The anvilwrought raptor (see stat block on next page) is a bronze mechanical hawk that’s surprisingly light for its size, standing two feet tall with a wingspan of four feet but weighing only three pounds. It hops lightly onto your hand like a sparrow, talons digging in just enough to secure— and hurt—but not enough to pierce skin. It becomes still once it finds a position it likes, almost a statue save for the clockwork-like turns of its head as it surveys the surroundings.
Paid
You can command the raptor to guard a location. As long as you remain within 120 feet of it and until you end the command, the raptor remains in the same spot. When a Small or larger creature that wasn’t within 120 feet of it when you gave the guard command comes within 120 feet of it, the raptor starts screeching loudly.
Overpaid
Add the ability to record all sounds the raptor hears for up to one minute as an option for its Learn Program trait. Starting a new recording or using Learn Program for a different action erases the previous recording. When the raptor has a sound recorded, the Execute Program action causes the raptor to reproduce the last recording in its entirety. The recording can’t be interrupted and the owner can specify its volume, from barely audible to the sound level of a humanoid yelling.