Can Androids contract Lycanthropy?


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I know Androids are immune to disease, but if lycanthropy is a curse, then it can be contracted by an Android, right?


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That's correct. Nothing I find contradicts that conclusion. Lycanthropy is a curse which is inflicted by the Curse of Lycanthropy (Su) universal ability which specifies it affects a humanoid target. Androids count as both humanoid as well as construct so far as targeting purposes are concerned, and, since CoL doesn't count out constructs, it must affect Androids. By contrast, if it specified that it cannot affect constructs, then it wouldn't work because, despite also counting as Humanoid, Androids count as constructs for targeting purposes. Therefore, an Android can be afflicted with Lycanthropy.

Which, of course, posits the following: how would Android Lycanthropy manifest? Androids are specified as living and having souls, so if the curse affects them in that manner, it really can change their soul to a transient state between humanoid and animalistic natures. Moreover, the curse could affect the Android Nanites and cause them to prompt uncontrolled, animalistic growth patterns. All sorts of mechanical parts would come sprouting out of the afflicted Android, created from nanites, and arrange themselves into either an animal or hybrid anatomy.


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I think you've just invented the basis for Transformers: Beast Wars in Pathfinder.


Oh nuts that reminds me i think androids wualify for the transforming construct template from advanced bestiary


ROBOT WEREWOLVES

Now I want to see a campaign all about this.


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Androids can even become undeads, vampires included if I'm not wrong.

Now we can re-enact Underworld with robots


Robot vampires that are powered by blood!

(Fact: there's a robot powered by saltwater. From there I can't imagine it's a huge stretch to develop a robot powered by blood.)


Mavrickindigo wrote:
Oh nuts that reminds me i think androids wualify for the transforming construct template from advanced bestiary

Unfortunately, they don't because applying templates isn't "for targeting purposes". However, a spell or other effect (ie. Bane, Favored Enemy, etc.) that requires a Construct as a target would work.


this seems like one step away from infected were weapons or were armor or any item as long as the android is the one to infect it. that and the android body never dies it just goes dormant till a new soul inhabits it then it re-activates.

Rather, an android's cybernetic mind eventually shuts down and self-restarts after about a century, leaving its body vacant for several weeks as the old soul departs for its final reward in the Great Beyond and a fresh, new soul finds its way into the shell.

since the body is cursed does the new person become a werewolf as well?

btw WEREPANTS!


does the curse effect the androids body? or does it effect the androids Nanites? i see a can of worms being opened either way it is scary.


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All the nanites turn into tiny wolves.

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