I was searching through Alien Archive and noticed that the endbringer evil and the two orocorans have resolve points, but I couldn't find any abilities that used resolve points. (Also, the stated guideline suggests orocorans should have 4 RP.)
Is there an ability I missed? Or do these aliens have RP just because? Or should they not have them?
(I found these, and am curious about these, because I'm working on a computer program to help write up aliens using the guidelines <unabashed plug>, and found these examples when trying to determine when to display RP in the statblock.)
On the Orocoran:
Probably:
Spell-Like Abilities: 1/day— augury
Casting this spell [Augury] takes intense personal focus and requires you to spend 1 Resolve Point.
But:
Spell-Like Abilities (Sp): If a spell requires an expenditure of credits or Resolve Points as part of its casting, a creature that can cast the spell as a spell-like ability does not need to pay such costs.
So maybe:
If a monster or NPC has Resolve Points, the GM can choose whether the monster dies at 0 HP or if it uses the normal rules for dying and death.
I'd guess it's just a leftover from a previous version of the rules, though.
The Endbringer D uses it in his starship form, definitely.
I hadn't checked the spells. Thanks!