So, it's late and 'm board. What are your favorite methods of attack? Either you or one of your pcs. Posting interesting methods is greatly apreciated. GM's security methods are good too.

Control thoughts is a great one (unless you're playing w/ Fygg Nuuton )

But also a big fan of BF shotguns.

That and stacking mana bolts and stun bolts together so that they put up their magic defenses , and then shoot the bastich w/ a silvergun

Drones. Lots of drones.

~J

My twin Predators, babee.

SMGs, most of the time. Pistols, most of the rest.

Anything appropriate that is untraceable.

Pistols & Magic.

Narcoject. Fast, Silent, and not deadly, so I don't have to worry about a murder investigation.

Nothin' says lovin like a dual-charge IR Smoke/Neuro-stun IV grenade when you have a narcoject gun with an ultrasound sight (and appropriate blood filtration cyber)

Options are the key.

My current character has sun spells and physical combat spells in bolt and ball form. A couple of low force elemental manipulations for secondary effects, some tactical spells that can improvise attacks (levitate, move earth). A heavy pistol for when it’s not worth the drain (rare lately) and a holdout with gamma-scopolamine casual rounds to take past security.

On especially nasty runs he also takes some grenades

Previous characters preferred large blades or shotguns

Edward

Tricycles with C4 under the seat... nothing says fun like: `Hey, look what some kid just left lying...` BOOM!

Environmental Conditions -- throwing your opponent into an electrified body of water, for instance (bonus points if you electrified it for that pupose). Unfortunately these are incredibly hard to pull off unless you have a sharp character and lenient GM.

Firearms are much more common and about half as good. The silenced Browning Max-Power being king among these.

Cruise missile.

Short of that, Ares Predator, bay-baaaaay!

oooooh.

Environmental conditions are fun.

My current character's name is Gunner, as the name implies, he likes heavy weapons and explosives. Currently the proud owner of a SAM missile, and looking for an excuse to use it.

I tend to cause mass destruction with anyone I play. Sometimes on purpose, usually by accident. Is it my fault that nearly everything in the world is flammable?

Fists, forearms, knees, etc.

"I always knew...there was nothing wrong with you I couldn't fix with my hands."
--the Batman, to the Joker

"There are seven working defenses from this position. Three disarm with minimal contact. Three kill. One hurts."
--the Batman

"Hm. Never disposed of sewage with toilet before. Obvious, really."
--Rorschach, after killing a con with a toilet full of electrified water

Nothing says I love you like a blunt force trauma...clubs.

Bumper love here my man, ramming speed!

Is it a problem that my troll merc character doesn't consider a fully tricked out automatic shotgun a "big gun"?

Although his namesake in the comics has used many different means of execution (ninja-to, bare hands/martial arts, and firearms, to name a few), I voted "Other" because, although I have visions of my character eventually becoming a world-class assassin, he hasn't killed anyone-- yet.



--Foreigner

Clubs!

You can take almost ANYTHING and use it as a functional club.... especially if you're a troll...

Chairs, plates, guns, pool cues, mugs, plants, bats, table legs, mailboxes, cameras, pipes, street signs, lightposts, tire irons, wrenches, hammers, other metahumans, cyberdecks, rocks, scrap metal, car bumpers, rear axle off an old Lincoln, bicycles, whiskey bottle, axe handle, and lets not forget, a plain old piece of wood.

"Nothing like a good piece of hickory!" - Clint Eastwood as The Preacher, Pale Rider

My Ingram Smartgun and SPAS-12 full of explosive rounds, ta...

Lets see.. Pistols on one.
Blades & custom sustained combat spells on another.
Blades, combat spells & lightning bolts on one that I haven't gotten to use yet.
Narcojet & spirits on a conjurer I'm soon to use
Stun spells, pistols and pepper punch spray cans on the last.

Swords and sorcery all the way for me.

I mean, the big tricked out shotguns and SMGs are certainly cool, and effective (and most of my characters carry at least one of those), but it's all about swords and magic, in my book.

Hehehe, had an idea for fun security. My players, no peaking.

Actually I have this strange preferance for the Ares MP laser I stole on my last run against Ares. I even carry a spare set of batteries. Nothing like scaring the crap out the goon in heavy military grade armor or making dragons sweat.

Rocks.

From orbit.

Siroccos.

You attack people with warm breezes?

No, the Russian anti-ship missiles. 20SN of high explosive fun.

Nuking the planet from orbit.

Only way to be sure.

nothin says i love you like a gun to the face

Ares Victory, then.

Eichiro Hatamoto II with a Force 4 Combat spell focus built into the custom grip. One shot lead, one blast from a Stun Bolt or Mana Bolt.

"Here is a trick mom showed me while you weren't looking" Avatar to Blackwolf in Wizards

I second BF shotguns, Remingtons specifically. Got your Roomsweeper for portable concealed carry, and the big 990 for when it hits the fan.

I don't recall where I saw it, but there was an SR-related Website whose operator--presumably a GM--had taken the phrase "Time to open up a can of Whoop-Ass!" literally.

His/Her version (called "Can of Whoop-Ass", naturally ) was an aerosol can filled with a metal-based epoxy--either titanium or steel, I think.

The stuff hardened upon contact with air, and the can served as the handle.

IIRC, it only lasted for a few Combat Rounds, though--the molecular structure wasn't exactly stable.

At the end of the specified time--predetermined by the GM, I think--the whole thing disintegrated, leaving a residue resembling a pile of glitter or the fragments found in a metal machining shop.

--Foreigner

I have three characters that I rotate through; each with their own preferred method. My favorite a compulsion (3 pt flaw) for blowing things up, if he has explosives on him when the run is over...he'll use them on something; Second character control thoughts spell; third character capsule rounds with a variety of chemicals. I've found a use for hold out pistols after all!!! The amount of the chemical and the effect is the same if it's a hold out pistol of a shotgun. I love it!!!

We had these back in the day. We called 'em "Ares Squirt" guns. Better than Narcojecs, believe you me.

Free Action to Activate Brightlights, Complex Cyber-Implant Combat (With Close-Combat Option from Pentjak-Silat), using Improved hand razors coated with Hyper-DMSO and Bliss-DMSO fed from Venom Sacs.

Can you say +10 TN modifier? Sure. I knew you could.

My favorite attack:

A well maintained network of contacts and a full credstick.

Aimed, called face shot with a smartlink-2 equipped slivergun. Sandblasting anyone?