Constructed Individuality
Warforged heads have simple humanlike features. They have
Warforged
"IF ... IF WHAT THE DOMO SAYS IS TRUE," SHE SAID, "THEN YES, I
have doubts." She reached out, resting her hand on his
mithral shoulder. "I just don't know what to expect. I thought
the war was finally over."
"Perhaps the war is never won," Pierce said. "We must
simply find satisfaction in survival."
Lei tightened her grip on his shoulder, and they continued
on their way.
-- Keith Baker, City of Towers
Warforged are bulky humanoids covered in plates of metal
and stone. A skeleton of these materials supports woody fiber
bundles that comprise a warforged's muscular system.
Warforged bodies have an internal network of tubes filled
with a bloodlike fluid that nourishes and lubricates their
systems.
The warforged were made as the ideal soldiers to serve in
the devastating Last War. Although they are constructs, they
have much in common with living creatures, including
emotions and social bonds, and perhaps even souls.
heavy brows, hinged toothless jaws, and no noses. A
warforged's eyes sometimes glow when he or she
experiences certain intense emotions. The forehead of each
warforged bears a unique rune called a ghulra. These ghulra
help give warforged a sense of individuality.
Warforged possess an artificial and relatively sexless
shape. They don't reproduce like other humanoids. A
warforged can modify its body, adding and removing limbs as
necessary. A warforged feels pain only from real injury. These
physical modifications allow warforged to vary in appearance
as much as any other humanoids.
Warforged can have unique personality traits, though, as
they are constructs, those are restricted in some ways. They
experience anger, pain, fear, and hatred like their human
creators. All warforged naturally seem reserved, stoic, and
pensive, hiding an array of emotions behind their
inexpressive metallic faces. Their faces were not designed to
display facial expressions, so it can seem like they are distant
to the conversation.
Despite their lack of physical facial expressions, they're not
completely without them, as their eyes tend to brighten when
experiencing strong or specific emotions. Some warforged
have their faces modified to be more expressive for their
companion's comfort, but these expressions are learned
rather than natural and often appear stilted and awkward.
A New Perspective
Some warforged can be incredibly naive and lack a sense of
introspection. However, many others are the opposite and
question their existence, they wonder if, as constructs, they
have souls, and ask what becomes of them in the after life.
The more intelligent warforged create complex philosophies
about what they perceive and learn. Though warforged can
show loyalty to religions and organizations, typically they
become loyal to a small group of comrades.
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 Warforged often have little life experience as they have Alternative Models. Built for specific purposes, many
spent most of their time working towards one specific duty, different types of warforged exist. These alternative models
usually soldiering. If there is one interest all warforged share count as subraces. Choose one of these models.
it is their love of working and the satisfaction of a job well
done. Many create endless lists of goals and chores to feed Soldier
that feeling. They take pride in their work and can work Warforged of this model make for excellent fighters and
incredibly hard, both traits that make them dislike idleness bodyguards. They are quick to dispense justice on those they
and failure. percieve as enemies.
Warforged can excel at most tasks, having a single-minded Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by
efficiency, especially in combat related roles. But this same 1.
single-mindedness can often translate to a lack of creativity Shock and Awe. Your model comes with a pre-attached
and they can be easily surprised or "outflanked." shield. You gain proficiency with shields, and you also have
one already attached. If you take the Attack action, you can
Warforged Names use a bonus action to attempt to shove a creature with your
Because most warforged have bodies that resemble males, shield, making a Strength (Athletics) check against the
they identify themselves as males and prefer to be called "he" target's Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check
rather than "it." Some warforged adopt female names, though (that target chooses the ability to use). If you win the contest,
most warforged have simple names related to their jobs , the creature has disadvantage on its next attack.
abilities, or military positions. Scout
Warforged often accept the names or the nicknames that Often smaller or lighter than their compatriots, scout models
their comrades give them, although some search long for are quick and agile, able to reach where most others cannot.
particular names that define them. Many simply take names Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by
common within another race, especially those of humans. 1.
Warforged Names: Amalgam, Bard, Book, Bulwark, Cart, Size. This model's height is between 3 to 4 feet tall, and is
Cutter, Falchion, Graven, Hammer, Mark, Morg, Nameless, considerably lighter. Your size is Small.
Pierce, Pious, Relic, Rune, Steeple, Three, Titan, Unsung, Mobile. Your base walking speed increases by 5 feet.
Victor, Watcher, Zealot
Warforged Traits
As a warforged, you share many traits with others of your
kind.
Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases
by 2.
Age. Warforged usually mature mentally after around a
decade among the other races. Though they do not age,
eventually they suffer from disrepair.
Alignment. Young warforged are often naïve, and easily
influenced due to their inexperience. As such, warforged can
mature into any alignment.
Size. Warforged are generally broader and taller than
humans, standing well over 6 feet tall and weighing close to
300 pounds. Your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Living Construct. Even though you were constructed, you
are a living creature. You are immune to disease. You do not
need to eat or breathe, but you can ingest food and drink if
you wish.
Instead of sleeping, you enter an inactive state for 4 hours
each day. You do not dream in this state; you are fully aware
of your surroundings and notice approaching enemies and
other events as normal.
Warforged Resilience. You have advantages on saving
throws against poisons, and have resistance against poison
damage.
Composite Plating. Your construction incorporates wood
and metal, granting you a natural armor of 12 + your
Dexterity modifer while not wearing any armor. You can use
your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you
wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield's benefits
apply as normal while you use your natural armor.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and
one other language of your choice.

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Tactician
These warforged tend to have a higher capacity to adapt,
often working to ensure the best outcome for their side.
Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases
by 1.
Field Medic. You know and can cast the cantrip spare the
dying. It does not count against the number of cantrips you
know. Intelligence is your spellcasting modifier for it.
Surveyor
Excellent explorers and guides, surveyors are most often the
ones to travel away from home to seek knowledge and
adventure.
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by
1.
Darkvision. Surveyors have surperior vision in dark and
dim conditions. You can see in dim light up to 60 feet in front
of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were
dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of
gray.
Credits & Inspiration
Keith Baker for the Eberron campaign setting,
books, and the Warforged themselves, as well as
his redesigned 5th Edition warforged.
u/Ge4rShift, u/SolaceKnight, and u/JamesMusicus for
their warforged designs.
Steve Prescott, Tomas Giorello, and Joshua the James
for the warforged art, found in Races of Eberron
pgs. 18, 163, and 168.
Cyriixx on DeviantArt for the background header,
Day 2: Battlefield.
u/stolksdorf and any affiliated parties for the creation
and maintainance of the Homebrewery, without
which this would not look nearly as good.
-- Created by u/Spoolicus