Robot RP

You will not be able to keep track of everything that is needed for a referee persona. It is recommended that you print out a persona record sheet to keep track of stuff. Download the bare bones PDF (75K) at Robot Record v7

Not all RPs are created equal. Some personas are less important than others. The referee usually knows the importance of the persona before she starts generation. An RP’s relevance increases the more entangled they are with the expedition.

For player personas determining their robot type is a laborious process. The referee can use the Single Roll Robot Type Table below. One roll using a 1d1000 chooses the robot RP type. The referee should massage the robot type to suit her campaign’s milieu.

Where fabricator type does play a role is in delivering orders to the robot. If a fabricator type tells a robot what to do, it is more likely to comply. In short, the robot’s fabricator type is more successful at bossing the robot around. If a fabricator type makes a reasonable, on mission command to a robot, it would almost certainly result in a control factor roll. For more information about the implications of the fabricator type jump to Robot Fabricator.

Inverse to player personas, the RP robot’s series and model determines her attributes. While the table looks imposing, it is much faster than the player personas process. The attribute lookup table gives the direct attribute scores. The referee determines the robot’s prime attributes after her regular attributes.

The robot size consists of the robot’s wate and the robot’s hite. The wate of the robot plays a role in ramming damage. Heavier robots inflict more damage. The hite of the robot determines its rough volume. Bigger robots don’t fit as well into anthro-sized spaces.

The volume of the robot will fit into this shape.

This table manipulates the basic shape of the robot. This step is optional and is present to help reflect the randomness that is commercial design.

Useless attachments.

Robot RPs have an AR of 700. A robot AR is the same as any other persona AR. A successful attack roll damages the robot as it would any other persona. Robots are different from organic personas and damage differently. Robot RPs are easy to hit but hard to destroy.

The robot’s Dexterity score determines her movement rate. Robots are twice as fast as those other personas with the same DEX. Those robots which move faster than eight h/u must accelerate the same as vehicles. Robotic acceleration is one hex per unit per STR prime score.

Bots are affected by encumbrance, though not as much as other referee personas. Strength determines the weight allowance of the robot. A robot with a STR level of 3 and a 17 STR would have a wate allowance of 75 kgs. Robot size does not affect a robot’s wate allowance. For more information about carry stuff, jump to Encumbrance.

Robotic RPs may have offensive, defensive and peripheral systems. Generating systems for player persona robots is convoluted and fun. The referee can find the number of rolls for each system on the single lookup table below. The lookup table seems scary, but it is scientifically proven to be faster than the player robot persona method.

These are the systems that harm others. On the lower level tables, the robot is misusing and weaponizing malfunctioning peripherals. On the higher level tables, the robot is using weapons baked-in during fabrication. The referee will dance back and forth between the attack tables, creating a murderous melange of machinery.

Robot defences can arise from misused peripherals or intentionally baked-in defensive systems. For more detailed explanations jump to Defensive Systems.

Peripherals are attachments that give the robot some additional flexibility in performing its tasks. Peripherals are not weapons. For more detailed explanations jump to Peripheral Systems.

EXPS Levels improve the RP’s Control Factor, assist in saves and robot attributes.

Calculate the persona’s control factor here. For more details jump to Control Factor.

If there is a need to know the referee persona’s adaptability check the fabrication info for the robot type.

Most referee persona robots do not like to talk about their value. If there is a need to know the referee persona’s value check the fabrication info for the robot type.

Tech level alters the wate and size of artifacts. There is no mechanism in EXP for altering robots based on their tech level. Is a high tech level robot less able to ram because it is now lighter? Tech level could increase the value of a robot, improve its power plant, and overall alter its appearance. Would steam power a low tech level robot? For more info and the effects of altering tech levels, jump to Tech Level.

Robots do not age. Unlike organic life forms, robots only decay from damage and not time. The longer it has been since fabrication allows for an estimate of how much damage the robot has experienced. The robot age table was previously called the decrepitude table.

The attack table keeps track of the persona’s combat skills and increases with EXPS level. The referee may need two attack tables for her tool using aliens. For general info about attack tables, jump to Attack Tables in tactical combat. For a detailed explanation of the outline below jump to Robot Attack Table.

This attack table is for baked-in offensive systems and ramming freedom. Robot RPs only have a Skilled Bonus (Skilled) for their baked-in attacks. If a robot RP manages to use a gun, her Skilled is zero. If the robot type is Android (A), then the referee must make an anthro-like vocation-based attack table as well. For the vocation based attack table, jump to Anthro attack table.

Qualitative details about how the robot moves, sees, and powers itself.

The robot should have a name like any other persona. Robot names can become complicated because they may need a persona name, model name and fabricator name. For more details on naming shenanigans, jump to Robot Name.

There are all manner of story cues that the referee may wish to generate. All are optional. For setting up story cues for this referee persona jump to Story Cues.

The combat ratio determines how dangerous a referee persona is. Combat ratio is partially optional, but plays a roll in assigning combat experience. To generate a danger number for this persona jump to Combat Ratio.