Dryad face/combat build: Options

[snowRaven]

One of my players has just decided to retire his old character (a machine-gun wielding Troll cybered mystic adept with smashing blow, critical strike, and serious strength), and he decoided to make something quite different. This is what he came up with:

Dryad changeling, living in Tarislar:

B 4, A 7, R 4, S 7, C 6, I 3, L 3, W 3, E 2, ESS 4.0 (Modified from bioware below)

Race Qualities: Glamour, Lowlight Vision, Symbiosis.

Qualities: Type O System, Changeling I. Dependant II, Mysterious Cyberware: Traceless, Bad Luck.

SURGE Qualities: Arcane Arrester. Astral Hazing, Allergy(Silver; Mild), Extravagant Eyes, Mood Hair.

Bioware: Tailored Pheromones III, Silky Skin, Dietware, Clean Metabolism, Pheromone Receptors III, Nictating Membranes, Bone density Augmentation II, Muscle Augmentation III, Muscle Toner III, Platelet Factories, Suprathyroid Gland, Print Removal.

Active Skills: Automatics 5, Unarmed Combat 5, Athletics Group 2, Inflitration 2, Shadowing 2, Perception 2, Influence Group 4.

He also got Carromeleg I with Clinch + Sweep that I didn't count towards the Quality limit.

Social Bonuses:
Glamour (+3 dice to all Social skill tests except Intimidation and everyone treats the character with awe and deference unless he is threatening)
Tailored Pheromones: (+3 dice to Charisma and all Social skills)
Pheromone Receptors: (+2 dice to Social Skill Tests when smell can be used)

Magic Protection: Personal Background Count reduces all incoming magic by 4, and Arcana Arrester halves the remaining Force for the purpose of measuring effect.

This results in a starting character who rolls 12 dice in both ranged and melee combat, is effectively immune to most magic of force 6 or lower, and who not only pretty much always rolls his maximum dice in social situations withhis 10(+(IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) dice pool; generally has everyone Friendly to begin with and who won't attack or be hostile toward the character unless he initiates hostilities.

His main drawback is an INIT/IP of 7/1, of course, but he should be able to avoid most situations where that will be a significant problem...

The first few points of Karma he makes will go into specialiations in Machine Pistols, Carromeleg, and Urban Inflitration.