Hi all,

I'm looking for some suggestions for an Awakened (as per the spell) Construct to use as an NPC in my campaign. Preferrably humanoid (so it can pose as a humanoid), medium or small, and as few HD as possible (so it can start taking class levels without having a massive CR/ECL). Cool special abilities and qualities would be a bonus.

...and yes, I am aware that Warforged meet all of the criteria above, but for plot reasons, it needs to be a construct that isn't normally sentient.

Also, a question: I'm not quite clear whether an Awakened construct gets retroactive feats and skill points for it's racial HD?