Rebuke Robot
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Rebuke Robot is an ability possessed by all True Kin player characters, as well as humanoids such as Putus Templar, that allow them to either turn robots non-hostile or recruit them as companions. Like other recruitment skills, Rebuke Robot can only have one companion recruited with it at a time. If a new robot is rebuked, the leader must let go of the previous companion.
To rebuke, the creature must not be frozen or have a missing tongue from glotrot. If they do not, they can pick an adjacent cell to select a target to rebuke. The target must also have a Brain
part, which is different than having a mind for sundering/domination purposes.
Formula
The success calculation is done the same way damage penetration is calculated in melee combat (for full calculation method, see Penetration (PV)#Melee Penetration). However, PV is replaced with Rebuke Strength and the AV is replaced with the target's Rebuke Defense. Rebuke Defense and Rebuke Strength are calculated as follows:
The rebuke defense's bonus is based on the The status based bonus depends on two things:
- if the target is already Proselytized (+1)
- If the target is already rebuked (+1)
Results
Unlike Proselytize and Beguiling, there are intermediate results in between recruiting or failing to recruit. Like Proselytize, failing does not provoke hostility.
Number of Penetrations | Message | Result |
---|---|---|
0 | Your argument does not compute. | Nothing happens. |
1 | (target) wander(s) away disinterestedly. | The target becomes neutral (even if they were hostile), their AI forgets their current target, and wanders around aimlessly. |
2 | ||
≥3 | You rebuke [the] (target) into submission. | The robot is successfully recruited. If the player character already has a rebuked robot, they will be prompted whether they would like to release the prior robot. |
Trivia
- In code, Rebuke Robot is an unlisted, unlearnable skill under the Persuasion skill tree.
References
- Unless listed as such, all information comes from
XRL.World.Parts.Skill.Persuasion_RebukeRobot
.