Rate my droid

By IE5-O, in Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Beginner Game

Step 1: Determine Character Concept and Background

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IE5-O was a 501-Z police droid, well known for its advanced personality module. This helped the Zed to interact with other officers either organic or robotic, and its advanced module also helps the droid to get inside the mind of a criminal suspect. This allows the droid to predict where a lawbreaker might be hiding or what his next target might be. These droids are empowered to hunt down and arrest fugitives, even between far-flung planets and star systems.

A fatal error in his programming lead him to become obsessed with crime to the point of forgetting he was a police droid and seeking to become the pinnacle of crime. It also affected his personality centre badly.

IE5-O stands nearly 1.9 meters tall, and has a crimson durasteel body that is shock-resistant, but is unable to withstand sustained blaster fire. Still programmed to respond to a threat with non-lethal force only, if a scuffle does break out he will typically subdue the assailant with a truncheon or low-power stun blaster.

Step 2: Determine initial Obligation

Obsession with becoming the perfect criminal, value 15 (+5 starting xp)

Step 3: Selecting a species

Droid

Brawn 1

Agility 1

Intellect 1

Cunning 1

Willpower 1

Presence 1

Wound Threshold 10 + Brawn.

Strain Threshold 10 + Willpower.

Starting Experience 175.

Do not need to eat, sleep, or breathe.

Unaffected by toxins, poisons or force mind powers.

Cybernetic implant cap of 6.

Enduring talent rank 1.

Step 4: Choosing a career

Smuggler.

Core skills: Coordination, Deception, Knowledge (Underworld), Perception, Piloting (Space), Skulduggery, Streetwise, and Vigilance.

Deception rank 1

Perception rank 1

Skulduggery rank 1

Streetwise rank 1

Step 5: Choosing initial specialization

Thief.

Career skills: Computers, Skulduggery, Stealth, Vigilance.

Computers rank 1

Stealth rank 1

Skulduggery rank 2


Step 6: Invest experience points

180 XP

Raise Brawn to 2 (20 XP)

Raise Intelligence to 3 (50 XP)

Raise Cunning to 4 (90 XP)

Improve Vigilance to 1 (5 XP)

Improve Brawl to 1 (10 XP)

Thief Talent: Bypass Security (5 XP)

Step 7: Determining derived attributes

Wound Threshold: 12
Strain Threshold: 11
Defense: 0
Soak: 2 (my Brawn)


Step 8: Determine motivations

Expertise - being the best at crime.

Crime - just crime.

Step 9: Gear and appearance

Light Stun Blaster Pistol (150 cr)

Brass Knuckles (25 cr)

Heavy Clothing (50 cr)

Integral CommLink (25 cr)

Binders (25 cr)

Backpack (50 cr)

Utility Belt (25 cr)

Emergency repair patch x 6 (25 cr each)

Now I get 1d100 cr to start the game with

Step 10: Selecting a ship

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Complete Character

IE5-O, droid smuggler

Obligation: Obsession 15

Motivation: Expertise / Crime

Characteristics:

Brawn 2
Agility 1
Intellect 3
Cunning 4
Willpower 1
Presence 1
Derived:

Wound Threshold 12
Strain Threshold 11
XP 0
Defense 0
Soak 4 (Brawn 2, Enduring 1, Heavy clothing 1)


Specializations:


Thief

Skills:

Coordination 0 (c)

Knowledge (Underworld) 0 (c)

Piloting (Space) 0 (c)

Computers 1 (c)

Deception 1 (c)
Perception 1 (c)

Skulduggery 2 (c)
Stealth 1 (c)

Streetwise 1 (c)

Vigilance 1 (c)

Brawl 1


Talents:

Bypass Security 1

Gear:

Light Stun Blaster Pistol

Brass Knuckles

Heavy Clothing

Integral CommLink

Binders

Backpack

Utility Belt

Emergency repair patch x 6
?? cr.

Looks great. During Step 4 a Droid receives 1 free rank in 6 of the 8 career skills rather than the usual 4, so you can choose 2 of Coordination, Underworld, Space and Vigilance to also have s free rank in. Choosing Vigilance will save you 5xp too, perhaps for another talent or some extra credits.