Dark side points and Droids

Savaad · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:22 am Post subject: Dark side points and Droids

This might be a dumb question, but can droids accumulate DSP's. The game allows them to get Force Points.
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vong · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:53 am Post subject:

hunh. good question. personally id say a droid cant get force points. but if you can get force points, its only fair that you can get dark side force points. since you r not force sensitive, you cant turn to the dark side, but the more points you have, the more your reputation procedes you and people will start hating the site of you.
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Jamfke · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:16 pm Post subject:

Looking over Galaxy Guide 10: Bounty Hunters, all the droids listed therein do not have dark side points, but many of the humanoid and other alien types do. So I suppose this falls under the old, "droids can't use the Force" creedo. Of course, if it were a PC, I might consider it personally.
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vong · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:26 pm Post subject:

Jamfke · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:30 pm Post subject:

Yes, the rules say that droid PCs do get Force Points, that's why I said that I would consider the same for dark side points. There are no examples of npc droids having either Force points or dark side points that I am aware of though.
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vong · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:41 pm Post subject:

R2 and 3PO have force points (shadows of the empire sourcebook) Very Happy

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Ankhanu · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:58 pm Post subject:

I might consider giving DSPs to droid characters as a means of keeping track of how dark their personality programming is only. They'd have no mechanical use, just a character reminder.

Jamfke · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:58 pm Post subject:

They are quoted as being "special exceptions" to that rule somewhere, probably in one of the older books. They would be an example of a PC since they are main characters in the movies. Therefore, only PCs normally have Force points.
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Jamfke · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:25 pm Post subject:

Here's a little snippet from the Rules Companion, Chapter 6: Droids and Equipment, pg 29.

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vong · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:29 pm Post subject:

i guess the same argument would apply for the dark side points Smile

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Jamfke · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:33 pm Post subject:

Yup. That would make sense to me.
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cheshire · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:15 pm Post subject:

I'm currently playing a droid, and I would be really amazed if my wife (the GM) didn't give me several DSPs for doing something heinous like throwing a grenade into a hospital. Why not treat them like any other character? Granted we may be sacrificing a bit of realism, but if I was looking for realism, I'd read more non-fiction and switch to GURPS.

Savaad · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:25 pm Post subject:

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