Constructs are artificially created creatures or animated objects. Most constructs are non-intelligent automatons with neither a soul nor a purpose beyond service to their creator. Because few constructs are truly alive, usually operated only by a "spark" of life, most are immune to attacks that target the living. These "dead" constructs possess low-light vision and darkvision and are immune to mind-altering, poison , sleep, paralysis , stunning, disease -related, and death effects. Neither do these constructs require sleep or take part in any metabolic activities, such as eating or breathing. [1]
The major exception to this rule are living constructs , which include warforged . [1]
Constructs can come from across the planar boundaries , or constructed on Eberron . The dragonmarked House Cannith , the gnomes of Zilargo , and various artificers across the plane are examples of the creators of constructs. The most famous constructs of Eberron are the warforged , though other construct creations exist, such as an artificer's homunculus or the extraplanar inevitables . [ citation needed ]
The city of Eston in Cyre was historically a center of the making of constructs, with the Cannith enclave's Clockwork Menagerie serving as a showcase of constructs (including alchemical and living constructs), golems , and homunculi created by artificers looking to test their skills. Over Cannith's ten centuries of development, it included countless constructs of all kinds. However, following the Mourning , these constructs have become twisted and transformed, and are possibly even evolving into new forms. [2] [3]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mike Mearls , Stephen Schubert , and James Wyatt (2008). Monster Manual (4th edition) . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 281. ISBN 0-7869-4852-3 .
- ↑ Keith Baker (May 2012). “ Eye on Eberron : Eston ” (PDF). In Ray Vallese ed. Dragon #411 ( Wizards of the Coast ), pp. 1–2.
- ↑ Keith Baker , Jeremy Crawford , & James Wyatt (2019). Eberron: Rising from the Last War . ( Wizards of the Coast ), pp. 110, 221. ISBN 0786966890 .
External Links
- Construct article at the Forgotten Realms Wiki , a wiki for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.