 Effective Melee Characters? |
 Oct 27 2009, 11:21 PM
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New to shadowrun so been gentle.
I am aware that an adept can become amazing with unarmed strikes and are able to compete with guns. Could someone explain to me how a melee weapon (not unarmed) is able to compete? In another thread someone mentioned melee being able to get 14+ DV easy but I dont see how this is possible with the exception of unarmed. While the damage / hits are close to each other vs pistol / katana the melee weapons lose because it requires a complex actions. While I would really like to play a melee based character is just doesn't seem to viable. Especially when you consider how much extra damage he will be taking from being right in someone face. |
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Vestax Effective Melee Characters? Oct 27 2009, 11:21 PM
Ayeohx QUOTE (Vestax @ Oct 27 2009, 04:21 PM) Ne... Oct 28 2009, 01:38 AM Wolfshade Can kinda depend on how it's played in my mind... Oct 28 2009, 01:49 AM Glyph Melee combat is like sniping - it's a niche ro... Oct 28 2009, 02:07 AM
Draco18s QUOTE (Glyph @ Oct 27 2009, 10:07 PM) Mel... Nov 2 2009, 11:21 AM Orcus Blackweather Strength of 10 with a combat axe starts at 9p dama... Oct 28 2009, 02:08 AM Tymeaus Jalynsfein QUOTE (Orcus Blackweather @ Oct 27 2009, 08... Oct 28 2009, 02:15 AM Marwynn An effective melee character isn't always in m... Oct 28 2009, 02:17 AM Mystweaver I can't comment on SR4 because I don't pla... Oct 29 2009, 01:31 PM Screaming Eagle QUOTE (Mystweaver @ Oct 29 2009, 09:31 AM... Oct 29 2009, 02:37 PM Tymeaus Jalynsfein QUOTE (Screaming Eagle @ Oct 29 2009, 08... Oct 30 2009, 12:01 AM Mystweaver QUOTE (Screaming Eagle @ Oct 29 2009, 02... Nov 2 2009, 10:35 AM Corgak Being a newbie as well, where does one find the ma... Oct 29 2009, 09:08 PM crizh Arsenal p156. Oct 29 2009, 09:23 PM Corgak Ahh, thank you! Oct 29 2009, 09:24 PM Red-ROM another plus to the phys ad close combatabt is whe... Oct 30 2009, 02:55 AM Tymeaus Jalynsfein QUOTE (Red-ROM @ Oct 29 2009, 08:55 ... Oct 30 2009, 02:58 AM Mongoose QUOTE (Red-ROM @ Oct 30 2009, 03:55 ... Nov 10 2009, 07:51 PM Saint Sithney Don't forget, all that strength means you can ... Oct 30 2009, 09:18 AM yorks6988 QUOTE My Troll Martial Artist had Base DV of 11 Un... Oct 30 2009, 10:39 PM Tymeaus Jalynsfein QUOTE (yorks6988 @ Oct 30 2009, 03:39 PM)... Oct 30 2009, 11:48 PM Wolfshade As someone noted earlier, thrown weapons can be a ... Oct 31 2009, 03:34 AM Vestax Yah i noticed the throwing weapon power. Could eas... Oct 31 2009, 04:42 AM Marwynn Missile Mastery and Power Throw is only 1.75 point... Oct 31 2009, 05:15 AM Tymeaus Jalynsfein QUOTE (Marwynn @ Oct 30 2009, 11:15 PM) M... Oct 31 2009, 03:43 PM Mystweaver In my group, there are two of us who are melee spe... Nov 4 2009, 12:57 PM Dakka Dakka QUOTE (Mystweaver @ Nov 4 2009, 01:57 PM)... Nov 4 2009, 03:04 PM Syonyde I don't have sage advice on the topic, but I... Nov 10 2009, 07:49 AM Dakka Dakka QUOTE (Syonyde @ Nov 10 2009, 08:49 AM) M... Nov 10 2009, 08:11 AM Neraph QUOTE (Dakka Dakka @ Nov 10 2009, 02:11 A... Nov 10 2009, 05:51 PM Dakka Dakka Ok, I never played Castlevania. Nov 10 2009, 05:53 PM Ranger QUOTE (Vestax @ Oct 27 2009, 03:21 PM) Wh... Nov 10 2009, 08:10 PM Godwyn Not to mention that the melee adept in Syonyde... Nov 10 2009, 08:25 PM Dakka Dakka QUOTE (Vestax @ Oct 28 2009, 12:21 AM) Wh... Nov 10 2009, 08:39 PM Ranger QUOTE (Dakka Dakka @ Nov 10 2009, 12:39 P... Nov 10 2009, 08:45 PM Stahlseele For 3rd Edition, there is nothing like a STR16 Tro... Nov 10 2009, 09:30 PM Whipstitch Don't forget that subdual is quite viable for ... Nov 11 2009, 05:12 AM The Jake Why not a vampire physadept? Built right they coul... Nov 11 2009, 06:26 AM Henraldo QUOTE (The Jake @ Nov 11 2009, 07:26 AM) ... Nov 11 2009, 09:58 PM The Jake QUOTE (Henraldo @ Nov 11 2009, 09:58 PM) ... Nov 12 2009, 03:33 AM Stahlseele Why not a surged Drake Adept? Nov 11 2009, 05:15 PM Dakka Dakka Surge + Drake, where do you get points for the res... Nov 11 2009, 06:12 PM Stahlseele *shrugs* he want's a melee character. min-maxi... Nov 11 2009, 06:25 PM Glyph There is an interesting snippet on Drakes:
QUOTE ... Nov 11 2009, 08:30 PM Dr. Funkenstein QUOTE (Glyph @ Nov 11 2009, 02:30 PM) So ... Nov 11 2009, 08:48 PM Dakka Dakka Interesting. Even when Projecting?
This may have s... Nov 11 2009, 08:40 PM Dr. Funkenstein QUOTE (Dakka Dakka @ Nov 11 2009, 02:40 P... Nov 11 2009, 08:49 PM Stahlseele and because they can fly, they can still whack awa... Nov 11 2009, 08:40 PM Dakka Dakka Only against astral entities must most dual-nature... Nov 11 2009, 09:14 PM Dr. Funkenstein Probably the beginning of the quoted sentence: ... Nov 11 2009, 09:15 PM Dakka Dakka Woops. Must have overread that. Nov 11 2009, 09:18 PM The Dragon Girl I have a phys adept who hasn't had to fire a s... Nov 11 2009, 09:58 PM Whipstitch QUOTE (The Dragon Girl @ Nov 11 2009, 05... Nov 11 2009, 10:47 PM The Dragon Girl QUOTE (Whipstitch @ Nov 11 2009, 05:47 PM... Nov 12 2009, 10:07 AM Whipstitch QUOTE (The Dragon Girl @ Nov 12 2009, 06... Nov 13 2009, 04:26 AM Dr. Funkenstein Considering that being a Vampire takes up a stagge... Nov 12 2009, 03:47 AM Glyph Yeah. Healing faster is nice, but having move-by-... Nov 12 2009, 08:21 AM The Jake QUOTE (Glyph @ Nov 12 2009, 09:21 AM) Yea... Nov 13 2009, 01:28 AM Stahlseele QUOTE (The Jake @ Nov 13 2009, 02:28 AM) ... Nov 13 2009, 05:21 AM sqir666 Really?
Now this this funny as I've never had... Nov 12 2009, 10:33 AM Jack Kain I liked the idea that if you in melee combat with ... Nov 13 2009, 06:51 PM Sixgun_Sage If you are focused on melee be good at stealth or ... Nov 13 2009, 07:02 PM sqir666 I'm going to have to disagree with that, thoug... Nov 13 2009, 07:59 PM Stahlseele QUOTE (sqir666 @ Nov 13 2009, 08:59 PM) I... Nov 13 2009, 08:01 PM Sixgun_Sage QUOTE (sqir666 @ Nov 13 2009, 02:59 PM) I... Nov 13 2009, 08:03 PM Whipstitch Even if smartlinks aren't involved there is st... Nov 13 2009, 10:05 PM sqir666 QUOTE (Whipstitch @ Nov 13 2009, 04:05 PM... Nov 14 2009, 01:03 AM Generic_PC You can't dodge bullets unless you are on full... Nov 14 2009, 01:05 AM Whipstitch I glossed over it because frankly, dodging bullets... Nov 14 2009, 03:08 AM Glyph Close combat is not just good in conjunction with ... Nov 14 2009, 03:14 AM Whipstitch Yeah, see, the thing is, I would look at the chara... Nov 14 2009, 03:34 AM Dr. Funkenstein There's also the fact that the Firefight marti... Nov 14 2009, 03:36 AM Whipstitch Heck, I'd just skip the Two Weapon Fighting an... Nov 14 2009, 03:58 AM Glyph I like the versatility and flavor that the martial... Nov 16 2009, 04:00 AM Dr. Funkenstein To be fair, not all of the martial arts maneuvers ... Nov 16 2009, 04:04 AM Glyph The term "Willpower Test" implies an att... Nov 16 2009, 05:27 AM Traul QUOTE (Glyph @ Nov 16 2009, 06:27 AM) The... Nov 16 2009, 12:38 PM Dr. Funkenstein QUOTE (Traul @ Nov 16 2009, 06:38 AM) I d... Nov 16 2009, 01:12 PM remmus in my mind a Melee focused character isnīt to limi... Nov 16 2009, 01:10 PM Moxie SuperSpeed the HedgePixie
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