# Rebuke Robot

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)#Penetration_Formula). 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:

${\displaystyle {\text{Rebuke Defense}}={\text{Target's Level}}\times {\frac {4}{5}}+{\text{Target's MA}}+{\text{Status Bonus}}}$

The rebuke defense's bonus is based on the The status based bonus depends on two things:

${\displaystyle {\text{Rebuke Strength}}={\text{Rebuker's Level}}\times {\frac {4}{5}}+{\text{Rebuker's Ego Modifier}}}$

If the rebuker has installed, they will have a +5 bonus to their level for each installed communications interlock.

## 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

This information is reliable as of patch 2.0.202.22.
• Unless listed as such, all information comes from XRL.World.Parts.Skill.Persuasion_RebukeRobot.