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Monodrones were the simplest type of base modron.[1][2]
Description
Monodrones were simple spherical constructs with two mechanical arms and two legs. They had a single eye and rudimentary (but functional) wings. They also did not require any food, and drew sustenance from the air around them.[1][2]
As barely intelligent creatures, they were capable of only one task at a time. They could communicate, but were only capable of delivering a single message consisting of no more than 48 words.[1][2]
Personality
Like all modrons, monodrones had an absolute sense of hierarchy and order, and could not be persuaded to disobey their instructions or betray their purpose in any way.[1]
It was possible, however, for a defective monodrone to go rogue and start acting in its own interests or no longer in accordance with its instructions, sometimes even becoming violent. Such rogues were relentlessly hunted by other modrons, although, unlike their properly operating fellows, they could be reasoned with.[1]
Combat
Monodrones were capable of wielding weapons and were competent combatants, although, due to their single-task nature, they were only capable of performing one attack at a time. If destroyed, a monodrone disintegrated completely into dust.[1]
Society
Monodrones could only communicate with other monodrones or with duodrones. They were incapable of comprehending more advanced modrons.[1]
As the base of modron hierarchy, monodrones were created directly by Primus in the Great Modron Cathedral in the plane of Mechanus. They were the source for all other modrons, filling the upper ranks by successive promotions when their superiors were destroyed or otherwise promoted.[1]
There were approximately three hundred million monodrones in modron society.[5]
History
Sometime in the late 1480s DR, a group of monodrones led by a tridrone was stranded in the Labyrinth in the Underdark, separated from the other modrons since the previous Great Modron March, over two centuries earlier. After years of wandering, the monodrones had decayed and lost much of their communication capabilities.[6]
Appendix
Appearances
- Adventures
- Out of the Abyss[6] • Tomb of Annihilation[7]
- Video Games
- Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Trivia
- One of their first miniatures appeared in the Tomb of Annihilation set in 2017.
External Links
Monodrone article at the Idle Champions Wiki, a wiki for the Idle Champions game.
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins (2014-09-30). Monster Manual 5th edition. Edited by Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 224. ISBN 978-0786965614.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Mark Jindra (2001-09-21). The Modrons (Zipped PDF). Web Enhancement for Manual of the Planes 3rd edition. Wizards of the Coast. pp. 6–7. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2018-09-09.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 David "Zeb" Cook (1994). Planescape Campaign Setting, Monstrous Supplement. Edited by David Wise. (TSR, Inc), pp. 16–19. ISBN 978-1560768340.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (August 1983). Monster Manual II 1st edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 87. ISBN 0-88038-031-4.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (August 1983). Monster Manual II 1st edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 86. ISBN 0-88038-031-4.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Christopher Perkins, Adam Lee, Richard Whitters (September 1, 2015). Out of the Abyss. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 179–180, 183–184. ISBN 978-0-7869-6581-6.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, Will Doyle, Steve Winter (September 19, 2017). Tomb of Annihilation. Edited by Michele Carter, Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 170. ISBN 978-0-7869-6610-3.