Robot Appearance

Robots appear to be robots and have a basic inorganic shape. Unless the robot has a specific appearance, its gross shape is determined here.

The player can choose what she likes: fire hydrant, filing cabinet, kitchen appliance, etc. The players cannot disguise her persona as a fire hydrant or a filing cabinet unless she has a robotic disguise skill.

If some random assistance is needed, consult the below tables. The tables only offer a shape. The colour, design, sound, decals, smell, or detailing is still up to the player. The referee may have some commercial patching, depending on the campaign.

The robot shape has no bearing on attacks, peripherals or defences.

To determine the hite and wate of the robot jump to Robot Size

Humanoid robot with fancy plating and a narrow toga looks confused.

Robot shape depends on story and milieu.

Robotic Basic Shape

The volume of the robot will fit into this shape.

**Basic Shapes Table**
Everything has to looks like something.
Die Roll (1d100)	Basic Shape
01-05	Cone
06-09	Decahedron
10-15	See Junque
16-60	Cuboid
61-69	Disc/Saucer
70-77	Octahedron
78-85	Pyramid/Prism
86-92	Sphere
93-00	Ref’s Own Table
Die Roll	Basic Shape

Contortion of Basic Shape

This table manipulates the basic shape of the robot. This step is optional and is present to help reflect the randomness that is commercial design.

**Shape Distortion Table**
Stretch it, bend it, squash it, extend it.
Die Roll (1d100)	Shape Adjustment
01-20	Elongated/Stretched
21-40	Flattened/Squashed
41-49	Inverted
50-85	Normal
86-90	Involuted
91-99	Add another shape
Die Roll	Shape Adjustment

Attachments

Useless attachments.

**Robot Fancy Attachments Table**
Mechanical accents. Purely descriptive.
Die Roll (1d100)	Fancy Attachment
01-04	Access Panels
05-08	Antennae, Coiled
09-12	Antennae, Straight
13-16	Antennae, Up and Down
17-20	Hoses, Dangling
21-24	Hoses, Looped
25-28	Indentations, Random
29-32	Indentations, Round
33-36	Indentations, Square
37-40	Indentations, Triangular
41-44	Knobs, Glowing
45-48	Knobs, Inflating
49-52	Monitor, Data Stream
53-56	Monitor, Static
57-60	Protuberances, In and Out
61-64	Protuberances, Pointed
65-68	Protuberances, Springs
69-72	Protuberances, Wobbley
73-76	Protuberances, Gnarled
77-78	Random, Sparks
79-80	Random, Squirts
81-84	Random, Drips
85-88	Random, Steam Shots
89-90	Random, Whiz-Click
91-94	Tubes, Liquid Filled
95-98	Tubes, Pulsing
99	Tubes, Solid
00	Ref’s Own Table
Die Roll (1d100)	Fancy Attachment

Wear and Age

Robots do not age. Unlike organic life forms, robots only decay from damage and not time. The longer it has been since fabrication allows for an estimate of how much damage the robot has experienced. The robot age table was previously called the decrepitude table.

**Robot Wear Appearance Table**
Qualitative assessment combining age, maintenance and luck.
Die Roll (1d100)	Appearance	HPM Change
01-05	Pristine	100%
06-15	Worn In	90%
16-65	Worn	80%
66-90	Worn Out	60%
91-99	Decrepit	40%
00	Ref’s Own Table
Die Roll (1d100)	Appearance	HPM Change
HPM change is optional.