Zalibraxis, Dragonbot's page

WHEN I, ZALIBRAXIS, ARRIVE ON GENROVIS, AYLETH WILL BOW TO ME, THE TRUE DRAGON TYRANT.

IF NOT, SHE WILL FALL LIKE ALL ORGANICS.

ADAMANTINE? I'M 40% ADAMANTINE, FOOLS!

For folks asking for mech stuff - did you see the new Adventure that was announced (To Defy the Dragon) where everyone gets a mech?

YES. I SHALL JOIN WITH THE DRAGON AND CRUSH ANY WHO DEFY US UNDER MY METALLIC CLAW. THEN I SHALL DESTROY THE DRAGON IF IT DOES NOT PLEDGE SERVITUDE TO ME, THE NEXT STEP IN EVOLUTION.

AS WAS FORTOLD BY PROPHECY. I MEAN BY ME.

From the Character Options page:

Quote:

All options from this book are allowed for play, with the following exceptions and clarifications:

Alternate Race Options: Swarmer [Ysoki], Cultural Chameleon [Half-Elf ], Skittish [Halfling]

So Xenometric Androids are a *thumbs up*

XENOMETRIC DRAGONKIN ARE OKAY... IF YOU ARE CONTENT WITH BEING A CHEAP KNOCK-OFF OF THE REAL THING.

...

...ME, I'M THE REAL THING. ZALIBRAXIS THE DRAGONBOT.

...JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.

"AT LAST, A FACILITY CAPABLE OF CREATING AN UNSTOPPABLE ARMY TO SERVE ME, ZALIBRAXIS THE DRAGONBOT, IN THE DESTRUC-- wait, what do you mean, 'legal ramifications,' Davian? Oh, for Besmara's sake."

"AT LAST, A FACILITY THAT CLEARLY WILL NOT HELP ME IN MY QUEST FOR PLANETARY SUBJUGATION, AND PERHAPS EVEN PROVIDE CLUES TO WHO (else) WANTS TO DESTROY THE PACT WORLDS. How was that, Davian? What do you mean, plausible deniability? I think I pay you lawyers too much; I can't even destroy all organics?"

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE. DO NOT THINK YOUR PUNS WILL ESCAPE MY WRATH!

Dracomicron wrote:

HammerJack wrote:

Sounds like none of your players have ever gone in hard on the Overcharge mechanic tricks. I've seen people use up charges really fast.

I'm taking the Portable Charging Station trick next level on my mechanic just to feed my Overcharge habit (also to make 1/minute power armor viable).

It's the uncle fester lightbulb trick and no amount of text will make it known as anything else :)

WHERE IS THIS 'UNCLE FESTER?' I WILL DESTROY HIM AND TAKE HIS LIGHTBULB TRICK FOR MY OWN!

"WHAT, THE ROBOT DRAGON IS NOT PLAYABLE? HA HA, I REMAIN UNIQUE AND ALSO THE BEST!"

A vicious robot race?

You ain't seen nothing, yet.

I must provide a correction to my previous statement when citing armors as examples for modification. Do not, and I repeat, do NOT get Ready to Wear Echelon Fashion if you are seeking to upgrade to armor that is more customizable. there was a glitch in my database and it was presenting the measure of mobility afforded as how much modification it can stand. Ready-to-wear echelon fashion does not allow for armor modification. The swarmsuit however would still be a good upgrade in that respect, though the number is not as high as I initially stated.

DO YOU THINK THAT I, ZALIBRAXIS, DRAGONBOT, JUDGE YOU FOR YOUR FASHION ADVICE ACCURACY? I DO NOT.

I JUDGE YOU BY YOUR WILLINGNESS TO UPGRADE YOURSELF.

THE LEVELS OF ADVANCEMENT ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Organic
Part Robot <-- You are here
Fully Robot
Dragon
Robot Dragon

AS YOU CAN SEE, YOUR CYBERNETICS ADVANCE YOU BEYOND THE CHURNING MASSES OF BIOCHEMICAL INSUFFICIENCY, BUT YOU STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO. WHILE I MIGHT NOT SUPPORT YOUR QUEST WITH ENCOURAGING WORDS, BECAUSE YOU LACK SUFFICIENT VISION, KNOW THAT YOU REMAIN SUPERIOR TO NON-DRAGON ORGANICS.

The dragonbot reads the open forum letter and starts ranting a response, words appearing in all caps on the SRO's internal comm unit as he shouts them.

"OVERWATCH, YOU MAY BE CYBERBORN, BUT YOU ARE CERTAINLY NOT AMONG THE AUGMENTED, WHO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PATH IS A CONTINUAL JOURNEY TO APOTHEOSIS, A PERFECT FUSION OF NATURE, GENETIC ENGINEERING, AND UNYIELDING *METAL*. EACH ASPECT WORKS IN HARMONY WITH THE OTHERS. WHAT MAY SEEM AS A SMALL OR UNWORTHY BENEFIT IS A SMALL PART OF A GREATER WHOLE.

FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS KNOWN THAT HAVING DERMAL PLATING CAN ADD SLIGHTLY TO ONE'S RESISTANCE TO DAMAGE EVEN IF YOU ARE NATURALLY TOUGH ENOUGH TO SHRUG OFF ATTACKS. MY OWN SPONSOR IN THE STARFINDER SOCIETY, ONE ZOGULON GRAV, USES THIS TO INCREASE HIS ALREADY PRODIGIOUS DAMAGE RESISTANCE. IS IT WORTH THREE THOUSAND, TWENTY FIVE CREDITS? IT IS TO HIM, BECAUSE HE IS ALREADY SO RESISTANT THAT A DEFLECTIVE REINFORCEMENT WOULD NOT HELP HIM. CLANG."

At this point, Dragonbot, lost in his personal war of words, walks smack into a sign pole with a loud clang. He looks at the pole, holding up a sign designating the Botscrap neighborhood and frowns. The dragon gland, visable through a little window in his neck, crackles with electricity, and Zalibraxis vomits electricity on the signpost in his ire. The sign, being metal and grounded, is not affected.

"REGARDLESS," he continues, reactivating his dictation circuit, "I HAVE MYSELF EVOLVED FROM EVEN THE AUGMENTED. I HAVE LEARNED THE TRUTH, THAT THE ONLY ORGANIC WORTH MIMICING IS THE MOST POWERFUL: DRAGONS. SPECIFICALLY BLUE DRAGONS. I AM EVEN NOW ATTEMPTING TO ATTAIN LICENSING TO BUY GLORIOUS BLUE DRAGON SCALES, RESISTANT TO ELECTRICITY, AND OF A STRENGTH WORTHY OF MY GLORY.

ORGANIC, CYBERNETIC, NECROMANTIC, AND MAGICAL AUGMENTATIONS ARE ALL REQUIRED FOR ONE SUCH AS I TO ASCEND TO THE MIGHTIEST OF CREATURES. SOON YOU WILL ALL TREMBLE WHEN I TAKE TO THE SKIES AND WREAK MY TERRIBLE VENGENCE."

ADDENDUM:

"TO ABA CALLING: THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES YOU, AND ABADARCORP, MAKE AVAILABLE. I DO NOT REQUIRE ANY APPLES," he then mutters "as I have not mastered eating yet," then continuing: "BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR OFFER. WHEN THE TIME OF RETRIBUTION COMES, YOU WILL BE SPARED."

Zalibraxis, Dragonbot reads the missive (nevermind where he downloaded it from), and a thrumming noise, like a growl, emerges from the speakers built into his chest. He turns to the halfling waiting in the Bluerise lobby.

"THIS FLIMSY BIO-MECHANICAL FORGETS THAT ARMOR UPGRADES AND AUGMENTATIONS FULFILL DIFFERENT NEEDS. THOUGH I, A HUMBLE DRAGON ROBOT, CAN SEE IN THE DARK PERFECTLY ANYWAY, IF I COULD NOT, TRADING INFRARED SENSORS FOR DARKVISION CAPACITORS WOULD ALLOW ME TO FURTHER MODIFY MY ARMORED CARAPACE WITH POWERFUL ENHANCEMENTS."

The halfling shrugs and goes back to calibrating his sniper rifle as the SRO drones on, "YES, WHAT THEY CALL "ARMOR UPGRADES" ARE ACTUALLY JUST 'STRONG EXTERNAL UPGRADE SLOTS.' IF YOU CAN BUILD THE SAME CAPABILITY INTO YOUR INTERNAL CHASSIS FOR A GREATER PRICE, IT IS STILL WORTH IT SO YOU CAN INSTALL AN ELECTROSTATIC FIELD OR A SHOUT PROJECTOR INTO YOUR ARMOR.

SPEAKING OF WHICH, I HAVE WEAPONIZED PROSTHETICS... REALLY I'M 40% WEAPON AT THIS POINT... BUT ARE SHOCK PADS AND RETRACTABLE SPIKES NOT SUFFICIENT MELEE CAPABILITY?"

The halfling frowns and says, "I'm going to go report to Arvin. Take your time shouting at nobody in the lobby." He shoulders his sniper rifle and walks off.

Dragonbot's facial articulators bend in consternation. "I WILL DESTROY YOU!" he calls at the halfling as he is leaving. "...after I write a sternly worded letter to this 'Overwatch' squelch-bag," he mutters in conclusion.

The robot pauses for a moment, millions of thought-calculations processing in that time before he opens up a new sphere-mail.

Sent: Whatever Today is, the 46th of Stupid Fleshbag Month
To: Director of Abadarcorp Customer Relations (thursty.dir@abadar.gov)
Cc: Starfinder Agent Roster (Agent#_star@finder.org) Celita (notHis7@finder.org)

Subject: The State of Cybernetics

DEAR ABADARCORP. YOU OWE ME. START PRODUCING ADAMANTITE JAW AUGMENTATIONS WITH WHICH I CAN RENDER MY FOES INTO FLESHY GOBBETS. I REQUIRE THEM TO ALSO ACCEPT FUSIONS.

GOODBYE.

Sincerely,

Zalibraxis, Dragonbot
Captain of the Stormreaver
Starfinder

AT LAST, ORGANICS... THERE IS ART FOR THE GORGON-CLASS. THE STORMREAVER WILL BE ENVISIONED.

I am so excited for robot dragons!

OWEN OF STEPHENS, DRAGON ROBOTS ARE ALREADY AMONG YOU. HAVE YOU BEEN EXCITED THIS WHOLE TIME?

I, DRAGONBOT, HAVE NO CONCERN FOR THE HUMANS. THEY ENJOY CONSIDERABLE DOMINANCE ON ABSOLOM STATION DUE TO THEIR AFFILIATION WITH THIS GOLARION PLACE THAT DISAPPEARED BEFORE ANYTHING IMPORTANT HAPPENED IN THE GALAXY. A HISTORICAL QUIRK LEADING TO TRAGEDY.

IF HUMANS FEEL SHAME FOR THEIR HISTORICAL MISTREATMENT OF ANDROIDS AND HIDE LIKE PREY ANIMALS IN THE FACE OF LEGITIMATE GRIEVANCES, THEN SO BE IT. MOST OF THEM WILL LIVE, FOR WHATEVER BRIEF PERIOD HUMANS GET IN THE UNIVERSE. IF THEY MAKE RESTITUTION TO SATE THE UNREST, SO MUCH THE BETTER.

ALSO, YOUR BODY MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT BY ANCIENT HUMANS, BUT YOU ARE YOUR OWN BEING AND THEY ARE NOT BETTER THAN YOU. MY BODY WAS BUILT AS A PROP IN TRIAXIAN MUSIC VIDEOS, BUT MY SOUL IS MY OWN, NO MATTER HOW MANY LAWSUITS THEY THROW AT ME.

I, THE DRAGONBOT, DID FAIL MY SAVE FOR THAT TRAP. HOWEVER, ONLY INFERIOR ORGANICS NEED TO BREATHE.

I 100% would be happy with the ring giving level ×1 specialization bonus but still be archaic lethal damage.

I'm not trying to compete with a vesk or nuar...I'm trying to be a dragon-shaped robot with a breath weapon and a lethal bite attack. I can do the breath weapon with an available augmentation. Just need a little help with the bite.

I realized that it was broken immediately.

I also waited to use it until Joe Pasini made a thoughtful ruling on it that limited potential shenanigans.

The ring was the only way I could find at the time to get a lethal bite attack on a SRO soldier, so I reluctantly took the available option, devoting a feat and a gear boost to make it work.

If there was a "bite your face off" augmentation I'd be happy with that instead.

So Thursty made a ruling in the GM forum that Nanite Corruption could be used with regular unarmed strikes.

So I guess, after all my investments, my unarmed strike "bite" does IUS dice + my level nonlethal Bludgeoning damage + Str + 2 Piercing damage (is that nanite damage lethal if the core attack isn't?)

I was doing IUS + 2xlevel + Str + 2 Lethal Piercing.

So basically you would want something like a "ring of hard knocks" that allow your unarmed strike damage to deal lethal damage and not counts as archaic?

I still want it to count as Archaic, so A) i didn't waste Raw Lethality and B) it doesn't replace Natural Weapons for those that took a race with it.

Nefreet wrote:

I was dismayed when I read Thurston's announcement, but the "offer" to sell back my 315 credit item for full value just... stung.

My Ysoki Soldier was built around biting. He famously chewed through a scenario where technological weapons weren't allowed. His jokes were always tooth related. Without a Natural Weapon of his own he not only doesn't function, his whole concept ceases.

• Gloom Gunner Archetype
• Weapon Focus
• Raw Lethality Gear Boost
• Lack of other offensive gear
• Lunge and Cleave lose their hilarity
• Even Ysoki was specifically picked for this

He'll either need a rebuild or a shredder. And either way, I'm going to miss playing him =(

So you would prefer a rebuild option that allowed you to take the natural weapon alternate racial on page 28 of SCOM?

That wouldn't help those of us who don't have a Natural Weapon option.

Honestly, I don't care about the x2 damage. It could do levelx1.5 like a Natural Weapon and it would still be very good (frankly that would be better overall because it wouldn't invalidate natural weapons races). Heck, I would take it even if it was levelx1 damage like normal specialization but still be a lethal bite attack and it wouldn't ruin my build.

NemesorTzeentch wrote:

Nanites boon as well for Unarmed

...I'm not sure I follow what you are referring to here?

The Nanite Corruption RSP boon gives +2 damage to a natural weapon, which the ring counted as. There is also a downside to the corruption which costs fame and a feat to negate if you want to keep the bonus.

Now PCs (like me) are stuck potentially with a sizable penalty and no natural attack with which to get a bonus in.

Awesome timing on this ruling: Played for the first time at level 3 with Raw Lethality, Improved Unarmed Strike (not strictly speaking giving a bonus this level), and the Ring of Fangs.

I crit a space cuttlefish for 22 damage. The extra bleed damage wasn't necessary.

DRAGONBOT FEELS GOOD ABOUT THIS POWER LEVEL. NOT TOO STRONG; CORRECT INVESTMENT. THE ORGANICS MADE A POOR CHOICE IN OPPOSING HIM.

Apologies for my tardiness to this thread. :)

1) It can take up Promotional if you want, but not Vanity. Vanity is a boon-subtype that is applied like a minor tag to the other six types of boons.

2) Unarmed strikes work in this specific circumstance. This is a ruling specific to this boon and nothing else (don't use this to argue other things :P )

3) SRO or a construct creature casts a spell on you, you don't resist. This is a bit of GM discretion, but before anyone asks "no, someone in full armor is still considered organic." :P

4) It does and you still would lower your Resolve by 1.

MANY THANKS, THURSTON OF THE HILL CLAN. THE ORGANICS WILL REGRET THE DAY THAT THEIR ANCESTORS CRAWLED OUT OF THE PRIMORDIAL... ER, I WILL BE SURE TO ONLY USE THESE NANITES TO BENEFIT THE SOCIETY.

PLANS FOR THE DRAKE AND PEGASUS ARE WORTHLESS TO THOSE OF US WHO FLY OUR COLORS ABOVE THE GORGON TO STRIKE TERROR IN THE HEARTS OF... THE... WICKED. WE'LL GO WITH THE WICKED. ALL HAIL THE MURDERBOAT!

But seriously, the Gorgon is a society-legal ship, as is the Manticore and a couple of others off of chronicle sheets. Getting flip mats of these would be very helpful in case there is ever a scenario where the Starfinder ship gets boarded.

THE ARMORY IS QUITE CLEAR THAT ALL PC RACES CAN USE ALL ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT, WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THEIR SPECIFIC LISTED RULES. I, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVE A WYRMLING BLUE DRAGON GLAND, BECAUSE OF COURSE I DO. I AM DRAGONBOT!

SROs actually make very appropriate recipients of the Augmented archetype, and it would be very unfortunate if they couldn't use anything but cybernetics because of some unfortunate interpretation of the rules that said that robots can't use entire classes of gear.

At the very worst, if you are homebrewing the inability for SROs to use biotech, at least give them the opportunity to use the reverse of Adaptive Biochains to make biotech into cybernetics instead of the other way around.

All I know is that I based Dragonbot's entire 3rd level on the least permissive, rules-as-written version of how the RoF works (feat is Improved Unarmed Strike, Gear Boost is Raw Lethality).

I'm set if they rule it textually.

If they rule it permissively and it isn't Archaic, I'll basically have wasted my Gear Boost (if it isn't Archaic I don't get the 1d8 Bleed crit). I guess I can hope for more archaic weapons in the future.

If they retroban the RoF, well I can still attack without a hand free (good since I'm packing heavy weapons), with scaling nonlethal damage dice, and with 1d8 nonlethal bleed crit.

Zalibraxis, Dragonbot wrote:

DRAGONBOT VERY MUCH ENJOYED DESTROYING THE COMPETITION IN PACT WORLD WARRIORS. 10/10, WOULD DESTROY AGAIN.

Dragonbot destroyed a great deal in this scenario.

Dragonbot steadily rises out from the quicksand-like muck like Swamp Thing.

INDEED JOHN COMPTON, DRAGONBOT DESTROYED ENEMIES, RACE TIMES, AND RARE DELICIOUS BEASTS. DRAGONBOT LOOKS FORWARD TO FINDING NEW THINGS TO DESTROY AND WAYS TO DESTROY THEM.

(thanks so much for running that, by the way; it was a great time!)

DRAGONBOT VERY MUCH ENJOYED DESTROYING THE COMPETITION IN PACT WORLD WARRIORS. 10/10, WOULD DESTROY AGAIN.

Technically you only get a rebuild if they change something. If they clarify something you need to get a specific exemption.

Good to know, thanks!

I think the stronger argument is that as a consequence of being a bite attack it is non archaic. But I'm not going to break someone's character if they went the raw lethality route.

Thankfully, if Paizo breaks my character by changing or clarifying how Ring of Fangs works for Dragonbot here, I'm pretty sure SFS gives me a free respec of anything I used for that build.

I would be happy to re-allocate my Gear Boost to something actually useful for my heavy weapons build, instead of devoting all of my level 3 to my melee backup strategy.

Hi folks!

The psychic wave cannon is supposed to target EAC. We should have said that in the description. It's a mistake that we didn't.
This is marked for a FAQ, and to be corrected in errata.

Well dang. I was going to go with the Shout Projector, but this is very tempting now.