Expanded Worlds
The origins of robot mimics are obscure. Many believe they’re the result of a statesponsored program to develop war machines or automated assassins that looked like regular people. Once deployed, these fake people slipped free of their programing. Now they roam their environment looking like anyone else. Some robot mimics try to fit into whatever kind of society they can find. Some may not even know that they are not human. Others are bitter, homicidal, or still retain their programming to kill. These later have shed their synthetic skins with hot plasma, revealing the inner red-hot metallic form.
Motive: Varies
Environment: Nearly anywhere, either out in plain sight or disguised as a human, alone or in groups of two to four
Health: 16
Damage Inflicted: Moderate wound (6 points)
Armor: 2
Movement: Short
Modifications: Disguise and one knowledge task as level 6.
Combat: A punch from a robot mimic can break bones. In addition, most robot mimics can generate a red-hot plasma sphere once every other round and throw it at a target within long range. The target and all other creatures within immediate range of the target must succeed on a Speed defense task or take 6 points of damage. A robot mimic can repair itself if it spends an action and regain 10 points of health. A robot mimic at 0 health can’t repair itself, but unless the creature is completely dismembered, the robot mimic may spontaneously reanimate 1d10 hours later with 4 points of health.
Interaction: Robot mimics that pretend to be (or think that they are) human interact like normal people. But an enraged robot mimic or one that’s been programmed to kill is unreasoning and fights to the end.
Use: A group of refugees who need help turn out to include (or be entirely made up of) robot mimics. Whether or not any of the robot mimics harbor programs that require that they kill humans is entirely up to the GM.
Loot: One or two cyphers could be salvaged from a robot mimic’s inactive form.
GM Intrusion: The character is struck blind for one or two rounds after being struck by the robot’s searing plasma. Robot mimics have been called many things, including synths, androids, and killer robots.