The autognomes are automatons that resemble gnomes, with gears, pulleys, and bits of magic inside it, though no one could ever confuse an autognome with a real gnome. The tinker gnomes create the autognome for exploration, rescue, prospecting, and defense in environments hostile to human and demihumans.

    Combat: Autognomes obey the following directives: (1) defend gnomes under attack by non-gnomes; (2) defend yourself against attack; and (3) defend babies and children from harm. The last directive arose from the best intentions, but unfortunately, it neglects to specify races; so if, for instance, an autognome see elves battling young beholders, the autognome blasts away at the elves.
    Autognomes attack with two heavy metallic fist, doing 1d8 damage each plus strength modifier.
    Since one of their functions is to collect soil samples from different planets, most autognomes (90%) have a retractable metal scoop. If the scoop is used as a weapon (only when the autognome malfunctions), it inflicts 1d10 damage plus strength modifier.
    Regardless of attack form the autognome uses, it yells as it fights” “Crush! Kill! Destroy! Exterminate, exterminate! Maim! Hurt! Incapacitate!”

    Construct: Immune to mind-influencing effects, poison, disease, and similar effect. Nor subject to critical hits, subdual damage, ability damage, energy drain, or death from massive damage.

    Lighting Bolt (Su): Some autognomes (33%) are used exclusively for combat, and have a wand of lighting bolts set in their chests. These wands have 5d10 charges remaining and are salvageable after the autognome is defeated or (more likely) when it breaks down and collapse into a useless heap.

    Hardness (Ex): An autognome has hardness rating of 10 that is applies to all attacks which hardness is functional against.

    Fight (Ex): Thru wonders of gnomish engineering the autognome is able to sustain flight for only short time (1 hour) before it must restore “fuel”. If during flight it runs out of fuel a small parachute deploys for its back allowing the autognome to gain the benefits of a feather fall.

    Magic Immunities (Ex): Autognomes are completely resist all magical attacks and supernatural effects, except disintegrate.

    Malfunctions (Ex): Every successful hit on an autognome has a 10% chance of causing a malfuction. Any time an autognome rolls a 1 for its attack roll, it has a 25% chance of malfunctioning. Finally, an autognome has a 5% non-cumulative chance per day to malfunction. Whatever the cause, roll 1d100 and consult the following table:

Autognome Malfunction Table
01–16	Autognome becomes a rogue (if already a rogue, use result of 73-88)
17–24	Autognome attacks itself for 1d4 rounds
25–26	Head falls off
27–30	Left leg falls off
31–34	Right leg falls off
35–37	Left arm falls off
38–40	Right arm falls off
41–42	Head falls off, but autognome spends one round reattaching the lost limb
43–46	Left leg falls off, but autognome spends one round reattaching the lost limb
47–50	Right leg falls off, but autognome spends one round reattaching the lost limb
51–53	Left arm falls off, but autognome spends one round reattaching the lost limb
54–56	Right arm off, but autognome spends one round reattaching the lost limb
57–72	Autognome attempts to extract a core sample from the victim
73–80	Autognome shuts down for 1d10 hours
81–88	Autognome explodes (3d10 damage in a 20 foot radius; Reflex save DC 18 for half damage
89–90	Autognome's orders change — Self-destruct sequence starts. Autognome explodes in 1d4 rounds unless doused with water
91–92	Autognome's orders change — Autognome gives its report
93–94	Autognome's orders change — Autognome asks to record report, and remains stationary until the PC stops talking
95–96	Autognome's orders change — Autognome begins to talk backwards
97–98	Autognome's orders change — Nearest PC is recognized as a baby
99–100	Autognome's orders change — Nearest PC is recognized as a gnome; autognome follows PC around

In The Spheres
    Autognomes contribute nothing to the wildspace except for piles of scrape metal when they inevitably break down or as hazards if it is a Rogue type. There is a &#8531 chance that an encountered autognome is a rogue. It has forgotten its orders and is now in one of the following conditions (roll 1d4):

1. The autognome believes itself to be a real gnome, and tries to live a normal life, including eating, sleeping et cetera.
2. The autognome awaits new orders from anyone it meets
3. Same as #2, except it does the opposite of what it is told
4. The autognome attacks all living creatures in sight

    Spelljamming gnomes have a 10% chance of having 1d4 autognomes on board to explore hostile environments. The gnomes guard the secret of building autognomes jealously, though no one but gnomes wants to build the things. It is rumored that it requires many spells such as animate object, and quest, with the feat Craft Wondrous Items and cost at least 10,000 gp.

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