Whats on your face?, One Million and One Faces Options

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I'm sorry but unless you are going to drag the sniper down to the range to get him to show you how he shoots someone you are just being an ass if you try to force the face to do the equivalent.

I disagree with this. Being a face and a combat whore are two diffrent things in SR, and should be handled diffrently. I'll let most faces "get by" on just having a good dice pool, however knowing the right things to say and excelent roll play makes the diffrence between getting by and exceeding. Besides all the shooting dice in the world don't do you a lick of good if you run out of cover and do the chicken dance in enemy fire. (ok thats a bit extream, but not thinking can also hurt combat monsters)

[Draco18s]

Besides all the shooting dice in the world don't do you a lick of good if you run out of cover and do the chicken dance in enemy fire. (ok thats a bit extream, but not thinking can also hurt combat monsters)

I've seen people do that. Well. Almost.

Player playing a vampire who built melee-focus said, "I'll take that guy" and charges. Ends up just short of the guy, who then shotguns him in the chest twice.

Next session the player had a new character. The vampire survived the fight, but the concept just didn't stand up to reality.

(Of the PCs involved in that firefight, I was the only one who took no damage because I was the only one to take cover).

[Shortstraw]

Besides all the shooting dice in the world don't do you a lick of good if you run out of cover and do the chicken dance in enemy fire. (ok thats a bit extream, but not thinking can also hurt combat monsters)

Obviously you haven't seen wangdancer.

[noonesshowmonkey]

My favorite shadowrun character that I've ever played is a Vory finger-breaker. He is a human-looking ork with max natural charisma, tailored pheromones, and a decent set of social skills. He plays something like a hardboiled detective, and can charm or fast talk his way through a good many challenges... And then the gloves come off. Interrogation is his forte, and with handy bonuses like having caused serious harm in the recent past, being armed, etc., the dice pool can get rather large.

Oddly enough, his largest dice pool is soaking damage (high body, bone lacing, dermal armor and a platelet factory). Then social skills. Then shooting assault rifles. Then going hand-to-hand to subdue opponents.

Easily the most fun I've had playing Shadowrun.

I don't know how well he would transfer to SR5, since Essence factors into Social limits.

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My favorite shadowrun character that I've ever played is a Vory finger-breaker. He is a human-looking ork with max natural charisma, tailored pheromones, and a decent I don't know how well he would transfer to SR5, since Essence factors into Social limits.

Tailored pheramones help alot with that.

[Draco18s]

Tailored pheramones help alot with that.

So does teamwork (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
(wait a second, this makes no sense)

[Tymeaus Jalynsfe...]

Tailored pheramones help alot with that.

So does Reputation (or Street Cred, can't remember that one off hand). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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So does Reputation (or Street Cred, can't remember that one off hand). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Both, kinda sorta. I'm more familiar with SR4 than 5. But as I recall if your rep is high enough they should know you (maybe good, maybe bad I don't like the Star knowing me) But then Notoriety kicks in too as a negative... or a positive if you are threatening to take the pliers to a guy.

[Tymeaus Jalynsfe...]

Both, kinda sorta. I'm more familiar with SR4 than 5. But as I recall if your rep is high enough they should know you (maybe good, maybe bad I don't like the Star knowing me) But then Notoriety kicks in too as a negative... or a positive if you are threatening to take the pliers to a guy.

I think your Limit goes up in SR5, though.