Chernobrogls

The Chernobrogls were once the proud engineer-caste of the Brass Collective, a sprawling industrial empire built upon clockwork marvels and steam-powered ambition, until the day their greatest achievement became their undoing. In their hubris, the Collective constructed the Reactor Eternal—a massive copper-and-iron heart meant to power their entire civilization for a thousand years—but a catastrophic chain of failures caused it to detonate in a cataclysmic explosion of irradiated vapor and alchemical runoff that consumed the entire district. Those who survived the initial blast found themselves grotesquely transformed by the lingering radiation and strange metallic compounds that seeped into their very flesh, their bodies warping into bizarre chimeras of flesh, rust, and exposed gears that somehow continued to function. The Chernobrogls discovered that their mutations, though horrifying, granted them an eerie symbiosis with machinery; they could sense the inner workings of any device and repair mechanisms through touch alone, as if their corrupted forms resonated with the technology that had unmade them. Exiled from the Collective as living reminders of technological hubris, they retreated into the toxic wastelands surrounding the blast zone, building a shadowy civilization within the skeletal remains of factories and refineries. Now they exist as tragic paradoxes—brilliant salvagers and inventors cursed to live in the poisoned ruins of progress, forever marked by the steam and ambition that had once defined their identity.

Strength

16, modifier 3

Dexterity

14, modifier 2

Constitution

20, modifier 5

Intelligence

18, modifier 4

Wisdom

12, modifier 1

Charisma

8, modifier -1

Rusty Claw Strike

Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d8 + 3 slashing damage.

Radiation Burst

Recharge 5-6. Each creature in a 20-ft. radius must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 4d10 poison damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.

Mechanical Manipulation

As an action, Chernobrogls can repair a damaged construct or device, restoring 3d8 hit points to it.

Toxic Cloud

As a bonus action, create a 10-ft. radius cloud of toxic gas. Creatures in the area must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute.

Mechanical Resonance

Chernobrogls can sense and repair machinery with a touch, gaining advantage on checks to repair devices.

strength

6

dexterity

5

intelligence

7

constitution

8

Radiant

Poison