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« Reply #30 on: <06-02-14/1359:03> »
But on the other hand, there is TONS of equipment in 4th ed that hasn't been ported over to 5th yet, so i know nothing about this (sometimes invaluable) stuff.

maybe this would be a good way to learn.


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« Reply #31 on: <06-02-14/1400:21> »
know what?

HELL WITH IT.

deal me in, eh?

I would prefer if someone handed me a character, as it may take me a while to get the 4th ed book, make a character, realize how ive fucked it up, and then fix it, possibly repeating the final two steps a few times.
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« Reply #32 on: <06-02-14/1405:50> »
Well, we are mostly 5e, instead of 4e.

Guns armor and vehicles don't port over from 4e to five 5e easily.

Some gear, augments, spells and qualities do however.
Concepts are great, but implementation sucks. Why not improve it?

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« Reply #33 on: <06-02-14/1510:46> »
Well, we are mostly 5e, instead of 4e.

im not sure i follow you here.

you're not saying that some of the characters are 4th and some of them are 5th, are you?
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« Reply #34 on: <06-02-14/1513:46> »
there is a lot of material in 4ed, the mechanics well be using is 5th, but things such as qualities and gear (some of it at least) can be easily ported. it will always be a case by case basis.
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« Reply #35 on: <06-02-14/1525:52> »
So, are you saying i can just make a 5th ed character and it'll work?
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« Reply #36 on: <06-02-14/1531:43> »
OFC ;)
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« Reply #37 on: <06-02-14/1543:05> »
ofc?
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« Reply #38 on: <06-02-14/1548:32> »
Ofcourse :D
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« Reply #39 on: <06-02-14/1651:06> »
mind if i play Hopeless, then?
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« Reply #40 on: <06-02-14/2016:08> »
Hopeless?
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« Reply #41 on: <06-02-14/2033:16> »
name: Hopeless

race   a human
stats  c 16
magic  d 2 aspected hermetic summoner
skills b 36/5
loot   e 700ny+starting cash left over

bod- 2          mental limit- 4
agi- 3        physical limit- 4
rea- 5          social limit- 5
str- 2
wil- 2
log- 3
int- 4
cha- 4
edg- 8
ess- 5 (5.92)
ini- 1d6+9
mag- 4

karma: 25+7unsteady=32
+10weakimmune=42
+5SIN=47
-12lucky=35
-10bod=25
-10money=15
-2running=13
-2arcana=11
-2escape artist=9
-9contacts=0

-qualities
unsteady hands
weak immune system
National SIN UCAS
Lucky

-Knowledges
Interest: corp politics   1
Interest: Nation politics 1
Interest: Music           2
Interest: video games     1
Interest: movies          1         
Street: Gang politics     1
Street:[City] knowledge   2
Academic: Magic theory    1
English (native)
German                    1
Spanish                   1
Or'zet                    1
sperethiel                1

-skills
Acting group       2
 con
 impersonation
 performance
Conjuring group    3
 summoning
 binding
 banishing
clubs              3   
palming            3
sneaking           4
unarmed combat     2
pilot groundcraft  3
pilot aircraft     2
etiquette          1
artisan            3
assensing          2
perception         5
computer           3
throwing           3
gymnastics         2
arcana             1
running            1
escape artist      1

lifestyle: low

-upgrades
Alphaware Datajack

-weapons
stun baton
5 high explosive grenades

-armor
armor jacket
 electrochromic
helmet
 low-light
 flare compensation
 vision magnification

-gear
transys avalon commlink
 sim module
subvocal mic
trid projector
ear buds
 sound filter lvl 2
gas mask
flashlight
trauma patch
200 gel rifle rounds
200 std rifle rounds

-papers

-vehicles and drones
MCT rotodrone
 Std weapon mount
  ak-97 with laser sight
 auto-soft lvl 4 ak-97

-contacts       loy    con
fixer            2      4
drug dealer      1      2
street-doc       3      1
mechanic         1      1
Air spirit (4)  2 favors
Man spirit (4)  2 favors
Fire spirit (4) 2 favors

he's young. he's kindof a noob, but he watches his back and he's loyal to his friends. He's terrified of violence to the point of tremors, making him near worthless in a fight, but he compensates for that with spirits and drones. He's never had the attention span to get really good at anything, but he's gotten decent at everything he's ever tried, due to being naturally bright and the luckiest sumbitch he's ever heard of. Been broke his whole life, is broke now, and figures he'll probably die broke. Tries to get by in life by his words and the people he knows, cause he sees thats how the REAL players on this planet do it, he's just never been very good at it.

I freakin LOVE this character, but i aint had the chance to play him yet. (i never play humans)

whaddayathink?
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« Reply #42 on: <06-02-14/2109:13> »
ok a few questions on the char:

1- why is he working for Knight Errant?

2- mechanics wise, what's the dice pool for summoning/binding/drain resistance?

3- did he go to the academy? was he a outside consultant (might wanna change the SIN to corporate or corporate-limited, just a suggestion)?

4- how did he end up in a newly formed team of KE? did he screw up? was it (perceived) merit?
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« Reply #43 on: <06-02-14/2124:46> »
heh.

know what?

i uhhhh, sorta forgot this was that "working for KE game".

hehe  ;D

gimme a lil bit, lemme whip sum else up.

sorry for wasting your time with my dumb shit.
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« Reply #44 on: <06-02-14/2127:28> »
no biggie m8 :) game isnt starting tomorrow, thus you have plenty of time to submit a concept, the background and a few very very short stories on the character previous to game starting ;)
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