Need an Adept Power, One Magic point left.. Options

[Shockwave_IIc]

Thats right folks, i can't find enough powers for a character idea (See Strange things do happen).

So far i have
lvl 4 Improved Athletics
lvl 4 Great Leap
lvl 4 FreeFall
lvl 4 Mystic armour (helps with falls, besides he can fight in hth)
Costing 5 points.

So ok, the idea is that he doesn't know he's an adept, he puts alot of what he can do down to being on an arenalin rush (from his music) and the cyber he has (hence no lvl 6 athletics). The only thing that is a little high is his freefall. I was wanting a Running power, but no such thing exsist :( .

I'm wanting to stay away from pure combat powers..

I could just lose the point but i was hoping for other ideas...

[Backgammon]

Geasa the whole lot (geasa: listening to music) and buy boosted reflexes lv1

[Fahr]

Improved Physical Attribute -> quickness at 2 levels...

or
Imp. sense: direction sense - works for a distance runner...
pain resistance -> runners hurt themselves sometimes when they run... would make sense if he wants to keep going after an injury... also matches with his Adrenaline beliefs...

or
maybe temperature tolerance... for those Manhattan winter marathos ;)

-Mike R

[spotlite]

What about combat sense? If it only works when he's 'rushing' it would make perfect sense, as he becomes more aware of his surroundings etc.

[Kagetenshi]

Traceless Walk and L2 Imp. Stealth.

~J

[Grey]

[Fahr]

while I don't disagree with the usefulness of those powers...

they don't sound like something a regular athlete or marathon or distance runner would have... why would he need to be sealthy, or walk without trace in a marathon...

that was why I didn't point those out...

-Mike R.

[Kagetenshi]

Traceless Walk would be invaluable for a long-distance runner. Mud can be really nasty on some routes.

As for stealth, it's a power that, while it doesn't exactly go with the concept, also doesn't go against it, which was better that I could say for anything else I could come up with.

~J

[Rev]

Yea, improved quickness is the running power. You could likely get a gm to agree to a cheaper limited version of it for fewer points though. Improved running (+1q for running, 0.25 power points).

Of course by the rules I think it is pretty much imposible to run a marathon. :)

[A Clockwork Lime]

Improved Attribute: Body 2 for the endurance tests you'll need to make, or Boosted Attribute: Quickness 4 for a quick burst of speed for sprinting.

[Shockwave_IIc]

[Shockwave_IIc]

[Jason Farlander]

I've always thought there should be an enhanced running ability (and no, improved quickness is not improved running in the same way that its not great leap). Perhaps you could do it the exact same way that great leap works, except apply it to running tests (.25 per level, +1 die/+1Quickness for running tests per level). It ends up being somewhat bland and less useful for the cost than great leap is, IMO.

A more unique approach I've been toying with making available to players is this: .5 per level, +1 die/+1 running multiplier per level. Thoughts?

[A Clockwork Lime]

[Crimson Jack]

If your character is great in hth, I would invest in Counter Strike. That's just plain nasty when some poor slot tries to put one on your chin and you return with a deadly volley of fists everytime. That power is great.

[Shockwave_IIc]

Well he's got unarmed 6 and polearms 6 (wanted Kung-fu but alas im well tight on skill points.. :( ) But i might drop them down a bit.

[Crimson Jack]

If you're going to take Unarmed at 6, you should max out Counter Strike. Have him goad people into taking a swing at him. You should clean their clocks more times than not.

[Drain Brain]

[Shockwave_IIc]

Geas'd...


Or will be.

[Drain Brain]

Ah right - the music thing in the other thread - DNI walkman! I see where you're going (and you'll probably meet the duracell bunny when you get there) but I was always of the impression that a Geas was something you submitted yourself to - something intentional. I wouldn't really apply it to a character who didn't know he was an adept. Could be just me though - that's a point for individual interpretation.

[Large Mike]

A geas is an even better idea when it's unintentional, in my opinion, because it reflects the way that a) the character thinks about magic or b) what really gets their motor running.

btw, I would recommend mystic armor, because most people have a fairly good idea of how high they can jump or how much a given fall is going to hurt, but most people think they're tougher than they actually are, and so mystic armor wouldn't strike the curious-bone quite as hard.

[fionn]

I know this is slightly off topic, but what are the rules for jumping, I lost my SR COmp. I think its silly that they weren;t in the SR core.

[fionn]

Forget having a chip player Dni for the music. Stream it off the matrix wirelessly

[Nikoli]

Sota '64. has an improved running ability, adds 1 to the Quick for puposes for determining run speed, works with athletics. Oh, and gliding is what gets you across mud, not traceless walk. TW just means the poor slob behind you won't know you lost a show in the goop.

[Apathy]

Depending on the interpretation of how Traceless Walk works, it might reduce the pounding abuse that runner's feet take.