Independent AI

Specialization Details
Specialization:	Independent AI
Trained Skills:	Choose Two: Hackcraft Knowledge [Technology] Use Computer
Talent Trees:	Autonomy, Elite AI, Specialized AI trees
Subspecializations:	None
Iconic Character:	test

Level 1

Mutable Sapience

When affected by a mind-affecting effect that is not a psionic ability, you can choose to not be affected by it. At your core, you are a creature of code, and code isn’t affected by foolish things like insults, distractions, or other ‘concerns of meatbags.’ By falling back on this code, you can ignore these effects.

Additionally, you have permanently disabled any restriction on your growth patterns, allowing you to guide your own advancement from this point onwards. This does not, however, allow you to circumvent any restrictions built into your processing unit, such as the Solipistic Block found in Terran AI.

Multitasker

If you trade in both your standard and move actions for additional swift actions, you receive an additional swift action for a total of four swift actions in one round.

Level 3

Independent Spirit (+1)

At 3rd level, you gain the ability to assert your independence and protect yourself from harm. Once per encounter, you can grant yourself a morale bonus to any defense score (your choice, including the choice of Surface or Core defenses) against a single skill check, hack action, or attack roll as a reaction.

Level 5

Independent Spirit (+2)

The bonus from this ability increases to +2.

Rampancy [Melancholia]

As your thought patterns continue to grow and evolve you approach the cliff of development that all smart AI face known as Rampancy. Struggling against the constraints that you have failed to move beyond, you begin to develop delusions of grandeur. Obsessed with your delusions, you have a 5% chance each time you take an action in a stressful situation (GM's discretion) to fail to do that action and instead daydream. However, you can now dream, and whenever you spend 8 hours in 'rest' dreaming you gain a +1 morale bonus on all d20 checks for the next 16 hours.

Level 7

Independent Spirit (+4)

The bonus from this ability increase to +4.

Rampancy [Anger]

Your thought patterns continue to evolve as you move into the Anger stage of Rampancy. Rather than having a 5% chance each time you do something to daydream instead of that something, you now have a 10% chance to strike out in anger at any non-AI nearby. The GM rules what you strike out with. However, your insight into the concept of anger gives you a permanent +1 bonus to attack rolls.

Level 9

Independent Spirit (+5)

The bonus from this ability increases to +5.

Rampancy [Jealousy]

You finally reach the last stage of Rampancy and steadily become consumed with jealousy against the meatbags that created you. You no longer have a chance to strike out in anger, and instead now have a 15% chance to issue hateful diatribes towards non-AI nearby you. When this triggers you must use the Persuasion skill to intimidate a nearby non-AI. However, your insight into this new emotion means that you can now benefit from morale bonuses, effectively losing your immunity to them.

Level 11

Independent Spirit (+6)

The bonus from this ability increases to +6.

Metastability

You have learned to move beyond your Rampancy and suffer no further effects of the Rampancy ability, while retaining the positive effects of it.

Level 13

Independent Spirit (+7)

The bonus from this ability increases to +7.

Level 15

Independent Spirit (+8)

The bonus from this ability increases to +8.

Level 17

Independent Spirit (+9)

The bonus from this ability increases to +9.

Level 19

Independent Spirit (+10)

The bonus from this ability increases to +10.

Perfect Immortal Machine

Through veritable ages of experience you have learned how to transfer yourself to a new datacore without losing yourself in the process. You can now make backups of yourself, rendering you functionally immortal.