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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mesh Hong" data-source="post: 5338144" data-attributes="member: 73463">Recently I was thinking about interactive terrain elements, things you could switch on or off that altered the battlefield in some way. Then I suddenly thought it would be cool if a creature was interactive. Here is my first attempt at a truly interactive creature and it should probably be viewed as a conceptual test. It is fairly involved (it has 10 traits!) but I wanted to present it in a logical manner and include all the required information in the stat block. Living ForgeThe Living Forge is a massive stone and metal construct designed to assist heavy metalwork, it is a 15ft by 15ft roughly cube shaped machine with a heavy metal door at the front leading to a large interior furnace used for softening large bars of metal for shaping. At the top of the Living Forge there is a Service platform upon which there is a regulating station for the Living Forges working pressure and a mechanism for opening and closing the main furnace door, there are several hand holds and recesses constructed into the body of the Forge to assist climbing to the platform. The Living Forge has a single 15ft mechanical arm used for manipulating and holding heavy metal bars, it is attached to a heavy metal ring just below the service platform that allows it to swing through 360 degrees. Living Forge Level 24 Elite BruteHuge Natural Animate (construct, blind) XP 12,100 Initiative +13 Senses Perception +15, blindsight 30HP 500; Bloodied 250; also see Catastrophic OverloadAC 36; Fortitude 37, Reflex 34, Will 36Immune disease, poison, gaze; Resist 10 weapon attacks, also see Machine ResilienceSaving Throws +2Speed 5, cannot shiftPressure Points 1 Massive Bulk ♦ traitLiving Forge reduces all push, pull and slide effects it is subject to by 5 squares and it cannot be knocked prone Unstoppable Force ♦ traitLiving forge may move into large or smaller sized creatures squares, this provokes opportunity attacks as normal; each time the Living Forge attempts to move into a creatures square the target creature is pushed back into a legal square of their choosing; if the creature cannot be pushed it takes the following attack and the Living Forges move is ended; attack +29 vs. Fortitude; 2d12+20 damage Machine Resilience ♦ traitIf Living Forge is subject to a stun effect it is instead dazed and cannot expend Pressure Points for the relevant duration Access Door - Open ♦ trait (interactive)Requirement: Living Forge's Access Door is open Effect: aura 3; all creatures entering or starting their turn inside the aura take 30 fire damage Interactive Action: Any adjacent creature may take a move action to attempt to close the Access Door with a DC30 Athletics, Acrobatics or Thievery check; on success see Access Door - Closed; on fail the target takes 15 fire damage Access Door - Closed ♦ trait (interactive)Requirement: Living Forge's Access Door is Closed Effect: At the end of its turn the Living Forge gains 1 Pressure Point Interactive Action: Any adjacent creature may take a move action to attempt to open the Access Door as a DC30 Athletics, Acrobatics or Thievery check; on success see Access Door - Open; on fail the target takes 15 fire damage Service Platform ♦ trait, locationThe service Platform can hold 1 large or 4 medium creatures; all creatures on the Service Platform gain a +2 bonus to AC against attacks by the Living Forge and all creatures not on the Service Platform Climb Onto Service Platform ♦ trait (interactive)Interactive Action: Any creature adjacent to the Living Forge may take a move action to attempt to climb up the Living Forge onto its Service Platform with a DC25 Athletics or Acrobatics check; on success they are on the Platform and enter the Living Forges square; on fail they take 10 damage; all creatures on the Service Platform gain a +2 bonus to AC against attacks by the Living Forge and all creatures not on the Service Platform Pressure Valve ♦ trait (interactive)Requirement: Creature is on the Service Platform Interactive Action: Creature may take a move action to try to increase or decrease the Living Forges operating pressure; the creature makes a DC 30 Arcana, Athletics or Thievery check; on success the Living Forge either gains or loses a Pressure Point as declared; on failure the creature takes 15 fire damage and the Living Forges either gains or loses a Pressure Point, the opposite of that declared Door Mechanism ♦ trait (interactive)Requirement: Creature is on the Service Platform Interactive Action: Creature may take a standard action to try to open or close the Access Door; creature makes a DC25 Arcana, Athletics or Thievery check; on success the Access Door opens or closes as declared; on failure the Living Forge gains a Pressure Point Inside the Forge ♦ trait, locationThe Forge is large enough to hold 1 large or 2 medium sized creatures; there is no line of sight or effect between the inside and the outside of the Forge unless the Access Door is Open; creatures inside the forge take 30 fire damage at the start of their turn; these creatures may only make melee basic attacks (but gain combat advantage) or take move actions to make a DC 25 Athletics, Acrobatics or Endurance check to escape to any free square adjacent to the Living Forge if the Access Door is Open; any creature inside the Forge when Catastrophic Overload is triggered is automatically hit by the explosion <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/bm.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bmelee:" title="Basic Melee    :bmelee:" data-shortname=":bmelee:" /> Grabber Arm Slam (Standard; at-will)Reach 3; attack +29 vs. AC; 4d6+20 damage <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/m.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":melee:" title="Melee    :melee:" data-shortname=":melee:" /> Double Slam (Standard; at-will)Living Force makes 2 Grabber Arm Slam attacks <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/m.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":melee:" title="Melee    :melee:" data-shortname=":melee:" /> Grab, Crush and Drop (Standard; at-will) ♦ Pressure PointRequirement: Living Forge expends 1 Pressure Point Attaick: Reach 3; attack +29 vs. AC; 2d10+16 damage; on hit the target is grabbed and takes the following secondary attack +27 vs. Fortitude; 4d10+24 damage; on hit slide the target to any free square within the Living Forges reach where it is released from the grab and falls prone; on miss the target takes half damage and is released from the grab <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/m.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":melee:" title="Melee    :melee:" data-shortname=":melee:" /> Into the Forge (Standard; recharge <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/5.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":5:" title="Five    :5:" data-shortname=":5:" /><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/6.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":6:" title="Six    :6:" data-shortname=":6:" />) ♦ Pressure PointRequirement: Access Door must be Open and Living Forge expends 2 Pressure Points Attack: Reach 3; attack +29 vs. AC; 2d10+16 damage; on hit the target is grabbed and takes the following secondary attack +27 vs. Reflex; on hit the target is thrown inside the Living Forge (see Inside the Forge); on miss the grab is released and the target may shift 1 square as an immediate free action; hit or miss the Access Door becomes Closed <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/c.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":close:" title="Close    :close:" data-shortname=":close:" /> Furnace Blast (Standard; recharge <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/5.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":5:" title="Five    :5:" data-shortname=":5:" /><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/6.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":6:" title="Six    :6:" data-shortname=":6:" />) ♦ Pressure PointRequirement: Access Door must be Closed and Living Forge expends 1 Pressure Point Attack: Close Blast 5; attack +27 vs. Reflex; 3d10+15 Fire damage; on hit target takes 10 ongoing fire damage; on miss target takes half damage; hit or miss the Living Forges Access Door is Open <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/m.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":melee:" title="Melee    :melee:" data-shortname=":melee:" /> Shake Them Off (Minor) ♦ 1/roundTargets all creatures on Service Platform; attack +27 vs. Reflex or Fortitude (whichever higher); 1d6+10 damage; on hit the target is thrown from the Service Platform and lands prone in a free square of their choice adjacent to the Living Forge, each target creature may make a DC25 Acrobatics check to land on their feet Critical Systems ♦ triggered actionTrigger: Living Forge is subject to a critical hit Effect: (no action) Living Forge makes an unmodified saving throw; on success the critical hit is downgraded to a standard hit and the Living Forge gains 1 Pressure Point; on failure the Living Forge gains 2 Pressure Points and cannot expend Pressure Points until the end of its next turn; success or fail the Access Door opens or closes depending on its current state Catastrophic Overload ♦ triggered actionTrigger: Living Forge is reduced to 0 HPs or has 10 Pressure Points Effect: (no action) The Living Forge explodes in a violent fireball; burst (1x Pressure Points); Pressure Points d10+10 fire damage; on miss target takes half damage Alignment Unaligned Languages commonSkills Arcana +20, Dungeoneering +20, History +20, Nature +20, Religion +20Str 28 (+21) Dex 12 (+13) Wis 16 (+15)Con 25 (+19) Int 16 (+15) Cha 3 (+8) I kept the Living Forge an elite rather than a solo to make it a bit more reasonable and I also thought it would probably be more fun to have a number of Forge Workers in any encounter with it. That way you could have the Forge Workers interacting with the Living Forge as well as the PCs. Imagine the fun of PCs and Workers fighting for control of the Service Platform, messing with the pressure system and opening and closing the door whilst the Living Forge is pounding the group with its Grabber Arm and pushing them about! Anyway what do you think?Is this far too crazy an idea?Can you think of a better way of setting the stat block out?</blockquote>

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