Demonic Automata
- Armor Class
- 0 [19]
- Hit Dice
- 12
- Attacks
- Blade-arm (1d6+2)
- Special
- fear/mad babbling, Magic-user spell up to 3rd level 3/day, construct immunities
- Move
- 9
- HDE/XP
- 14/2,600
Description
Demonic Automata are created by a mad wizard in an attempt to create artificial life separate from the gods. A demonic automaton is an entity of nightmares, a towering construct made of burnished metal in the shape of a man. It will repulse any who behold it to such an extent that they must make a saving throw against magic or start madly babbling until calmed by a casting of Remove Fear. Once this saving throw has been passed they are immune to this effect.
A demonic automaton has numerous blades sprouting from its back on long spindle-like arms. These blades are used to slice at anything that gets near it. A demonic automaton hates all life and will fight until destroyed.
Three times per day a demonic automaton can call upon the power of its creator, giving it the ability to cast a Magic-user spell of up to third level.
Source note: This creature is converted from The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign – Omnibus Edition, 1st Edition Release 4, © 2010–2025 Chris Gonnerman, R. Kevin Smoot, James Lemon, Matt Sluis, and Contributors. The Basic Fantasy Field Guide textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.