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 Feb 3 2004, 06:26 PM
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Running Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,047 Joined: 12-November 03 From: Perilously close to the Sioux Nation. Member No.: 5,818  |
And JongWK, you get my PM/check the damn thread...
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Feb 3 2004, 07:55 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: 1-January 04 Member No.: 5,948 |
errr? Are you wanting characters that can do all those?
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Feb 3 2004, 07:59 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Tucson Member No.: 4,153 |
That's a good question. :) |
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Feb 3 2004, 08:14 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,049 Joined: 24-March 03 Member No.: 4,323 |
I assume he is. Don't worry though, its apparently really easy to do with BeCKS.
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Feb 3 2004, 08:16 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222 |
Yeah. I bet Kagetenshi and BlackSmith have been building those killer characters for just this purpose.
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Feb 3 2004, 08:30 PM
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Avatar of Mediocrity Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 725 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle, WA (err, UCAS) Member No.: 277 |
I'm waiting to see. These characters are going to SUCK, Req thinks.
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Feb 3 2004, 11:46 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,047 Joined: 12-November 03 From: Perilously close to the Sioux Nation. Member No.: 5,818 |
Yeah, they have to fufill all the roles (Excepting faces, of course-only girls do that ;) ).
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Feb 4 2004, 12:03 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 75 Joined: 24-August 02 Member No.: 3,168 |
Prototype is an ork who pretty much fullfills these criteria I think...
Okay, rigger... he isn't yet, but he has enough saved to get VCR 1 and a bunch of remote control deck equipment, drones, etc. so that'll be fullfilled within a few weeks! Decker - he has a datajack and an MPCP-10 Cyberdeck with most programs between ratings 6 and 10!!! Pretty good, Computer 6 as well, though he's gonna get a Math-SPU when he gets the VCR probably! Samurai - well, in addition to his datajack he has vision and hearing mods, Move-By-Wire 3, Titanium Bone Lacing, Dermal Sheath, Smartlink, a bunch of headware, Skillwires-6 (1000Mp), Expert Drivers (2 of them), and some other stuff. By way of Bioware he has Platelet Factory, Trauma Damper, Muscle Aug + Toner, Mnemonic Enhancer and some other stuff... Image - presume this means 'face' type stuff? Well, he has Negotiation/Ettiquette and that around 5-6 along with a bunch of other skills in this vein chipped. I suppose that kind of covers it! He's stealthy too, which most of these guys are! Adepts - He's a physad around initiate grade 7 - powers are hit hard by all the cyber and stuff, but mainly run to enhanced skills, pain resistance, mystic armour, killing hands and the like. Plenty of centering on just about everything and a Rating 6 Weapon Focus plus Rating 4 Centering Focus to round it all off. Sound like your man? |
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Feb 4 2004, 12:11 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 87 Joined: 8-March 03 From: Northern Virginia Member No.: 4,223 |
Not image. Mage. And he's not.
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Feb 4 2004, 02:55 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Tucson Member No.: 4,153 |
Ok. This one has been a long time in the making and started all the way back in 1st ed.
---------------- Reaver Rigger - Well, not yet, but does have the essence to afford a level 1 VCR if and when he wants to shell out the major nuyen for a delta grade version and the skilled surgeon. Does have a few nice cars already and an old SPECAT International Jaguar fighter. Does have a datajack and all his vehicles have a datajack port. Decker - Has an implanted Math SPU (3) and Encephalon (2). Has a highly modified Trans-Berry NeuroSys cyberdeck that he picked up from a published adventure (Imago I think). MPCP 13 (running of 12 since it uses a reality filter) and most programs are at an average of 6. Computer skill is only a 4, with a B/R of 2. Decking is more of a past time/hobby than a full fledged skill. Samurai - Has dual smartgun rig, a single cybereye (which he lost in a fight with a bug shaman) and a rating 6 implanted radio (w/ commlink 4, crypto-circuit 8, scramble breaker 6 and a cybercomm link). Skillwire 6 (300Mp) for backup esoteric skills. Also has muscle augmentation and muscle toner, enhanced articulation, synthacardium and trauma damper. Pistols of 6, assault rifles and rifles of 5, SMG of 4, and edged weapons of 6. Athletics of 3 and Stealth of 4. Mage - Level 10 shamanic initiate, following the goddess Ishtar (deity of love and war). Sorcery finally up to rating 8, enchanting 7, conjuring 6 and spell design 5. Has picked up pretty much every metamagic talent through either initiation or learning. Has shed all current geas through magic loss, but still has focus additiction. Rating 4 and 8 weapon focus. Also has a rating 12 weapon focus bastard sword that is also an ally spirit rating 6. A rating 6 power focus, rating 6 shield focus, rating 6 manipulation focus, a few spell locks and a few sustaining foci. Average force rating of spells is around 7 or 8. Al cyberware is delta grade, implanted here and there over a large ammount of time. Bioware was also implanted slowly and is all cultured. |
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Feb 4 2004, 02:59 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,049 Joined: 24-March 03 Member No.: 4,323 |
Too bad he's not an adept, and too bad he's not a starting character. Otherwise... in the immortal words on keanu reeves: "Woah."
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Feb 4 2004, 03:05 PM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
Start with magical path(mage, assumed to be hermetic) adept>> mage and adept
Get implants(smartlinks and datajack and eye stuff)>> Sam Decker(since have datajack already can just add a deck and skills) Rigger(just add vehicle, a rigger doesn't need a VCR to rig :) ) |
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Feb 4 2004, 03:10 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Tucson Member No.: 4,153 |
The only way to have BOTH a mage AND an adept would be to do a physical mage. Such mages are highly difficult to cyber... especially right out of the gate. And he never said anything about starting characters. ;) |
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Feb 4 2004, 03:26 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,049 Joined: 24-March 03 Member No.: 4,323 |
He *did* say "make and post" as opposed to "make, play across 3 editions until you have a godlike character, and then post." as well as "they do have to fulfill all the roles"
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Feb 4 2004, 03:40 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,965 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Edinburgh, Scotland Member No.: 2,032 |
Actually: Isn't Adept an equivalent term for any aspected character? IE: You get Conjuring / Sorcery Adepts so wouldn't a hermetic conjuring adept count as an MageAdept?
Aside from that the Path of the Magician is about the best choice with the best grade of VCR1, Datajack, and Smartlink you can fit into 2 essence (you'll need some betaware or better in there). |
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Feb 4 2004, 03:56 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,965 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Edinburgh, Scotland Member No.: 2,032 |
I'd like in but I'd like to know what chargen rules are being used. 123BP? Becks XYZ? Priorities? Is Beta/Cultured ware available? What rating/Availability is allowable?
Also: What, specifically, do characters have to achieve to be counted as a Sammie? Do they need to have 0.01 essence or (as I'm assuming) be good in general combat and have a smartlink? Are Sorcerery/Conjuring/Totemic/Elemental Adepts considered Adepts or do you have to be a Physical Adept? |
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Feb 4 2004, 04:34 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
Um, yes he does. A vehicle control rig. Neither datajack control, nor "pilot's chair" mode are true rigging. They're similar, which is why they're found in the Rigger book (what, you want them in MitS?) But I maintain that you're not Rigging unless you're "jumping into" the vehicle. |
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Feb 4 2004, 06:15 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Right now I'm building a killer essay that was due two days ago, but I'll get on the characters right after that :) ~J |
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Feb 4 2004, 06:24 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,035 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Anahiem, CA Member No.: 100 |
Man, when I read shit like that, I remember why I'm so picky about who I play with. That character is just freakin' lame and rediculous. |
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Feb 4 2004, 06:42 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Tucson Member No.: 4,153 |
That character has been played since 1st ed. Do you have any characters you've played with for that long? Frankly I find your tone insulting and uncalled for. |
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Feb 4 2004, 07:32 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 8-September 03 From: Tempe, AZ Member No.: 5,596 |
ah, a realist. its too bad you diddnt stay as a child when you gained experience and age. |
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Feb 4 2004, 07:39 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,035 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Anahiem, CA Member No.: 100 |
Eventually characters get to a point where they can retire. Ask yourself this... You were a shadowrunner, risking your life day in, day out, just so some Johnson will pay you a bit of money, but then again, he may just stab you in the back. Eventually, you get the "big score" and have enough to buy a permanent high lifestyle. Do you keep risking your life for people who don't give a damn about you, or do you life the easy life?
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Feb 4 2004, 07:40 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Depends what you're running for.
Even amongst those who don't have ideals they fight for or revenge to seek, some people just forget how to live any other way. ~J |
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Feb 4 2004, 07:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Tucson Member No.: 4,153 |
Depends on the person and thier goals. At that level, maybe you just become more like a Johnson, personally hiring a team to accomplish to goal and personally making sure its completed. Every character has different outlooks and goals. Then there are some who are just addicted to the action. ;) |
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Feb 4 2004, 07:41 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 8-September 03 From: Tempe, AZ Member No.: 5,596 |
then again, some people want to get out of the house and away from the kids.
;) eh reav? |
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