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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bento" data-source="post: 3759476" data-attributes="member: 36597">I think of Warforged like the Vision from Marvel Comics.  The Vision is (or was?) an synthoid (android with human-like parts) that was given the mental imprints of Simon Williams (aka Wonder Man).  The Vision can see beyond his set of instructions originally given by Ultron7 and make his own decisions.  In part, he wrestles with who and what he is most time he's not kicking super villain butts.A warforge has the same issues as the Vision - while they were created and conditioned to carry out instructions by House Kannith (?) they have the capacity to think much deeper thoughts.  Maybe they were given the memory imprints of some of the House members, as suggested in Keith Baker's novels.  I find the Races of Eberron also to be enlightning on this subject.  The chapter about Warforged goes into the psychology more than any other source I've come across, and in it they stress they have the capacity to make up their own minds.  Rbots don't have free will but (most) warforged do.  That's why some have struck out on their own, continue to follow their original commanders, or join with the Lord of Blades.Now given that most players probably haven't read these sources, they probably continue to pigeonhole them into a more limited role.  As for warforge's place in fantasy genre, its up to the individual to decide.</blockquote>