Construct Type

Overview

A construct is an animated object or artificially constructed creature.

Note: A living construct is a different type. Check their page for more details.

A construct has the following features:

10-sided Hit Dice
Base attack bonus equal to 3/4 total Hit Dice
No good saving throws
Skill points, if the construct has an Intelligence score, of (2 + Intelligence modifier, minimum 1) per Hit Die
- Multiply by 4 for first hit die
- Most constructs are mindless and gain no skill points or feats.
Usually True Neutral Alignment

A construct possesses the following traits:

No Constitution score
Immunity to all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects)
Immunity to poison, sleep effects, paralysis, stunning, disease, death effects, and necromancy effects
Cannot heal damage on their own, but often can be repaired by exposing them to a certain kind of effect
- A construct with the fast healing special quality still benefits from that quality
Not subject to critical hits, nonlethal damage, ability damage, ability drain, fatigue, exhaustion, or energy drain
Immunity to any effect that requires a Fortitude save
- Unless the effect also works on objects, or is harmless
Not at risk to most insta-death effects
Vulnerable to smiting effects
Since it was never alive, a construct cannot be raised or resurrected
Because its body is a mass of unliving matter, a construct is hard to destroy
- Gains bonus hit points based on size
  - Small: +10
  - Medium: +20
  - Large: +30
  - Huge: +40
  - Gargantuan: +60
  - Colossal: +80
Proficient with its natural weapons only, unless generally humanoid in form
Not proficient any armor
Constructs do not eat, sleep, or breathe