So, my players managed to liberate an artificial intelligence in a sandbox game I ran recently, and I'm inclined to let them keep her as an NPC party member (as they're a small group and lacking much of a Knowledge-monkey).
So, I'm planning on making her a weak caster and skillmonkey, and am looking for opinions on what would help fit this niche. No race points, obviously, because "No physical body" isn't exactly among the options.
Could just go flat +6 to each of the mental scores, and maybe a 1/day Knowledge reroll for flavor. Am I overthinking this?
You could go with an Intelligent item.
It can speak, have ranks in skills, even cast spells (like bestow insight.. there's your boost/reroll).
At the very least, you could get an idea on the power level of such an addition to the party.
Hey, it could even be a purpose item: find more knowledge!
Intelligent item is probably the way to go. It can inhabit a PDA of some sort and be carried around. That way it can be copy pasted from other intelligent item stat blocks.
If you want to give it a body, it could inhabit an old Android as per it's flavor.
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It's a beige box with a silver mesh on the front. It's mostly inactive, but can respond when the proper code sequence is given. In this case three females must repeat the following in unison:
"Good morning, Charlie."
Edit: A picture.
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Heh. Per current material, She's housed within a glass orb half-filled with blue liquid, going by the name Able (The phrase "Ai.Ball" was thrown around a few times and it sounded cute.)
Intelligent Item does seem to be pretty accurate to what I'm looking for, and bestow insight is pretty perfect.
I'm thinking about making her a low-level Cryptic-Psionics feels wonderfully fitting to me for a being that's fully mental. In addition, the Cryptic's seeing the universe as ways of patterns and interconnected information seems very fitting to an AI for me.
Starting with just an item (the worth as an intelligent item would be off the scale for their level, but hey, its an extra party member) gives an intelligent "Orb of Arcane Research" with mentals between 18 and 24, with the ability to recharge itself at the rate of one charge a day and 5 skill ranks in, at minimum, each of the knowledges. Possibly also Perception and Spellcraft-I'm seeing a little sensor beam or something maybe. And I do love the idea of stealing an unused android body-a later sidequest maybe.
If I include the 4 levels of Cryptic, maybe substitute intelligence for dexterity for checks that don't require a body like the disrupt pattern rays.
(Party due to stay at level 6 for some time for reference)
(Also, TCG, I approve of that reference. Even if it took me a moment =P )
I thought it was clever. :-)
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Give it at-will sift. For some reason that just feels perfect.
I thought it was clever. :-)
Yeah, you got a chuckle from me. :)
Ooh, I love it! So at will sift, 1/day Bestow Insight...I guess new question is, are there any other spells which feel like they'd fit a freed Artificial intelligence?
Here's a draft as-is! Any comments welcome.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZFGlvg-UiOdpGCeKpOB7SIGXRDelpXUThHNtZAl 5Kp4/edit?usp=sharing
Would she need that on top of what she has already? I mean, fitting logically, and might serve to replace the class skill bonuses I just realised I left in there. Bardic knowledge is a pretty simple skill, though. Maybe a special ability in the same vein though
Well, assuming the isn't getting any stronger It'd be there for the flavor over breaking-ness. Although, there's a Cryptic unlock in the version of the item with class levels that gives automatic perception rolls for nearby traps, if that's kinda what you're getting at?
The technology guide has rules for artificial intelligence. You can read it on the PRD. Intelligent items is also an option.