 Pixie Karmagen, Buying off Uneducated |
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 Feb 4 2009, 08:59 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 205 Joined: 7-January 07 From: Sydney, Australia Member No.: 10,558  |
If it costs 40 BP for a Pixie character to buy off uneducated would it cost 80 karma?
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Feb 4 2009, 09:01 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
It only costs 20 BP (40 Karma) to buy off Uneducated.
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Feb 4 2009, 09:05 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 205 Joined: 7-January 07 From: Sydney, Australia Member No.: 10,558 |
Oops, my bad. But thanks.
Edit: Does it say anything about whether Pixie's can become technomancers? I couldnt find anything, but I'm guessing with their inherent magic rating that they can't? |
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Feb 4 2009, 09:22 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
p.73 SR4 - "A character can only possess Magic or Resonance, never both." -> Because sapient critters possess Magic by default, this does generally rule out Pixie Technomancers.
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Feb 4 2009, 09:29 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 205 Joined: 7-January 07 From: Sydney, Australia Member No.: 10,558 |
I suppose you couldn't speed things up by taking enough cyberware to cancel out their magic from the get-go and then taking the Technomancer quality... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)
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Feb 4 2009, 09:31 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,336 Joined: 25-February 08 From: San Mateo CA Member No.: 15,708 |
QUOTE (Ancient History @ Feb 4 2009, 01:22 PM)  p.73 SR4 - "A character can only possess Magic or Resonance, never both." -> Because sapient critters possess Magic by default, this does generally rule out Pixie Technomancers. [ Spoiler ] I guess it is really possible to have Daemons on your server. /me ducks to dodge the rotten eggs. |
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Feb 4 2009, 09:32 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Well, this is where character creation gets a little wiggy. If you do chargen in a linear manner (pick race/metatype, buy attributes, buy skills, buy resources...) then no, you can't. If you do it in a nonlinear manner, these little workarounds are possible, with the GM's blessing.
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Feb 4 2009, 10:14 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,336 Joined: 25-February 08 From: San Mateo CA Member No.: 15,708 |
Sorry, I was just making a UNIX joke.
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Feb 4 2009, 10:22 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,089 Joined: 4-October 05 Member No.: 7,813 |
QUOTE (BlueMax @ Feb 4 2009, 05:14 PM) Sorry, I was just making a UNIX joke. he was referring to taking that route to get a TM in chargen, not to your daemon joke... |
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Feb 5 2009, 01:55 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,245 Joined: 27-April 07 From: Running the streets of Southeast Virginia Member No.: 11,548 |
QUOTE (Ancient History @ Feb 4 2009, 04:32 PM) Well, this is where character creation gets a little wiggy. If you do chargen in a linear manner (pick race/metatype, buy attributes, buy skills, buy resources...) then no, you can't. If you do it in a nonlinear manner, these little workarounds are possible, with the GM's blessing. Another option, usable in an ongoing campaign would be to reduce Essence to just under 1 point. This forces any Magic attribute to be reduced to 0 but still allows the character to be alive. Then, undergo the Essence repair treatment until your Essence is back up to 6. Due to the mechanics of Latent FEATURE, you get 1 point when it goes active if your Essence is 1+. But honestly, if someone wanted a Pixie Technomancer, it'd just be better to let the player do so from the get-go rather than make them pay through the nose for an odd / unusual concept. |
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Sep 16 2010, 04:36 PM
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Old Man of the North Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 10,236 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463 |
Ok, forgive me if this has been addressed elsewhere, but I did try feebly to find it. Sapient critters start with a Magic Attribute of 1, but no Quality like Magician or Adept. Those Qualities say "...starts with a Magic Attribute of 1". If one take such a Quality at chargen for a sapient critter, do the two Magic Attributes add to 2, or do they overlap and give the character 1, twice, still leaving her at 1?
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Sep 16 2010, 04:55 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,803 Joined: 3-February 08 From: Finland Member No.: 15,628 |
QUOTE (pbangarth @ Sep 16 2010, 07:36 PM) Ok, forgive me if this has been addressed elsewhere, but I did try feebly to find it. Sapient critters start with a Magic Attribute of 1, but no Quality like Magician or Adept. Those Qualities say "...starts with a Magic Attribute of 1". If one take such a Quality at chargen for a sapient critter, do the two Magic Attributes add to 2, or do they overlap and give the character 1, twice, still leaving her at 1? IMO you only get one point of magic for "free" 1 is the mimimum atribute you can have and both of those give you magic stat and set it at its mimimum value. |
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Sep 16 2010, 06:02 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 140 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 164 |
Keep in mind that if a sapient critter loses its magic rating, it loses its critter powers.
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Sep 16 2010, 07:25 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
By the rules, a Pixie can never become a Technomancer, regardless of its Magic rating. It's a Paranormal Critter, not an Emergent one.
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