Do warforged dream of construct sheep?

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Built as mindless machines to fight in the Last War... they continue to fulfil their purpose with distinction ... they fight fiercely and without remorse ...

Sentient, but do they feel? Are they emotionless constructs, the Vulcans of a different fantasy, or capable of wild passions like the other races?


Aside: If you set Expedition to the Barrier Peaks in Eberron, wouldn't the crashed starship be a great (secret) source of warforged, instead of the "construct generators"?

 

[Henry]

Sentient, but do they feel? Are they emotionless constructs, the Vulcans of a different fantasy, or capable of wild passions like the other races?

Of course it's up to the DM, but I'd say "yes." I'd play these guys as something TOTALLY new - they have feelings, but without knowing why. Personally, I could see them as the "stolen" and reprocessed spirits of the plane of Dolurrh, explaining the range of emotion, and also being one hell of a roleplaying hook.

Aside: If you set Expedition to the Barrier Peaks in Eberron, wouldn't the crashed starship be a great (secret) source of warforged, instead of the "construct generators"?

Nah - I don't want to personally push the magic=technology to rediculously redundant levels. At least right now, they aren't robots, they are spirit vessels. I see them as more like Roger the Golem from the Hellboy comics.

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

Your late, I posted the question "Do warforged dream of lightning-elemental sheep?" 3 months ago.

Do they have feelings? It differs for each individual. Some are quite stoic and embrace their "construct" natures. Others can be very expressive.

Keith Baker has hinted that "construct generators"/forges might be artifacts of the "fallen empire of the giants" so that even the artificers who run them may not know how they actually work.

 

[Glyfair]

To address the title, rather than the text, they certainly dream. One of the other Eberron races specificially can't dream and have an ability that makes them immune to spells and abilities that rely on them dreaming (nightmare, for example). Warforged don't have that ability, thus they dream.

 

[Testament]

As it is the whole emotion thing is a HECK of a roleplaying hook. About a grillion animes raced through my head when I read about the Warforged, as well as Blade Runner (damn I love that thread title!).

Lets see, Astro Boy, Evangelion, Chobits, Kokaku Kidotai (Ghost In The Shell) are there for starters. But don't be a rip-off, and do it yourself.

And way to ruin a cool hypothetical Glyfair!

 

[Geoff Watson]

To address the title, rather than the text, they certainly dream. One of the other Eberron races specificially can't dream and have an ability that makes them immune to spells and abilities that rely on them dreaming (nightmare, for example). Warforged don't have that ability, thus they dream.

No, Warforged don't sleep, so they can't dream.

Geoff.

 

[Whisper72]

Hmmm.... you could play the warforged similar to Data (StarTrek), either as he is, trying to be human, or as he is with the 'emotion chip', just figuring out how to handle the emotions....

Maybe the Lord of the Blades is like Lore...

 

[Trickstergod]

Hmm, I've the feeling I'll take some flack for the reference, but, hey, whatever.

Sonny from I, Robot, seems a good example of a warforged, at least when it comes to personality. Data couldn't feel (initially, anyway); Warforged can - as shown by their capability at having morality (good showing ability to have compassion, mercy, chaos for impulse and whimsy and so on), the Warforged Juggernaut's own in-built disadvantage of slowly growing aloof from people as more levels are taken as well as the piece of artwork with the warforged being insult by the half-orc when the orc says he's obsolete. Or, heck, their ability to be barbarians - rage is certainly an emotion.

They feel, but don't always understand it. I wouldn't say they're passionate, tending more towards subdued emotions, but there nonetheless. Not necessarily something that looks natural, something others might question, something the warforged themselves might question, but there nonetheless.

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

No, Warforged don't sleep, so they can't dream.

Geoff.

Correction, they don't Need sleep. They still Can if they want to.

Fry "but your a robot you don't have to drink."
Bender "That's right, i can stop any time I want"

 

[I'm A Banana]

I'm not so sure they just CAN sleep.

I mean, can you just decided to sleep? Sleep is definately a need, not a decision; staying awake is the decision. If you didn't need sleep, you never could choose to do so.