How to run clockwork horrors in D&D! #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #dndinspo #dnd5e #dungeonmaster #ttrpg

[bob]

Or for some extra flavour. Let them become a mechanical Ruin elemental, which is already a giant swarm of insects. Everytime it moves, you can hear buzz saws screeching over metal.

[Teraclon]

Aaah, there's nothing like the smell of some good steampunk murder-machines to slaughter my players in the morning >:D

[whiskeySeen]

Mmmm I'd love some 1 minute encounter or quest hook ideas with some of these new additions

[TheRamblingBooth]

Very well Done. I love the "How to run X" series.

[Agriche]

Nice! I used this monster in my campaign too. With few addition xD

Basically they're aggresively pillage everything around the perimeter of their base to self-replicate.

One clockwork will serve as "Commander" and has its size upped to large. It will issue commands telepathically and can even commands the dying unit to self-destruct.

If the commander is defeated, the rest of the clockwork will scatter away and retreat hastily.

[deadsparrow]

They're basically the Replicators from Stargate, then?

[asdfjoe]

Ok, the borg(less biology), replicators, etc in D&D, that's new/newly stolen.

[StonksNZ]

"clockwork horrors are spiderlike automatons created by an ancient and now fallen race from a distant world."
the Dwemer spider things from skyrim?