An ally may spend an action to kick Baobao, 1d6 Bludgeoning (Range 12). Baobao may use Heat Spike as a reaction, target is considered Distracted.
Baobao emits light up to 6 spaces away and acts as a torch/lantern.
Baobao gains a Climbing speed this encounter. At LVL 5: Baobao may instead gain a Swimming speed. At 10: Burrowing. At 15: Flying. At 20: Teleporting.
- •Heat Spike.1d4+1.
+LVL damage when hitting a Distracted target. On crit: Baobao moves it's speed.
- •Flash Beacon (1/Encounter).
All creatures within Reach 6 are Blinded.
When Baobao drops to 0 HP, it enters escape mode! It immediately uses Flash Beacon for free and then moves 10–ignoring Hampered–towards allies (preferably an Engineer/Artificer/Craftsman).
Modelled after the "Huoshu" or "Fire Mouse" of foreign lands, SBA-2 (Spherical Beacon Automaton) was designed to accompany Dwarven miners into caves, acting as a beacon and scout. It's simple construction–being merely a sphere with a pop-out head and tail–makes these automaton cheap to produce. Unfortunately Dwarves (and others) have a habit of kicking them like a soccer ball...
Riding them is possible with the .