MAS wrote:All good points, and I want to clarify that I didnt add those thoughts as a complaint. Just the kind of things we'd be discussing in person over coffee or a beer otherwise.
I agree about how playing non force users can and should be as fun as force users, but again, and even in the SW system, I dont think they mix well in a single party. To remain accurate in the setting, force users are simply several orders of magnitude more powerful than 99% of others around them.
And looking at playing a droid, here is where fudge factors start to come in -
Is a droid immune to mind effecting powers, automatically immune to poison, disease, illusion, etc?
Can a droid be intimidated or bluffed?
Droids require mechanic checks instead of healing checks?
Can they be buffed/debuffed by force/magic?
Also - Star Wars: Rebels. First episode left me unconvinced, but by episode 4 I think they are doing a great job with it.
Spoiler alert/possibility - Sabine is somehow related to Kenobi's Sabine, the former ruler of Mandalore. Explains the Mando armor...
Love the Inquisitor character!
I am really enjoying SW Rebels too, good stuff. I hope Disney can make the movies equally good in that venue
I know you weren't complaining. I was just trying to explain my thinking a bit, since the issue of system has come up a couple times now.
As for SW setting and force users, I guess I disagree there. ep1-3 are bad examples (and just bad in general), but I guess I look at ep4-6 and I don't see Luke being "
simply several orders of magnitude more powerful than 99% of others around them". He had a unique skill set for fighting Vader, but Han\Leia\Chewie saved his bacon twice in as many movies and it took a group effort to save Han from Jabba.
Let me look up what SR says about drones and how they interact with Riggers. Another way to look at a sentient-droid PC is as a rigger that simply inhabits his drone. I don't think it even needs to be that complex, per se.
Also consider Warforged in 3.x, they have many of the same issues as living constructs, so I might also default to some of the rules used for them.
Off the top of my head and this is by no means final, I would say
Droids in general -
YES - immune to biological things like disease, poison
but - also vulnerable to things like EMPs, restraining bolts, jawa droid guns
Yes - they can be bluffed, tricked, fooled, etc. they think, reason and have to decide what to believe\who to trust on their own. Jabba tortured droids and C3PO had emotions - fear, worry, relief
Yes - would use appropriate skills like Repair, not heal
No - cannot be healed with "healing" magic\force meant for biologicals (see above) and would be affected by the equivalent of "drain energy" meant for devices
No - not affected by age\time, essentially immortal or as long as their parts last
No - need to eat food, but must recharge "If you're not needing me, I think I'll shut down for a while" and get plugged in for power (more like sleep than food)
If you have HERO and they have some rules for Droid PCs, then by all means let's take a look and maybe we can incorporate them too