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Steel Defender
Source: Eberron: Forge of the Artificer p. 19
title: Steel Defender
*Medium construct, Neutral*
- **Armor Class** (12 + your Intelligence modifier)
- **Hit Points** 5 + five times your Artificer level (the defender has a number of Hit Dice [d8s] equal to your Artificer level) (5 + five times your Artificer level (the defender has a number of Hit Dice [d8s] equal to your Artificer level))
- **Speed** 40 ft.
|STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA|
|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
|14 (+2)|12 (+1)|14 (+2)| 4 (-3)|10 (+0)| 6 (-2)|
- **Proficiency Bonus** +2
- **Saving Throws** ⏤
- **Skills** ⏤
- **Senses** [Darkvision](Mechanics/CLI/rules/senses.md#Darkvision) 60 ft., passive Perception 10
- **Damage Immunities** poison
- **Condition Immunities** [charmed](Mechanics/CLI/rules/conditions.md#Charmed), [exhaustion](Mechanics/CLI/rules/conditions.md#Exhaustion), [poisoned](Mechanics/CLI/rules/conditions.md#Poisoned)
- **Languages** understands the languages you know
- **Challenge**
## Traits
***Steel Bond.*** Add your [Proficiency Bonus](Mechanics/CLI/rules/variant-rules/proficiency-xphb.md) to any ability check or saving throw the defender makes.
## Actions
***Force-Empowered Rend.*** *Melee Attack Roll:* Bonus equals your spell attack modifier, reach 5 ft. *Hit:* `1d8 + 2` plus your Intelligence modifier Force damage.
***Repair (3/Day).*** The defender, or one Construct or object it can see within 5 feet of itself, regains a number of [Hit Points](Mechanics/CLI/rules/variant-rules/hit-points-xphb.md) equal to `2d8` plus your Intelligence modifier.
## Reactions
***Deflect Attack.*** Trigger: A creature the defender can see within 5 feet of itself makes an attack roll against a creature other than the defender. _Response:_ The triggering creature makes the attack roll with [Disadvantage](Mechanics/CLI/rules/variant-rules/disadvantage-xphb.md).