Clockwork
Clockwork noun - Any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock.
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Device
Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
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One possible Complication (drawback) for a magical clockwork limb was a tracer device implanted in it, which allowed someone to know where you were at all times.
Source: Tracking Device - Examples include an unfolding clockwork lunchbox and a real-time single-language translation device.
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Rise of Legends has the Vinci faction, which has a clockwork Soldier armed with a Lightning Gun, a clockwork Spider, armed with a flak cannon and an "electrical web generator", and an experimental computer device than allows you to manipulate your economy.
Source: Clock Punk
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