Droid armor.

[Lostboy]

In the droid stats book in the battle droids section some have armor that imparts a dex penalty and i wanted to know if the droid stats have already been adjusted to acount for this?

[atgxtg]

The stats are for the default droids. So if any droid write up gives the droid a bonus to resist damage, then yes, it has been factored in.

Any addtional armor added has to be dealt with separately.

[Lostboy]

What about the dex penalty?

[Whill]

[Lostboy]

The book is the droid stats book by Thaigo S. Aranha

Page 75 the Dark trooper Phase 3
the book states that it is equiped with

-Armored shell (+3D to Strength when resisting damage,
–2D to Dexterity)

As the Dark trooper has a dex of only 2D you can see the dilemma.

It is also listed in the Rebelion Era Source book page 104-105

[Luwingo_Spince]

Having not looked at the stat book, I might be able to answer the question.

The phase three can be an independent droid or worn as a suit of armor. Perhaps that is where the dex penaltycomes into play.

[Raven Redstar]

I agree with Spince's assessment of the Dark Trooper.

For instances with droid stats, if the item comes listed on the droid stat, I'd assume that the penalty was already factored in. Something having an effective 0D Dexterity means it can't move, which in this case, doesn't make sense. There's a good chance that those stats were converted from D20, and so the armor check penalty from the droid plating was incorporated into the stat block automatically.
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[Whill]

[Luwingo_Spince]

I think their might be a bit of confusion whill. again I haven'thad a chance to look at the stat block but my understanding is that he phase three comes as one or the other. Either a Droid or a suit of armor. So the operator would use it like a normal power suit using his own dex

[Raven Redstar]

If the armored shell operates as a powersuit, then the character would use their mechanical attribute to maneuver with Powersuit Operation skill, the Dexterity penalty would only apply to their combat skills, which unless defaulting to the attribute would simply be at a -2D penalty, so I could see it working in that situation.
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[Whill]

[Whill]

[Lostboy]

Nods, Nicely done.

On page 67 of the same book The Sith slayer and the sith eleit war bot both have
-Alchemically-treated Sith armor plating (+3D to Strength to
resist damage, -2D to Dexterity)
and there is no indication thaat they are useable as power suits.

Also the Sith Sentry on page 88
-Alchemically-treated Sith armor plating (+1D to Strength to
resist damage, -1D to Dexterity)
I have also noticed that the 2nd stage Dark trooper isn't a power suit and has
-Armored shell (+2D to Strength when resisting damage,
–1D to Dexterity)

[Raven Redstar]

I'd say that with the droid equipment, the stats already reflect the dexterity penalty. However, unless GrySarth comes to clarify, you'll just have to settle for the opinions of those of us who have already responded. You could try sending him a private message and ask if he has time to clarify. He doesn't make it onto the forums much anymore.

If something has an armored shell stat, I think it's if a non-droid character or a non-darktrooper droid is wearing the armored shell. Which, in this case, would be the equivalent of equipping improved stormtrooper armor on someone.
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[Lostboy]

Thanks.