Holocron

Reprogram Droid

Tech power · Level 5
power-typeTechlevel5concentration
Tweaked from 5eYou already know this as 5e Geas — It's Geas almost word-for-word — Wis save, charmed, 5d10 once-a-day damage for defying your command — just retargeted to droids and dealing lightning instead of psychic damage. ✨
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Charm a droid for 30 days (Wis save); it takes 5d10 lightning each day it defies you, and you may issue any non-suicidal command.
RitualControl
●○○breadth · droids only, slow cast
TargetingSingle
Use whenyou want to permanently reprogram a droid ally, asset, or captured enemy unit
ScalingDuration extends to 1 year at 7th or 8th level; permanent at 9th (ended only by remove virus).
!Takes 1 minute to cast; remove virus ends the effect, and a suicidal command instantly ends the power.
mind-affectinganti-droidlightning
Pairs withlong-term droid companion acquisition · Mechanic archetype · high tech save DC against droid Wisdom
PlaystyleController✨

You alter the protocols of a droid that you can see within range, forcing it to carry out some service or refrain from some action or course of activity as you decide. The droid must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or become charmed by you for the duration. While the droid is charmed by you, it takes 5d10 lightning damage each time it acts in a manner directly counter to your instructions, but it can only do so once each day.

You can issue any command you choose, short of an activity that would result in certain death. Should you issue a suicidal command, the power ends. You can end the power early by using an action to dismiss it. The remove virus power also ends it.

Overcharge Tech. When you cast this power using a tech slot of 7th or 8th level, the duration is 1 year. When you cast this power using a tech slot of 9th level, the power lasts until it is ended by remove virus.

Codex
Casting Period
1 minute
Range
60 feet
Duration
30 days
Concentration
No