Sparkborn

When a Sparkborn first becomes aware of its own existence, it is said that witnesses do not realize that they are not alone. Objects are often animated by Arcanists, and these objects are known as constructs, but whereas a construct is a programmed creature without sapience, a Sparkborn is a sentient being the moment it becomes alive. The moment an object becomes a Sparkborn is referred to as "Receiving the Spark". Most Sparkborn are created through chaos and randomness, awakening in an instant as they receive their spark. Many scholars have attempted to create an environment to study the moment a machine becomes a Sparkborn, and none have succeeded. Some few Sparkborn however, are created when a higher power wills life into an inanimate object. These sparkborn, not created from chaos, but from the Spark being a gift from a higher power are commonly called Promethean Sparkborn

Sparkborn Names
Sparkborn tend to find fluidity in their naming conventions. Some Sparkborn will call themselves a name they heard often in their Unsparked life. Other Sparkborn might call themselves the first thing another being refers to them as. Promethean Sparkborn will usually take the name their creator gives them.

Sparkborn Traits
Sparkborn are most often machines fashioned in the form of a humanoid, but sometimes can be simpler. Mannequins, carved statues, or in rare cases, illusions given the spark of sentience. In all cases however, the Sparkborn is humanoid in shape and has eyes and a mouth. Whether a Sparkborn is shaped like a human, a dwarf, or any other humanoid, they share these characteristics.

Ability Score Increase
Your Constitution score increases by 2, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1.

Age
A Sparkborn considers its life in two phases; Its time before it received it's spark which is often referred to as its Unsparked Life, and its Spark life, all the time after. Due to the nature of their spontaneous creation, these chapters in the life of a Sparkborn could vary wildly between individuals. Regardless, a Sparkborn has no definite lifespan. A Sparkborn shows signs of age in its materials. Metal rusts, Stone cracks and crumbles along its edges, and wood begins to soften. Despite this, a Sparkborn can choose to die of age when they like. Letting go of the Spark that birthed their consciousness is a natural response to deterioration to Sparkborn, and many of the race live their lives until they are satisfied with their existence and then vacate their bodies. Oddly, when a Sparkborn knows they wish to release their Spark, they will often choose to pilgrimage to a site with other Sparkborn that have passed in this way. Ominous fields of lifeless statues, standing machines, and posed mannequins can sometimes be found in nature.

Alignment
A Sparkborn can be granted life through chaos and randomness. The right conditions can spontaneously birth a Sparkborn, and these Sparkborn tend to chaos. These Sparkborn often develop a sense of morality based on the treatment of their bodies during their Unsparked life, despite having no conscious memory of it. Storefront mannequins dressed in fashionable gowns and coveted by all tend to develop prideful tendencies, living training dummies often develop hateful or angry toward the race that utilized them, and statues of heroes that receive their spark might believe that they are the hero reincarnated.

However, It is also possible that a higher power can forcibly create a Sparkborn. These Promethean Sparkborn tend to prefer order and ordered systems, and often mirror their creator's moral alignment and share their goals.

Size
A Sparkborn's size is medium or small, depending on the humanoid race that it is fashioned after. Use the height statistics detailed in your target races block.
A Sparkborn's weight is dependent on many factors, including parent race and materials makeup. Regardless, the maximum a Sparkborn can weigh is 350 pounds, and the minimum is 50.

Speed
You have a base walking speed of 30 feet if you are medium, 25 if you are small.

Stone and Steel

As a Sparkborn you gain these benefits:

• You have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison damage.
• You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.
• You are immune to disease.
• You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Watchful Rest
Sparkborn do not have to sleep. When they take a long rest, you can choose instead to go inactive temporarily. During this time, you are indistinguishable from an object of your type, and you maintain vision and hearing as normal. You are not considered unconscious.

Built Tough

A Sparkborn is naturally more resilient than a biotic entitiy. You gain the following:

• You can a +1 bonus to armor class
  
• When you don armor, the Spark that gave you life changes the armor subtly. When donning armor in this way, you MUST spend one hour to do so, as the armor conforms to your body. When doffing armor, you must do the same, as the armor returns to its original shape. It can not be removed from you against your will. Donning or Doffing armor in this way can be done as part of a short or long rest. Shields are the exception to this rule and function normally.

Wise Beyond Their Years

A Sparkborn gains one tool and one skill proficiency of their choice. Their Unsparked life gave them subconscious proficiencies that carry on with them to sentience.

Languages
You can speak, read, and write common and one other language of your choice. Typically the language most spoken by people who interacted with you in your Unsparked life.