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[Rione]

The face she wore today was blond-haired, blue-eyed, and chipper to the point of being irritating. It mirrored the woman slumped unconscious against the far wall. Chickadee smiled, but her name wasn't Chickadee anymore. She walked over to the woman, snatching the ID card from her neck. Old tech. Looking it over, she saw in clear black letters her new name: Jessica Penn. She pronounced the name into her subvocal mic. She could almost hear Wick, miles away, flicking through various nodes searching for any data related to Miss Penn. "Get me a sound clip of her speaking", she whispered as she helped Morgan lift sleeping beauty into the nearest closet. They'd taken the woman down before she'd spoken, which was good for stealth, but terrible for Chickadee: she couldn't imitate a voice she hadn't heard.

Suddenly, the silence was broken by the muffled sound of footsteps. They were coming from behind the locked door, down the hallway 50 paces. She exchanged a look with Morgan, who proceeded to slide into the closet alongside the real Jennifer while closing the door silently behind him. "Sound clip, now!" She whispered urgently. She strode across the room to the lab station, putting on her new ID card and adjusting her stolen lab coat. The footsteps had stopped at the door, and the handle was turning. Sound clip or no, the game was on.

So, let me introduce you to Chun-Tao "Chickadee" Sing. I've had the character concept of her for a long time now, including a few drawings, but only recently have a group of friends discussed starting up a Shadowrun campaign again. Unfortunately, it seems I'm rather better at making character concepts than character builds. I'm currently running into a major problem of bp allocation for Chickadee. I keep on running out. That is, before she's a viable character. I'll be able to get a general build that has the right adept powers and skills, but then not have anything left over for contacts (which is important for Chickadee) and nuyen (which is also important for Chickadee). Perhaps I'm building her in the wrong order? Anyway, here's a bit of one of my failed builds for her. BP is currently at 391/400, and she still doesn't even have gear or resources.


Build Below:

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Chun-Tao "Chickadee" Sing
Race: Elf
Special: Adept

Body: 3/6
Agility: 5/7
Reaction: 4/6
Strength: 2/6
Charisma: 6/8
Intuition: 3/6
Logic: 3/6
Willpower: 4/6
Edge: 3/6
Magic: 5/6

ADEPT MAGIC:
Facial Sculpt (.75): +3 dice for Disguise tests
Melanin Control (.5)
Voice Control (.5)
Kinesics (1.5): +3 dice for social tests
Commanding Voice (.25)
Enhanced Perception: (.25) +1 die for perception tests
Nimble Fingers(.25): +1 die for palming, some simple actions become free actions


ACTIVE SKILLS
Influence (group): 3
Stealth (group): 4
Dodge: 3
Perception: 2
Pistols: 3 (need specialization here)
Pilot ground craft: 1

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS:
English (native)
Japanese: 4
Mandarin: 4
Russian: 3

Runner Havens: 3
Traditional Oriental Dress: 2
Spy Trids: 2

POSITIVE QUALITIES:
First Impression (5)
Human-Looking (5)

NEGATIVE QUALITIES:
Astral Beacon (-5)
Sensitive Neural Structure (-5)
Allergy [mild, common: cats] (-10)

CONTACTS:
Ken Hsu, owner and chef of popular local restaurant: Loyalty 2, Connection 4
Annette King, ex combat medic, found current employment with Chickadee's help: Loyalty 3, connection 1

Other notes: the emotitoys have been house-ruled out.

How can I make her able to stand on her own two feet in a combat situation (at range, with pistols)? Can I make a shifty social adept with respectable pistols skill and sufficient stealth, or am I spreading her too thin?