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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JazzEwok" data-source="post: 185821" data-attributes="member: 4546">I received the following reply from WotC customer service: "If the droid has prior [professional or heroic class] levels then you would need to level adjust the character by adding those levels plus any normal character levels."That is clear enough.  So if I want to play a 3PO unit, I begin as a Expert 1/heroic class 1, and therefore as a 2nd-level character with 1000 XP.Now I have found some additional inconsistencies in the droid chapter of the RCRB, particularly in relation to the mechanics involving droid character creation.  I have tried to summarize them here:1. There seems to be a contradiction between the section on Droid Classifications and the basic stat blocks for droid models.  The text in Droid Classifications notes that "A droid commoner has scores of 10 in all abilities," and then gives ability modifiers that droids of each of the 5 degrees will apply to the base of 10.  But the droid stat blocks all have ability scores, none of which would remotely correspond to the above.2. The Droid Classifications text notes that in the case of a droid character, the player will roll for ability scores in the normal manner, and then apply the modifiers in the Droid Classifications section to those raw scores depending on its classification.  But the example in Creating Droid Heroes that shows how to add a level of Scout to a 3PO unit when first creating the character states that you will use the ability scores found in the droid basic model descriptions.  This would effectively mean that when creating droid characters, you do not role ability scores at all, and that the text in the Droid Classifications section is redundant.3. The 3PO example referred to above notes that you will select from either a proficiency in blaster pistols or blaster rifles, but a 1st-level Scout gets both proficiencies.4. The text notes that the feats listed in the basic model descriptions are factory-installed specs.  They would thus not seem to represent feats gained through level increases.  But the section on Creating Droid Heroes implies, to me at least, that you do not apply level-dependent bonus feats and ability increases from any prior professional class levels when creating a droid character; you just use the stats found in the basic model descriptions.  This could mean that you are potentially losing out on signficant level-dependent increases if you are playing an R2 unit, which comes by default with 4 levels in Expert.Does anyone have any insight into how droid character creation is supposed to work?P.S.  I still think it's a good book.</blockquote>

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