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GravelThroat

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« Reply #15 on: <04-09-11/1523:11> »
vendetta reads

"Char has an Enemy (quality with minimum incidence rating 4 required). He must succeed Composure(3) test to refrain from violently confonting him."

your enemy is insufficient.

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« Reply #16 on: <04-09-11/2330:20> »
Having one edge is a mistake.

GravelThroat

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« Reply #17 on: <04-10-11/1127:41> »
edge is whatever, it's good to have but sometimes it's just not fitting for a character to be lucky.  you know? 


Makki

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« Reply #18 on: <04-10-11/1151:01> »
edge is whatever, it's good to have but sometimes it's just not fitting for a character to be lucky.  you know?

but Luck is only part of the aspect that edge is. It should be renamed in "Awesome" or "Cool" (like in CP2020). It's what makes you the hero of the story. Without Edge, you're no different from any NPCs. For a guy, who is particularly unlucky, there's a negative quality for that.

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« Reply #19 on: <04-10-11/2247:24> »
edge is whatever, it's good to have but sometimes it's just not fitting for a character to be lucky.  you know?
Wow, you cannot be more wrong....

Well, maybe if you mistook a cooper mini for a suspension bridge, but that;s not the point.

Edge is Awesome, with a capital Awww!

I cannot imagine playing a PC with less than 3 edge, and most PC's have it at 5.

it can:
- Let you go first in combat
- Give you another action in combat
- Give you a chance at success in even the most dire circumstances in any situation
- SAVE YOUR LIFE (burning edge)

It's a general, cinematic cure-all for when you're stuck out of your element...
- The scrawny mage got dunked in the sewer, and has to make a swim check
- The street Sam can't ride a bike, but that't the only transport out of the compound
- The troll forgot his ID and needs to sweet talk the nice police officer (who has many, many SWAT guys standing behind him)
- Jumping off the hotel roof and aiming for the pool was the only way out....and you missed....but still ge to live and Run another day

It's just plain great. I love edge....next bunch of Karma goes to raising Edge to 6 :)

I believe someone out there has a Technomancer PC with Edge 8....sounds like fun! :)
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Medicineman

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« Reply #20 on: <04-11-11/0054:20> »
Yes, Edge is Good and Edge is your Friend, etc
but sometimes You don't have enough BP or Karma to get more Edge.
In these Ocasions Edge is the first Thing I raise

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« Reply #21 on: <04-11-11/0650:17> »
Game mecanics wise I agree on the Edge point issue.  Edge also should be a part of a military war shaman.  With the balance of spells I have to think your shaman is coyote.  Any other and it would have had a more limited selection to chase the totems preferences but maybe not.  Your mentor may have valued the flex outlook.  Contacts to the Wildcats, Medicine man traditions talismonger, NAN govt, Fixer, or mercs would work.  You should trim the character to fit his totem, his working region (Contacts), and maybe some backstory about leaving the Cats, the enemy situation, and future goals that dropped him in the shadows instead of high end corp job or govt work. 
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.  --Sun Tzu

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« Reply #22 on: <04-16-11/0739:51> »
Hey, donīt look down on the misfortunates of the Sixth World! Having just the one Edge can be really fun! Iīm playing a single-Edge character, never using the temporary Edge at all, only burning it every time death is the only other option (an over-all unlucky bastard, but with a talent for not dying)... Have been doing this five times now, buying the lost point of Edge back with the latest Karma reward as fast as possible. Unfortunately, my GM ruled that the current (sixth) point of Edge is the final one, I wonīt be able to buy any more after this since 6 is the highest Edge I can have. Poor little Street Shaman, only one extra-life left...
"If you donīt stop driving through walls Iīm going to start rolling for the van to explode - this is an American game!"

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« Reply #23 on: <04-16-11/0944:51> »
Unfortunately, my GM ruled that the current (sixth) point of Edge is the final one, I wonīt be able to buy any more after this since 6 is the highest Edge I can have. Poor little Street Shaman, only one extra-life left...
So, a cat shaman should have a edge max of 9!?

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« Reply #24 on: <04-17-11/1314:02> »
So, a cat shaman should have a edge max of 9!?
By all rules of fairytales he should!
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« Reply #25 on: <04-18-11/0216:28> »
Unfortunately, my GM ruled that the current (sixth) point of Edge is the final one, I wonīt be able to buy any more after this since 6 is the highest Edge I can have. Poor little Street Shaman, only one extra-life left...
Play a Free Spirit. Maximum attribute = Magic  8)

In my campaign, current Magic = 8  and just raised Edge to 6  ;D

.... 7 is looking very close  ::)
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