Fantasy NPC: The Clockwork Interpreter

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The Clockwork Interpreter

A figure of steel frame and brass cogs quietly turning beneath intricately engraved metal plating.

CR 4; 1,200 XP

N Medium Construct (clockwork)

Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +2

Defense
AC 17, touch 14, flat-footed 13 (+2 Dex, +2 dodge, +3 natural)
hp 42 (4d10+20)
Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +4

DR 10/adamantine; Immune construct traits

Weakness vulnerable to acid

Offense
Speed 30 ft.

Melee 2 slams +7 (1d6+3)

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 10th, concentration +10)

Constant—comprehend languages, magic fang, resistance, tongues

Statistics
Str 14, Dex 14, Con —, Int 15, Wis 15, Cha 11

Base Atk +4; CMB +7; CMD 20
Feats Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative^B, Skill Focus (Perform [oratory])

Skills Knowledge (local) +9, Knowledge (nobility) +9, Linguistics +9, Perform (oratory) +10

Language Common, Celestial, Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, Giant, Infernal

SQ courtly construction, winding (every 4 days)

Courtly Construction (Ex) The Clockwork Interpreter was designed to operate in courtly environment. It treats Knowledge (local), Knowledge (nobility), Linguistics, and Perform (oratory) as class skills.

The Clockwork Interpreter was created to be an ultimate diplomatic tool, a reliable, irreproachable, always accurate linguist capable of translating quickly and flawlessly. However, being polite and adequately subservient to people it is supposed to serve was somehow forgotten...

The Clockwork Interpreter is a willy and prideful machine with acerbic wit, critical mind, and a large dose of contempt toward everyone and everything. It is well aware of its excellence at what it does, what's more, it is well aware of the royal gratitude it earned when it saved the royal heir from a deadly venomous snake. That gratitude and the high cost of its construction might be the only things standing between The Interpreter and being smelted into slag for its insolence, though, for this mouthy construct seems to be unable to not make enemies in the court.