Starfinder Classes: Mechanic | How to Play Starfinder | Taking20

[@speedballfury]

I am making a Space Goblin Outlaw Mechanic. Since I am a Goblin I made my stealth drone out of an old eight ball I found and attached cameras, small antenna and spider legs to a hollowed out body. I named it Atebaal.

[@ZaESims123]

Charles Waldrop That sounds so amazing and fantastic. Great creativity, keep up the great work!

[@jjhimself6830]

No they don't... It makes it much worse... Like this one time at band camp I'm sorry

[@igwildslade]

My game master showed me your channel and it is SO useful !! as someone who struggle with character creation your advise are extremely appreciated.

[@syranas]

I can totally see a mechanic/technomancer multiclass happening. It seems thematically sound

[@Taking20]

I may have to play around with this a bit

[@eltoncarvalho9456]

I've played one, it's really good, but it's a nightmare leveling up with so many decisions and possibilities

[@pierrecourtemanche7158]

please do the drone video you propose! Good infos you give here!

[@TheDisplacerBeast]

This is by far my favourite class in starfinder. I liked this class so much that i was honestly disappointed by the artificer from 5e.

[@crumpetgod7879]

First-time playing starfinder and its the mechanic and I'm having a blast just making it. So I see what u mean

[@jitterg]

the thing that gets me is only being able to repair 10% of your drone per day or spending 24 hours rebuilding it. it would seem your character is only fully operational every 24 hours as compared to other classes that should be ready after a long rest. Any thoughts on this?

[@TheDisplacerBeast]

@@jitterg for me it helped my rp, it felt like the mad scientist needed some time his own for tinkering. That being said, i wouldnt mind it being more consistent. Like old black and white movies, gives it a certain charm but if it had been filmed in colour you probably wouldnt complain.

[@beastwarsFTW]

I made an Android mechanic and named him Soundwave and my drone was Ravage

[@aaronbrimfrost]

I personally thought of transformers prime's soundwave with lazerbeak on the chest when he said you could wear your drone.

[@Aj-fd4ne]

And A.I. named skynet

[@TheGrimoiresVoice]

Quite superior.

[@me3moo2]

Oh you sweet wonderful person. I rarely get to meet other Soundwave fans! 😭

[@morgan5401]

I got the book myself, and I gotta say that the mechanic is probably my favorite class. it just seems like something I would have a lot of fun playing

[@jeremymortis5321]

Love the is class. If I every play it I''m going with an exocortex. I just like the idea of a implant more then a drone following me around. The drone is extremely useful don't get me wrong it's just a preference. Love the show.

[@Outatime-br2fp]

Currently making a Low Gravity Vesk with the Combat Drone and making it a tank. No seriously, a literal TANK. With a Reaction Cannon, some nades, and driving it around shooting people from it without needing to get out. It has Deadly Aim, Weapon Specialization, and Slippery Shooter so it is going to be hard to bit me. And I am justing blasting people.

[@thenotoriouschuff119]

taking 20: you wont lose it if its in your arm enemy: *cuts off my arm*

[@aaronbrimfrost]

I thought that as well but more as in they tear it off for some reason. But, here's an interesting twist, would it still be useable if that happened?

[@manuelmarquez4833]

Hmm....Ysoki Mechanic thats very combat focused, with a Combat drone customized into a one man personal armored assault vehicle. I can see someone making Rocket Raccoon with this.

[@koiboitracy4648]

I love Aballon just chilling in the background

[@robertallen7794]

Wow! It would appear that I have underestimated what could be done with this class. Sounds like fun.

[@kevportu92]

Just made a Haan Mechanic with a Stealth Drone and got it approved by my GM, haven't started campaigning yet but I really enjoyed all the options in the creation process, makes it feel very unique early on in comparison to a lot of the other classes which feel very similar building for the first few levels.

[@ArmitageShanksuk]

One thing that stood out to me from the book and a point you made is the Exocortex + Wireless Hack. It states you can't use it without the Remote Hack - is this just an issue for if/when you lose your rig? Otherwise I can't see you having one of them without the other unless another class or feature grants you an exocortex outside of combat.

[@MrCMread]

Just got the Starfinder book and after reading, the Endocortex seems more interesting to me for how I would want to play, encounter and role playing-wise. I can’t wait to have conversations with my AI that no one else can hear, or my AI asking me pointless questions mid combat.

[@farlanghn]

I first wanted a drone but when I read exocortex thoroughly I decide to switch. The exocortex turns you into the perfect attack spy. You can hack computer systems/ use soldier gear/ and basically turn yourself into a cyberpunk badass. You are upgrading the drone which is your body. Ultimate Bounty Hunter.

[@dennismuller5963]

totally agree. i am going to do the same ^^

[@VMSelvaggio]

I definitely like the Drone Mechanic of these two options. I looked at both when I created my first Mechanic, and I took the Combat Drone.

[@FyremaelGlittersparkle]

I personally feel like the drone might be too potentially squishy, and that the exocortex, which grants you heavy armor proficiency, and longarm proficiency actually gives the player more direct combat utility rather than utility by proxy. Until I play the class or experience it differently, my mechanic is going to be equipped with the exocortex, personally.

[@davidbeppler3032]

ExoCortex ftw.

[@Dargor110]

And it gives a skill focus feat too, i think. Right?

[@AZDfox]

In my Starfinder group, I have the exocortex, and our other mechanic has a drone

[@arcannes]

The early game advantage of an extra attack, carry stuff out, program a routine that allows him to stabilize you in case of falling on the battlefield, and mid game utility of having a drone to scout out an area, and defend himself basicly undetected and spending nothing, or turn into a backpack providing u flight and other stuff is just amazing.... the drone begins to scale poorly at high lvls when you get acess to control net that allows you to split your lvl's on both AI's ... the drone just get's the best scenic and utility benefits if u play it right, and u will never beat a Soldier or a Operative with exocortex in combat x.x

[@wabschall]

I am actually playing a Human Mechanic Bounty Hunter who's custom rig is actually implanted in his eye. Along with his exocortex, he can track and do things that some normal human hunters can't. Also might have a small augmentation kick.

[@mr.badguy8500]

The Mechanic profession if this game sounds like a treat because it allows to configure the drones in so many ways that one can get creative.

[@NightmareSymphony]

Mechanic is by far the class I'm most excited to play. It's my favorite sci-fi archetype, and Starfinder's looks like it's finally brought it to the table just the way I imagined. I'm still torn between drone and exocortex, which I count as a good thing because it means there's even more reasons to play the class multiple times. I wouldn't mind playing it all the way to 20, but immediately I thought of multiclassing with Operative and Technomancer. As for race I'm torn between Android and Lashunta. Android Exocortex seems like it makes for a ton of fun rp options for both the player and for the DM to play with. Lashunta Drone/Technomancer seems like an insane amount of fun from a dice rolling nitty gritty perspective.

[@DeathSDelano]

Found the idea of having a Ysoki mechanic with the stealth drone, that uses his drone as a mount using the Riding saddle mod. As it seems like found RPing ratman that gets around using his drone to do his job.

[@greedsin555]

I'm thinking multi class this with soldier to make master chief from halo and call the AI Cortana

[@spiritfox6066]

That's what I was thinking too

[@Skaxarrat]

I haven't played StarFinder yet, but seems like a hover drone with camera can solve (and avoid) a lot of problems.

[@iksar121]

I think an operative mechanic multiclass with an Exocortex could be a really cool idea. And in my mind would make far more sense than an operative/mechanic having a drone.

[@exemida]

Made a Brenneri Mechanic. Gave him the whole Miner jack I and Mining Laser with the Gravitational Harness MK1. Just saying hes usually in Otter Space.

[@admpandora91]

I can see a mini boss fight with a group of three mechanics, one with each of the drone types setting an ambush for the party while the big bad is prepping for the final push of the siege/building a bomb/etc

[@BoredBob]

Currently working on creating an Android Mechanic Bounty Hunter who has watched one too many spaghetti western holovids. Sort of a Fist Full of Dollars meets Yul Brynner Westworld type.

[@mutehowl]

EXOcortex also grants to you the ability to use rifles and at third level allows let you use it with the other third level gun thing

[@doomblackdragon]

I like the idea of a class having so many choses to play with. One of my biggest complaint with DnD is a lot of the classes lack options to build. There always that one perk that better. Their always this one set forward if you want to play a good class and not gimp your class. Many times Multiclasses will ruin your class. I could go on and on on why I feel DnD is a linear character design with no real of chose on how to make your characters.

[@dodgeworldl8470]

I'm playing a Starfinder game ATM (Dead suns) and my first character is a ysoki Mechanic. Truth be told I probably should have done an easier class to start with, but none the less I love my character, the class is fun and with how many times my drone got killed in some of the funnest ways possible, I can test out the other types and see what they do. (I like stealth the best) But yeah, word of warning, and as stated in the video, this class has ALLOT to keep track of... I'm a lvl 8 and I keep forgetting I have skills that might help me out.

[@coalmine9666]

I will be playing a Mechanic in a few days and am looking forward to it. Using First Contact I am going to play a Space Goblin Mechanic. XD

[@Briansgate]

Loving this system!

[@MystGuide]

Go an Ysoki Mechanic with the drone meld and a hover drone and you basically become Ratchet and Clank

[@rainfyre2694]

im soon to play a Quartermaster android mechanic. it seems this video will help me

[@Jam1189]

Thank you. This was so helpful. :)

[@parnash]

Question for you, when would be the optimal time to take a multiclass dip?

[@CxzTYR]

Only youuuuu can choooooose Honestly, just plan it out in a word document or something. I know I'm going to multiclass 3 times with my mechanic and I have him mc-ing at level 1... then 5... then 7.

[@oliviabrown1708]

Now that the Character Operations Manual is out, are you going to make videos on the Biohacker, Vanguard, and Witchwarper classes it introduced?

[@Outatime-br2fp]

They need to do that and renewed editions of the core classes

[@sableamaryllis8892]

I'm torn between making an Android operative/mechanic multiclasses with exocortex to buff sniping and stealth, boosting damage on my sniper and making hits easier with tracking, or a ysoki mechanic with drone and just buffing my party/hacking everything while my drone does the combat

[@kevinbarber2795]

Tiefling Mechanic, yes!

[@taekinuru2]

Gah I’m torn on whether I want exocortex or drone for my android. On the one hand exocortex is probably more useful immediately at low levels, but drones have lot of uses, especially since one can destroy one’s own drone to replace with a different kind if say a stealth drone isn’t what’s needed.

[@airsoft-hh3jv]

Hey, did you ever make that's extra in-depth drone video ?

[@SteinerSE]

Any chance you could make a detailed video on creating a drone? Just got the book and rolled my first character (Ysoki Mechanic) and I'm a bit stuck on the drone.

[@shadowtheory7500]

Hey, quick question. What's the name of your theme song?

[@jeffdurham5322]

im doing a ysoki Mechanic drone where the drone has tool arm and manipulator arms to help fix the ship, as my group is doing a Firefly based game. so lots of stuff will break lol.

[@sentientsickness]

My only complaint is that I can't have two drones instead of the drone and cortex later on, could probably house rule that though

[@ZXcross]

I feel that the biggest isse with mechanic is that the control net feature comes to late to really use.

[@gatall91]

If I order the core rulebook from miniature market do I get the pdf as well?

[@arcannes]

the pdf is free at paizo's website bro.

[@gorg6151]

Would a Techpriest use a drone or an exocortex? (Wh 40k AdMech)

[@wesleywheeler7891]

Make a soldier/mechanic multiclass to make Rocket Raccoon?

[@arcannes]

I'm building something like that on a Ysoki test characther.

[@GameNubQuin]

Can the manipulator mod for the drones allow them to wield weapons?

[@nickryan3295]

Yes, but they have a -4 penalty to weapon attacks using the arms.

[@ChaosTicket]

I dont know about the class. Its main feature is the drone and One major major issue that the Drone functions like a worse form of the Eidolon from Pathfinder. It has almost nothing by itself, and it has a very limited number upgrades. Many are blown just by being able to hold things and you cant give extra equipment like a Eidolon could wear Barding or a Belt. At the same time its theoretically awesome as you can immediately have 2 characters with LongArms under your control.

[@thomascalkins381]

And I do like what you do

[@ezragrey5959]

If I'm an android mechanic, does that mean I'm my own ai?

[@spiritfox6066]

If you had the exocortex, that would be like having two brains

[@maxsernoffsky5751]

So is it possible to multiclass and how do work if it do

[@missyjames8887]

7:40 all I can think is max steel lol

[@supermcspotty]

The doors locked damn. *dissasembles door*

[@thomascalkins381]

Well I am doing a outlaw as a mechanic

[@Spetseify]

I think all of the game mechanics that can only change on a level up is a bit of a hindrance. Imo it would be a bit smoother if it took x hours a day for x amount of days, with a long cooldown between changes. what happens when you are max level and said mechanics aren't going to be useful for the next mission?

[@AndrewEpping]

Technically you can destroy your own Drone to remake it. Your GM might not like it but nothing stops you from doing it. As for the Exocortex, nothing can really be done about that.

[@Spetseify]

I thought rebuilding the drone applied the same settings as it was before it was destroyed?

[@nickryan3295]

Nope, You can completely re spec your drone (even changing the base chassis) when you rebuild it.

[@Spetseify]

Interesting! bit of an odd loophole, wonder if that was intended

[@jeffdurham5322]

or just ask your DM about retro fitting or rebuilds at higher levels or at max.

[@JoxerHD]

still waiting for that Drone video...

[@NarutoGeek411]

I have an idea for an Ysoki Mechanic who loves androids. He loves them so much that he wants to become an android.

[@TheMandalore4]

Been playing too many RPG and not enough getting a car fixed so every time you say mechanic I keep thinking "gameplay" mechanic XD

[@Awoken_Remmuz]

A human engineer with a Exocortex makes me thing of Isaac Clarke from Dead Space.

[@zwordsman]

Several months late tot he game but.. Isn't it better to put the Custom Rig into your neck slot? It can be combined with data jacks.. and last I knew, the data jack is literally the only thing that goes into the neck. Has that changed? On the hacking bit.. remote hack works, but you can also hack through your robot. So you can, if your robot is stealthy enough, sneak VEERRYY far awayn and hack through it from safety.

[@CxzTYR]

Man, I don't know why, but drone mechanic sounds so much less interesting than the exocortex. The drone option just sounds cliche for some reason.

[@spiritfox6066]

So the drone with an intelligent AI in it won't take it's own actions?.... How is that an AI? Even dumb AI in Halo can at least act on their own to do a task they were built for. Hell, even our military TODAY has the technology for a robot to take their own actions! And it's not even to the level of a dumb AI! Having a drone "pet" would be more like R2D2. That can do it's own thing. And I really like the idea of the drone, but at the same time I love the idea of the Exocortex. Having an AI like Cortana in my head sounds amazing. To me one of the biggest things I'd love about it is the ability to never forget. Like what Elon Musk is trying to do.

[@jbblades2835]

Wepon. You can literally use 20th leval ability in wepon. A starship main gun is a wepon. And it's sheilds are armour.

[@eri_sister_of_aerial]

Honestly, Control Net just doesnt seem useful if you want to use a drone

[@pacioli]

Anyone else immediately thought of making Rick Sanchez?

[@psv2]

You'd have to take a -4 penalty to everything for being drunk! Lol!

[@MrJonjon636]

God I might actually play as rick in the Starfinder camp. group!

[@IbraheemM98]

Morty Drone!

[@beastwarsFTW]

I was thinking of making Soundwave and naming stealth drone Ravage

[@bluetablepainting]

Seal Team Ricks as the whole party.

[@eltoncarvalho9456]

Drones 4 life

[@michaelbourrell2693]

I am Iron Man drone

[@alexpaul7918]

Sonic screw driver

[@roumonada]

2nd