[RPG] Does Mending work on Androids

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Androids, being both humanoid and construct, have the following racial trait:

Constructed

For effects targeting creatures by type
androids count as both humanoids and
constructs (whichever effect is worse).

Given that mending works on "constructs", does it also affect Androids?

Mending

This spell repairs damaged objects and constructs, restoring
1d4 Hit Points.
[…]
A construct can benefit from this spell only once per day.

Best Answer

NO by RAW, YES by RAI

A Recent Update to the FAQ clarifies the Constructed Property, but Mending is unchanged.

Since many of the answers here were posted, the Starfinder core rulebook received an errata/FAQ update that updated the constructed property for androids. The constructed property now reads as follows:

"For effects targeting creatures by type, androids count as both constructs and humanoids (whichever type allows an ability to affect them for abilities that affect only one type, and whichever is worse for abilities that affect both types)."

In essence, if an effect can target constructs but not humanoids, it can target them. If it can target both constructs and humanoids, but has differing effects between the two, the worse of the two effects is the result.

The problem here is now just the Mending spell. This spell is contradictory, as its target line specifies objects, while its text specifies both objects and constructs. Its intention is clearly that constructs should be able to benefit, but the current target restriction means that technically they cannot.

Targets one object of up to 1 bulk

(...)

This spell repairs damaged objects and constructs, restoring 1d4 Hit Points. If the object has the broken condition, this condition is removed if the object is restored to at least half its original Hit Points. All of the pieces of an object must be present for this spell to function. A construct can benefit from this spell only once per day. Magic items can be repaired by this spell, but magic items that are destroyed don’t have their magic abilities restored. This spell doesn’t reverse effects that warp or otherwise transmute items, but it can still repair damage dealt to such items.

This spell may recieve errata in the future.

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