So I'm about to have my first session with a group tomorrow. I'm pretty familiar on most of the rules, but I could use a little assistance in one area.

One of my players has chosen a droid character. This of course isn't an issue, but it does bring up some questions. Here's a basic list.

1. Strain. There are things that are stressful to organics, but not to droids. I imagine that there are some things that are the opposite. Would appreciate ideas on this.

2. RAW state that droids don't need to sleep, but it's my understanding that they also need recharging every now and then. This droid is downright paranoid of being memory wiped while inactive (His backstory is that he's a security droid that gained a sentient personality due to a botched wipe), so are there any mechanics that I've missed that are in relation to this?

3. Any in game experiences on how climate, weather, environmental conditions have affected droids differently than organics?

Would appreciate any gained knowledge and/or funny stories.

It's basically going to be your call narratively. C3PO whined a lot but it never translated into much. Since astromechs climb around on moving starships, doubt a rainy day bugs them much.

That environmental immunity is one of the perks, since they are a bit shoe horned on characteristics.

Stain affects everything equally, a rancor can be nicked and faint from blood loss, A human gets stressed, a droid starts pushing his processors. Strain makes no distinction, anything that can think can be overwhelmed.

2 depends, droids probably could remain awake most of the time. In the d20 system, they could stay active for 100 hours and recharge for one. For me, it depends on what the droid even is,

3 shouldn't matter greatly, narratively critical wounds on a survival check could be enough to simulate that

Yeah, in my games we tend not to sweat the details much, just reword strain suffering a little e.g for a human "The heat presses your mind, suffer 1 strain" would become "The heat presses your verbrobrain, suffer 1 strain"

1. There actually isn't much difference between droids and organics, when it comes down to it. IMO Droids should be affected by much of the same situations other PCs are affected by, save for things like poison, sickness, lack of breathable atmosphere, etc. In other words, the "Special Abilities" given to droid PCs should be enough of a boon by themselves. Of course, being a droid is going to make difference in many roleplaying situations, just like being a Bothan is different from a human, Wookiee, or Ithorian. But everybody gets emotionally stressed sometimes, including droids.

2. I might require a droid PC to "shut down" in order to recover strain during down time AND to benefit from natural healing, which I think is implied by the rules. After all, there's a reason that Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio shut down every now and again, and it seems to happen mostly after strenuous situations.

Regarding the droid PC, that's hilarious. I would give him an Obligation of "Obsession," and so it totally makes sense that if his Obligation gets rolled, and his strain threshold gets lowered, it means that he hasn't shut down to recharge for days or weeks, which in turn is just increasing his paranoia and erratic behavior.

3. A couple situations come to mind...

Thank the maker! This oil bath is going to feel so good. I've got such a bad case of dust contamination, I can barely move!

You must come along now, Artoo. There's really nothing more we can do. And my joints are freezing up.

Yeah, in my games we tend not to sweat the details much, just reword strain suffering a little e.g for a human "The heat presses your mind, suffer 1 strain" would become "The heat presses your verbrobrain, suffer 1 strain"

2. I might require a droid PC to "shut down" in order to recover strain during down time AND to benefit from natural healing, which I think is implied by the rules. After all, there's a reason that Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio shut down every now and again, and it seems to happen mostly after strenuous situations.

I was going to post that this is how I run my table, but both of these beat me to the punch. This just creates a little more balance between the characters in my opinion. Concentrate on varying the descriptors instead of making exceptions for the Droid and your life will be much easier.

Desperate Allies has a pulse grenade that erases data. On droids, it inflicts Strain that can be resisted with a Resilience check. Three Threat or a Despair can result in permanent memory damage, but the effects of such are not explicitly spelled-out.

Desperate Allies has a pulse grenade that erases data. On droids, it inflicts Strain that can be resisted with a Resilience check. Three Threat or a Despair can result in permanent memory damage, but the effects of such are not explicitly spelled-out.

Man, I need to get that book. Everything about it sounds wicked cool. I'm starting to question whether I should be spending my $30 on the FaD beginner game... stupid equivocation.

3. Any in game experiences on how climate, weather, environmental conditions have affected droids differently than organics?

Would appreciate any gained knowledge and/or funny stories.

Just thinking back to ESB, R2 was completely submerged in the swamp of Dagobah at one point, and without any detrimental effect. I would think advanced robotics would make most every droid waterproof.

3. Any in game experiences on how climate, weather, environmental conditions have affected droids differently than organics?

Would appreciate any gained knowledge and/or funny stories.

Just thinking back to ESB, R2 was completely submerged in the swamp of Dagobah at one point, and without any detrimental effect. I would think advanced robotics would make most every droid waterproof.

I certainly wouldn't have the average droid short out from being submerged in water, so in that sense, yeah, waterproof.

But R2 was a mess when he came out, and I can imagine that prolonged submersion could result in rusting (and other forms of corrosion), sediment buildup (which could jam things), or getting eaten (but luckily, R2 units don't taste very good).

3. Any in game experiences on how climate, weather, environmental conditions have affected droids differently than organics?

Would appreciate any gained knowledge and/or funny stories.

Just thinking back to ESB, R2 was completely submerged in the swamp of Dagobah at one point, and without any detrimental effect. I would think advanced robotics would make most every droid waterproof.

Well they don't have to breathe, but being submerged in nasty water might cause some maintenance issues eventually. That could take the form of Strain. Luke cleans some muck off R2 for him, kinda like a Mechanics check in my mind.