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Which roles go together?

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Senko

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« Reply #15 on: <05-20-14/1606:28> »
Oh I'm well aware others may do things differently that was an explanation of where i was coming from nothing more.

I agree sniper seemed an odd choice but I've seen it a few times both on forums and in the books so I included it.

For the street Sam/mage its not a magic heavy build just a few simple spells that don't need a lot to work e.g. detect life.

Tenlaar

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« Reply #16 on: <05-20-14/1626:16> »
Former DocWagon SINner maybe...

That's an awesome idea for a character, DocWagon security.  A combination of magical mercenary and field medic who's job it was to ride as protection when they had to go into Barrens-esque areas.  Assist the Docs when possible and defend them when necessary.  Heal, Stabilize, Oxygenate, Detox, Levitate (who wants to take the time to break out a big stretcher in the middle of the Barrens?), a few defensive and offensive spells...and a few machine pistols.  That's going in the "to play later" file!
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« Reply #17 on: <05-20-14/1717:55> »
You can actually be decker secondary without investing in high end cyberdecks, high attributes and a wide array of skills.... as long as you focus on hacking devices with a direct connection to gain access to the security host and from there use the direct connection to other security devices. you are mostly only looking at opposing rolls in the 4 dice size range. if your main role have a decent physical initiative you can do most (if not all) your hacking from AR.

not very useful for hacking into and/or messing with protected files in high rating hosts (you need a dedicated decker for that), but still very useful at controlling stuff like elevators, cameras, sensors, maglocks, alarms....

probably better synergy for characters with a focus on logic, intuition and/or willpower
- but a bit of hacking can go a long way for a B&E character
(trained to sneak and climb etc. to reach slaved devices to gain access).



likewise almost all archetypes can benefit from ordering around a few spy drones
eyes in the sky and all that
or a rotor drone with a silenced sniper rifle to shoot unaware guards
don't really need a control rig or any of them pilot and gunnery skills to benefit from that...