Cyborg Ninja

Family: Cyborg

Medium construct, unaligned

Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 136 (16d8 + 64)
Speed 30 ft.

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
22 (+6)	19 (+4)	19 (+4)	8 (-1)	18 (+4)	6 (-2)

Damage Resistances acid, cold, fire, poison; slashing, piercing, and bludgeoning from nonmagical weapons that aren’t adamantine
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14
Challenge 10 (5,900 XP)

SPECIAL TRAITS

• Jagged Machinery. A creature that touches the cyborg ninja or hits them with a melee attack while within 5 feet of her takes 4 (1d8) slashing damage.
• Light Steps. A cyborg ninja has advantage on Strength (Athletics) and Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks, ignores difficult terrain, and jumps twice as far as normal.

ACTIONS

• Multiattack. The cyborg ninja makes three kusarigama attacks, each of which she can replace with a shuriken attack.
• Kusarigama. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d8+6) slashing damage.
• Shuriken. Ranged Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, range 30 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8+4) piercing damage.

ABOUT

These techno-organic creatures were soldiers and spies in life, cautious stalkers and cunning warriors sent on wide-ranging missions in service of their masters. At some point in the past, the first cyborgs encountered a lost alien technology that despite their skill captured them and assimilated them into its collective self, preserving a spark of the consciousness and vital soul they possessed in life even as it remade their bodies into semi-mechanical hybrids of flesh and wire, blood and gears.

Some cyborgs still serve their recreator, while in others their original consciousness has gradually returned and they have managed to break free of their coded reprogramming. These lonely hybrid beings may seek to fulfill their original missions, reconnect with former family and associates, or may lurk in the desolate places of the world hoping to guard and warn away others from the hazards that consumed their bodies and nearly consumed their souls.

Hulks. These cyborgs were formed from captives already of large size or from ordinary humanoids fortified with stored flesh and metal and built up into nearly mindless war machines.

Ninjas. These masters of stealth were captured on missions of secrecy and stealth and usually retain more of their wits and instincts than their hulking brethren, though only some have truly broken free of their cybernetic creator’s programming.

Processor. The masterminds of cybernetic assimilation, processor units are massive machines that are not obviously sentient upon close observation, though magic like detect thoughts can discern that they are aware. They are not precisely malevolent, but their programming to capture and replicate cybernetic servants is inimical to the survival of living creatures who venture too close to their domains, which are typically in lost ancient or alien cities or crashed spacecraft.