Droids

Lancil · Sub-Lieutenant Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 74

I'm not sure if this has been brought up or not but, I know some people that belive droids should not be allowed as pc's. That droids are just machines or tools to be used. I'm woundering if any one on this forum has this belief and if so....what is the pourpose of the restraining bolt? If a droid is not "alive" should it not just do what it is told to do with out question? To me the restraining bolt suggests that droids have free will. Any thoughts?

Fallon Kell · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 10:55 am Post subject:

I think droids make great PCs because they're not alive and aren't accorded rights. They do have free will, or at least a good programmer's reproduction, but they have no rights, they're programmed to be willing servants or slaves. That makes them truly interesting characters.
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cheshire · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:37 am Post subject:

I see no reason why someone shouldn't be able to play a droid. In fact, I played one for a campaign. Like Artoo and Threepio, my character addressed another PC a "master," and did what he was ordered to do. Of course we all had fun with this, particularly when I would follow the exact letter of the order, though not necessarily the spirit or the intent of the order.

With the way I played the character, I as a player expected the restraining bolt. Sometimes when my character had been glitchy it was necessary to be heavy handed. At the same time, they had a hard time knowing when it was necessary to reign the droid in and when not to. Yes, he thought outside the box, so to speak, but that saved their lives a few times. They never knew if me going "off mission" would save their butts, or land them in hot water.
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jmanski · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:00 pm Post subject:

I had not thought of it that way. Follow orders literally but not to the intent..... hhmmmmm
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vanir · Jedi Joined: 11 May 2011 Posts: 793

RAW describes droid PCs. Perfectly legimate and useful PCs. Just add 6d6 to their base attributes and 7d6 skills just like any other character. In fact there is the potential for droid PCs to have extreme beginning abilities focused in specific areas.

It just mentions that most players who play droids tend to do so as multiple characters so GMs need to be explicit about Player expectations that if the droid will become a henchman (like R2 is for Luke say) it is better they remain at non-heroic templates since they won't be the focus of Player ambitions and gameplay, they're henchmen along for the ride.

RAW suggests GMs to have Players who wish to make droid characters first include them as a henchman, prove they are going to play them as a PC and after that point let them add heroic +6d6 attributes and PC FP, CP etc.

The way this is explained through gameplay is that you buy a standard Astromech for example. Then at some point down the line it develops "quirks" that droids not regularly memory-wiped are infamous for.
At that point you rewrite it as a PC with all the features.

Guardian_A · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:09 pm Post subject:

If a player wants to run a droid in my games, they are welcome to it.

I've had a couple of them over the years. They have always been a refreshing addition to any gaming group. After all, there is a lot you can do with a droid that you cant do with a traditional character. Droids dont have rights, dismemberment dosnt nedessarily mean death, secret storage departments with hidden data (That even the droid's player dosnt know about.) can act as a great plot hook.

vanir · Jedi Joined: 11 May 2011 Posts: 793

In combat terms the Sith traditionally liked using combat droids against Jedi because they're not subject to most Force powers which can leave an army of sentient lifeforms confused and useless in battle.
They make great bodyguards and adjutants for the same reasons.

ZzaphodD · Rear Admiral Joined: 28 Nov 2009 Posts: 2426

Whats the RAW Droid character creation rules?

Are there optional variants?
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Guardian_A · Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:03 pm Post subject:

The best place to look for Droid related rules & information would be Fantastic Technology: Droids. The book includes everything you will need to run a droid pc, create new templates, and upgrade your droids.

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Guardian_A · Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:59 pm Post subject:

Yes, its Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids. Between that book and the Droids Stats pdf, you will have everything you need to run any kind of droid you can immagine.

Droids Stats pdf can be found here (123 Pages of nothing but droids!): http://krapz.free.fr/data/Droids_Stats.pdf

Hope that helps!

Admiral Tolval · Cadet Joined: 14 Feb 2012 Posts: 24

I ran a live action game before in which one of the players was an engineer but had some kind of insanity and walked around wearing protocol droid coverings and acted as a droid. The character (and player) was really skinny so I had other players make Perception rolls to notice that this droid wasn't right. None of the other players knew it. They thought he was playing a droid. One player thought he was playing an assassin droid because he placed a restraining bolt on the other player and a few minutes later the "droid" handed it back to him. Shocked

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