Looking for an effective rigger character Options

[nspace]

I just started playing in a shadowrun game, and decided to make a rigger. Making an effective rigger character seems a little complicated right now, so I was wondering if someone with more experience could crank out an effective character.

I was thinking they would be good with ground vehicles and competent with air vehicles. They would have mechanic abilities to repair or modify vehicles as well as other 'mechanically minded' tasks (this is the guy you call when you want to cut open a vault door, or modify an elevator). Some capacity to use drones with some level of competency would be nice if possible.

[overcannon]

Well, what I do have is a smuggler-rigger. He is not competent at hacking.

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Smuggler/Rigger, 400BP
Race: Human (0 BP)
Mundane (0BP)
Attributes (180 BP):
B: 3
A: 4
R: 3
S: 2
C: 5
I: 4
L: 2
W: 3
Edge: 2
Essence: 5.1

Qualities (-30 BP):
More than Metahuman (5 BP)
In Debt (-15 BP)
Moderate Silver Allergy (-10 BP)
Moderate Soycaf Allergy (-10 BP)

Mad Skills (184 BP):
Influence (Group): 4
Mechanic (Group): 2
Cracking (Group): 1
Electronics (Group): 1
Gunnery: 5
Perception: 5
Pilot Ground Craft: 4
Disguise: 4
Dodge: 2
Palming: 2
Pilot Aircraft: 2
Pistols: 2


Knowledge Skills (18 free):
Languages
English: N
Japanese: 3
Mandarin: 2
Cantonese: 2
Knowledge
Lone Star Procedures: 4
Evaluate Goods: 4
Lone Star Patrols: 3

Contacts (16 BP):
Fixer 2/3
Pirate 3/3
Tech-Wizard 3/2
With Cha*2 House Rule
Mechanic 2/2
Supply Sergeant 3/3

Resources (50 BP), 250,000+15,000 Nuyen:

Cyberware; 19,250
Control Rig; 0.5E; 10,000
Cybereyes, Rating 3; 9,250; 0.4E
 Smartlink
 Vision Enhancement 3
 Thermographic Vision
 Low Light Vision
 Flare Compensation

Nexi; 30,150
Comp-U-Stomp (Custom Nexus); 30,150
 Response 3, Signal 5
 System 6, Firewall 6
 Processor Limit 50, System Limit 20
 Armor rating 10
 Hardening rating 6

Commlink; 9,150
Transys Avalon; 5,000
2x Sony Emperor, @700 each; 1,400
Hot Sim Module; 250
Simrig; 1,000
Novatech Navi; 1,500

Common Use Programs; 4,200
Analyze 6; 600
Browse 6; 600
Command 6; 600
Edit 6; 600
Encrypt 6; 600
Reality Filter 6; 600
Scan 6; 600

Hacking Programs; 9,000
Armor 3; 1,500
Attack 3; 1,500
Biofeedback Filter 3; 1,500
Exploit 3; 1,500
Spoof 3; 1,500
ECCM 3; 1,500

Tactical Software; 6,000
Tacsoft, rating 2; 6,000

Vehicles; 125,800
Seattle Special (GMC Bulldog Step-Van); 88,750
 Morphing License Plate, Spoof Chip
 GridLink, GridLink Override
 Improved Sensor Array, Smuggling Compartment
 Retrans Unit
 2x Drone Rack (Large Landing)
 Weapon Mount (Normal, Internal, Fixed, Remote)
Corinthian (Mitsubishi Nightsky); 28,250
 Morphing License Plate, Spoof Chip
 GridLink, GridLink Override
 Retrans Unit
Fugio (Suzuki Mirage), 8,800
 Motorcycle Gyro Stabilization
 Run-Flat Tires

Drones; 28,200
Hoplite (Wuxing Crimson Samurai); 18,700
 Ammo Bins
 Gyro Link
 Chameleon Coating
Raven (Ford LEBD-1); 9,500
 Armor, Normal, rating 9
 Chameleon Coating
 Ammo Bins

Armor; 700
Lined Coat, 700

Weapons; 14,600
3x Ares MP-LMG, @3,900 each; 11,700
 Underbarrel Arm-Tech MGL 12
 Top Mounted Smartgun System
Yamaha Sakura Fubuki; 2,400
 Top Mounted Smartgun System
Ares Predator IV; 350
Defiance ECX Shocker; 150

Ammunition; 4,500
750x Rounds, Normal LMG Ammo; 1,500
150x Rounds, Light Pistol Ammo; 300
100x Rounds, Heavy Pistol Ammo; 200
50x High Explosive Grenades; 2,250
50x Taser Tarts; 250

Weapon Accessories; 250
3x Concealable Holster; 225
5x Spare Clips, 25

ID; 13,200
3x Fake SIN, Rating 4; 12,000
3x Fake License (Firearms), Rating 4; 1,200

Lifestyle; 10,000
Middle, 2 Months; 10,000

[Jaid]

effective varies greatly from game to game. are we talking 20+ dice in the pool effective, 12+ dice pool effective, or 12-15ish in main dice pools with 6-9 in secondary? something completely different from the above?

in short, we need to know how your specific shadowrun group defines effective before we can help you make an effective character for your group (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[nspace]

I was generally rolling 6-8 dice for things I was supposed to be 'good at'. Other players seemed to be rolling in the 12-15 range for stuff they were good at, and 6-9 dice for stuff they were not supposed to be good at.

[Jaid]

ok then, your vehicle(s) will need a 5 response most likely, in that case. then pick up the skill at 5 or 6, and add in a specialisation (12 dice) hotsim (you are using hotsim, right?) and a control rig (16-17 dice).

so for example, pilot groundcraft(wheeled) at 5. the rest is just easy-to-get equipment.

same thing for gunnery, plus add in smartlink for a total of 18-19 dice.

take aircraft at a slightly lower skill level, say 2(specialisation +2).

finally, get a halfway decent logic, shove in a cerebral booster (for example, 3(5) logic would be good) and throw in your engineering skills as appropriate, probably at about 3. that'll give you 8 dice in your engineering skills. you could even bump up your logic a bit if you wanted. pack in some knowledge skills about vehicles and you're good to go.

that should leave you with lots of build points (or karma, if that's how you're making characters) for other stuff.

[Cthulhudreams]

http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?show...st&p=618240 isn;t bad. If you start with that and then run from there, you'll be groovy.

Do not underestimate the combat thing - the LMGs and grenade launchers just turn people into chop suey, and remember, the drones can still fire even if you're not directly controlling them.