#tridrone

[twilightofthesandwiches]

Which Edition of D&D had the best design/artwork of a Tridrone?

First Edition

Second Edition

Fifth Edition

Voting ended onMar 28

[mpicreates]

A Monodrone and Tridrone I painted.

[cagemasterfantasy]

DND Monsters: Tridrone

Medium Construct, Lawful Neutral

AC 15 (natural armor)

HP 16 (3d8 + 3)

Speed 30 ft.

Str 12 +1 Dex 13 +1 Con 12 +1 Int 9 -1 Wis 10 +0 Cha 9 -1

Senses Truesight 120 ft.

Languages Modron

CR 1/2

Traits

Axiomatic Mind: The tridrone can't be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions.

Disintegration: If the tridrone dies, its body disintegrates into dust, leaving behind its weapons and anything else it was carrying.

Actions

Multiattack: The tridrone makes three fist attacks or three javelin attacks.

Fist: Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1) bludgeoning damage.

Javelin: Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) piercing damage.

Variant: Rogue Modrons

A modron unit sometimes becomes defective, either through natural decay or exposure to chaotic forces. Rogue modrons don't act in accordance with Primus's wishes and directives, breaking laws, disobeying orders, and even engaging in violence. Other modrons hunt down such rogues.

A rogue modron loses the Axiomatic Mind trait and can have any alignment other than lawful neutral. Otherwise, it has the same statistics as a regular modron of its rank.

[ttrpg-smash-pass-vs]

WHICH IS MORE SMASHABLE?

Marid

Tridrone

Voting ended onNov 21, 2023

On the left, a Water Genie! 17 ft (5.2 m) tall, skin that changes hues with thier mood, and massive egos. Not often you get to see a person with these sorts of fishy traits, it always seems to get limited to scales and gills. Tridrone on the right can do 3 things at once, is vaguely the size of a human, and is biomechanical! Triangles!

[ttrpg-smash-pass-vs]

Qualifiers: Tridrone

SMASH

PASS

Voting ended onAug 7, 2023

Law incarnate, but the third one. Can do 3 things at once, is medium sized (vaguely the size of a person), and is biomechanical. but hey, maybe you love triangles!

[thecreaturecodex]

Modron, Tridrone

Image by Julie Dillon, © Wizards of the Coast

[In the original Monster Manual 2, the tridrone was illustrated point up. Nowadays, they’re usually illustrated point down. I decided to make this variety canonical. Of course, modrons are too hierarchical and cooperative to turn this into a star-belly Sneetch situation, but I could see rogue modrons fighting about it.]

Modron, Tridrone CR 3 LN Outsider (extraplanar) This bizarre creature is a trilateral pyramid, with each of its three lateral faces bearing a single eye and mouth. It has one clockwork arm and two clockwork legs growing from each of these surfaces, all tipped with nimble clawed digits. It carries a spear in each of its three hands, and rotates constantly to scrutinize its environment with different eyes.

Tridrones are modron drones that are skilled at thinking in three dimensions. They are capable of obeying three directives at once, a great enough sense of behavioral flexibility to seem almost normal to mortals. Tridrones are often scouts and porters, able to cover a wide array of terrains with ease while carrying a heavy load. Tridrones scuttle up and down the buildings of Regulus constantly, hauling building materials to be assembled by monodrones or relaying observations to quadrone or pentadrone superiors.

A tridrone is capable of climbing on practically any surface, and they usually fight from a ceiling or wall to stab down at their opponents. They are more likely to make hit and run attacks than lesser modron drones, and their whirling combat style has a strange grace to it. They can fight effortlessly with each of their three arms, preferring to carry a single piercing weapon in each hand. A tridrone can make combat plans and execute them with orders to its monodrone and duodrone subordinates, although they are somewhat limited in their scope and creativity.

Some tridrones appear as inverted pyramids, point facing down, whereas others appear with their point facing up. There are exactly even numbers of both of these varieties in existence. Primus is engaged in an experiment to determine which configuration is the more efficient one. Both types cooperate in order to best serve the goals of the modron collective, but minor friendly competition between point up and point down tridrones does occur.

Tridrone                                CR 3 XP 800 LN Medium outsider (extraplanar, lawful, modron) Init 12 (fixed); Senses all-around vision, darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, Perception +11 Defense AC 15, touch 12, flat-footed 13 (+1 Dex, +1 dodge, +3 natural) hp 39 (3d10+3 plus 20) Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +5 Resist acid 10, cold 10, fire 10 Defensive Abilities constructed Offense Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft. Melee 3 claws +5 (1d4+2) or 3 short spears +5 (1d6+2) Ranged 3 short spears +4 (1d6+2) Statistics Str 15, Dex 12, Con 13, Int 9, Wis 12, Cha 8 Base Atk +3; CMB +5; CMD 16 (24 vs. trip) Feats Dodge, Mobility Skills Acrobatics +7, Climb +23, Perception +11, Stealth +7, Survival +7; Racial Modifiers +16 Climb, +4 Perception Languages Modron SQ coordinated ally, expert climber, fixed initiative, heavy load, multiweapon fighting Ecology Environment any land or underground (Regulus) Organization solitary, pair or squad (3-9) Treasure standard (6 short spears, other treasure) Special Abilities Expert Climber (Ex) A tridrone can climb on even sheer surfaces or upside down without penalty. It is treated as being under the effects of a non-magical spider climb, and its racial bonus to Climb checks doubles to +16. Heavy Load (Ex) A tridrone’s carrying capacity is three times that of normal for a creature of its Strength score. Multiweapon Fighting (Ex) A tridrone suffers no penalty to attack and damage rolls for fighting with multiple weapons.

[polarwooly]

Geometry angels...

In other words, modron redesign because I don't like their original ones. I tried to really lean into the whole communication barrier thing mentioned in their info. Also why would they need mouths if they don't even eat....

[orwin-dm]