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The selected race belongs to the same persistent device-associated character and inventory-wallet model.
Race direction · Bonuses not approved
Automaton
Character race
Automaton
Copper-built industrial survivors
The legacy Automaton direction describes towering copper mining constructs whose industrial tools were repurposed for survival and war. Its working origin is The Copper Deeps. This is an illustrated narrative direction, not a promise of mechanical advantages.
The Copper DeepsWorking loreNo approved bonus
Working origin direction
The Copper Deeps
The working origin direction begins beneath abandoned foundries, where copper mining constructs outlived their makers, repurposed their tools, and began choosing what their continued existence meant.
- Subterranean mines and foundries
- Tools repurposed after abandonment
- Construct personhood and chosen purpose
Illustrative lore, not final canon
The origin name, geography, culture, clothing, and architecture are a coherent starting direction for review. They may change before production approval and grant no gameplay effect.
Inherited creative direction
Themes, not bonuses.
The legacy Automaton direction describes towering copper mining constructs whose industrial tools were repurposed for survival and war.
- Industrial origin
- Repurposed machinery
- Construct identity
Approval boundary
No statistics are implied.
There is no approved Automaton bonus.
Words such as strength, dexterity, magic, endurance, cooperation, or observation describe legacy themes only. They do not currently modify attributes, skills, loot, minting, combat, gathering, trade, or territory.
Rules shared by every race
Identity cannot bypass specialization.
The same 100-point budget
Every trained skill contributes to one shared total, regardless of race.
Actions create capability
A race theme cannot grant completed experience, a profession, or mastery.
Still to be designed for Automaton.
- Whether Automatons receive any gameplay bonus
- Body scale, equipment fit, and readable silhouette
- Repair, mortality, and personhood lore
- Final lore, voice, naming, customization, animation, and equipment presentation
- Any bonus proposal, its trade-offs, and its interaction with the shared skill system
Compare the catalogue
Every current race direction.
Human
Adaptable survivors and organizers.
Automaton
Copper-built industrial survivors.
Atlantean
Aquatic exiles in life-support armour.
Felinor
Feline occult wanderers.
Barbearian
Massive frontier bear warriors.
Otterfolk
Observant scavengers and negotiators.
Choose the opening inventory separately
Race is identity. Class is starting items.
Compare the five profession-themed item bundles. None grants skills or bonuses.