'That's so unexpected,' Laurelata said as she whipped out her rapier, moved in and tried to poke the automaton in a spot where it would shut down. She also tried to see if they had a way to 'switch them off' as they said.

Spoiler: OOC Laurelate round 1
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draw rapier and 5ft step to move in. Then attack (1d20+5)[8] the automaton in front of me for damage ((1d6+3)[6]) (I don't know if they are susceptible to it, but if they are: sneak attack (2d6)[6]
looking for a way to shut them down: craft (clockwork) (1d20+7)[24] or perception: (1d20+9)[13]