Arcane Guardians

Utility

The main use for the arcane guardian is their job to protect and surveil the Tower of Wonder. They are used as guards which respond to silent alarms throughout the tower. While Traberion is gone from the tower, it is also their job to maintain and repair the tower, and do jobs that would normally be done by Traberion himself or by other creatures throughout the tower.

Complexity and Design

The Arcane Guardians are incredibly advanced and far beyond most other constructs in the world except the warforged. They use a different type of sentience than most golems, as golems or normaly spirits trapped in a artificial body. Instead of a spirit trapped within a clay or stone body, the arcane guardians are more like an artifical body given a spirit or at least some sort of sentience. The guardians are capable of intelligent problem solving, strategizing and even some semblance of mental evolution depending on how much experience and how long they have existed. This evolution is almost just speculated, but older guardians show signs of greater strategy against intruders. Their bodies are not as complex as their mental counterpart. They have thin frames built upon a singular wheel used for motion, and their body has four limbs which are decorated and equipped with tools necessary for their duty. Drills, claws and mechanical tools are the most common, but some are equipped with much more powerful items like magic items. They also have great sensors and have truesight which helps them see through illusons, disguises and other forms of deceptions used by intruders. Their core which powers their sentience and motor functions can also unleash a powerful beam of pure force that can disintegrate victims. This ability draws much of their power and reduces the time before they must return to the The Guardian Storage Facility to recharge their power.

Manufacturing

The production of the arcane guardians is a difficult one and has many complex stages to it, but with the use of the The Guardian Factory in the Tower of Wonder, it has become easy to produce them. The creator of the guardians is known as the Guardian Father and is a very old and intelligent adamantine guardian which has been taught the process by Traberion.

Arcane Guardian CR: 8

Medium construct, unaligned

Armor Class: 18

Hit Points: 91 (14d8+28) 14d8+28

Speed: 40 ft

STR

17 +3

DEX

14 +2

CON

14 +2

INT

16 +3

WIS

10 +0

CHA

5 -3

Damage Immunities: Force, Poison, Psychic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing From Nonmagical Attacks That Aren't Adamantine

Condition Immunities: Blinded, Charmed, Exhaustion, Frightened, Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned

Senses: Truesight 120 Ft., passive Perception 10

Languages: Dentreene

Challenge Rating: 8

At will: detect magic, detect thoughts, mage hand

1/day: telekinesis

2/day: counterspell, dispel magic, hold person, shield

Force Powered: Whenever the guardian is subjected to force damage, it takes no damage and instead regains a number of Hit Points equal to the force damage dealt. If the number of hit points regained is more than its max hit points it gains it in temporary hit points.
Immutable Form: The guardian is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.
Magic Resistance: The guardian has advantage on Saving Throws against Spells and other magical effects.
Magic Weapons: The guardian’s weapon attacks are magical.

Actions

Multiattack: The Arcane Guardian makes four slam attacks:
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 1d8+3 bludgeoning damage
Energy Shot (Recharges on a long rest): The Arcane Guardian unleashes a 5ft wide 60ft long beam of green force energy from its chest’s core. Each creature in the area must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 45 10d8 force damage on a fail and half as much on a successful save.

Arcane guardians are usually equipped with four arms, one wheel, and attachable tools for specific jobs. They were not very durable, but easy to produce in the tower’s factory. They are equipped with a force gem in their chest which acts as both a last moment weapon and their power source.

Suggested Environments

The Tower of Wonder

Inventor(s)

Traberion Amonar is the believed inventor of the Arcane Guardians.

Access & Availability

The Arcane Guardians are only found and used in The Tower of Wonder.