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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
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 “fur� 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
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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
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