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Android Racial Classes

Android Racial Classes may be selected as a base class by selecting the Android Race and choosing from one of these classes. Android Racial Classes do no have base class abilities, rather they grant you the ability to select a second base class (either a general or specialty class) and take the base class abilities and features that are granted for free at tier 1. Android Racial classes only have features spanning tiers 1 through 6 so you will need to multiclass to obtain higher tiers, but don't worry by having an additional base class it won't put you at a disadvantage. Androids have the ability to multiclass to another Android Racial Class after reaching tier 3, the multiclassing AXP costs for this can be found near the end of the Character Creation article.

A.D.A.M. and E.V.E.

Taken mostly from popular sci-fi RPGs and Homebrew these classes have features that allow you to add to, modify, weaponize and strengthen your body and mind. You are one big, very intelligent machine after all. Androids are born as digital consciousnesses without a body. Depending on their maturity and preference the android may select a specific operating system for their body A.D.A.M. or Advanced Defense and Attack Machines were built as soldiers, construction workers, lumberjacks, and bodyguards. E.V.E. or Environmental Variable Engines were built as everything else, caregivers, assistants, decoys. A.D.A.M.s typically look like a robot with a humanoid shape, but that is not always the case (Alita Battle Angle would be a A.D.A.M.). E.V.E.s usually look nearly human, in fact, it's really hard to tell. Despite the Adam and Eve, biblical gender reference it is common to build both operating systems to appear as any gender requested by the android.

DM's Note: You may choose to make your android's operating system look totally different from a humanoid form, or may replicate the appearance of a fantasy or sci-fi race. Please reach out to me to see how to change the mechanical ability of your form to suit these aesthetic choices.

Although the systems were built with a specific size, strength, and capability geared towards a specific task. Some androids choose an operating system based on how it looks. Lots of customization is common and some androids have hacked their own systems or built their own later in life (See the War Rig feature tree in the Smith class and the Hacking feature tree in the Technician class). You have the freedom to choose how your operating system looks and moves, but this provides no mechanical advantage or disadvantage (Size, Weight, and Height may be modified affecting minor mechanics).

The A.D.A.M. Class allows you to add to and modify your body's structure and function by installing weapons systems for better aim and tracking, strain and endurance sensors that allow you to measure the exact force your body applies, extra actuators for better mobility and even additional limbs or the replacement of such with wings, flight capabilities, wheels, etc. for the ability to cross difficult terrains. The E.V.E. Class allows you to add to and modify your digital functionality, granting better access to communications systems, the Asking Terra ability, and the electrical and industrial systems around you. Additionally, the E.V.E. class allows for modification in the way you perceive and affect the world around you, with infrared sight, mimicry, and other social features.


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