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Fake Data Well (MOTHERBOARD)

Adversary overview

When Hidden, Fake Data Well is indistinguishable from other Wells around them until they next act or are identified by a roll with Instinct (17).

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All thing in MOTHERBOARD has to be converted. This is a reskin of another adversary or homebrew!

When Hidden, Fake Data Well is indistinguishable from other Wells around them until they next act or are identified by a roll with Instinct (17)

But beneath the surface, the structure shifts.

Hidden within the tower’s hollow core is the machine’s true body: a twisted amalgam of industrial robotics and corrupted networking hardware, fused together over decades of waterlogged decay. Its limbs—spiderlike and jointed in too many places—fold tightly against the tower’s inner scaffolding, disguised until it chooses to move.

From the darkness of the Data Well’s vent slits shine **red, fiery eyes**, not glowing but *burning*, like coals smoldering underwater. They flicker erratically, as if fueled by corrupted logic loops and broken directives. Sometimes they dim to embers… sometimes they flare violently, illuminating the water around it in a hellish pulse.

The machine’s mind has long since fractured. It listens to phantom transmissions and answers voices that don’t exist, broadcasting ghost-signals across the terrain: distorted data, scrambled commands, and maddening, looping pings.

To the outside world, it is merely a forgotten Data Well lost to the flood.
But beneath the rippling surface waits a deranged sentinel—

!!!due to a disability, I am 1-handed. I’ve been right-handed for two years now, so I cannot type or draw anymore!!!
All thing in MOTHERBOARD has to be converted. This is a reskin of another adversary or homebrew!

Stat block

Tier
3
Type
Bruiser
Difficulty
17
HP
8
Stress
4
Attack mod
0
Damage thresholds
Minor Damage — Mark 1 HP Minor
Mark 1 HP
28
Major Damage — Mark 2 HP Major
Mark 2 HP
45
Severe Damage — Mark 3 HP Severe
Mark 3 HP

Standard attack

Robot Arm
Range: Very Close
Damage: 2d8+20
Attack Mod: 0
Damage Type: Physical

Features

Passives

  • Just a data well

    When Hidden, Fake Data Well is indistinguishable from other Wells around them until they next act or are identified by a roll with Instinct (17).

Actions

  • Radio Barrage
    stress 1

    The bot hurls its microwaves in a circular spray.
    Mark a Stress and make an attack against up to three targets within Close range, pummeling them with giant microwaves. Each target hit by the attack takes 2d10+5 physical damage.

  • Anchor
    stress 1

    The well settles in, pitons digging into the ground and bracing.

    Mark a Stress to have this adversary bore legs into place and extend its feet. Any physical damage fake well takes while anchored is reduced by 8. Fake Well is Restrained while anchored but may still attack and can end its anchored state when it activates.

Reactions

Motives & tactics

Machine Pummel Hide in Plain Sight Preserve the Feed

Experiences

  • Data Knowledge +3

Fake Data Well (MOTHERBOARD)

Tier 3 bruiser

When Hidden, Fake Data Well is indistinguishable from other Wells around them until they next act or are identified by a roll with Instinct (17).

Motives & Tactics: Machine Pummel, Hide in Plain Sight, Preserve the Feed

Difficulty: 17 | Thresholds: 28/45 | HP: 8 | Stress: 4

ATK: 0 | Robot Arm: Very Close | 2d8+20 Physical

Experience: Data Knowledge +3

HP:

STRESS:

Features

Radio Barrage - Action: The bot hurls its microwaves in a circular spray. Mark a Stress and make an attack against up to three targets within Close range, pummeling them with giant microwaves. Each target hit by the attack takes 2d10+5 physical damage.
Just a data well - Passive: When Hidden, Fake Data Well is indistinguishable from other Wells around them until they next act or are identified by a roll with Instinct (17).
Anchor - Action: The well settles in, pitons digging into the ground and bracing. Mark a Stress to have this adversary bore legs into place and extend its feet. Any physical damage fake well takes while anchored is reduced by 8. Fake Well is Restrained while anchored but may still attack and can end its anchored state when it activates.

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