[RPG] Can a homunculus activate the Immovable Rod

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The Immovable Rod says:

You can use an action to press the button

(DMG, p175.)

An humunculus "is a construct that acts as an extension of its creator".

Can your humunculus push the darned button on your Immovable Rod?

Best Answer

Yes

Immovable Rod

Until you or another creature uses an action to push the button again, the rod doesn’t move, even if it is defying gravity.

The Homunculus has a stat block (S 4/D 15/C 11/I 10/W 10/Ch 7). As a construct, it is a creature. It can interact with things. (Example: with it's bite it makes a melee weapon attack).

There is no minimum strength required to push the button listed for the item. I see no reason to argue that it can't push the button.


As I read the introduction to "Monsters" in the rules, all monsters are creatures. That makes constructs a kind of creature.

(MM p. 6) Constructs are made, not born. {snip} Many creatures native to the outer plane of Mechanus, such as modrons, are constructs shaped from the raw material of the plane by the will of more powerful creatures.