{"name":"Android","type":"Humanoid (Construct)","ability_scores":" +2 Dexterity and Intelligence, \u20132 Charisma. Androids have swift reflexes and are very intelligent, but have difficulty relating to others.","languages":"Androids begin play speaking Common. Androids with high Intelligence can choose any languages they want (except secret languages, such as Druidic). See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages.","size":"medium","speed":"30 ft","features":"[img:2131113|right]\r\nAndroids are superficially identical to humans in many ways, and to the uninformed it can be difficult to differentiate the two. In the right light, though, androids\u2019 alien nature is revealed by the metallic sheen in their eyes and the biological, tattoo-like circuitry that riddles their skin. Their bodies are completely artificial, though made of materials that mimic the flexibility, shape, and density of human flesh and bone. Their organs mirror those of humans so well that only by examining the materials and makeup of these systems\u2014which use sheeny oils and polymer alloys rather than blood and marrow\u2014could one guess that their physiology is alien. Androids are roughly the same size as humans; on average, they are 6 feet tall and weigh 200 pounds.\r\n\r\nShamans speak of great forges where androids are \u201cborn\u201d from metal wombs and are cut from electrified umbilical cords. Even androids can\u2019t refute or verify such stories, since most who emerge from ruins do so naked and without any memories beyond their initial egress into the wide, unfamiliar world. Their complex design is unlike that of any race known, leading many to suspect that they originated from beyond explination.\r\n\r\nWhat separates androids from golems and other mindless constructs is that androids are living beings and as such possess souls. Similarly, androids don\u2019t live forever, though barring violence or tragedy their bodies never deteriorate. Rather, an android\u2019s cybernetic mind eventually shuts down and self-restarts after about a century, leaving its body vacant for several weeks as the old soul departs for its final reward in the planes beyond and a fresh, new soul finds its way into the shell.\r\n\r\n[ol][li][b][u]Constructed:[\/u][\/b] For the purposes of effects targeting creatures by type (such as a ranger\u2019s favored enemy and bane weapons), androids count as both humanoids and constructs. Androids gain a +4 racial bonus on all saving throws against mind-affecting effects, paralysis, poison, and stun effects, are not subject to fatigue or exhaustion, and are immune to disease and sleep effects. Androids can never gain morale bonuses and are immune to fear effects and all emotion-based effects (2 RP.)\r\n[li][u][b]Exceptional Senses:[\/b][\/u] Androids have darkvision and so can see perfectly in the dark to a range of 60 feet and in addition, they possess low-light vision.\r\n[li][u][b]Alert:[\/b][\/u] Androids gain a +2 racial bonus on Perception checks.\r\n[li][b][u]Emotionless:[\/u][\/b] Androids have problems processing emotions properly, and thus take a \u20134 penalty on Sense Motive checks.\r\n[li][b][u]Nanite Surge:[\/u][\/b] An android\u2019s body is infused with nanites. Once per day as an immediate action, an android can cause her nanites to surge, granting a bonus equal to 3 + the android\u2019s character level on any one d20 roll; this ability must be activated before the roll is made. When an android uses this power, her circuitry-tattoos glow with light equivalent to that of a torch in illumination for 1 round.[\/li][\/ol]\r\n","tags":"","isShared":"on","templateId":"5368","blockId":"692055","world":"f30c0654-973f-4a21-930b-9ed1331aa69a","folder":""}