Copperpot
Expert
Copperpot
Species
Mechanical Gnome
Appearance
Master Copperpot stands just over three feet tall, built from burnished copper plates, brass joints, and narrow ribs of blackened steel. Their polished surfaces carry the soft haze of years rather than a mirror shine, with fingerprints and old handling marks carefully buffed away each morning. Their movements are precise but not silent. Every step gives a faint click, followed by a delicate internal whirr as gears settle into place. A hinged chest slot rests beneath their waistcoat, and a tiny brass stamp folds from the left wrist with the practiced speed of a cardsharp. Their circular spectacles are fixed permanently to the bridge of their nose, though their eyes can rotate independently behind the lenses. The unexpected contradiction is that a machine designed for perfect order has a small patch of green moss growing in the seam beneath their collar, which Copperpot refuses to remove because it was left there by the Proprietor.
“Their voice is a dry, precise alto produced through a vibrating brass reed. Each sentence begins with a faint intake of clicking gears, and emotional words cause a soft whistle beneath the consonants.”
Ability Scores
Alignment
Distinguishing Features
A chest slot that prints receipts on demand
Circular spectacles permanently fixed to their face
Independently rotating mechanical eyes that track coins and hands
A brass stamp that folds out from the left wrist
A tuft of living green moss preserved beneath their collar
Voice
“Dry alto, measured and courteous, with faint ticking beneath every phrase and a soft mechanical whistle when emotion breaks through”
Clothing
A constructed merchant's outfit of dark blue enamel panels shaped like a high-collared coat, a fitted brass waistcoat, tiny functional buttons, black leatherette cuffs, and a narrow chain attached to their spectacles. The clothing is part of their outer casing rather than fabric, though Copperpot insists it is a uniform.
Body Language
Copperpot holds their posture perfectly upright, with both hands folded behind their back unless a document or coin is present. Their head tilts in small measured increments while listening. When offended, they become completely still except for the slow rotation of their mechanical eyes. When genuinely pleased, one shoulder gives a barely controlled little bounce and the gears in their neck chime like teaspoons.
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