 Body Building, How To Pump Body Without Racial Bonuses |
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  Oct 21 2008, 01:27 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 30-August 08 Member No.: 16,288  |
What are the various ways, currently, to increase the Body attribute without resorting to race? Are there ways to pump up that fragile Pixie?
From a super-newbie to 4E, I'll start with: Bioware, Suprathyroid Gland from the BBB p. 339. Of course this either comes after character creation or requires the addition of the Positive Quality of Restricted Gear from Runner's Companion p. 101. How else can poor little tinkerbells get their body up enough to take a hit? |
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Oct 21 2008, 01:38 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 861 Joined: 27-November 07 Member No.: 14,397 |
Bone lacing gives body for purposes of soaking damage, but I think those are your only two options.
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Oct 21 2008, 02:41 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,803 Joined: 3-February 08 From: Finland Member No.: 15,628 |
Exceptional Attribute, Genetic optimization and Metagenetic Improvement for higher maximum body.
Bone Density Augmentation and Bone Lacing help with the damage resistance tests. Some drugs give a bonus to body. And then there are ofcource the magical buffs. |
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Oct 21 2008, 06:12 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,542 Joined: 30-September 08 From: D/FW Megaplex Member No.: 16,387 |
Hehe, a pixie K-10 addict.
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Oct 21 2008, 06:20 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,664 Joined: 21-September 04 From: Arvada, CO Member No.: 6,686 |
Customized cyberlimbs with increased body scores.
Body upgrade for cyberlimbs. |
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Oct 21 2008, 08:07 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,300 Joined: 6-February 08 From: Cologne, Germany Member No.: 15,648 |
Even if your group uses the optional Chrome Critters rule, you'll suffer increased Essence loss from non-delta grade implants except for geneware, so i'd suggest going for Increased Body spells and a sustaining focus.
As your BOD will most likely be 3 or lower, it should be easy to pump it up to modified maximum even with the Lvl.3 sustaining foci available at chargen. You could get Genetic Optimization in addition to that, as even a pixie's augmented BOD maximum isn't that impressive, but in any case, you'd have at least the basic flyswatter problems covered. Of course, following a posession-based tradition could be helpful, too. Or, if yu're an adept, Increased Attribute, but that one's terribly overpriced by RAW. |
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Oct 21 2008, 09:48 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,141 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 2,048 |
Anabolic steroids and a Gold's Gym pass.
-Chrysalis |
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Oct 22 2008, 02:13 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 861 Joined: 27-November 07 Member No.: 14,397 |
QUOTE (Chrysalis @ Oct 21 2008, 04:48 PM)  Anabolic steroids and a Gold's Gym pass. -Chrysalis And of course a high enough willpower to actually use the pass. |
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Oct 22 2008, 04:31 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,116 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,449 |
If your GM will let you take SURGE for your pixie, you could get level 3, and get toughness (which can be taken as a metagenetic quality) and metagenetic improvement/Body. You can then start out with a soft-maxed Body of 3 that you can raise to 4 later (it's cheaper with Karma). That's actually a pretty decent Body score for a mage, especially for a tiny, flying, nearly-invisible one with a super-high Reaction. If your GM disallows SURGE, you can still get exceptional Attribute/Body and be able to afford the magician quality.
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Oct 22 2008, 05:48 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 181 Joined: 14-April 08 From: Tallahassee, FL Member No.: 15,883 |
QUOTE (Neraph @ Oct 21 2008, 02:12 PM) Hehe, a pixie K-10 addict. Hilarious thoughts about pixies ripping a troll's arm out of socket aside, getting tinkerbell to live through the 18S might be a tad problematic after a fight when the juice wears off. |
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Oct 22 2008, 06:01 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,116 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,449 |
QUOTE (Beetle @ Oct 21 2008, 10:48 PM) Hilarious thoughts about pixies ripping a troll's arm out of socket aside, getting tinkerbell to live through the 18S might be a tad problematic after a fight when the juice wears off. ...especially since pixies have the Vanishing weakness. |
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Oct 22 2008, 07:32 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,141 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 2,048 |
Does this mean fairies heal stun by repeated clapping and that fairies take 10S if someone says "I don't believe in fairies".
-Chrysalis |
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