Pornomancers - How do they work?, Or - Why do Cyberbreasts cost Essence? Options

[KarmaInferno]

Specialization is good.

Having a secondary skill set as a backup is very good too, though.

You never know when your primary specialist is going to be tied up and you need someone else who can do the job RIGHT NOW.

It's why the military often cross-trains soldiers in a secondary role.

I generally recommend to players to pick a focus, but also if they can fit it in also pick a secondary focus. Aside from the utility, it can help flesh out a character.



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[Cain]

That's my own personal PC design philosophy - be really good at what you do, but be able to function outside of your specialty. Two good questions to ask for a character are "Can this character fill a role on a shadowrunning team?" and "Could this character have survived on his own before joining a shadowrunning team?"

Specialization is good.

Having a secondary skill set as a backup is very good too, though.

You never know when your primary specialist is going to be tied up and you need someone else who can do the job RIGHT NOW.

It's why the military often cross-trains soldiers in a secondary role.

I generally recommend to players to pick a focus, but also if they can fit it in also pick a secondary focus. Aside from the utility, it can help flesh out a character.

Both are good, but neither means your character will inevitably have a glaring weakness, or even a ton of them. There's no truth to the concept that a pornomancer must be crippled, or any other powerful character.

[etherial]

The team is required to support everyone, in a good team of runners. If you're able to outshoot the sammie, outhack the decker, outdrive the rigger, and outtalk the face, then what the hell do you need a team for?

You still need a team. You just haven't realized you're in the wrong pay grade yet.

[Glyph]

Both are good, but neither means your character will inevitably have a glaring weakness, or even a ton of them. There's no truth to the concept that a pornomancer must be crippled, or any other powerful character.

Personally, I find it a lot easier to make a good specialist than a good generalist. With a specialist, you can be really good at one thing, and still have plenty of points left for other areas. Roles such as technomancers, which require many skills, are the ones where you are more likely to have a character with weaknesses and omissions in other areas.