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mister__joshua
post Apr 7 2011, 09:04 AM
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This is a simple question, but one that will have a complex answer. It's something I've been thinking about while reading various sourcebooks and so I thought I'd put it out there.

Is it possible to build a character that really can 'do it all'? Obviously, due to the nature of the system, over an infinite amount of time and with an infinite amount of karma any character could max out every skill, every stat, initiate to an exponential level etc. but this is unfeasible. My question is more about if you had to build a character to act alone, as a solo, covering every role in the party, how would you do it? Is it even possible? I'm thinking money no object, so you can cram the 'ware in, but BPs should be at least reasonable (4 or 5 hundred). Where you can get 'ware or software to replace or enhance skills, go for it! I think things like Skillwires and Agents will both be key, but maybe other people see it differently.

This is mostly just a theoretical excercise so have some fun with it. I know there are broken builds in shadowrun, as in any game, with people running faster than cars and shooting bows that hit like artillery. This isn't about being exploitative, just being really good in any and every situation. Sort of like Future James Bond.

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Epicedion
post Apr 7 2011, 04:32 PM
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You could always use the Priority system from Runner's Companion. Simpler, and much less prone to abuse than BP.
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- mister__joshua   One Character to Rule Them All   Apr 7 2011, 09:04 AM
- - Abstruse   Almost impossible because there are two essential ...   Apr 7 2011, 09:14 AM
- - Elfenlied   A Pixie Mystic Adept with Voodoo tradition could p...   Apr 7 2011, 09:17 AM
- - Blade   It can be done, I've seen it. I don't reme...   Apr 7 2011, 09:32 AM
- - Muspellsheimr   Rules as Written Troll, augmented Hermetic Magicia...   Apr 7 2011, 09:41 AM
- - Muspellsheimr   I would just like to note that the above character...   Apr 7 2011, 10:08 AM
|- - mister__joshua   QUOTE (Muspellsheimr @ Apr 7 2011, 11:08 ...   Apr 7 2011, 10:15 AM
- - Muspellsheimr   I do not play that kind of character. I much prefe...   Apr 7 2011, 10:27 AM
|- - Elfenlied   QUOTE (Muspellsheimr @ Apr 7 2011, 10:27 ...   Apr 7 2011, 10:54 AM
|- - mister__joshua   QUOTE (Elfenlied @ Apr 7 2011, 11:54 AM) ...   Apr 7 2011, 11:12 AM
- - Muspellsheimr   1) Karma generation RAW (pre-errata) is horribly b...   Apr 7 2011, 11:12 AM
- - Muspellsheimr   I looked at the build I posted above again, and it...   Apr 7 2011, 11:24 AM
- - Epicedion   You could always use the Priority system from Runn...   Apr 7 2011, 04:32 PM
- - Hamsnibit   In my opinion, nearly every chargen conzept has ab...   Apr 7 2011, 05:07 PM
|- - Epicedion   QUOTE (Hamsnibit @ Apr 7 2011, 01:07 PM) ...   Apr 7 2011, 05:45 PM
|- - Seerow   QUOTE (Epicedion @ Apr 7 2011, 05:45 PM) ...   Apr 7 2011, 05:47 PM
- - Epicedion   Well, they usually don't aim for 0.1 Essence, ...   Apr 7 2011, 05:53 PM
- - CanRay   One character that can "Do It All"? Por...   Apr 7 2011, 10:33 PM
|- - Makki   QUOTE (CanRay @ Apr 7 2011, 06:33 PM) One...   Apr 7 2011, 10:58 PM
- - longbowrocks   This is how I see it, but I haven't played a m...   Apr 7 2011, 10:51 PM
|- - Glyph   QUOTE (longbowrocks @ Apr 7 2011, 03:51 P...   Apr 8 2011, 02:01 AM
|- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (Glyph @ Apr 7 2011, 06:01 PM) Extr...   Apr 8 2011, 04:36 AM
- - whatevs   For a universal character, i'd have to go with...   Apr 8 2011, 02:25 AM
- - Whipstitch   That's super limiting though. I mean, it's...   Apr 8 2011, 05:29 AM
|- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (Whipstitch @ Apr 7 2011, 09:29 PM)...   Apr 8 2011, 07:46 AM
- - Whipstitch   Yeah, it is a different playstyle. It's one th...   Apr 9 2011, 10:19 PM
- - Glyph   Besides, there is nothing about having three or fo...   Apr 9 2011, 11:46 PM
|- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (Glyph @ Apr 9 2011, 03:46 PM) Besi...   Apr 10 2011, 03:06 AM
- - Glyph   The biggest two problems I see with that setup are...   Apr 10 2011, 04:43 AM
|- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (Glyph @ Apr 9 2011, 08:43 PM) The ...   Apr 10 2011, 06:22 AM
- - KarmaInferno   Why is the answer to "get out of the car...   Apr 10 2011, 05:53 AM
|- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (KarmaInferno @ Apr 9 2011, 09:53 P...   Apr 10 2011, 06:26 AM
- - Whipstitch   Even with the cherry picked situation the characte...   Apr 10 2011, 05:54 AM
|- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (Whipstitch @ Apr 9 2011, 09:54 PM)...   Apr 10 2011, 06:45 AM
- - Whipstitch   Cherry picking was perhaps too strong a word for i...   Apr 10 2011, 05:07 PM
- - longbowrocks   This is kind of a solo build, so the team-mate was...   Apr 10 2011, 05:28 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (longbowrocks @ Apr 10 2011, 11:28 ...   Apr 10 2011, 05:35 PM
- - longbowrocks   Not much I can say to that.   Apr 10 2011, 05:38 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (longbowrocks @ Apr 10 2011, 11:38 ...   Apr 10 2011, 05:40 PM
- - longbowrocks   eat cereal (extended test, 1 IP): eat your breakfa...   Apr 10 2011, 05:55 PM
- - Blade   Ok, a friend of mine has found the character to ru...   Apr 28 2011, 02:59 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Blade @ Apr 28 2011, 08:59 AM) Ok,...   Apr 28 2011, 03:27 PM
||- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Apr 28 2011, 08...   Apr 28 2011, 04:11 PM
||- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (longbowrocks @ Apr 28 2011, 09:11 ...   Apr 28 2011, 09:17 PM
||- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Apr 28 2011, 02...   Apr 28 2011, 10:29 PM
|||- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (longbowrocks @ Apr 28 2011, 03:29 ...   Apr 28 2011, 10:55 PM
||- - Seerow   QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Apr 28 2011, 09...   May 2 2011, 08:45 PM
||- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Seerow @ May 2 2011, 01:45 PM) Non...   May 2 2011, 08:48 PM
|||- - Seerow   QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ May 2 2011, 08...   May 2 2011, 08:50 PM
|||- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Seerow @ May 2 2011, 02:50 PM) Enh...   May 2 2011, 09:21 PM
||- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (Seerow @ May 2 2011, 01:45 PM) Non...   May 2 2011, 09:10 PM
||- - Seerow   QUOTE (longbowrocks @ May 2 2011, 09:10 P...   May 2 2011, 09:14 PM
|- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (Blade @ Apr 28 2011, 07:59 AM) wil...   Apr 28 2011, 03:48 PM
- - sabs   But the rules say I can summon Spirits up to twice...   Apr 28 2011, 03:34 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (sabs @ Apr 28 2011, 09:34 AM) But ...   Apr 28 2011, 03:39 PM
|- - Seerow   QUOTE (sabs @ Apr 28 2011, 03:34 PM) But ...   May 2 2011, 08:34 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Seerow @ May 2 2011, 01:34 PM) You...   May 2 2011, 08:46 PM
|- - Sephiroth   QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ May 2 2011, 03...   May 2 2011, 10:00 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Sephiroth @ May 2 2011, 03:00 PM) ...   May 2 2011, 11:05 PM
- - sabs   But having a spirit spend edge is CHEATING! T...   Apr 28 2011, 03:44 PM
- - longbowrocks   Also, why would you be resisting a standard DV of ...   Apr 28 2011, 03:50 PM
- - Blade   For the 3rd point, isn't there some spirit pow...   Apr 28 2011, 03:59 PM
- - Irion   @Tymeaus Jalynsfein QUOTE And WHY would you have a...   Apr 28 2011, 04:55 PM
- - Saint Sithney   Surprised no one has specifically called out the A...   Apr 29 2011, 01:40 AM
- - Falconer   I can think of something which can cover an awful ...   Apr 29 2011, 02:04 AM
- - sabs   Analyze Device is an awesome spell, except that th...   Apr 29 2011, 02:18 PM
|- - Shaikujin   QUOTE (sabs @ Apr 29 2011, 02:18 PM) Anal...   May 2 2011, 01:00 PM
|- - Stahlseele   QUOTE (Shaikujin @ May 2 2011, 03:00 PM) ...   May 2 2011, 08:15 PM
- - Glyph   I guess these "character who can do everythin...   Apr 30 2011, 01:44 AM
- - longbowrocks   Honestly, I think the character who does *everythi...   Apr 30 2011, 02:22 AM
- - Irion   QUOTE As long as there is a threshold, there is a ...   Apr 30 2011, 06:45 PM
- - longbowrocks   I imagine some people might. Language is a very po...   May 1 2011, 03:33 AM
- - Irion   QUOTE If you tell someone that candy will come out...   May 1 2011, 07:09 AM
- - Glyph   The "most charismatic people on earth" s...   May 1 2011, 09:17 AM
|- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (Glyph @ May 1 2011, 02:17 AM) The ...   May 1 2011, 06:22 PM
|- - Glyph   QUOTE (longbowrocks @ May 1 2011, 10:22 A...   May 1 2011, 06:52 PM
|- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (Glyph @ May 1 2011, 11:52 AM) Peop...   May 1 2011, 07:14 PM
- - Whipstitch   Hitler is kind of an exception that proves the rul...   May 1 2011, 06:33 PM
- - Glyph   The thing with the Hitler example is that he was t...   May 1 2011, 06:56 PM
|- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (Glyph @ May 1 2011, 11:56 AM) Coul...   May 1 2011, 07:15 PM
- - Seth   QUOTE Napoleon could, maybe Napoleon was seriously...   May 2 2011, 09:37 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Seth @ May 2 2011, 02:37 AM) Napol...   May 2 2011, 12:55 PM
- - Seth   QUOTE Or, they were just predisposed to follow him...   May 2 2011, 08:04 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Seth @ May 2 2011, 01:04 PM) That ...   May 2 2011, 08:43 PM
- - Seerow   QUOTE Well... By RAW, an Ally Spirit can ONLY be a...   May 2 2011, 08:48 PM
- - longbowrocks   Ah.   May 2 2011, 09:17 PM
- - Glyph   That line shows up in the errata, so he probably h...   May 2 2011, 10:37 PM


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