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 Cross -system character concepts, help me make a troll bard |
 Oct 16 2007, 05:09 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 12-October 07 Member No.: 13,664  |
I am a DnD player just learning Shadowrun and I have a character idea and no idea how to build her. I want to make a young troll opera singer with the Charm Person,Charm Creature and Comprehend Languages spells.
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Oct 16 2007, 05:19 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Hmm. Well, I'd say that what you're wanting could be done either as an adept or a magician.
Basically, the adept build would use Kinesics (adds dice to social tests) and some 'ware to achieve the social stuff, and knowledge skills and 'softs for the "bardic knowledge" and languages. The mage would just use spells to achieve the social stuff, and if you didn't mind the minor hit to potential magic level, I'd just go 'softs for languages there too. I don't recall there really being a whole lot in the way of "charm animal/creature" in Shadowrun, but it may just be that I've never looked for it. |
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Oct 16 2007, 05:22 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
I would say go with a mystic adept to get the best of both worlds. Control manipulations should work just as well on animals as metahumans, right? Plus there's animal attunement.
Good call on the knowsofts for "bardic knowledge". |
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Oct 16 2007, 05:57 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
I'd probably rule "no" on the manips working on critters, but that's just me. Perhaps on one that is sentient, but just perhaps.
It's the whole "you have to understand a command to follow it" thing. I think you're probably right about using a mystic adept for it though. Get some manips and Kinesics and go to town. |
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Oct 21 2007, 03:01 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 16,898 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
eidolon: you'd be wrong about that ruling, as Control Animal is simply a restricted-target version of Control Thoughts.
~J |
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Oct 21 2007, 03:34 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Mystic Adept of a bardic tradition (stat one) with an opera singing geas with Linguistics and Control Thoughts.
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Oct 21 2007, 04:12 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Ah, in Street Magic. Good to know. /doesn't carry all of his books to work every day |
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Oct 21 2007, 06:13 PM
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Old Man of the North Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 8,707 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463 |
What about the Adept Powers Enthralling Performance and Improved Skill (Artisan (singing))?
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Oct 21 2007, 06:37 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 16,898 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
In MitS, actually. What, you don't think I'm actually going to read Street Magic, do you? ;) ~J |
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