 Scary Flaw/Skill Combos, When creativity goes insane... |
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 Feb 14 2004, 08:08 AM
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Neophyte Runner  Group: Members Posts: 2,458 Joined: 22-March 03 From: I am a figment of my own imagination. Member No.: 4,302  |
Alright, so I only have one at the moment. Picture this...
Demolitons + Gremlins Even at level one there's a chance of a screw up which requires the object to be struck against a hard surface to work. Say you happen to be wiring the detonator on very sensitive fuel air bomb... :eek: Anyone got others? |
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Feb 14 2004, 08:45 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,598 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Hong Kong Member No.: 4,253 |
If you are working with sensitive explosives and have the gremils flaw, you are not too bright. Most good explosives aren't impact sensitive, so why worry?
There are plenty that can go wrong with things that go boom, going off when smacked is usually not one of them. |
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Feb 14 2004, 09:01 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,116 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,449 |
In the Cage Fight game, I play Rat, the face (by default), who also has the Uncouth Flaw. So you have a "face" who does things like burping loudly and wiping his mouth with the tablecloth. :D
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Feb 14 2004, 10:02 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,362 Joined: 3-October 03 From: Poway, San Diego County, CA, USA Member No.: 5,676 |
Incompetence: Negotiation or Incompetence:Intimidation could be good for a laugh. Imagine saying "I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast," or "We got payed way more than that when we ran a datasteal against your corp last year." And how about Aptitude: conjuring and spirit bane? "The force 8 storm spirit is summoned successfully. It attacks you." Or how about aptitude:stealth and allergy:grease paint?
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Feb 14 2004, 10:51 AM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
Liar and Braggart.
Runner A "And there we were just about to grab the merchandise when suddenly, Lowfyr showed up..." Runner B "You are a bloody liar..." Runner C "Duh! What was your first clue, man?" |
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Feb 14 2004, 04:02 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 101 Joined: 22-October 03 From: Marianna Member No.: 5,753 |
A large troll with the Blind flaw and a heavy weapons(vigorous Assult Cannon) 7(9)
Equiped with said assult cannon. |
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Feb 14 2004, 04:48 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
Liar, braggart, low willpower, griffon shaman.
If anyone contests his bragging lies, there's a fight to death. Albino sun shaman with a severe allergy to sunlight. Any oceanic totem + sea madness. Anyone who takes hunted and amnesia... |
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Feb 14 2004, 04:59 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Hunted, Amnesia, Mysterious Cyberware. Beautiful combination, that.
There are any number of nasty ways someone can screw themselves over with Flashbacks. ~J |
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Feb 14 2004, 08:15 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 |
Are you kidding, man?! That's more or less the exact combo I took for my character! It's FUN!!! :D :grinbig: |
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Feb 14 2004, 09:27 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Yes, but, you see, you're a loon. :D ~J |
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Feb 14 2004, 10:25 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,665 Joined: 26-April 03 From: Sweden Member No.: 4,516 |
Add on Incompetence(Demolitions), Color Blind and Compulsion(Blow things Up) Or how about an Otaku with Sensitive Neural Structure 2, Simsense Vertigo, Incompetence(Computer), Codeblock and Choker A decker with Jack Itch and Matrix Addiction 3 |
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Feb 14 2004, 10:49 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,362 Joined: 3-October 03 From: Poway, San Diego County, CA, USA Member No.: 5,676 |
Braggart, Liar, Vindictive.
Incompetence: Semiballistics Welcome to Delta airlines, we are now entering the stratosphere and oh shit a blimp! |
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Feb 14 2004, 11:36 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 |
Oh yes. All that and Dark Secret. He went by an alias (my username here) because he forgot his real name. You have three guesses, Kagetenshi, to guess what my GM felt we should give him as his real name. :grinbig: |
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Feb 15 2004, 12:42 AM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
Not if the trigger is when you are unconscious. And the Flashbacks tell you the parts of your history that your Amnesia hide - like your name, etc. |
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Feb 15 2004, 12:47 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
Depends on how nightmarish your past was. You may end up with a character that can only stay asleep by either a stunbolt or drugs. |
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Feb 15 2004, 12:55 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,049 Joined: 24-March 03 Member No.: 4,323 |
I swear I had a player who carried those flaws around with him to each new character he made, without ever actually gaining the points for them. On 3 or 4 separate occaisions his first "demolitions expert" character almost got the entire party killed by bringing along a sack filled with 20 kilos of C-12, but, by incredible luck, and once forcing the entire party to blow their hand of god, they never actually went off. Circumstances (involving the character becomming completely owned by CATCo) lead him to retire that character. So the next character he makes is, you guessed it, a demolitions expert. He also failed to learn the dangers of keeping 20 kilos of C-12 with him, though he did "learn" to keep it a secret from the other players. One time the team was trying to infiltrate a secret research facility, and discovered a locked hatch leading down into said facility. Not wanting to "waste time," he decided to blow the hatch. The mage warned him that there was a great form hearth spirit in the room, but this bit of information was *ignored* because "it wasn't attacking them." The rest of the team decided to wait outside, but it didnt matter. The campaign ended that day. |
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Feb 15 2004, 02:10 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 608 Joined: 9-July 02 From: California Member No.: 2,955 |
Who am I? And why are these people shooting at me?
Oh yes, I am soooo playing that next chance I get. |
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Feb 15 2004, 02:24 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 101 Joined: 22-October 03 From: Marianna Member No.: 5,753 |
I am playing a shapeshifter with amneisia, Flashbacks, And a severe allergy to something i have yet to figure out.
Also he has high charisma and looks like a girl. He is also Ambisexual. Fun fun fun ^_^ |
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Feb 15 2004, 03:00 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 |
Yes. Hunted + Amnesia + Mysterious Cyber + Dark Secret + Flashbacks = many opportunities for RPing a character to the hilt. :grinbig:
*still waiting for Kagetenshi to list three guesses* |
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Feb 15 2004, 03:08 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Hmm... Damien Knight? ;)
Burnout (or whatever the name of that cyberzombie that [ Spoiler ] Gonna save my third guess 'till I come up with a better idea. ~J |
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Feb 15 2004, 03:09 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 |
Nope. Jake Armitage. :D :grinbig: :rotfl:
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Feb 15 2004, 06:20 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 475 Joined: 17-June 02 From: Concord University, Athens, WV Member No.: 2,880 |
I had completely forgotten that name idea. Anyway, they've only tried to kill him... three times so far. And they keep finding him, but he can't figure out why. This lead to him getting 6 physical, 6 stun, and using his bike for cover (which wound up with the bike at 9 boxes) at one point.
Phaeton, click this tag and the sniper doesn't miss next time. [ Spoiler ]
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Feb 15 2004, 07:39 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 84 Joined: 15-April 03 From: My own personal purgatory Member No.: 4,453 |
Picture it? Heck, I've played it! Though that particular case hasn't really come up much, as I didn't realize when making the character that with a Demolitions skill of "only" 5, both the street sam and the Face (!) are more skilled than he is... |
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Feb 15 2004, 07:40 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,458 Joined: 22-March 03 From: I am a figment of my own imagination. Member No.: 4,302 |
That is pretty sad... I mean a face shouldn't have any need for demolitions, the sammie maybe, but there are better expenditures of skill...
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Feb 15 2004, 07:44 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 608 Joined: 9-July 02 From: California Member No.: 2,955 |
Negotiations / Plastic Explosives - 4/6.
Heh. Hehehe. |
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