[Hoplophobia]

Hey guys, was hoping for some critique of my adventuring salish-shidhe para zoologist. Basically she is a college professor teaching about and researching critters. Research and teaches part time at a university at the SSC enclave in Seattle, represented by her 20 hour day job and trust fund as a research grant. Very much inspired by Indiana Jones, Croft, Atomic Robo and the like. Any suggestions for things I may of missed?


== Info ==
Street Name: Riema Moonsong
Name: Unnamed Character
Movement: 10/25, Swim: 5
Karma: 7
Street Cred: 1
Notoriety: 0
Public Awareness: 0
Human
Composure: 6
Judge Intentions: 6
Lift/Carry: 10 (75 kg/50 kg)
Memory: 6
Nuyen: 4550

== Attributes ==
BOD: 5
AGI: 5 (7)
REA: 5 (7)
STR: 3 (5)
CHA: 3
INT: 3
LOG: 3
WIL: 3
EDG: 5

== Derived Attributes ==
Essence:                   1.05
Initiative:                8 (10)
IP:                        1 (3)
Matrix Initiative:         3
Matrix IP:                 1
Physical Damage Track:     11
Stun Damage Track:         10

== Active Skills ==
Animal Handling            : 1                      Pool: 4
Animal Training            : 1                      Pool: 4
Archery                    : 3 [Bows]               Pool: 10 (12)
Armorer                    : 0                      Pool: 2
Artisan                    : 0                      Pool: 2
Automatics                 : 5 [Submachine Guns]    Pool: 12 (14)
Automotive Mechanic        : 1 [Wheeled]            Pool: 5 (7)
Blades                     : 2                      Pool: 9
Chemistry                  : 2 [Toxins]             Pool: 6 (
Climbing                   : 2                      Pool: 10
Clubs                      : 2                      Pool: 9
Computer                   : 1                      Pool: 5
Con                        : 2                      Pool: 8
Cybercombat                : 0                      Pool: 2
Data Search                : 1                      Pool: 5
Demolitions                : 1 [Defusing]           Pool: 5 (7)
Disguise                   : 2                      Pool: 5
Diving                     : 1 [SCUBA]              Pool: 6 (
Dodge                      : 0                      Pool: 6
Escape Artist              : 1                      Pool: 8
Etiquette                  : 2                      Pool: 8
First Aid                  : 1 [Trauma]             Pool: 5 (7)
Flight                     : 2                      Pool: 10
Forgery                    : 0                      Pool: 6
Gunnery                    : 1 [Ballistic]          Pool: 8 (10)
Gymnastics                 : 2 [Parkour]            Pool: 12 (14)
Hacking                    : 0                      Pool: 2
Hardware                   : 1                      Pool: 5
Heavy Weapons              : 0                      Pool: 6
Infiltration               : 2 [Wilderness]         Pool: 9 (11)
Instruction                : 1 [Parazoology]        Pool: 7 (9)
Intimidation               : 1 [Physical]           Pool: 7 (9)
Leadership                 : 2                      Pool: 8
Locksmith                  : 0                      Pool: 6
Longarms                   : 0                      Pool: 6
Navigation                 : 2                      Pool: 5
Negotiation                : 2                      Pool: 8
Palming                    : 2                      Pool: 9
Parachuting                : 1 [Low Altitude]       Pool: 6 (
Perception                 : 3 [Visual]             Pool: 9 (11)
Pilot Ground Craft         : 2 [Wheeled]            Pool: 9 (11)
Pilot Watercraft           : 0                      Pool: 6
Pistols                    : 0                      Pool: 6
Riding                     : 1                      Pool: 8
Running                    : 2                      Pool: 10
Shadowing                  : 2                      Pool: 5
Software                   : 1                      Pool: 5
Survival                   : 2 [Forest]             Pool: 5 (7)
Swimming                   : 2                      Pool: 10
Throwing Weapons           : 1 [Lobbed]             Pool: 8 (10)
Tracking                   : 2                      Pool: 5
Unarmed Combat             : 2                      Pool: 9
VetTech                    : 1                      Pool: 5

== Knowledge Skills ==
Area Knowledge: Seattle    : 1                      Pool: 4
Chemistry                  : 2 [Organic]            Pool: 7 (9)
Economics                  : 2                      Pool: 7
Engineering                : 2                      Pool: 7
English                    : 1                      Pool: 4
German                     : N                      Pool: 0
Literature                 : 2 [N. America]         Pool: 7 (9)
Magical Threats            : 2 [Insect Spirits]     Pool: 7 (9)
Parazoology                : 6 [N. America]         Pool: 11 (13)
Salish                     : N                      Pool: 0

== Contacts ==
Old Crow (1, 4)
Shanha Ten-Bears (3, 2)

== Qualities ==
Biocompatability (Cyberware)
College Education
Day Job (20 hrs/week)
Poor Self Control (Compulsive - Moderate Danger) (Adventure!)
Prejudiced (Common, Biased) (Megacorps)
Privileged Family Name
SINner (Standard) (Salish-Sidhe Council)
Trust Fund (Medium Lifestyle)

== Lifestyles ==
Middle  100 months

== Cyberware/Bioware ==
Attention Coprocessor Rating 3
Bone Lacing (Ceramic)
Enhanced Protein Exchange, PuSHeD
Muscle Augmentation Rating 2
Muscle Toner Rating 2
Synthacardium Rating 3
Tailored Pheromones Rating 3
Wired Reflexes Rating 2

== Armor ==
Form-Fitting Full-Body Suit6/2
   +Nonconductivity 6
SecureTech Arm Casings    0/1
SecureTech Forearm Guards 0/1
SecureTech Leg Casings    0/1
SecureTech Shin Guards    0/1
SecureTech Vitals Protector1/1
Urban Explorer Jumpsuit   6/6
   +Biomonitor
Vashon Island businesswear (Shiawase Fashion)0/0
Vashon Island: Aces High Jacket Line4/4
   +Chemical Protection 6
   +Gel Packs
   +Insulation 6
Vashon Island: Synergist Longcoat (Ensemble)6/3
   +Concealable Holster

== Weapons ==
Ares Executive Protector w/ Smartlink
   +Laser Sight
   +Stock
   +Gas Vent 3
   +Personalized Grip
   +Smartgun System
   +Sound Suppressor
   +Underbarrel Weight
   Pool: 14 (16)   DV: 5P   AP: -   RC: 6
Ares HVBR
   +Laser Sight
   +Shock Pad
   +Silencer, HK Urban Fighter
   +Sling
   +Stock
   +Advanced Safety, Electro Shocker
   +Extended Clip, 100 Drum
   +Firing Selection Change, Small Mod (FA)
   +Gas Vent 3
   +Personalized Grip
   +Smartgun System
   Pool: 14   DV: 7P   AP: -1   RC: 9
Bow (Rating 5)
   Pool: 10 (12)   DV: 7P   AP: -   RC: 0
Ceramic Bone Lacing
   Pool: 9   DV: 5P   AP: -   RC: 0
Ceramic Knife
   +Personalized Grip, Melee
   Pool: 10   DV: 4P   AP: -   RC: 0
Ingram SuperMach 100, 60 Round
   +Laser Sight
   +Shock Pad
   +Silencer, HK Urban Fighter
   +Sling
   +Smartgun System, External
   +Stock
   +Gas Vent 3
   +Personalized Grip
   +Underbarrel Weight
   Pool: 14 (16)   DV: 4P   AP: -   RC: 9
Shock Glove
   Pool: 9   DV: 5S(e)   AP: -half   RC: 0
Unarmed Attack
   Pool: 9   DV: 3S   AP: -   RC: 0

== Gear ==
Ammo: EX-Explosive Rounds (Submachine Guns) x100
Ammo: EX-Explosive Rounds (Battle Rifles) x100
Ammo: Stick-n-Shock (Battle Rifles) x100
Ammo: Stick-n-Shock (Submachine Guns) x100
Arrowhead, Barbed x20
Arrowhead, Explosive x20
Arrowhead, Hammerhead x20
Arrowhead, Incendiary x20
Arrowhead, Payload Tip x10
Arrowhead, Screamer x20
Arrowhead, Stick-n-Shock x20
Autopicker Rating 6
Climbing Gear
Contact Lenses Rating 3
   +Smartlink
   +Vision Magnification
   +Image Link
   +Skinlink
Desert Survival Kit
Diving Gear
Earbuds Rating 3
   +Audio Enhancement Rating 3
   +Skinlink
   +Spatial Recognizer
Fake License (Firearms) Rating 4
Fake License (Cyberwear) Rating 4
Gecko Tape Gloves
Glasses Rating 4
   +Vision Magnification
   +Vision Enhancement Rating 3
   +Thermographic
   +Skinlink
Insulated Netting
Medkit Rating 6
Micro Flares x5
Micro Sensor
   +Laser Range Finder
Miniwelder
Monofilament Chainsaw
Polar Survival Kit
Professional Camera
Survival Kit
Tent
Wire Clippers

== Vehicles ==
Rover 2068 (SUV)
   +Amenities, High
   +Anti-Theft
   +GridLink Override
   +Off-Road Suspension
   +Passenger Protection Rating 2
   +Vehicle Tag Eraser
   +Vehicle Sensor

[Novocrane]

First impression is way too many emphases at chargen. You shouldn't need them yet. You're also quite low on dice pools and logic which hurts the side of your character that isn't Adventure.

Bump up your logic, get a Mnemonic Enhancer, Cerebral Booster and a partial cyberlimb with a rating 2 nanohive & cortical nanites. (the int / log ones) That should get you around another 6 dice. You could take that out of close combat and muscle augmentation.

On that note; way too many weapons for all of them to be useful. Three autos, bone lacing, shock gloves (which ignore your strength), knives and a bow? Pick one type of melee and one gun or bow.
I recommend the shock gloves, for touch attacks, and the bow for variety. You could work in a martial art to go with the gloves, and use the iaijutsu maneuver to draw and fire arrows with one action.

(removing automatics, blades & clubs frees up a lot of bp to spread around and make those two good, too)

You also don't have a commlink. I'd recommend the Shiawase Executive Silverline cybersuite. (attention coprocessor 3, commlink, datajack, imagelink & math SPU, for under 30,000 nuyen, plus commlink costs)

Any nuyen left over can go into Betel, Plastic Restraints, and fake SINs - but I'd save the last 1200 for when you roll your lifestyle nuyen. (which is what you start with)

[Hoplophobia]

Thanks for the info. Forgetting the commlink , the Fake SIN's and such was complete derp on my part. Hrm, you are probably right with the too much focus on Adventure and not enough on Int and Logic. Thanks, given me a lot to look into. Hadn't even considered the cyberarm bit.

[emsquared]

Looks like you've already done a substantial amount of Running with this character (based off of your 260 BP in stats, ~200 BP in skills, 100s of thousands of Y in gear and 7 Karma pool), or maybe she's a new build after a previous PC died, or you're jumping in as a new player to an advanced campaign?

Anyway, your character is spread super-thin. She's really bad at a lot of crap - some crap that it sounds like she's supposed to be good at (Animal Handling, Training) - and just okay at everything else. Is this a single player campaign? Why are you trying to do everything? Maybe this is just a difference in tables and/or playstyles - but you basically have two crappy starting characters smashed into one here - you don't do anything at a level of what I would consider "good" from a mechanical perspective (i.e. 15+ dicepool) - which please note is not related to the fluff perspective. And with as much Karma as you have to build this character it's really a travesty. Aside from telling you that you have way too many offensive skills, it's hard to know where to begin because it's hard to tell what you are trying to accomplish with this character... Sorry if that sounded harsh, but man, I'm just imagining what I would do if I had a character to build with these kinds of resources.

I think you're doing Securtech PPP wrong. I think the best armor you can get legitimately get from PPP is 2/4, in other words if you slap on all of the individual pieces as you have, you have the "Ensemble" - which is 2/4. You can combine the piecemeal pieces in various configurations to get 0/1, 0/2, 0/3, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, but beyond that what you have is the Ensemble. This is my (and my tables) interpretation, and it makes logical sense, maybe get some other people's input - especially your GMs if you don't agree.

Also, I'm assuming you know you can't wear all or even half the armor you have at once, without being massively encumbered - and heck maybe that's why you have each of the piecemeal pieces - to fill in holes with whatever armor configuration your going with?

You have Vision Magnification on both your contacts and glasses... didn't know if this is intentional, but you may want Flare Comp somewhere.

[Novocrane]

I think you're doing Securtech PPP wrong. I think the best armor you can get legitimately get from PPP is 2/4, in other words if you slap on all of the individual pieces as you have, you have the "Ensemble" - which is 2/4. You can combine the piecemeal pieces in various configurations to get 0/1, 0/2, 0/3, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, but beyond that what you have is the Ensemble. This is my (and my tables) interpretation, and it makes logical sense, maybe get some other people's input - especially your GMs if you don't agree.

The arm & leg casings count for 1/1 (as opposed to 0/2) when worn together, otherwise I don't see why it matters what you call the whole enchilada?

[emsquared]

I'm not arguing about what to call it, I'm using the PPP "Ensemble" as reference to demonstrate that you can't combine all the pieces to get a 1/6. Do you think you can achieve a greater than 2/4 using PPP (not counting helmet)?

[Hoplophobia]

Nah nah, not harsh at all. I'm the one that asked for a critique. Not everything is worn at once, changed as needed or as the situation dictates. I've definitely shifted her more towards Logic and Int. It was a 750 Karma build + some extras for a game that has already started. Did the nanohive thing somebody else was pointing out and that really helped a lot to bump up my Logic and Int.

My group is a Sniper type, a Mage and a Face. I was playing the Hacker but the matrix rules were driving me crazy and it was leading to a lot of "And now we pause so the hacker can do the hacker minigame." thing which was not fun.

[All4BigGuns]

You have several skills that are 10 or higher, and this means that you are good at these skills. The skills you have ranks in that are less than 10, well it's either room to grow further or areas to trim if desired.

The dice pool that emsquared calls "good", I call Very Good. There have been times when I've built characters with more, but with the exception of one (or two if you count a PbP game that died) they've all been in the category of "mental exercise and have not seen play.

[Novocrane]

You have several skills that are 10 or higher, and this means that you are good at these skills. The skills you have ranks in that are less than 10, well it's either room to grow further or areas to trim if desired.

It's a valid opinion, but in the event of circumstances that aren't beneficial and / or wound penalties, a number of skills that aren't related to shooting things or avoiding being shot at get quite low. Expecting to use them in adventurous situations could be some ways off.

Do you think you can achieve a greater than 2/4 using PPP (not counting helmet)?

I'm assuming you did in fact read my post, and that was a rhetorical question.

Synthetic Lower Arm (Left)
   +Customized Agility Rating 6
   +Customized Strength Rating 6
   +Magnetic System
   +Retractable Climbing Claws*
   +Fingertip Compartment
   +MDS Subdermal Sheath Rating 2
Synthetic Lower Arm (Right)
   +Customized Agility Rating 6
   +Customized Strength Rating 6
   +Magnetic System
   +Retractable Climbing Claws*
   +Fingertip Compartment
   +MDS Subdermal Sheath Rating 2
Synthetic Lower Leg (Left)
   +Customized Agility Rating 6
   +Customized Strength Rating 6
   +Grip Feet
   +Magnetic System
   +Retractable Climbing Claws*
   +MDS Subdermal Sheath Rating 2
Synthetic Lower Leg (Right)
   +Customized Agility Rating 6
   +Customized Strength Rating 6
   +Grip Feet
   +Magnetic System
   +Retractable Climbing Claws*
   +MDS Subdermal Sheath Rating 2

*Retractable Climbing Claws
   +Gecko Grip
   +Personalized Grip, MeleeThis is something I was using for climbing purposes. Total Cost was about 135k. Might be worth your while to work up something similar.

[All4BigGuns]

It's a valid opinion, but in the event of circumstances that aren't beneficial and / or wound penalties, a number of skills that aren't related to shooting things or avoiding being shot at get quite low. Expecting to use them in adventurous situations could be some ways off.

That's why I said the 'either or'.