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There is nothing in the rules that says you cannot create an Android character that is a Sorcerer or an Oracle, but since they are technological beings (whether they're living things is strongly debatable, though I support that they are), would it even make sense? Is so, what mysteries/curses/bloodlines would make sense?
Also, I know that Android Oracles/Sorcerers would probably be discouraged in gameplay due to their Charisma penalty, but that is what those magic headbands are for.
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Seems to me an android could be suffused with arcane/divine energy just as a human could - I suppose it wouldn't be a "bloodline", per se, but maybe flavor it as some quirk during creation, a particular planetary conjunction or a magical-in-nature disaster or something of the sort.
As Gollmagg said, there's already an android-flavored sorcerer bloodline, the nanite. Metal oracle also seems particularly fitting. Just about any bloodline or mystery could fit, I think, with an appropriate quirk during the android's creation to accompany it.
Another thing to consider - for an oracle, maybe the powers are granted by Brigh as an attempt to elevate that mechanical being closer to humanity?
And you do what sounds best to you - racial penalties can be mitigated. :)
Also, for either class, consider a role where a Charisma penalty won't make as much of a difference - if you focus on buffs or summoning, you only need enough Charisma to be able to cast the spell, since you don't have to worry about something making a save.
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Ooh, neat. Which book has the Nanite bloodline? Iron Gods, Technology Guide?
In my home game, I am probably gonna allow Gestalts, so an Android Oracle/Sorcerer with the Nanite and Metal bloodline and mystery respectively would probably be a cool character, a pregen that I could make for any new players.
Data's positronic brain allowed him to be possessed on occasion. It would probably be a good medium for Vancian spell ingrams.
Also, many fictional computers could predict the future with mathematical models. It's like how if you see a pile of gold sitting in the middle of the room, you know there's a trap or ambush waiting for you.
An android or golem could be made to look and act attractive, and have the 'energy' to be charismatic. The whole point of the Terminators was that they could pass as people.
There is nothing in the rules that says you cannot create an Android character that is a Sorcerer or an Oracle, but since they are technological beings (whether they're living things is strongly debatable, though I support that they are), would it even make sense? Is so, what mysteries/curses/bloodlines would make sense?
If you want a fluff justification, the creation process required the transfusion of the blood / essence / soul / whatever from a powerful magical being - and that's where the bloodline powers come from.
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It was a Star Trek/Dr. Who crossover published by IDW Comics when they still had the Star Trek comics license. long out of print of course, but you can get the digital versions at Comixology. Features the 11th Doctor and the Ponds, teaming up with Picard's crew to face those an unholy alliance of those two great assimilators, the Borg and the Cybermen.
Which one was the 11th? I don't actually like DW, and have only seen a few episodes of the new series.
Anyways, I am totally gonna make an Android Sorcerer/Oracle Gestalt now. I am gonna have to come up with a really good plot mcguffin to explain it though.
I was referring to when he was possessed by first a moon, then a sun god. That was an actual episode.
So you don't like Doctor Who? How about Blake's Seven? Zen was totally a synthetic oracle.
For oracle curses, Clouded vision, deaf, or lame can all be the result of manufacturing mishaps. Haunted can be a side effect of their brain's abnormalities.
Tell me again how androids are made.
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Tell me again how androids are made.
In Universe: Nobody knows. None of the androids can remember how they were made, and nobody still alive has witnessed their creation.
They have organs and bones and stuff, just made of synthetic materials. Also, these androids all have souls, and there is the remote possibility that they even have reproductive organs (which could be put to use via a Nanite Surge *wink* )
Oracle is quite easy to justify, any creature can become it if a Deity or Demigod decides to bestow powers to them.
Sorcerer is harder outside of the Nanite Bloodline, but most bloodlines mention that you can get those power not only from "genetic" heritage but also from environmental influence
Android may be a bit of a misnomer. They are more like synthetic people.
It depends on what your andriod is. Is he a programmed artificial intelligence with pre-programmed responses or is he an artificial intelligence that learns and adapts and makes its own choices.
For cinema reference.
Data from star trek is just a well designed machine and everything he does is by design. I dont think he could be a sorcerer or have a real connection to the divine side of magic. I think he could become a wizard on the other hand learning how to perfect use of know magical energy.
Chappie on the other hand is an artificial intelligence designed to learn and grow and make its own decisions. I think he could become a sorcerer and could make the connection to the divine.
I think I would ask is the character capable of feelings? If so then sorcerer and divine magics make sense.
Do androids dream of electric sheep?
Zen? Really. I would have gone with ORACI was referring to when he was possessed by first a moon, then a sun god. That was an actual episode.
So you don't like Doctor Who? How about Blake's Seven? Zen was totally a synthetic oracle.
For oracle curses, Clouded vision, deaf, or lame can all be the result of manufacturing mishaps. Haunted can be a side effect of their brain's abnormalities.
Tell me again how androids are made.
It's been a long time. I may have mixed the 2 up.
Most likely the most popular so far.
Tennant is usually the most popular in any given popularity poll. Usually by quite a bit. If it's a poll among hardcore fans, Baker sometimes comes out on top, but he's from old Who.
If you are talking about most famous instead, it's hard to say. Sylvester McCoy will remind you he's in the Hobbit.
Androids have synthetic organs and tissues. That supports sorcerer spells, bloodlines, and most Oracle curses. That's a yes vote from me for the OP.