Adepts and Augmentations, Another q. from the guy player.. |
Adepts and Augmentations, Another q. from the guy player.. |
Sep 10 2005, 02:19 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 7-September 05 Member No.: 7,701 |
So, I'm looking at my adept. He's pretty nice. Elf, adept.. attributes arn't too bad, skills are low but eh..
He has 90k to spend. I don't need to spend money on life style and I can't imagine spending more then 10k on pistols, ammo, armor, etc. Obviously, an alpha smarklink II and alpha flame compensator are keen, but.. What ELSE is good for a phys adept? What about bioware? WELL? |
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Sep 10 2005, 02:22 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Any sensemods other than thermo/low-light that you can push to cyber. That .25 power point is worth more than the cred.
Other than that, what does your character do? Anything other than shoot people? ~J |
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Sep 10 2005, 03:35 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 |
Actually, I'd rather have vision mag 3 and select sound filter 5 through natural means. But I would try to keep my all sense mods to 1 PP, either I got the Magic to use them all or I won't.
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Sep 10 2005, 04:12 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
What about spending the money for a car, lifestyle, connections (assumed you're still at char creation in case of the latter)?
I have a kid-ad who has 1,5 power points in vision enhancement and all that. It's not worth the point as you can get most with equipment too, even low-light vision googles iirc. |
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Sep 10 2005, 08:18 PM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,587 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 7,014 |
Buy contacts. Lots of contacts.
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Sep 11 2005, 01:19 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 571 Joined: 9-January 05 From: In the 9th circle of hell Member No.: 6,950 |
What do we need?
Contacts, lots of contacts. |
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Sep 11 2005, 02:46 AM
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Grand Master of Run-Fu Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,840 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Tir Tairngire Member No.: 178 |
Don't bother buying flare comp as cyber; get it as an adept power. Get a rangefinder instead; it works much better with the SLII.
If your GM allows Body Index and Essence loss to stack for Magic loss, get Enhanced Articulation. +1 die to every physical task and +1 Reaction is a lot of bang for your buck. A datajack is also something to consider; it opens up all sorts of technical skills and abilities to you. As everyone else has pointed out, contacts are always a good idea. You can never have too many contacts. Don't neglect lifestyles! Pay up a few months on a middle one, then buy yourself at least 1 permanent squatter lifestyle as a bolt-hole-- more, if you can afford it. At 10k :nuyen: a pop, they're well worth it as extra safehouses. Invest in a few credsticks. Each one is effectively a fake ID for you, so you want to have at least two. Again, more is better: get a mid-rating one for everyday use, several low-rating ones for throwaway transactions, and one high-rating one for when you really need to hide. Communication gear is always nice. If you can afford a micro-tranciever with subvocal mike and encryption, you'll be more effective in the field. If you go cyber, get the phone option, but also buy up your encryption. Also, buy yourself a few pocket phones for throwaway use. While you're at it, buy yourself a pocket secretary-- it handles almost every low-grade computer task you're likely to encounter. (Bigger tasks are the province of the team decker.) Tools can be useful; at the very least, a firearms kit will enable you to do regular maintance on your guns, and swap out some accessories. If you can afford it, a bug scanner and white noise generator are always nice to have. Being able to talk securely is always a plus. High rating medkits and a Docwagon contract are generally worthwhile investments. If nothing else, a rating-6 medkit is a cheap backup healer on your team. Get yourself a car if you can; you don't need to load it out with mods, since that's the rigger's job. However, you do want to get a transponder library and morphing license plate; you also want photovoltaic paint if you can afford it. These mods are pretty cheap, and they make your vehicle virtually untrackable; at least, for any use you'll be putting it to. If you're SINless, these mods are practically a must; they'll prevent any casual police stops. |
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Sep 11 2005, 02:52 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,283 Joined: 17-May 05 Member No.: 7,398 |
Muscle Replacement 4 and a lot of geasa.
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