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Posted by: knitnerd Oct 16 2007, 05:09 PM

I am a DnD player just learning Shadowrun and I have a character idea and no idea how to build her. I want to make a young troll opera singer with the Charm Person,Charm Creature and Comprehend Languages spells.

Posted by: eidolon Oct 16 2007, 05:19 PM

Hmm. Well, I'd say that what you're wanting could be done either as an adept or a magician.

Basically, the adept build would use Kinesics (adds dice to social tests) and some 'ware to achieve the social stuff, and knowledge skills and 'softs for the "bardic knowledge" and languages.

The mage would just use spells to achieve the social stuff, and if you didn't mind the minor hit to potential magic level, I'd just go 'softs for languages there too.

I don't recall there really being a whole lot in the way of "charm animal/creature" in Shadowrun, but it may just be that I've never looked for it.

Posted by: Moon-Hawk Oct 16 2007, 05:22 PM

I would say go with a mystic adept to get the best of both worlds. Control manipulations should work just as well on animals as metahumans, right? Plus there's animal attunement.

Good call on the knowsofts for "bardic knowledge".

Posted by: eidolon Oct 16 2007, 05:57 PM

I'd probably rule "no" on the manips working on critters, but that's just me. Perhaps on one that is sentient, but just perhaps.

It's the whole "you have to understand a command to follow it" thing.

I think you're probably right about using a mystic adept for it though. Get some manips and Kinesics and go to town.

Posted by: Kagetenshi Oct 21 2007, 03:01 AM

eidolon: you'd be wrong about that ruling, as Control Animal is simply a restricted-target version of Control Thoughts.

~J

Posted by: hyzmarca Oct 21 2007, 03:34 AM

Mystic Adept of a bardic tradition (stat one) with an opera singing geas with Linguistics and Control Thoughts.

Posted by: eidolon Oct 21 2007, 04:12 PM

QUOTE (Kagetenshi)

eidolon: you'd be wrong about that ruling, as Control Animal is simply a restricted-target version of Control Thoughts.

~J

Ah, in Street Magic. Good to know.

/doesn't carry all of his books to work every day

Posted by: pbangarth Oct 21 2007, 06:13 PM

What about the Adept Powers Enthralling Performance and Improved Skill (Artisan (singing))?

Posted by: Kagetenshi Oct 21 2007, 06:37 PM

QUOTE (eidolon)

Ah, in Street Magic. Good to know.

In MitS, actually. What, you don't think I'm actually going to read Street Magic, do you?