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So I have some questions about this boon.
1) If my Personal boon slot is full when I slot this, it instead takes up a non-Starship boon slot for the session. Could I have it take up my Vanity or Promotional boon, both of which I barely ever use?
2) Offensive Nanites: At the risk of starting a multi-page argument about unarmed combat, how do I benefit from this if I don't have a "natural weapon" as a Vesk does? Do regular unarmed strikes count?
3) Also about Offensive Nanites, the stain is:
So does this just count for spells cast by organic creatures? If an obviously-superior SRO casts a harmless spell on me, do I try to resist it? Do I try to resist a spell I cast on myself?
4) Finally, at any point I can spend 8 Fame to cross Nanite Corruption off, but I can keep benefiting from the Gift in the future if I took the Corruption's Gift feat. Does that still qualify as slotting this boon, and, if so, do I still lower my Resolve by 1?
Venture-Agent, Illinois—Chicago
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@draconomicon... I don't believe there is a "Vanity" boon slot.There sure is. Check the Starfinder Society guide.
You mean the section that states that it's a descriptor that is explicitly in addition to the boon slot type?
Vanity: Some boons may have this descriptor in addition to any of the above boon slot types. Vanity boons are often boons that have little or no in-game effect and are intended to provide players with interesting background hooks for their characters.
Because that's pretty clear that there's no vanity slot.
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@draconomicon... I don't believe there is a "Vanity" boon slot.There sure is. Check the Starfinder Society guide.You mean the section that states that it's a descriptor that is explicitly in addition to the boon slot type?
Vanity: Some boons may have this descriptor in addition to any of the above boon slot types. Vanity boons are often boons that have little or no in-game effect and are intended to provide players with interesting background hooks for their characters.Because that's pretty clear that there's no vanity slot.
Oh jeez.
I miscounted how many prior categories there were when I saw that there were six boon slots. I thought Vanity was the sixth. Thanks Sasha and Glen for putting me back on track!
I amend my question: Could I slot Nanite Corruption into my Promotional Boon Slot if I don't fill it with a T-shirt or portfolio or other such jazz? It feels like cheating (but I'll still do it if it is legal).
Venture-Agent, Georgia—Atlanta
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To my reading of the boon, for question #4, since you can
Which means that it is no longer a boon, therefore you cannot put it in a Slot, nor do you have to reduce your Total resolve.
It is written... in such a way that it could be interpreted in several ways, including canceling itself out completely.
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To my reading of the boon, for question #4, since you can
Which means that it is no longer a boon, therefore you cannot put it in a Slot, nor do you have to reduce your Total resolve.It is written... in such a way that it could be interpreted in several ways, including canceling itself out completely.
My guess is that the Corruption's Gift feat then takes over from the boon. You no longer have a boon, but Corruption's Gift gives you the benefit for "free."
I love the idea of this boon, but the wording is so out there.
Starfinder Society Developer
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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.
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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.
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Okay, new question.
Is the damage from Nanite Corruption its own source of damage, or is it part of the "natural weapon" strike? In other words, if my natural weapon is archaic and nonlethal, is that 2 bonus piercing damage from nanites burrowing into enemy flesh also archaic and nonlethal? If it is it's own source (and theoretically lethal and nonarchaic), would DR apply to it separately?
Asking for a friend who might have been using a previously lethal bite attack granted by a magic item that mysteriously no longer works.