Among the labyrinthine decks of ancient space stations and neon-splashed corridors of Rift-burghs, no initiate walks alone—Junior Tuners are shadowed by a Watchful Monitor. These lightweight constructs bear the silent imprint of the Chronologist Guild, their sensor-clusters casting pale blue and orange triangles on bulkhead walls. They hover near the shoulder of their user, broadcasting rhythmic pulses that mark the cycle of local time—each pulse a coded prayer for another day.
Guild tradition holds that forging a Watchful Monitor is an apprentice’s first rite—the attunement of sensor and shell is marked with a chime ceremony in the candle-lit alcoves around every functioning Metronome. Veterans joke that only the quickest hands and steadiest minds escape their Monitor’s gaze, for every missed protocol, smudged ritual, and botched calibration is quietly logged and transmitted to the Guild’s eternal archive.
Their presence is more than surveillance: Watchful Monitors embody the Guild philosophy of continuous learning, support, and communal resilience. The drones intercede before danger strikes, alerting their apprentice to cosmic anomalies—flare of Rift-taint or breach of temporal flow. They relay data between field teams and the nearest clock tower, enabling the adjustment of ritual lanterns and the defense of ancient time engines.
Their appearance reflects their maker—some are cobbled together from salvaged industrial drones, others shine with a sleek, commissioned chassis, badges and hologram filigree tracing the legacy of master Chronomancers. At mission’s end, the Watchful Monitor records the day’s survival—a cycle earned, a crisis averted, another step written into the chronicle of hope under neon decay.
Watchful Monitor Robot Companion 1
Your companion is small and lightweight, enabling flight and making it easier to pass unseen.
Perception +7 Darkvision
Skills: Stealth +7
Str +0, Dex +3, Con +1, Int –4, Wis +3, Cha +0
AC 17; Fortitude +5, Reflex +7, Will +7
HP 6
Immunities: bleed, death effects, disease, doomed, drained, fatigued, healing, mental, nonlethal attacks, paralyzed, poison, sickened, spirit, vitality, and void
Customizations: Camera, Grounded
Speed 25 feet, fly 20 feet
Melee Slam +7 [3/-1] (Agile, Finnese), Damage 1d4 bludgeoning
Ranged [one-action] spark +7 [+3/-1] (range increment 30 feet), Damage 1d4 electricity
Special Abilities
Support Benefit: The Monitor is alert and ready to warn the Tuner of danger. Creatures adjacent to the monitor cannot flank the tuner or cause them to become off-guard.
Remote Operation: Transfers signals and data to operator, enables remote vehicle/machine control.
Advanced Maneuver Blinding Spotlight
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