Editing Setting:Inn0cence: Lost Future/Machine: The Abandoned (section)

==Summary==
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This supplement uses the nWoD Storyteller system, but the content is not linked to the urban horror/fantasy setting.  While by necessity it conforms to the laws of narrative causality and game logic, Inn0cence follows the conventions of sci-fi, not fantasy.  

But these rules are also a toolkit, not necessarily tied to the verdant post-apocalypse of the Lost Future.  The Storyteller system is broad enough to run classic Cyberpunk or Space Opera if the fancy takes you, and this writer isn't going to veto a near-future WoD game of Vampires vs Robots.

Machine characters fall somewhere between vanilla humans and WoD supernaturals in power-level.  They are resilient and highly adept in a few specific fields, but dependent on a technological infrastructure.  They cannot heal damage to their shells without direct intervention, and some jobs need a 2nd person to do properly.  A part can only be repaired so many times before it must be replaced with a spare, and the default assumption is that Machines will have to pick through dumps and ruins to keep themselves running.  

The applications are also slightly toned down compared to, say, Vampire disciplines.  And as emergent sentients, machines can initially reach only so much expertise in a broad field, however much they specialize in a single subject.

Robots also suffer a hefty social penalty when dealing with many humans.  Their own lack of emotional maturity or understanding of human behavior means that they often put their feet in their mouth or fail to read situations correctly.  And that's before one factors in the unease, resentment, fear, or outright hatred that humans may harbor themselves.