If one is playing in a non-combat-suprimist game, there is an adept capable of some amazing stunts:

Gliding (Run <magic> meters over something that cannot bear your weight) 1 point
Wall running (Run <magic> meters up a wall) 1 point
Traceless walk (No footprints / reduced noise) .5 point
Sprint (+1 quick for running purposes) .25 level
Great leap (Extra dice for jumping, raise limit for distance) .25 level
Freefall (Fall 2 M per level without damage) .25 level
Improved Ability athletics (Extra dice for physical exertion and skill) .25 level

All right, I know the guy has sucky reflexes and can't fight as well as a combat adept. OTOH, he is capable of action movie stunts, especially the asian ones. I suspect the look on the GM's face when someone says "I run onto the roof" would be priceless. And he can do the 100 M dash in far less than 10 seconds.

Another power might be Living Focus, depending on the group's mage, and sidestep (It just fits in)

yeah. i've got an adept who does some of that--she's got wallrunning, gliding, freefall 2, and great leap 2. in a recent game, i had fun tumbling her from window to window along the side of a building.

I've been working on a similar character, but slightly more combat oriented. So far I've been calling him my wire-fu adept.

You could just make a mage with a Force 6 Levitate and a sustaining focus.

Then again, that wouldn't earn you nearly as many style points.

Come on guys, this is Shadowrun, not Feng Shui.

Although it wouldn't be so bad if Shadowrun had Mooks and Named Characters.

Tiger & Dragon olé! Finally some characters able to fight at the tops of trees.

'Sprint' sort of reminds me of the talent from ED.

a human with Qui 6 moves at 18mpt. a human with maxed Qui (10, not counting cyber) moves at 30mpt.

how long is a turn, in ED? i want to say 6 seconds, but i don't recall exactly.

and ED combat round is 10 seconds i believe (so says my brother who runs it)

I always wanted to play a Sumo-Troll with wallrunning.
Think about it.
Bad guy: "Running away will not save you! Wait a second..."
SPLAT!

If you took a mere 2 of the .25s at level 2, you could still afford the first 2-point Improved Reflexes... that makes for a pretty good rounding off, IMHO.

Get a point in Magic Attribute, and buy yourself a sustaining focus and improved reflexes? Ghetto, and maybe a bit off theme I know, but it solves the initiative problem.

Physical Shaman Adept (Horse Totem).
Initiate and learn Movement as a metamagic.

Is that legal? I thought that the only benefit that Totem Way adepts got from their totem was the abilty to go on Astral Quest initiation ordeals.

It is, if you're on the Path of the Magician (or whatever they call it -- "physmages," y'know?). Sink a few of your Adept power points into Magic, choose Horse as your totem, and then Initiate. Poof. You're fast.

you're fast 3x per day. feh.

That's three times a day more than Race, your dumb character!

Not to mention the fact that you could also supplement that by actually summoning a Spirit to use the Power on you if you need it more often.

just you wait until i can login to SL again. you'll be sorry then!