Artificer homunculus servant question

[dnd2016]

So let's say I make my servant into a lantern or something like that. If I tell him to sit on a table and Tuck his arms in and be silent, could he potentially fool an enemy into thinking he was a regular lantern?

[KorvinStarmast]

So let's say I make my servant into a lantern or something like that. If I tell him to sit on a table and Tuck his arms in and be silent, could he potentially fool an enemy into thinking he was a regular lantern? I smell a Charisma (Deception) check in the making ... :smallsmile:

[dnd2016]

I smell a Charisma (Deception) check in the making ... :smallsmile:

Against his stealth I guess?

[Amdy_vill]

IIRC it doesn't even need limbs it could just be a normal looking lamp right

[stoutstien]

So let's say I make my servant into a lantern or something like that. If I tell him to sit on a table and Tuck his arms in and be silent, could he potentially fool an enemy into thinking he was a regular lantern?

Very much in DM ruling territory. By a strict reading you can determine it's appearance but it doesn't gain any mechanical advantages from this like the false appearance feature.

[Quietus]

Very much in DM ruling territory. By a strict reading you can determine it's appearance but it doesn't gain any mechanical advantages from this like the false appearance feature.

The 100 GP gem at the center of the item might also give it away.

[stoutstien]

The 100 GP gem at the center of the item might also give it away.

Im less concerned there unless the npc is a xorn because a gem center is pretty subjective and the artificer has complete freedom for the homunculus' design.

Off the cuff I would probably make it some kind of ability challenge and add an infusion option to add false appearance to it and maybe some other feature like a 1/day teleport.