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Vault Lifter

Vault lifters are sentient stone constructs roughly carved into the semblance of giant xiomorns. Each vault lifter is encircled by a spinning ring, called a rotor, which grants the lifter the ability to fly.

Xiomorns created vault lifters to help construct their vaults throughout the Plane of Earth and across the Universe. With the ability to airlift heavy burdens and possessed with enough intelligence to carry out complex instructions, vault lifters were valuable lieutenants in the xiomorns' vast terraforming projects. Vault lifters were intended to be more than simple laborers, however; they were also built as weapons of war. In combat, vault lifters spin their rotors into fearsome buzz saws capable of propelling them at high speeds and slicing foes in half.

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Vault LifterCreature 16

Rare Large Construct 
Source Pathfinder #225: Vaultlines pg. 239
Recall Knowledge DC 40 (includes +5 from Rare) • Construct (Arcana, Crafting)
Perception +25; darkvision, tremorsense (imprecise) 120 feet
Languages Orvian
Skills Athletics +32, Stealth +29
Str +9, Dex +5, Con +8, Int -1, Wis +2, Cha -5
AC 36; Fort +30, Ref +27, Will +24
HP 292; Immunities bleed, death effects, disease, doomed, drained, fatigued, healing, nonlethal attacks, paralyzed, poison, radiation, sickened, unconscious; Resistances physical 15 (except adamantine)
Speed 25 feet
Melee [one-action] claw +31 [+26/+21] (magical, reach 10 feet), Damage 4d10+9 slashing plus GrabRanged [one-action] crystal shard +31 [+26/+21] (earth, magical, range increment 100 feet), Damage 4d10+4 piercingActivate Rotor [one-action] (magical) The vault lifter's rotor spins, becoming a buzzing blur. While the rotor is activated, the lifter gains a fly Speed of 40 feet. The spinning rotor also creates an aura in a 5-foot emanation around the lifter. Any creature that enters or starts its turn in the area must attempt a DC 34 Fortitude save.
Critical SuccessThe creature is unaffected, and the vault lifter's rotor is deactivated. The lifter loses its fly Speed and aura until it Activates Rotor again.
SuccessThe creature takes 2d8 slashing damage.
FailureThe creature takes 4d8 slashing damage.
Critical FailureThe creature takes 8d8 slashing damage. If the creature isn't grabbed or restrained by the vault lifter, they are 451"pushed" back 15 feet and knocked prone.
Carry A vault lifter can Fly at half Speed while it has a creature grabbed or restrained, carrying that creature along with it.Draw In [one-action] The vault lifter attempts to Reposition a creature it has grabbed or restrained, moving the creature into a space adjacent to it. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the lifter's multiple attack penalty.Overdrive [one-action] Requirements The vault lifter's rotor is activated; Effect The lifter Flies up to three times its Fly Speed in a straight line without triggering reactions. At the end of this flight, the lifter must attempt a DC 40 Fortitude saving throw. On a failure, the lifter's rotor is deactivated.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Abandoned Guardians

While some vault lifters continue to serve living xiomorns, others have been left behind in long-abandoned locations. Over the years, many of these forgotten vault lifters have completed their assignments and deactivated themselves. Others continue to perform some unending task, such as “keep this area clean,” “prevent unauthorized entry,” or “I'll be back in a bit—wait for my return.” After millennia spent in solitude, some abandoned vault lifters become fanatical about their final orders, spinning them into complex philosophical systems heavy with moral significance.
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