Animated Wheels (3.5e Equipment)

Animated Wheels
An animated wheel is a simple minded and specialized small animated object that is literally a wheel which rotates on its own. Most wheels are small, but heavy and covered in a rubbery exterior to deal with road hazards. An axle can be placed within the animated wheel to transfer its power to another. Treat the animated wheel as a heavy warhorse for the purposes of carrying capacity and pulling and pushing. Even though it technically supports a vehicle is it considered as pulling an object. If attached to a vehicle, it also takes the object's saving throws, and cannot be targeted except by sunder attacks. Wooden ones have hardness 5, while iron ones have hardness 10.

Animated wheels can be commanded to spin, turn, accelerate, or decelerate as a move action with a command. Wheels can be synchronized with other wheels, so that they all move in the same direction at the same speed with one command. While a type of animated object, an animated wheel has no attacks of its own and will not fight, though it may flee. Animated wheels have a move speed of 60 ft.

Moderate transmutation; CL 11th; Craft Wondrous Item, animate objects; Price Cost::900 gp.