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BlackJaw · 28th October 2002, 10:42 AM

Now I already have rules for allowing a simple autopilot component... but the question here is for vehilce that are inteligent.

Examples: Moya from Farscape is a living ship (I'd say an aberation as it is alien inteligence and form in the extream)
The Heart of Gold from Hitchiker's Gd is a Construct with an Artificial Inteligence.
The Enterprise from TNG has a very simple Int score but on more then one ocasion could fly itself.

All these vehilce would have Wis, Cha, and Int scores (even if just 0) and we could argue that they are vehilces that could, in theory, pilot themselves. How do we do that?

Harder thoughts:

If a powerful Lich animates the corpse of a massive whale (Collosal zombie/medium vessel) and loads it with vehilce components... that zombie has an INT score of "--" (IE: none) but can still move under its own power... can it pilot itself?

What about a Gollem Ship. Gollems have no INT scores either...

Do we use mounted rules in these situations or can they pilot themselves the same way a normal vehilce can be piloted by a nomral skeleton stuck at the controls.

BUT then how do we determine when a vehicle can be self piloting?

28th October 2002, 10:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
BlackJaw Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Novato CA (north-bay above SF) Posts: 268	Inteligent Vehilces/Self piloting vehilces. Now I already have rules for allowing a simple autopilot component... but the question here is for vehilce that are inteligent. Examples: Moya from Farscape is a living ship (I'd say an aberation as it is alien inteligence and form in the extream) The Heart of Gold from Hitchiker's Gd is a Construct with an Artificial Inteligence. The Enterprise from TNG has a very simple Int score but on more then one ocasion could fly itself. All these vehilce would have Wis, Cha, and Int scores (even if just 0) and we could argue that they are vehilces that could, in theory, pilot themselves. How do we do that? Harder thoughts: If a powerful Lich animates the corpse of a massive whale (Collosal zombie/medium vessel) and loads it with vehilce components... that zombie has an INT score of "--" (IE: none) but can still move under its own power... can it pilot itself? What about a Gollem Ship. Gollems have no INT scores either... Do we use mounted rules in these situations or can they pilot themselves the same way a normal vehilce can be piloted by a nomral skeleton stuck at the controls. BUT then how do we determine when a vehicle can be self piloting? __________________ --BlackJaw "May the Orc spit in your Pie!" www.Pseudolife.com The Dice Pit --BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-- GO d- s:- a-- C++ UL->+ P+ L>L+ E? W+++$ N+ o? K? w+ O- M@ V- !PS PE@ Y+<BR> PGP t-- 5-(+) X R++>+++$ tv+ b++ DI++>$ D++ G e>++ h! !r !y+ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK--