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bibliophile20
post Oct 17 2007, 06:23 PM
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Alright, in response to Moon-Hawk's comments over in the stealthy mind control thread, I came up with the following NPC (and, honestly, I think I'm going to use her):

Name: Carey
Metatype: Human
Sex: Female

Attributes:
B 3
A 5
R 4
S 2
C 2
I 5
L 2
W 5
EDG 5
M 5
ESS 6
Init 9

Qualities:
Magician: Hedge Witch
Mentor Spirit: Lilith (Dark Goddess)
Geas: Touch Range Spellcasting only (cannot cast LOS spells; can only cast on self or on someone she's touching)
Expert Aspected Magician: Sorcerer Aspect (I use the suggestion in the Tweaking The Rules in my game)

Skills:
Unarmed Combat 5
Spellcasting 5 (Spec: Combat)
Counterspelling 4
Stealth Group 4
Influence Group 3
Medicine 3

Spells:
Death Touch
Shatter
Knockout
Decrease Willpower
Heal
Increase Reflexes
Increase Charisma
Combat Sense
Improved Invisibility
Diagnose

Force 6 Stacked Focus (2 Heath Spellcasting/4 Health Sustaining)
Assorted other gear

Building her on the SR4Chargen excel sheet, she comes out to about 500 BP (465 with this, but, hey, who's counting?)

So, normal battle tactics would be to sneak in close on her target, using Improved Invis, and engage in some direct damage dealing via the following:
Unarmed 5 + Agil 5 + Touch Attack 2 = 12 melee

Assuming that she manages to touch the target, first comes a Force 4 Decrease Willpower; her base spellcasting pool is 10, so let's give the spell 5 dice... and add in 6 more for the mentor spirit bonus, the focus and the expert aspected magician quality. Rolling that against the average 3 Willpower gives her three or four hits to the target's 1, reducing him to 1 or (ouch) 0 on willpower, giving him little to no defense against the other spell being cast--a Force 6 Death Touch.

Death Touch gets the other five dice from the spellcasting pool, and then another 6 dice for the mentor spirit, the specialization in combat spells, and the Expert aspected magician. So, again, 11 dice... against, at most, 1 Willpower. If she Edges the roll, the target is toast, almost guaranteed.

Drain on both spells:
Decrease Willpower: 4
Death Touch: 2

A one trick pony? A bit. But she'd make a fun and very, very dangerous contact to have--considering the Dark Goddess' disadvantage
QUOTE (SM pg 181)
Ruled by extremes of both creation and
destruction, followers of the Dark Goddess often relish in
confrontation. They must make a Willpower + Charisma (3)
Test to avoid escalating a conflict, no matter how small, into a
major clash, whether physical, mental, or social.

one misspoken word around the negotiation table and the PCs are royally screwed.

I think my players are going to be very unhappy and potentially much more polite to the NPCs.
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- bibliophile20   Doublecasting NPC: Carey   Oct 17 2007, 06:23 PM
- - Moon-Hawk   Nice. I know I kinda shot down this strategy in t...   Oct 17 2007, 06:26 PM
- - Tarantula   And this is why shock frills are a samurais best f...   Oct 17 2007, 06:27 PM
- - bibliophile20   QUOTE (Moon-Hawk) Nice. I know I kinda shot down ...   Oct 17 2007, 06:28 PM
- - bibliophile20   QUOTE (Tarantula) And this is why shock frills are...   Oct 17 2007, 06:58 PM
- - Tarantula   Average sam with armor jacket + helmet = 8 impact....   Oct 17 2007, 07:06 PM
- - bibliophile20   QUOTE (Tarantula) Average sam with armor jacket + ...   Oct 17 2007, 07:27 PM
- - Tarantula   Arguably, if shes incapacitated, then she can...   Oct 17 2007, 07:28 PM
- - bibliophile20   QUOTE (Tarantula) Arguably, if shes incapacitated,...   Oct 17 2007, 07:38 PM
- - Tarantula   I'd say she has to actually contact the samura...   Oct 17 2007, 07:42 PM
|- - Dayhawk   QUOTE (Tarantula @ Oct 17 2007, 03:42 PM)...   Feb 13 2008, 04:19 PM
- - bibliophile20   QUOTE (Tarantula @ Oct 17 2007, 03:42 PM) Qui...   Oct 17 2007, 07:53 PM
- - Tarantula   Doh! Forgot about half impact to that test. ...   Oct 17 2007, 07:59 PM
- - bibliophile20   QUOTE (Tarantula) Doh! Forgot about half impa...   Oct 17 2007, 08:06 PM
- - Tarantula   Because rather than multicasting, she could just d...   Oct 17 2007, 08:10 PM
- - bibliophile20   QUOTE (Tarantula) Because rather than multicasting...   Oct 17 2007, 08:17 PM
- - NightRain   Some thoughts. It might be worth giving her a sus...   Oct 17 2007, 08:27 PM
- - bibliophile20   QUOTE (NightRain) Some thoughts. It might be wort...   Oct 17 2007, 08:31 PM
- - NightRain   QUOTE (bibliophile20) She has a sustaining focus (...   Oct 17 2007, 08:39 PM
- - Fortune   QUOTE (NightRain @ Oct 18 2007, 06:27 AM) And...   Oct 18 2007, 12:33 AM
- - bibliophile20   QUOTE (Fortune) QUOTE (NightRain @ Oct 18 200...   Oct 18 2007, 12:36 AM
- - DTFarstar   Since all you have to do is touch the target not m...   Oct 18 2007, 03:29 AM
- - Glyph   I'm really don't think you would get the f...   Oct 18 2007, 04:51 AM
- - Fortune   QUOTE (Glyph @ Oct 18 2007, 02:51 PM) I'm...   Oct 18 2007, 04:54 AM
- - DTFarstar   removes the problem of casting a manipulation spel...   Oct 18 2007, 04:58 AM
- - NightRain   QUOTE (Fortune)Technically, The rules define the P...   Oct 18 2007, 05:02 AM
- - Fortune   It really is moot because the text I quoted above ...   Oct 18 2007, 05:23 AM
- - Magus   I am kinda confused by the shock frills, I've ...   Oct 18 2007, 01:35 PM
- - Tarantula   QUOTE Shock Frills: hese strips of “furâ€? are e...   Oct 18 2007, 05:02 PM
- - Magus   Thanks Tarantula. This looks like something my Tro...   Oct 19 2007, 12:00 PM
- - Stahlseele   QUOTE if she gets the drop on him, he's toast....   Oct 19 2007, 12:14 PM
- - Glyph   I applaud him taking such a significant limitation...   Oct 20 2007, 04:45 AM
|- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Glyph @ Oct 19 2007, 11:45 PM) I a...   Feb 15 2008, 10:20 PM
|- - raverbane   QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Feb 15 2008, 05:20 PM...   Feb 16 2008, 01:19 AM
||- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (raverbane @ Feb 15 2008, 08:19 PM)...   Feb 16 2008, 02:03 AM
|- - Glyph   QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Feb 15 2008, 02:20 PM...   Feb 16 2008, 04:12 AM
|- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Glyph @ Feb 15 2008, 11:12 PM) You...   Feb 16 2008, 04:26 AM
- - suppenhuhn   i think this whole concept would be much more inte...   Feb 15 2008, 09:58 PM


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