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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sejs" data-source="post: 1689957" data-attributes="member: 4910">Actually, I would take cues from the film version more than the book that spawned it.  Er, Blade Runner over Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, that is.They way I would do it is that yes, they do have emotions; but there's a few important points to remember as to their development.  First, warforged are sentient right out of the box - they don't have several years in which they're functionally helpless and in the care of others.  The base that every human has to build up from just isn't there for a warforged.  They've got to figure it out as they go.  Not only that, but they're pretty much tossed right away into the war, so not only do they lack a stable emotional base, they're also put into a high-stress situation.  Or what would be a high stress situation for a normal person.  To this end, a warforged's emotional newness could very well be to its advantage.  Dangerous, stressful situations ... arn't, to a warforged.  They're normal.  Serious, definitly, but not stressful.The way I sort of envision it, would be that during downtime your average warforges would be alot like Leon, or Roy, or Priss - still on shakey legs on dealing with emotional issues.  Still figuring out how to cope.  But when the **** hit the fan, something in them just clicks into place, and they're all buisness.  Calm, analytical, tactical, smooth and efficient, all because -this- is something that they're used to.  They cut their teeth on war, and as such keeping a level head in battle isn't something they had to learn thru training and drill.  It's not even second nature to them.  It's first.</blockquote>

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