a crudely sculpted, roughly humanoid crystalline form that shuffles about on wide, stump-like feet. Tiny salt crystals fall from its body in a glittering cloud with every step._ **Coastal Druids.** These unnatural creatures are ...
_With wicked axe blades fastened along its arms and bronze runes inlaid on its armored torso, a steam golem is a smooth-running machine of death._ **Magic Weapons.** The golem’s weapon attacks are magical. **Boilers and Hydraulics.** A steam g...
_This tiny ball of bright light seems to emanate from a crystalline center._ **Wizard Servants.** Also called a “spooklight,” a witchlight is a wizard’s servant created from a tiny piece of quartz. It appears as a floating ball of flickering lig...
_This clockwork spider creature is the size of a dog. Each of its eight sharp, sickle-like feet stabs or sinks slightly into the ground. Razor wire enwraps its body, while gyros whirl visibly in its faceless, clockwork head._ **Wire Fighters.** ...
This clockwork creature looks like a mechanical spider with long, spindly legs, including one equipped with a particularly sharp blade that’s disproportionately large for the creature’s body. _**Cloth Makers.**_ These tiny but useful devices are...
_This large statue of emerald-green crystal has a humanoid body with the head of an ibis. Tiny symbols and runes are etched into it, and portions are inlaid with bits of gold._ **Occult Initiates.** Smaragdine golems are crafted by disciples of ...
_A living wick is a small, rough wax sculpture of a human that stands at attention, a halo of light flickering around its head from some source behind it._ **Enchanted Wicks.** Living wicks are obedient wax statues brought to life by an enchante...
_The humming of servos, ticking of gears, and petite discharges of steam alert you to the presence of this library’s diminutive custodian._ These small constructs were created to fulfill organizational responsibilities of huge libraries with sta...
_The eye sockets in a large, ornate death mask suddenly ignite with a golden radiance. With the creak of long-unused limbs, this towering figure in ancient armor raises a khopesh and scepter once more._ **Tomb Servants.** Ushabtis were placed in...
_This ancient animal-headed pillar is engraved with weathered symbols from ancient empires._ **Animal Headed.** Possessed pillars are carved from enormous blocks of stone to look like animal-headed gods of ancient pantheons, or sometimes demonic...
_Dark, bark-like rust encrusts the trunk of this cold-forged metal tree, and its dull metallic leaves rustle with the sound of sharp metal._ **Cold Iron Trees.** These ferrous constructs are cold-forged in a process taking several years, as bits...
_A darkly foreboding intelligence glows behind this automaton’s eyes, and its joints seep hissing green vapors._ **Wraith Constructs.** Fellforged are the castoffs of gearforged and clockworks production, given foul sentience when the construct ...
_This small demonic idol fade into and out of reality. Its elemental will presses on those near as a near-physical pressure._ **Relics of Dark Gods.** Idolic deities are found in ancient temples and deserted tombs. They are relics of an elder ag...
_An eye golem is muscular giant, well-proportioned with smooth, marble-white skin covered in eye-like sigils. When it opens one of its eyes opens for a moment, a beam as bright as the sun shines forth, piercing the darkness._ **Covered in Arcana...
_Dark cloth of black and purple, stitched with silver and golden threads, this resembles a garment of elvish make. Smoke sometimes billows under the hood._ **Silent Motion.** A billowing empty cloak glides through the air, either under its own p...