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[@audinweber9061]

I had a Warden Juggernaut Warforged who was made from a druid long since dead. The character was made entirely of wood and stone, and basically had a mini ecosystem living inside his body. He was particularly fond of the chipmunk living in his chest

[@Rookzer0]

1. "GO FOR THE EYES BOO! THE EEEEEEEEYEEEEEEEEEEES" 2. That's a really cool character idea. I like the idea of this Giant warforged trying to protect this internal world of small creatures and lifeforms. Great work!

[@audinweber9061]

It was great, that chipmunk was to him, as shovels are to you. I cant tell you how many times that little bastard came in handy. Things like, sneaking through gates to grab a key, distractions, and the dm once allowed him to cause fear by crawling inside an enemies armor

[@garrettlich7140]

I am so making a warforged that’s an aquarium Thank you for the idea

[@kaelhound]

Played a Warforged Druid who had spent a few centuries as a scarecrow. Used my druid abilities to A) transform into a swarm of crows, and B) summon swarms of crows. It was only for a one-shot so I didn't get to pull off any shenanigans with this, but I DID introduce my character by flying in as a massive storm of crows which coalesced into a big ol' scarecrow. It was a good time.

[@Rookzer0]

Holy hells that's an awesome idea. Well done!

[@duckusdankus3031]

I'm getting a lot of Fiddlesticks vibes from this

[@darkalityleonid4114]

I played a warforged artificer in 3.5. Was by far my favorite character. He understood everything about crafting and how things best fit together, but couldn't make sense of people who frequently behaved in disharmonious ways.

[@Rookzer0]

That sounds like a cool way to play a warforged. "Structure above all things"

[@Abdega]

I’m trying to make a “Forrest Gump” like character of a warforged (Forges, Forges Gump if you will) After the War ended a bunch of people were protesting and holding signs saying “Warforged get out!” He was a warforged, so he got out. He eventually went to a town square where he asks a guard “what do people do when they lose their purpose?” “Get Drunk” Now he doesn’t know what “drunk” are, but he’s made it his goal to find some and get a new purpose in life! I’m thinking maybe a monk/fighter multiclass but I’m not sure (I’m really new to DND, I’ve only had one character before and … well… you know what happens to first characters)

[@Rookzer0]

Really good start for a character. I think you have a great background and a good starting point for your character arc/goals. I would suggest asking yourself if he is already an accomplished fighter (his level 1) that wants to become more studious and diciplined in his purpose (taking levels in monk) Or if his new purpose would be learning to be a martial fighter. I think the first one makes more sense but It's your call. :) Let me know how your game goes and what becomes of him! Nice work. Also if you'd like to use my artwork for your character sheet that would be cool

[@Croutonium]

"A great dragon killed your family? Diggity Dug DEAD."

[@Rookzer0]

I like to say it like one work DiggityDugDead!

[@kingmasterlord]

a great dragon? you mean like if a dragon caught dire disease?

[@nomnam7352]

This inspired me, to make my cleric of the forge seek to build a construct body, and seal his soul inside a magical gem that is enslaving elementals, basically a warforge powered by elemental... Lichdom with extra steps

[@Rookzer0]

Very cool! I hope that people start refering to him as the iron lich

[@emmaatkinson7379]

I play a skirmisher rogue Warforged that had been repurposed by an asshole wizard, into being his personal Librarian Assistant slave, essentially. Good at being quiet and stealing rare tomes, plenty of complicated Maker-Object relationship feelings to work on, and it's useful to have the researcher benefits to any mission. Turns out stabbing people and reshelving can be the same thing, through the objective robot eye.

[@Rookzer0]

Thats a really good idea. I think that fits the warforges really well and i hope youre getting lots of book puns in. "Lets just say he doest have to worry about his late fees anymore."

[@DaveTpletsch]

Now I want to rp as a warforged version of "Jarvis" in an iron man suit who functions as a wizard's (Stark's) assistant/protector/armor/sensory deprivation chamber.

[@Rookzer0]

Do you want to play the Wizard ai but not the warforged? It would be a really cool duo team.

[@DaveTpletsch]

I'd like to be a warforged designed as an exo-suit for arcane casters played as a soulless AI. It could be messy though, and I'd absolutely respect any DM who said no. As far as RP goes, Data was my favorite character in Star Trek next gen, I was thinking the soulless AI would be fun to RP from the same sort of perspective as Data, the Android who does not feel but wants to understand feelings, with a lot of Jarvis' butler flavor added in. I could just be a warforged guardian, like a semi-sentient golem servant to the wizard, but it would be fun to really Iron man it too, where my wizard counterpart could jump into my Fighter specked armor to gain my AC and physical stats, but only one of us could move on a turn, and his spellcasting would be limited in some way, like maybe I'm only designed to be able to allow the projection of combat magic, or if that's not limited enough maybe only magic missile? or maybe fire magic? or force effect magic? IDK, I'd have to work it out with my wizard buddy, and I think we'd have to figure out how any damage we take is split, obviously I'd take the Lion's share, but he should take some bludgeoning damage as well. I like RP more than combat, so I wouldn't mind playing second fiddle during in game combat situations. It's a LOT of character agency to give up though, so I'd have to really know and trust whoever was going to play my Wizard, I'm NOT playing second fiddle to a Craig or Karen from r/rpghorrorstories!

[@Rookzer0]

Thats a really cool idea, if you wanted to try something along those lines you could use the synthesis summoner prom pathfinder as your base and just build your warforged in place of the eidelon. Really cool idea though! Let me know if you get a chance to try it out!

[@samanbouniady]

I have a hexblade eldritch knight warforge, that's a human, but when they summon their pact weapon from a badge-like item, they become a warforge. As a human they have 10 in their dexterity, strength and constitution, but become the rolled stats in the warforge form.

[@Rookzer0]

That's a cool use of the warforged, There is a Summoner class variant for pathfinder that let's you do something similar but I like the idea of a pact weapon transformation. You could do a lot with that as a basis for a campain of warlocks. Power rangers or Magical girls anyone?

[@callmeb.o.b.824]

A character build I thought about was a Warforged who is a Sorcerer: Draconic Bloodline...the twist...they have a Dracolich phylactery hidden inside them. The more draconic they become, the greater the phylactery's influence is over them. Making the urge to hunt/find an adult dragon to make a better host. The idea of a Draconic Warforged with necrotic energy seeping out of it sounds hella metal (sorry about the pun). The Warforged itself could have been "deactivated" and the Dracolich could have entrusted a worshipping Kobold to hind it's phylactery in a hurry...and it just hid it in an "empty suit of armor". The other group of heros could defeat the Dracolich but are in a hurry to find it's phylactery. They can interrogate the Kobold who goes to show them the "suit of armor" for it to be gone. These heros could be added in to the campaign and pop up from time to time and be "antagonists" to the group. Would be an interesting concept if worked out very well with the DM. Hope you have a blessed day.

[@Rookzer0]

That does sound pretty metal. That's a really cool idea for merging dragons, robots, and liches... I dig it.

[@egosum8881]

I really appreciate the idea that these Heroes would be popping up as antagonists are searching for a "suit of armour" but it takes them awhile before they realise it's actually a Warforged...

[@Timetraveler2411]

I once remember playing in a semi home brew campaign as a war-forged wizard made of clay and limestone who used sand based spells ( My main one I remember using is hissing sand ) Just wanted to share this little tidbit of info, it was mainly a rp based character that had to due with a lot of lore and world-building

[@Rookzer0]

Sounds like it was a fun character build. I hope you enjoyed playing them

[@timjackson9334]

I played a Warforged Eldritch Knight, with the Unarmed fighting style. Fired fire bolts from the eyes, Shocking Grasp, and thanks to poor rolls, a malfunctioning chest cannon for Scorching Ray.

[@Rookzer0]

Eye layers should be in the book well done.

[@Mackerachi]

This makes me want to play a Warforged. :P Art looks fantastic!

[@Rookzer0]

Thank you! If you end up making one feel free to use the artwork for your character sheet.

[@michelveilleux1275]

In dnd 5th edition Eberron of course, I played a skirmisher type Warforged Rouge very reminiscent to General Grievous from the SW universe, just more feminine. Her Warforged number was 1777, but preferred the name Lilly after a certian someone called her that. I remember her story being that she was trapped in an underground dungeon for 4 thousand years without even seeing the war she was meant to fight in, (she was created around the same time the war ended) while the forge she was crafted in was sunken into the ground and into a hidden cavern where she remained. The party met her last, on a mission looking for rare ores and crafting blueprints from the Wizards who made the Warforged as too appease the Rebel group of killer machines for reasons unknown. Her looking like a female Grievous scared the crap out of the other party members after seeing Lilly, it was actually funny. There was a semi romance plot too, with Lilly and my friend's Human archer/ranger Dillin, with him teaching Lilly about life, emotions and eventually love. It was actually Dillin the gave 1777 the name Lilly cause he thought it was ironic for an innocent personality proficient in infiltration and assassination being named after a harmless flower, and that Lilly was easier then saying 1777 all the time.

[@Rookzer0]

Very cool, thank you for sharing id love to see this as an npc somewhere in one of my campaigns

[@Granny_Smyth]

Some other smaller scale KZbinrs I have come across for things like this try to be funny so hard and just aren't. I genuinely laughed and smiled through this video. Dig your sense of humor and your content.

[@Rookzer0]

Thank you! That brought a smile to my day!

[@blockprime3006]

Just made a warforged homebrew with my freind for their character, the build dumps constitution score and replaces it with the build score this is your hp based stat, instead of one pool of health you have two called energy which is essentially your battery charge d8 or d6 hit die this pool can be recovered by standard healing spells and works with short rest regeneration, the second pool is your build score, which is the one with the hp per level, this build score is either a d6 or d4. When you take damage depending on the dm's choice goes to one of the two pools of hp things like B,P and S damage can go to either, the system is more complex than that but that's the basics

[@Rookzer0]

I do enjoy additional math for characte creation, and I think you came up with a great alternative. well done.

[@blockprime3006]

@@Rookzer0 thank you rook

[@Jerokhna]

I had a Warforged Monk Artificer that was into modifying his own body. And yes, it did get to the point where his whole body was Adamantine for the crazy AC/DR with spiked knuckles for bonus damage. The Artificer profession is what let him repair himself/heal, as well as, upgrade his body since regular armor wasn't an option and I didn't bother with weapons because as a monk, he was basically flash stepping across the battlefield pummelling things as a jet black adamantine killing machine with coal-fire red eyes. It was one of the very few times I found decent utility from Artificer.

[@Rookzer0]

Sounds pretty awesome. Adamantine makes the game crazy.

[@ArtoriasB]

I have a warforged juggernaut fighter who truly began as an emotionless robot who followed the group because it was designed to be a soldier who 'imprinted' on them upon reactivation, but acted purely out of logic and reason, unable to comprehend emotions and emotion-driven decisions. Through the campaign ol' A-9 gradually gained an understanding of emotion and empathy, as well as a gradual growing struggle with if it has a soul; if it's truly a person or not.The more A-9 grew as a person, the more it began making altercations and modifications to it's body to mimic the 'organics drive for individuality'. Boy was that a fun character.

[@Rookzer0]

Was it hard playing a character without empathy and emotion then transitioning to it? Any tips?

[@ArtoriasB]

@@Rookzer0 Very hard, but that's what made it fun. My usual flavor of characters tend to be instinct and emotion driven, so this guy was the polar opposite. As for tips, I'd suggest not to have the transition immediate or quick. A-9 spent a good chunk in the begining as an emotionless husk and only began growing the first big twist. And even that it was a slow process. Rely on the characters and world around you to allow for the character to grow. Also learn from your party and from encounters. For example; when we had our first PC death, A-9 knew did not understand why the party was sad and angry, but began learning of grief from the party. The party was a major factor in A-9 learning and growing. You can easily use the kind of party you have to help mold what kind of emotions the character picks up. (Ex. This person has been terrorizing a village with an army of spiders, but they themselves were forced to do so under threat of their loved ones being killed and never wnated to hurt the village. The party sparing them can be a learning moment)

[@ArtoriasB]

Adding to it; 9 did end up dying I think a little past halfways in the campaign. It was a very touching and sad demise with asking the cleric they had become very close with for comfort because they were scared. Would they go to an afterlife? Or would it be nothingness? They were artificial, so what awaited them on death? Then the party dismantled 9 and reforged his body parts into weapons and armor for the party to use. Recycling, yay! (9 then was replaced by an alcoholic Druid who has a talent for getting banned from taverns)

[@donatszabo141]

Hi! Feedback: so i play with my friends the evié campagin. (The player characters super strong, bad, and not human). This is the best game ever we played. So thanks for your answer/help :)

[@Rookzer0]

Great! I'm Glad you you had a good time!

[@baileygroves6197]

One warforged idea is to make a warforged who’s sole purpose was to kill his targets without reason, but one day an injury caused him to lose his memories and learn from people he comes into contact with, kinda like the terminator.

[@eclipse1191]

This commentary was great along with the art

[@Rookzer0]

Always nice to hear!

[@moistrooster6740]

Warforge 8 lvls of gunslinger and 2 lvls of barbarian. Have fun

[@asmkalrizion7078]

I'm interested in doing a Warforged Artificer, crafting magic items and implementing them into my own body. The personality would be a tinman thing where he carries a flute playing it in a dead silence in his free time. at some point when he shows some level of being near death he'd play his flute as the energy drains from him, quietly a single dull note can be heard, whether it was from the flute or from the mechanisms inside creeing from the leaking energy, it was a sign of him finally understanding life or something like that.

[@Rookzer0]

Ghostly death flute... creepy

[@asmkalrizion7078]

@@Rookzer0 nah, he's warforged so he doesn't have breath, he can't play the flute but he does so anyway.

[@Rookzer0]

Oh i get you now. Thats even better

[@sayerkobersmith5104]

Now we need that shovel video.

[@Rookzer0]

Oh it's working....Just you wait!

[@TheGinnerMatty]

This is why I can see you being a great DM, as long as it’s not broken and looks fun you’re like “fucking do it” haha.

[@Rookzer0]

Yeah my first few times as a DM I got frustrated when people wanted to break the rules but over time I've discovered that the rules as written should nevee get in the way of a good time or a good story.

[@stevena.7022]

Have a Warforged who while on the campaign slowly and painstakingly replaced every bit of his fancy wargolem body with cheap scrap clockwork parts until every inch of him was original/unowned by his Magelord. Successfully sued for his freedom in royal court.

[@Rookzer0]

That sounds pretty awesome, Robot laws are coming!

[@xavierlaster]

I’m playing my 1st campaign as a Warforged Druid named, Re: Cycle.

[@Rookzer0]

Ha ha good one. what type of druid?

[@xavierlaster]

Rookzer0 circle of land. I collect every piece of equipment I can incorporating better materials into my body. I trade up with blacksmiths to produce finer wears. My goal is to became one with the Earth and take back the parts of it that have been “wasted”.

[@darkkitty2830]

I'm playing a Death Domain Warforged cleric who uses their metal body as a canister to hold alcohol and make themselves a Molotov Machine, making Molotovs and launching them at the opponents on the fly.

[@Rookzer0]

OK as long as they don't get fireballed sounds pretty fun

[@pandagamer-hg5be]

One of my first characters was a 1000 years old Juggernaut Warforged, devotion paladin of pelor who was a dragon born who died in a huge war in which a zombiefied Terrasque was involved (which, when it was killed, its rotting corpse caused the battlefield to get corrupted by necrotic magic, turning it into a pseudo-radioactive wasteland), 400 years after dying by a failed zombification spell, he had woken up as a 2.5m tall warforged, he took this as a second chance to do good and he decided to travel the world to avenge his comrades, maybe find his old home (which was razed by bandits) and to protect the weak. Sadly, the first time i got to play him was a janked campaign, got to suplex a leviathan though...

[@Rookzer0]

Soulds like a pretty epic campaign

[@esbeng.s.a9761]

My bard was knocked unconses by those metal hands, one punch and I was out

[@Rookzer0]

Lol

[@pennylowes6389]

I am a year late but I may as well share My master always play warforged as the a creature that could be created like any other construct but the knowledge was lost to time so remaining ones would augment themselves and others to make themselves last Such as implanting things to give them more memory and skills, some of them are granted themselves to look no different than human using a skin like gel to disguise themselves from any humanoids that dislike them, then there are some that make themselves look more robotic, face screens, and all that ( this was for a more modern campaign when technology advanced quite a bit with the help of Magic and basic learning)

[@Rookzer0]

Cool idea, seems like would fit right in with a megaman campaign or alita battleangel.

[@latviantram3440]

I never thought of playing a warforged but now I might.

[@Rookzer0]

Do it! I really like the idea of a warforged druid that turns into mechanical beasts. "Cough cough Beast wars"

[@infamousred7967]

Love the art and you always have the coolest ideas for new ways to play races

[@Rookzer0]

Thank you!

[@jaybadhorse5096]

Amazing art. Thank you

[@dracowolf3212]

I had a dream about a warforged. I can't remember if it had a class or not, but I remember there were these diamonds embedded around it's collar bone, kind of like those fang things in Black Panther's suit, and I don't know how I knew this, but I was aware these diamonds were made from the ashes of dead people

[@Rookzer0]

Death diamond impeded in the neck.. that's pretty metal.

[@chadcostello1407]

Just played a warforged rouge in my first ever dnd game it was pretty awesome

[@Rookzer0]

Stealth robots sounds fun

[@boxisbest8668]

I made a new type of warforged called forgers. Thay live in dorment valcanos and use the heat to make more of them. My forger was originally gonna have a hammer for a hand but now he has a shovel. He has a normal hand and a clamp like hand. His name is spade :3

[@Rookzer0]

Unique robot limbs always good

[@egosum8881]

"They look, sound and taste like robots..." huh... not sure how you get that wrong but who knows.

[@Rookzer0]

If it quacks like duck. :P

[@egosum8881]

I see, that explains it...

[@themightytrainthurnax6613]

I had a neat idea, what about a fantasy simulacra, a warforged who has the soul of a human trapped within him and he thinks he's still human until the illusion wears off and he goes nuts and vows vengeance for whoever made him this way.

[@Rookzer0]

Could be a really fun character, if you give it a try let me know how it goes!

[@Bew7]

I made a warforged battle smith for one of my friend's campaigns, the main idea is that he was lost during the war and still believes the war is going on. He caused quite the kerfuffle and almost actually started the war again XD

[@chrislarue6715]

I have a Wargorged named Hammer (spelt wrong on purpose) I based him on a mixture of like every famous robot ever (Bastion from Overwatch, Pathfinder from Apex, The Iron Giant, Jonny 5, ex.) Hammer is a juggernaut warforged who is 8 ft and weights 450 pounds. He weilds a very large hammer. His mount is a Grizzly bear named Teddy (my dm let me give the bear armor and a hat). He talks like Pathfinder, gets angry like the Iron giant, but is innocent like Bastion.

[@Rookzer0]

Ha ha thats a great amaligimation of awesome robots

[@alexeicooper]

I've went ahead and made a warforged monk with the sole purpose of understanding the heart. His character is basically almost that of an automaton, it understands and can mimic basic traits but cannot understand it, in the end giving it a homebrewed "Ancient one" background to add some further details and to basically say he was a part of a monastary that attempted to take him into their fold but in the end encouraged him to go out into the greater world after it was apparent they could not give him the answers he seeks and he was in fact outliving most of his teachers (an interesting lesson in lifespans and death was learned). Then me and my dm decided to roll his background and it got me to roll my characters history and it got even more complicated from there XD My character is called Envoy and is the eldest of 5 other models all made in the ethereal plane, he was exiled from a land that no longer exists, he somehow got afflicted by a magical disease (cured now but is left with a persistent cough despite not having lungs and left a permanent corrosion on one of his arms). In attempts to gather information/ data samples he decided to keep with the most eccentric of people (adventurers and mercenaries) which has led to a numerous number of injuries and afflictions over time but one of the most noticeable is a slash across his face plate. In a futile attempt to lessen discomfort he resorted to crafting masks for personal use as well as to sell, (party have made jokes about my character turning into the fucking mask seller from majora's...). Leading to current day Envoy is now travelling with a small tiefling woman who he has decided to help in her own quest so that he may observe her ordeals and maybe accomplish his goal.

[@Rookzer0]

Did you decide to become the mask seller? Or did that never come up again? Also no repairing the face?

[@alexeicooper]

@@Rookzer0 we're only coming up to the second session, so nothing set in stone for the mask seller part (though i do have the tools to get it done). On the other hand Envoy never had an actual need to repair it beyond a patch job.

[@guildedroseadventures50]

I'm playing a warforged monk drunken master called XLII

[@Rookzer0]

Ha ha Nice, a little Douglas Adams inspiration?

[@guildedroseadventures50]

@@Rookzer0 you know it you froopy fellow

[@Rookzer0]

@@guildedroseadventures50 :D

[@jimmyh.4937]

Awesome art. Thanks for the video

[@Rookzer0]

Thank you, and you are welcome :)

[@WesternEchidna]

I had an idea for a Warforged Monk who multiclasses into Warlock. There are backstory reasons for Warlock, but theres also the Kraken patron and one of the invocations that makes Eldritch Blast pull enemies towards him. Now imagine that when i get to level 5 Monk, where I get two attacks? Move, Eldritch Blast, pull them closer and then melee strike. Now the lore reason for warlock is how unlike other Warforged, this one has a special gem as his core with the soul of a warlock who was about to transfer his soul into the robot but was shot in the head by an arrow. The soul transfer was complete but the arrow shot messed with his memories so he has no idea who he is or that he even knows magic. I was thinking of starting with Monk but after a couple of levels i would then put some levels into Warlock and then the patron, The Kraken, shows up. Recognizing who this Warforged is and would "unlock" the Warlock spells, powers, etc.

[@Rookzer0]

Very cool idea and home brew. I hope it plays well for you

[@eligonzales186]

If I'm going to have my first DnD game, it'll be war forged

[@Rookzer0]

nice let me know how it goes

[@eligonzales186]

@@Rookzer0 but the question is: where?

[@oniminikui]

I made a warforged artificer and played as a mandalorian bounty hunter. It felt good. He had contingency plan to kill his allies, in a situation that they should turn on him (it was mentioned in game of such betrayal).

[@Rookzer0]

Nice did you get Beskar for your skin?

[@NobodyDungeons]

So, I was playing a warforged fighter and died early game, but when I talked with the DM he agreed to have an artificer repair my body which allowed me to be resurrected after death.

[@Rookzer0]

Did you end up using the resurrection spell /gold to repair/ or make whole spell?

[@HenriqueLSilva]

A probably very bad idea unless you need something cool to wipe out a party: aarakoocra-shaped battleforged

[@Rookzer0]

I think that would work. Just limit the amount of armor possible to allow flight

[@donovanmariandrexel7901]

I made a cool new way to play as a warforged basically since they are a machine they do not learn so they don't level up instead a substitute of how they level up is they can salvage parts off of machines and dead robots to gain skills or increase their stats

[@Rookzer0]

Sounds like megaman the rpg. Dig it.

[@markbaker4425]

But their sentient though.

[@Rookzer0]

@@markbaker4425 fair point.

[@FacelessPorcelain]

The first game I ever played my character was a humanoid construct, with synthetic skin and an uncanny face, who was a bard (though with a single level in rogue, that being my first level). We rolled stats, and I rolled very poorly. Basically I had decent dexterity, great charisma, but everything else was horrible. Being a construct helped cover some of my weaknesses, but for the most part I tried to avoid combat when I could using my charm and stealth, and acted as support from behind cover if I couldn't avoid it. My character backstory was that I was a construct commissioned by a long dead queen of an ancient civilization (think sort of like egypt), and was used as...well, in your words, a "pleasure model". After the kingdom was conquered and the queen driven out, I was left forgotten in the ruins of her palace, refusing to leave, believing she would return, until I was found by an adventuring archaeologist who told me just how much time had passed. Eventually my backstory would come back to haunt me, as it turned out the queen had become a lich, creating a bit of a conundrum as my character had to struggle between their programmed loyalty and their learned morals. My character would eventually die after seducing a dragon (my DM was clearly not amused by this), and I had to be rescued from hell when it was found that the recently slain lich had become an archdevil after death and had claimed my soul. All because I rolled 3 7s and a 9 on my ability scores.

[@Rookzer0]

That was a rollercoaster of fate and liches, I applaud you for keeping 3 7s. Very well done.

[@spinesauce2687]

Fuck that art looks good. And I love the warforged. I'm a juggernaut paladin with 22 ac and its honestly fantastic, but a little overpowered as well lmao

[@Rookzer0]

dope

[@Ahhhahhaha]

I really do like these videos... Well done man

[@Rookzer0]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy them.

[@blockprime3006]

i just watched transformers age of extinction so obviously i'm revisiting here to make a transforming knight

[@HRJons]

Man, I really like the art in this video, really nice. Good job :D. I've never made a warforged or even played one. Probably won't anytime soon. Seems most my friends are already in a group or they're just too busy :I

[@Rookzer0]

Thank you :) Scheduling is always tough, I had to break down our Weekly game into a few smaller games because we couldn't find the time to keep our big one going. maybe Dm a mini arch or a one shot some time to get people interested in smaller games!

[@HRJons]

@@Rookzer0 Well then, I guess that's something i could try. Don't think I'd do well dm:ing but I guess practise needs to come from somewhere.

[@Rookzer0]

Yeah i have 3 current games goning and usually one of them a week falls through. But i tell my players that its ok, playing ahoildnt cause more stress on your life. And if you need a week of. Take one :)

[@dakotastein9499]

the warforged i played had several augmentations and even a few spare bodies...i also had a arm cannon that fired thunderstones,alchemist fire and other bombs and stuff i made.... i had another set of fists that had shocking grasp,returning and a lauching mechinism...they were my lightning "rocket fists" then there was my warforged pimp

[@Rookzer0]

What does it do with the spare body parts? Do they have like a bat cave of bodies??

[@dakotastein9499]

@@Rookzer0 i had a few ways of utilizing and storing my aditional parts actually... see Lobo (the name he took for himself when he "woke up"..as he was not always a warforged,he lost all knowlege of his former life and set on a quest in search of the secret of his identity and his purpose)...was very inquisitive in his persuit of knowledge pertaining to magic,and learning about his unique state,as he was the only one of his kind in the game i was playing so he sot out ways to experiment with his capability,knowing that he was inorganic and that he did not poses the same limitations as other lifeforms...he persuid the life of an alchemist and an Artificer...in addtion he took up the profession of travelly trader..which came into great appeal for my party when i was lucky enough to stumble on some complex scrolls that each would summon an elder elemental one time...instead of conjuring them for combative purposes i did so while our party camped out with the sole reason of just talking with the creatures (i had learned that my character could speak the four elemental langueges,they were even etched into my body apon my creation)...so over a course of 4 nights a summoned them one by one,and struck a deal with each of them,entering a long standing contract of doing business with them,exchanging goods and going on quests,in return they would give or sell me magical reagents from thier realms...some of them very potent...one of the gifts the Jeweled earth elemental gave me was special bag of holding that could hold any object up to one size catagory larger than i was so long as it was Mineral based (stone or metal) and it weight would be non existant....i kept most of my body parts in there,i would later aquire a spell,what i referred too as the "Rubeto spell" that would allow me to transfer my own soul to another one of my spare bodies...in addtion i could modify my current body the old fashion way with simple tools do to the fact that my boy was articulate and segmented,i could detach limbs and body parts and replace them as easy as swapping out a piece of armor....i also got a nifty spell from that elemental that allowed me to change the metal of any small or smaller object into (almost) any other metal of my choosing. (it used to be ANY,but then i startet manipulating curancy,turning copper into platinum so the DM put a blocker on that...but that one time i got away with it,i turned all a Gnome's wealth in his shop to platinum...and he was so awed he became a permanent business and scientific partner for my persuits)... lol and all that was just what the earth elemental eventually gave me...as for the other 3,well..i dont wanna talk your ear off lol

[@Rookzer0]

@@dakotastein9499 I really dig the idea of the languages being etched on your body. Very cool idea and great character story, keep up the good work!

[@dakotastein9499]

@@Rookzer0 thanks,there was a fith sygil ingraned in my core,which i would have later found out to be Primordial,if the game had kept going. unfortunately it ended just as i,Lobo the Iron wanderer,was about to enter the city of jewels in the Plane of earth...i was invited there by an emissary of Sunnis and Grumbar themselves (the princess and lord of Earth respectively). why i was called to that place i was never precisely told,guess il never know.

[@agustinvenegas5238]

i haven't played them yet but i've been speaking with my dm on playing a warforged who's whole thing is that the bones that compose his core are a dead soldier's and he wants to go back home, basically what if the bones in the tomb of the unknown soldier got up and decided to look for their family

[@Rookzer0]

That's a really cool idea, is it personal/familial to him because they are part of him or out of honor for the memory?

[@agustinvenegas5238]

@@Rookzer0 yeah honour is a reason but the memory of a family he doesnt know and the whle "where do i belong" thing of the warforged factors heavily in it as well

[@deadeye4047]

I'm thinking about making a Warforged character in a Star Wars Pathfinder Campaign where he used to be a live Jedi during The Clone Wars, but was killed by Order 66, then some Imperial Scientists took his saber Crystal and used it to power up a droid. Don't know what droid to use, though.

[@Rookzer0]

Thats a hella cool idea. I'm a big fan of the mouse druids but maybe not the best. If you want the classic warmonger maybe go with custom commando droid.

[@deadeye4047]

@@Rookzer0 I'm not the wargonger type. Besides, the crystal of a Jedi imprints on that Jedi. Thinking of the crystal portraying a facsimile of it's Jedi's personality, going so far as to use his name. I've also been fond of the B2-Super Battle Droid.

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

My Warforged that was originally a Elder Air Elemental that was Tricked by a powerful Arch wizard, having his Heart stolen and then being place in a Warforged body as an advanced soldier built to fight a group of dragons. He and the three other Elder elemental Warforged were defeated, with the others managing the retreat from the battle. The dragons realised what he was and took pity, deconstructing his powerful augments and destroying the magical control link. Now he is seeking the wizard for revenge and to reclaim his True form, he also is repaying his debt to the Dragons. He is power by the heart that feeds elemental wind through metal veins around his body. Also a monk.

[@Rookzer0]

Super awesome backstory! Id love to see a conflict between your current form and the old body. So many good possibilities. Great work

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

Rookzer0 ah thanks a million man, ya I’ve been trying it’s definitely interesting coming from such a powerful form nature to being constrained to a metal body, he can be a bit of a grouchy grandad at times too which I love. Though our DM the Bastard, had our Rouge overhear descriptions of what sounds a lot like the other Warforged fucking a lot of shit out, and im regretting making a backstory with powerful beings in it.

[@Rookzer0]

@@FoxHound-ut1hu There is always downside to super powered backgrounds. could always come back to bite you in the end. But the drama could be fun

[@Jredizzle1]

I might go the route of a desperate person making a deal to have their family taken care in exchange for their soul.

[@Rookzer0]

A noble gesture

[@bakaraider]

I made an envoy warforged name Scrap, who are I went down by a ghost, I awoke psyonic powers with in me and gave me psychic blades that I could throw at my enemies.

[@kaewierdoni4640]

Am i binge wayching these? yes! Is my bbeg now going to be a vengeful warforged knight seeking my mcguffin so he can behead his creator? Yep. Oh and the warforged has an affinity for chess pieces.

[@Rookzer0]

Ohhhh is there going to be a chess board puzzle in your players future?

[@kaewierdoni4640]

I was thinking more of a deck a illusion type deal where he throws down a chess piece and is summons a shadow figure of that piece to fight for him.

[@kingmasterlord]

you know what would be cool? is if a warforged druid, an intelligent slime and a myconid colony combined to make the warforged a living thing. the myconid armor acts as a psychic bridge to connect the consciousness of the warforged the myconid and the slime, the slime could protect the myconid from taking sun damage, and they would still count as living construct. all three could take levels separately. I may have a new bbeg idea y'all. by the way the cure to powergaming is just making an evil version of the monstrosities you come up with

[@Rookzer0]

Intersing idea, lots of fun team combos if you want to go that direction

[@kingmasterlord]

@@Rookzer0 I might switch out the warforged for a scrag with psionics

[@chriskarasiewicz6493]

Part of me wants to do a war forged configured to look like a Dragonborn. Mechagodzilla vibes

[@Rookzer0]

That would be pretty awesome. I'd even give them a breath weapon to go with the look.

[@gibbous_silver]

I want to play a warforged that is a non-humanoid shape

[@Rookzer0]

Check out some of the 3.5 or pathfinder books for building Constructs you can come up with all kinds of fun builds, wheels, extra limbs, tails, ect.

[@toxiwashere]

Not my warforged character, as I play a tabaxi, but my friend has a warforged character named "Spoon" he was a healer and cook in war, but was decommissioned and thrown out before being found and put back together my by tabaxi, Smoke (Smoking Mirrors)

[@Rookzer0]

Is smoke and mirrors featuring spoon a magic act now?

[@quigonjinn402]

A war forged half dragon now here me out imagin a cyborg dragon human robot

[@mrmeeseeks5016]

I made a Warforged Redemtion Paladin that found religion, after years of war Bolten is lost and wondering whats the point in fighting. a priest took him in when no one else would and showed him mercy and that God gives purpose to those who protect his children. Now he travels the land seeking those who are lost and giving them enlightenment and swore to not fight unless provoked.

[@Rookzer0]

Iron battle priest sounds pretty awesome

[@mrmeeseeks5016]

@@Rookzer0 Hell yeah it does :)

[@RoninWolfos]

New Warframe dlc looks great..

[@toastertech1181]

hmm.. these warworged remind me of necrons from 40k.. well minus the whole kill all and everything in the whole galaxy.. I think? I mean they don't wanna kill everyone, right? on a side note: yes i'm attracted to pistons :P bite me

[@Rookzer0]

I could probbably throw a few skulls on there and call them necrons. You do you, no judgment. :)

[@toastertech1181]

unsure if heresy or pure genius

[@haydentenno9821]

Warforged juggernaut paladin with a shield and a quarterstaff = 20 AC at lvl 3

[@Rookzer0]

sounds pretty tough

[@haydentenno9821]

@@Rookzer0 especially if I utilise the feats sentinel and quarterstaff master.

[@dalewilson2416]

Anyone else watching this bc one of your players decided to play one and you had NO IDEA what they were?

[@Rookzer0]

Ha ha well i hope this helped. Are you going to allow them to heal with magic or make them repair themselves

[@dalewilson2416]

@@Rookzer0 i think it would make sense to let them fix themselves until they hit 50% hp, then would need outside help, at which point magic could be used. Im a new dm tho and theyre almost all new players, what do u think?

[@Isitbecauseimpanduh]

I played mine as a Construct when it came to magic and healing potions so they did not work

[@Rookzer0]

I think thats a good call. Really ballances the tougjness out well

[@manifestman132]

Can I wear the skins of bandits I have killed/murdered? The cloathing I have liberated to try and hide being a robot?

[@Rookzer0]

I mean you can do anything you want in dnd.... should you, probbably not. But can you, sure.

[@mr.awesome8864]

I wanna basically optimus prime with a warforged paladin. Like if......you like.

[@Rookzer0]

Go for it!

[@magenstaffarts]

That is BEAUTIFUL. ...Makes me want to do Ratchet as a Warforged Cleric.

[@nexes6691]

What do you think of a warforged that is closer to elementals then a robot aka clockworks and golums?

[@Rookzer0]

It's fine if you use the construct rules from older editions. I really like them more as constructs

[@nexes6691]

@@Rookzer0 usually no rule changes needed mostly just flavor. If not what is the difference between a shield guardian or clockwork that is awakened? Just fun an makes sense at my table.

[@-Gilver]

A question Can a living being be converted into a warforged? Like can their soul be placed into a warforged body?

[@Rookzer0]

I've had a few players do it that way

[@The_SnowPixie]

Could you do a video on Pathfinder Gathlain?

[@Rookzer0]

I did one on the ghoran, but i would to do one of fey, im not sure if i should go gathlain or more overarching fey creatures

[@drdank2638]

Would it be possible to get artpieces of the two separate from each other?

[@RoessanAdeverVCua]

Will blood hunter work for this race?

[@Rookzer0]

There could be an argument either way. Via the 5e rule set I don't see why not. I would argue that if you went the construct rout maybe not. but hey they are magical robots why not sacrifice some magical life essence/batteries power instead of blood. Warforged Charge hunters here we come.

[@dakotagummo1847]

So if I play warforged am I still allowed clothes? Like if they have no stat bonus?

[@Rookzer0]

Yeah I don't see why not.

[@nubbyboah]

I haven't played with a warforged yet, but I have an upcoming character that is a warforged! She's a kensei monk who was a quartermaster during the last war (or whatever war depending on the setting) and her quirk is that when she sees a unique weapon or one she hasn't seen for a while she'll start naming random facts about it. She became a kensei because she loves her weapons she's collected since the end of the war, and was very indecisive about which one to use haha. Anyways, I made art of her today! Oh, and her name is ghost because she rarely speaks except when asked about weapons. cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/430875028368916500/716138666145087540/Ghost.png

[@Rookzer0]

very cool, thanks for sharing the art as well!

[@metaemperor]

I wanna play mordekaiser

[@KiwiSpartan01]

Necrons

[@Amras22520]

I'm really interested to play this race but the statline in the erebon book is different ... Why? :(

[@PathOfAltansar]

The info he talked about in this video is from the "Wayfarer's Guide to Eberron" which is essentially a digital only beta-version of the official book "Eberron: Rising from the Last War"

[@BobtheBuilder-re3en]

I made my robot a cowboy and my dnd guy let me have aimbot so that was fun

[@Rookzer0]

Lol first instance of hacking in dnd I've seen

[@BobtheBuilder-re3en]

@@Rookzer0 I worded very badly, what I mean was that my robot basically had aimbot, because he would never miss because of a item I had gotten

[@ywsukersales9550]

Muito interessante

[@kenlicno5623]

What program did you use for drawing?

[@Rookzer0]

Photoshop

[@fishy_aaa5448]

hi

[@antheaxe7340]

minotaur war forged barbarian my bulldozer boy see what I did there bulldozer it minotaur that is a bull and it does bulldoze thing because it is a bull p.s i hope mt dm lets me play large and not medium d.s

[@Rookzer0]

Ha ha bulldozer transformer that turns into a minotaur sounds like. Great dnd character

[@miniaturasydragones2426]

your art is great, but ¿warfoged do not have 3 fingers in a hand and two in the foot? (like the ninja turtles), i am gonna make a "john lennon" like character of a warforged (imagine that).

[@Rookzer0]

I'm a big fan of the steel armored boot style more like full metal alchemist/living armor than the traditional warforged. Any living construct is fine for my games. Are you going to go full bard?

[@miniaturasydragones2426]

@@Rookzer0 nope, he will be a paladin

[@RabiesRaccoonlol]

No they're technically golems but in my case they're robots I don't care

[@Rookzer0]

Unless you're going strictly that golems = magic, robots = no magic... I agree that they are basically the same.

[@loyaldrake6849]

Poke

[@Rookzer0]

yeah!

[@mme.veronica735]

A tad ironic that on of the most non-binary races has binary gendered artwork. The artwork is still great though.

[@Rookzer0]

for this team specifically it was important to have the split, one more masculine and one more feminine. You do make a good point though. I could in the future try to design some war forged with more neutrality in mind.

[@mme.veronica735]

@@Rookzer0 Heck if you ever do an elf video make the character non-binary. Elves follow the god Corellon Latherian who is very gender fluid and their followers follow likewise. Could lead to an interesting design with an otherwise kinda bland race.