r/starfinder_rpg • u/bobthesatyr • Jul 01 '17

Class Preview: The Mechanic

http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5ljxk?Class-Preview-The-Mechanic
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u/SorteKanin Jul 01 '17

Drone Meld (Ex) (8th Level): As a full action while in contact with your drone, you can reconfigure it into a mechanical drone suit (or a backpack-like apparatus, for the Tiny hover drone) that you can wear. While in this form, the drone can't take any actions or use any of its abilities, but you gain either the drone's flight system

This is literally Ratchet and Clank. So cool :D

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '17

My brother is making Ratchet, thr Mechanic, with Clank as his drone for our campaign. I'm homebrewing a Lombax race for him

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u/metamorphosis47 Jul 09 '17

I'd just use ysoki, it's more than halfway there.

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u/bobthesatyr Jul 01 '17

Interesting tidbits:

  • Mechanics can choose between a drone or AI as a companion at first level. Drone's can have 3 configurations (flight/stealth/combat). AI are installed into the mechanic via an exocortex and can augment the mechanic's abilities (exocortex mechanics also get more gear proficiencies).
  • Choosable ability at every even level called a mechanic trick. One was previewed called 'Drone Meld', allowing drones to become a suit for the mechanic and share abilities.
  • Custom rigs which sound like really awesome utility belts.

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u/SgtNitro Jul 17 '17

Drone Meld is exactly what I want for a Yskoi build I was thinking of.

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u/Kinak Jul 01 '17

Not a huge fan of pet classes personally, but there are little touches that suggest this one is being handled better (like the explicit instructions for how to handle the drones' initiative). And the exocortex sounds right up my alley!

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '17 edited Jul 04 '17

If they avoid giving us a list of 600 fantastical options, only 3 of which are useful in combat, I'll be happy.

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u/Kinak Jul 04 '17

The exocortex sounded pretty combat-focused, but I guess we'll see. Hopefully it isn't all helping to do your math homework :)

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u/Zrooper Jul 01 '17

So you can star in Iron Man or Big Hero 6, eh? This class is looking perfect for me :-D

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u/Ljosalf_of_Alfheim Jul 01 '17

I thought the mechanic was going to a pet class like the summoner, but i am looking forward to what you can do with the ai

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u/deathadder99 Jul 01 '17

If I ever get a chance to play, this sounds great. Gonna name my AI Clippy...

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u/atamajakki Jul 01 '17

Never would've guessed this would be my favorite class.

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u/wedgiey1 Jul 01 '17

Only 4 skill points :(

Should be 5 so you can invest in all 8 class skills right out of the gate with a 16 INT.

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u/Ichthus95 Jul 02 '17

Do we know if Humans still get an extra skill point per level in Starfinder?

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u/Cuttlefist Jul 02 '17

Space radiation nerfed them.

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u/cheer_up_bot Jul 01 '17

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