| Body | Agility | Reaction | Strength |
| 9 | 5(6) | 5(7) | 5(6) |
| Charisma | Intuition | Logic | Willpower |
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Edge | Essence | Initiative | |
| 2 | 0,61 | 9(11) + 2d6 |
| Athletics Group | 2 |
| Outdoors Group | 1 |
| Blades (Axes) | 5 |
| Automatics (Assault Rifles) | 4 |
| Throwing Weapons | 1 |
| Perception (Scent) | 4 |
| Intimidation (Physical) | 3 |
So you may have got it, that's a character build around the idea of NOT wearing armor.
Dermal Alteration (Granite Shell)
The core of this build and the reason to go changeling, +4 Armor not cumulative with worn armor and an automatic 2 hits.
Nah the idea was really to build a (relatively) high armor without equipping any, see the flavor text about the wind rippling over his chest's hair. I guess a dodge tank might work better (though it is pretty easy to shred through defense dices with 4+ ganger for a cunning GM that want to punish a player building OP runners) but that would be more ninja that barbarian. In practice I would probably add some +armor like Helmet (As long as the Helmet is shaped as a skull it should be fine) and maybe Arms/Legs Kit.
The second skin is not a bad idea but I thought it was a body armor which goes against the idea again, you made me think of an other one though : A customized Vitals Kit to looks like a Loincloth. That's only +1 but it fits the concept. Yay Modern Armored Loincloths!
There are lots of ways for a GM to shred either a high defense test or high soak character, or even both. Neurostun and Manabolt come to mind. Potentially, APDS Sniper Rifle Ambush. So does Chunky Salsa AoEs from a 3 round burst of HE grenades. *shrug*
I guess it depends on what you're going for here, are you trying to achieve a certain look while maintaining mechanical effectiveness? or are you Theory crafting a high soak build without armor just because you can?
Plus you're all bumpy and are hard on the furniture.
...are Reaction enhancers stackable with Boosted Reflexes? In the core rules it mentions they only stack with Wired Reflexes if wireless is activated.
Also I don't see how the Adept powers would come into play with only 0.61 Essence unless he dumps all the 'ware.
Taking Cram And Jazz together would cause an overdose reaction (Core Book P 415) as they both modify the same attribute (Reaction) and same effect (Initiative Dice). The character would have to fend off a total of 12S on 14 dice once he took the second drug. Unless you get a phenomenal roll, He's going to take some negative modifiers.
A good quality for this character would be Adrenaline Surge as it would allow him to act first in a combat turn.which makes sense with the concept.
One of the downsides of an unarmed combatant is armour penetration.
If going for a true "barbarian" f feel firearms is a bit out of character. Thrown weapons and/or Bows fits the type more. Unfortunately bow damage in 5th is capped by rating (you cannot get more than 12P unless you use specialised arrowheads).
There are lots of ways for a GM to shred either a high defense test or high soak character, or even both. Neurostun and Manabolt come to mind. Potentially, APDS Sniper Rifle Ambush. So does Chunky Salsa AoEs from a 3 round burst of HE grenades. *shrug*
Yeah but shreding a high defense test can be done without starting to throw magician or sniper on low level runners. 3 gangers with Semi-Auto Burst will hit you hard. For soaking? Not so much without going all out and throwing Rating 2-3+ enemies.