Should robots have a special subtype that allows them to crited. i can see golems being immune but robots have computer and vital systems that seem more fragile than an animated slab of rock.
That's one of the things I was wondering about with the "Droid Traits" bit in Special Qualities. I'm not sure I'd make it an actual Subtype though.
Something like this:
Robot Traits: All droids have the following traits.
Vulnerability to Criticals: A droid's delicate internal components means it takes normal damage from confirmed criticals, despite being of the construct type. Particularly robust droids may have the fortification special quality to decrease this vulnerability.
Vulnerability to Logic: Droids are immune to mind-affecting powers, but a droid with an intelligence of 3 is susceptible to logical argument. An intelligent droid can be affected by Bluff and Diplomacy checks that are based on logic. A properly functioning droid will ignore any argument that is illogical, and can not be confused by paradoxical statements such as "I am lying".
Vulnerability to Power Failure: A droid runs off some kind of power supply, and if it loses power it becomes helpless and unconscious until its power is restored. All droids have internal power reserves that allow it to operate normally for a certain period of time, normally X. A droid can adopt a power-conservation regime to extend the duration of its activities. A droid running on
low power acts as if it was fatigued and consumes power at one-half its normal rate. A droid on
emergency power acts as if it were exhausted and consumes power at one-quarter its normal rate. A droid on
standby power can observe its surroundings and cogitate but cannot move (treat as if the droid were paralyzed) and consumes power at one-twentieth its normal rate. A droid can simply switch its own power off using
emergency shutdown, becoming helpless and unconscious until it is reactivated (either by an internal timer or another creature flipping the droid's "on" switch).
Should robots have a special subtype that allows them to crited. i can see golems being immune but robots have computer and vital systems that seem more fragile than an animated slab of rock.
Maybe the robots Mindlink can only work on creatures with the robot subtype.
Well I wasn't actually going to call it mindlink or have it work exactly like it (it shouldn't have the
mindlink spell's infinite range, for a start).
More likely it'll be a "Radiospeech" special quality which can be used to talk to any other creature with "Radiospeech" that's within range.
