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> My take on a drake, criticism and help appreciated (not flames)
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post Dec 4 2011, 04:39 AM
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Ok so yes its fairly scary concept, voodoo drake mystic adept.... I was captivated by an approach to drakes which made it fun for me as its been said alot that they arent as strong in areas as most other builds...


Anyways the campaigns i play in generally allow 10 karma starting bonus so thats included here as well.


Metatype: Fomori (45bp) + Western Drake (65 bp)


Attributes: 170

Meta form

Body: 6
Agi: 4
Rea: 5
Str: 8
Cha: 2
Int: 3
Log: 1
Wil: 5


In drake Form:

Body 10
Strength 13

In drake form and possessed by f4 guardian:


Body 14
Agi: 8 (it specifically says that dracoform bumps the max and aug max numbers pg 75 RC)
Rea: 9
Str: 17
Cha: 4
Int: 4
Log: 4
Wil: 4



special atts: 40bp

Magic 5 (40bp) (1pp used for adept, 4 for casting/summoning)

edge 1


Qualities: +20 net

Pos:

mystic Adept 10bp

- voodoo tradition. - Combat: Guardian, Detection: water, Heatlh: Man, Illusion: Guidance, Manipulation: Task, Drain: w + C,

possession tradition.

mentor spirit (5b): Sun, Legba (its been cited more often that legba is associated with the sun as the old man of the crossroads

- +2d6 guardian spirits, +2 d6 health spells must spend 2 edge to negate or downgrade glitches/crit glitches.

Neg:

- flashbacks (+10bp) - torture - Aztechnology - Trigger (the insignia of the delta clinic where the black ops research is done)

- Paranoia (+10bp) - its always a setup!

- Combat Monster (+10bp)

- In Debt (Jameson) (+5bp) - Paid that fixer for intro to the shadows.


Qualities/ effects from racial(s):

Fomori:

- Arcane Arrester

- Metagenic Imp (Body)

- Thermo Vision

- +1 Reach


Drake:

- Shift Drake

- Immune to HMVV

- Dual Natured in Dracoform (only)

- May learn assensing or astral combat without being otherwise magically active.

- aura unless masked in either form is ALWAYS a small dracoform

- Adept Powers always work in both forms

- Dracoform extras:

- Elemental Attack (Fire)

- Enhanced Senses (Hearing, Low-light, Smell, Thermographic)

- Hardened Armor 4

- Mystic Armor 4

- Natural Weapon (Claws and bite) [(Str/2 +2)P , AP0]

- May learn dragonspeech from other dragons or drakes with the power as a metamagic technique.


- As dual natured beings in dracoform use normal physical atts and Unarmed Skills as well as natural weapon attacks (including the

breath) on BOTH PLANES!

- Western Drake: bigger than other drakes and have wings which allow me to fly at 2x movement rate. (+1 reach, +4 bod, +5 str)


skills: 86bp

Unarmed Combat (Natural weapons) 6(+2) 26bp
Dodge(Ranged) 1(+2) 6bp
Perception (Visual) 3(+2) 14bp
Exotic Ranged Weapon (Elemental Attack) 1(+2) 6bp
Summoning (Combat:Guradian) 4 (+2) 18bp
Spellcasting (health) 2(+2) 10bp
Etiquette (Street) 1(+2) 6bp

Adept Powers: 1pp

Killing Hands .5
Elemental Strike (Fire) .5

spells: 3bp + 10karma

Increase Reflexes
Trid Phantasm (bought with karma)
Fashion (bought with karma)

Gear: 3bp for focus, 8bp for gear = 40k nuyen - 30k for focus = 10k

Sustaining focus r3 (3bp, 30k) (tattoed on chest, shows as a marking in scales in drake form)


havent finished gear or contacts etc but just wanted advice on that bit.
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