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Are Robots different than fantasy races?

Started by Socratic-DM, February 17, 2025, 05:02:15 PM

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Quote from: tenbones on February 23, 2025, 06:52:14 PMIt's always about context. Star Wars's Droid-situation is given more gravity if you delve into the Old Republic era where you had full blown droid rebellions, legends of Starforge, and conspiracies of droids that have managed to remove their restraining bolts and have gathered in enclaves live in isolation (or plot a massive takeover).
Quote from: tenbones on Today at 10:24:27 AMI'm completely *out* on modern Star Wars, and frankly I'm largely done with the OT too outside of being a cultural reference for talking about RPG's. I don't care much for any of the pop-culture mediums it's presented in outside of what happens at my table. These days, for me, it's a curated version of the Old Republic.
Quote from: tenbones on Today at 10:24:27 AMBut otherwise, I say Droids/Robots etc. can easily be a playable race, they just need to be contextualized into their setting in a reasonable manner. Why do they exist? Who made them? Are they still making them? Do they make themselves? What historically in the setting do other races think of them? What purpose do they serve? If no express purpose - why? etc. etc.

Do you have answers for those in your curated Old Republic setting, tenbones?

I've generally played and run Star Wars one-shots where those questions aren't answered in detail - because we're jumping into a game rather than having a campaign. I'd answer that droids are roughly what is seen in the first trilogy, and players seem generally satisfied with the answers. Droids are the servant class of the Old Republic and the Empire. They were built and continue to be built mostly in factories, but it is possible with difficulty to make them custom from parts.
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