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[johntfs]

Sure, but figure that's for no obvious/direct self-harm - or harm to others for that matter. I remember something from Asimov's Robots novels with the three laws of robotics, one of which was "No robot can harm a human or, through inaction allow a human to come to harm."

However, one way around that would be to tell one robot to "Pour this liquid in to that empty cup and then delete that action from your memory banks." The robot does this (and the liquid is a poison/allergen/otherwise deadly when consumed). Then you tell the robot "Pour tea into the cup and...

[johntfs]

I admit that in PU I'm hoping to see stuff for Free-lance Psions and Psaids as well as stuff on the 8 Orders.

[johntfs]

Either they're really demons in disguise (which transform into monsters so the PCs can kill them without murdering children) or they're possessed or something. But yeah, your game requiring the PCs to kill children probably wouldn't be good.

Or they have to catch the kids without killing them or something....

[johntfs]

I admit that I'm not sure I'm up on the damage system. You can buy inflict damage for 1 sux. You can buy extra damage for 4 more sux. And that's it. So, you could shoot somebody with a slingshot and do a point of damage. Or shoot them with the next size down from the Death Star and do... 2 points. It just seems a little weird.

[johntfs]

See, I'd love to see some rules for something like Archer or Venture Brothers. Maybe an evil take on the $6 Million Dollar Man featuring Barry the Cyborg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-KzH54vZO4...

[johntfs]

For my part I'm fine with waiting until after we've covered PC Chromatics or other aliens before we get into PC dolphins, AIs or sentient swarms of bees or something. Let's get the humanoidish folks first and then get into the wackier stuff....