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[Gothic Rose]

Righty, in a soon to be started SR4 game, I'm going to be playing a character. This character is an Adept. A Gun-Fu Adept. Some of you may remember some threads I started awhile back about all this. Well, I made some slight changes to the character (in that I got rid of Aptitude Pistols) which freed up 10 BP, and I wanted opinions on what to do with it. As well as some other opinions.

The basic concept is a gunfighter face - very good social skills, even better Face Shooting Skills.

Now, I'm going to reveal something I haven't really revealed before, because at least 1 member of my gaming group comes here on occasion - however, I'm going to hope that he doesn't look here...

[CALYPSO, PLEASE DON'T OPEN THE SPOILER, THANKS.]

There. Warning is done.

[ Spoiler ]

Some may remember my character as a male, masked gunfighter. While the character is indeed a gunfighter with a mask (with a shatload of sensors in it), the truth is, is that he's...not a he. She is the daughter of one of the members of the House of Lords, who ran away from Britain to be a Shadowrunner, because she thought it would be "fun."

She's an expert tournament shooter - she's always had a knack for guns - and, seeing as how she's positioned in the social elite, she's quite good with talking to others. Her father (who, in his youth, Ran the Shadows in Hong Kong, sort of a sowing the wild oats phase for him) accepted her desire, although she doesn't know that, and contacted an old friend from Hong Kong, who now works as a fixer in Seattle - Baeman, an old friend, viewed as family, pretty much. The character, Seris, knows Baeman from his visits, and treats him as an Uncle - in fact, she calls him Uncle (or Uncle Baeman). He's very well connected, and cares about Seris, so he wants to look out for her. He's agreed to take her on as one of the Runners under his wing.

She's quite good - but completely green. Hell, she hasn't even killed a man yet. She doesn't want her father to get in trouble for her actions, so she's hiding her identity - she wears a mask she had created in England that has a lot of gizmos in it (including a voic synthesizer), and is pretending to be a male. A human male. She's an elf. Needless to say, her charade will ultimately fail - however, she doesn't think it will (naive girl that she is). So there you have it. I'll still be referring to the character as a he outside of this spoiler block, just in case.

Now, I'm having some problems. With the new errata, the Attribute Boost power became icky, and I no longer want it. This leaves me with the following Adept Powers:

Improved Ability (Ettiquette) (Level 1)
Improved Ability (Pistols) (Level 2)
Improved Reflexes (Level 2)
Kinesics (Level 1)

If you add that up, you get 4.75 PP spent - I have a Magic of 5, so .25 more to spend. Any suggestions?

Also, my skills are as follows:

Perception: 2
Pistols: 6; Specialization: Revolvers
Dodge: 4
Stealth Skill Group: 2
Athletics Skill Group: 2
Influence Skill Group: 4

I have Athletics, which includes Gymnastics - should I even bother with the Dodge skill? Or should I go for an Unarmed Combat skill, instead, and just use Gymnastics to Dodge if I need to?

I've got 10 BP to spend - I'd -like- to get a little more Nuyen, to increase the sensors of my Sensor Suite, perhaps, or buy some other toys. I'm not sure yet, though. I can't spend any more on Attributes (well, I could buy a point of Edge, I suppose. My Edge is 3 starting.)

Thoughts/Ideas/Suggestions/Nasty Horrible Comments?