- Can an android's nanites be controlled?
- Can portions of an android's nanites be extracted and used in other tecnology?
- How androgynous are androids as a whole?
- Can Star Trek's Data serve as an example for an android's Emotionless quality (with regards to dialogue)?
I know these questions will come up at the table, so any input would be appreciated.
By "how androgynous" do you mean do they have genders? mentally and or physically is also a factor in how to roleplay them so good question.
I was thinking more of how vague their features might be. One of my players always likes to draw everyone's characters out.
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draws them with Genitals does he;)
does he do commissions?
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- Can an android's nanites be controlled?- Can portions of an android's nanites be extracted and used in other tecnology?
- How androgynous are androids as a whole?
- Can Star Trek's Data serve as an example for an android's Emotionless quality (with regards to dialogue)?
I know these questions will come up at the table, so any input would be appreciated.
No more so than a human's blood can be. AKA: There's probably spells or technological devices out there that can, but as a general rule, no.
No.
They're not. Androids are sterile, but they've got all the same gear downstairs as do humans.
Alien/Aliens/Prometheus and Blade Runner are better sources for android inspiration. Star Trek's androids are way too mechanical in nature and personality.
- Can an android's nanites be controlled?
- Can portions of an android's nanites be extracted and used in other tecnology?
- How androgynous are androids as a whole?
- Can Star Trek's Data serve as an example for an android's Emotionless quality (with regards to dialogue)?
I know these questions will come up at the table, so any input would be appreciated.No more so than a human's blood can be. AKA: There's probably spells or technological devices out there that can, but as a general rule, no.
No.
They're not. Androids are sterile, but they've got all the same gear downstairs as do humans.
Alien/Aliens/Prometheus and Blade Runner are better sources for android inspiration. Star Trek's androids are way too mechanical in nature and personality.
Awesome, thank you!
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draws them with Genitals does he;)
does he do commissions?
We try to say thanks and collect the artwork before she gets that far.
Commissions? God, I hope not...
androids react to positive and negative energy just like humans?
Alien/Aliens/Prometheus and Blade Runner are better sources for android inspiration. Star Trek's androids are way too mechanical in nature and personality.
Human model cylons as well...
Uh...
Reincarnating druid android? It would change the race though...
I feel temptation to write class that focuses on controlled reincarnation now.
I read somewhere (one of the new books) that undead androids could exist, so I'm betting they're just like humans regarding negative/positive energy types.
androids react to positive and negative energy just like humans
Yes. They are living beings mostly.
Android =/= robot.
Android = synthetically grown biological humanoid with nano-augmentations.
but they have metal and circuitry
an undead android…. yikes
Not sure how much of a spoiler it is but..
Magic jar doesn't have a long enough duration but I am sure their are other means of holding your soul in something. Like a kind of android Lich I guess. XD
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Not sure how much of a spoiler it is but..
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I would guess yes, because on all matters concern a being with a soul, androids follow the same paradigm as all intelligent humanoids. One way to look at it is that an android is an awakened biological construct, much like the D&D 3.5 Warforged from Eberron are awakened mechanical constructs.
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I've actually been giving that some thought myself.
For our Iron Gods game, I'm actually playing an Android (Very young, he's only been 'alive' for 2 years or so), so I've been trying to reconcile him killing other Androids while knowing that if he kills them, he also removes the possibility that they can Renew into a new person (Since, as I understand it, renewal is a conscious effort that an Android can do, though most wait till they are dying of old age to do so). Basically, I came up with this:
Whenever he defeats an enemy Android in combat, he's requested that out party's Oracle help him safe them (If they aren't beyond saving, and he's invested ranks in Heal so that he can stabilize them if she can't make it). After the fight, he'll bind them, and heal them with some form of magic to bring them back to consciousness.
At that point, he informs them that they are dead (He's not good aligned, so he has no qualms killing anyone who has attacked him or his allies) but that he has no desire to kill their 'children' (Any android soul that inhabits the body after they Renew) so he offers them a chance to Renew. If they accept, he takes the unconscious body back to Torch to stay with Khonnir until the new soul inhabits the body. If they decline, he kills them.
Now, I get that this is a pretty Grey area morally, seeing as forcing Renewal on another Android is monstrous (According to my GM), but I countered with the fact that he's not forcing them to do anything, merely offering them the chance to save whoever would come after them. Still, the end result is a prisoner dying, by their own hand or by his, so I absolutely wouldn't call it a good act.
Anyway, that's how I'm handling my Android, Atton, dealing with hostile Androids. If you've got any better ideas, or just want to weigh in on his method, I would certainly like to hear from you.
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but they have metal and circuitry
On technicalities so do humans. There's iron in my veins and electricity in my brain.