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These aren’t robots though. You all are thinking like they are machines and they are not. They are creatures of magic and, if lore is accurate, spirits that imbue inanimate objects that are designed to be functional with joints etc. It’s essentially the sorcerer making an arrangement with a spirit that is controlled by the sorcerer for the time being. The body has to be enticing for the spirit to call home and so any changes to this after the fact is a breach of contract and spirits don’t do well with that. The damage done to the body is part of the arrangement and if the body fails, the spirit is then freed. It’s the spirit’s best interest to not have the body repaired.
This is magic, not technology and therefore doesn’t follow the same rules as a tool.