Non-Typical Runner Types, Things that go outside the standard. Options

[Glyph]

Edge does rule, but I would still only soft-max it (5 for a metahuman, 6 for a human) for most builds. I will only reluctantly do less than soft-maxing it, though. There used to be a lot more of those "help me tweak this character" threads here, and one of the common mistakes they made was trying to pimp everything else about the character, but having an Edge of only one or two.

[toturi]

I'd go for Edge of 3, 4 or 6(for Humans). 3 (on the average gets you 1 more hit), 4(you can buy that hit), 6(on average, 2 hits). So no, no Edge 1 or 2 PCs for me. 3 is the minimum.

[ElFenrir]

Last game i had with some old buddies from the US, i had played a runner who...well, just wasn't a runner. Never went on a run in his life, in fact. He was a bouncer/roadie/security at some underground black metal club in Norway. Adept who followed the Black Magic path for flavor(and not the evil woogawooga black magic, simply more of hedonist type). Skills were basically pimped out for his job. High Perception with some increases(to notice things going on), high Intimidation with adept increases(hey, a long-black haired, tattooed, spikey norwegian guy just isnt scary enough on his own), a good Unarmed skill, and a smattering of Longarms(sometimes, just gotta keep that shotgun behind the counter...), Astral Perception(to try to notice those annoying mages trying to watch for free), with Astral Combat(to stop said pesky freeloaders :D), and a few other odds and ends. Not to mention his English was rating 3 and it was fun when people in the US after they went there tried to explain really technical things.


No Stealth to speak of(he never needed it), and needless to say his first real ''run'', with others who werent so experienced(a thug/mage who was more a ganger and some summoner), was pretty comical. He's probably one of my favorite characters to date.

[redne]

[Moon-Hawk]

[CyberKender]

See my post in the Fleshing Out The Character thread for one atypical runner of mine.

Another being one of the 'whacked' group of characters we made up. Chaz was essentially a street samurai, but instead of cybering him out to be effective, he had a few basics, plus a really expensive cyberarm. The arm contained a 'really advanced' computer that was sufficient to resemble an AI. (No, not something that would actually pass a Turing Test, but if you spend 250,000 nuyen on it, you decide how good it might be.) It also had a speaker in the palm and a pair of miniature cyber eyes mounted in the crook of the index finger and thumb. Yes, it talked for itself. The whacked part was really that the character treated the hand as it's own person, even though it was a combination of the onboard computer and some subconscious decision-making on Chaz's part. Certifiable in many ways, but surprisingly useful after you got past the initial insanity of it.

[Spike]

[PlatonicPimp]

Either through a mage with detection spells and divination, or a technomancer with the proper skills, drones and "info sortiliage", or just a dude with hella contacts, I'm a big fan of he "oracle" archetype, the dude who knows everything.

Similar is the detective. Though the gumshoe is a totally different flavor. The oracle knows everything before you do. The gumshoe will find whatever it is your hiding.

[Talia Invierno]

Edge is a pet peeve of mine, but I'll not turn this thread into another Edge v. karma / combat / etc. pools thread.

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Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever had a typical runner PC.