[drakir]

I would lower the skill priority and raise meta prio. Edge 4 is worth a lot. And skills is easier to raise with karma (or buy an activesoft).

[Rift_0f_Bladz]

I see how you get to the dodge pool of 15, but how do you raise initiative another 9 points? Is that through Synth, sorry, I really dont deal with the cyber side of the "Street Sam" role (using the very general view of Street Samurai equals either combat adepts or cybered combat monsters).

[falar]

I see how you get to the dodge pool of 15, but how do you raise initiative another 9 points? Is that through Synth, sorry, I really dont deal with the cyber side of the "Street Sam" role (using the very general view of Street Samurai equals either combat adepts or cybered combat monsters).

Rating 3 Move By Wire system gives you +3 Reaction, +9 Initiative and +1d6 Initiative dice (AND acts as a Skillwire 6 system). It only costs most of your soul (5.0 Essence) and 205,000 nuyen.

[Darzil]

I see how you get to the dodge pool of 15, but how do you raise initiative another 9 points? Is that through Synth, sorry, I really dont deal with the cyber side of the "Street Sam" role (using the very general view of Street Samurai equals either combat adepts or cybered combat monsters).

Move by Wire 3

[Rift_0f_Bladz]

And I thought I had read all of move-by-wire, but wow to the essence and nuyen costs, those are crazy steep.

[adzling]

It's actually a deal when you factor in the rating 6 skillwires (1.2 essence/ 120,000) separately.

[falar]

It's a shame you can only take Restricted Gear once at character creation. Adapsin, Move-By-Wire 3 and Cyberware Biocompatibility would make the essence cost a lot more palatable.

[adzling]

Yup, it's also a pity that you can't take move by wire at alpha grade during chargen because even with restricted gear quality you can only take up avail 24 and alpha grade mbw 3 is avail 26.
sigh ;-)

[falar]

So, when you turn Move-By-Wire off, do you not suffer the Social Limit issues from it? Is it something that you can actually turn off?

[adzling]

I think that's a question for Wakshanni.

I'm not sure if you can turn it off or not.

If you could I guess the twitching would go away.

Or you could get the chrome flesh anti tremor implant I think and not worry about the twitching at all.....maybe.

[Hobbes]

Did you consider dropping to MBW 2 and going with a Rating 4 Skillsoft Subscription?  Lets you grab Alphaware MBW 2 with Restricted Gear.  Frees up a lot of Essence, would likely let you drop Prototype Transhuman to free up 10 Karma of PQs if you wanted to. 

Depending on what table rules are on stacking initiative drugs you can still likely get 4 passes with Cram or Jazz running.

But overall very cute.  Lots of down the road potential with the Skillwires, although Edge 1 is brutal out of the gate for a twitchy combat monster.

[FST_Gemstar]

Does he need so many skills? If you go sum to ten and drop skill priority, you can pick up    more body/willpower and edge. Use your skillpoints to max out your favorites and pick up some skillsofts or a cheap subscription. Most of your skills are at 2ish anyway, so a subscription that gets rating 2 skills will cover them . My two cents: stats and edge might get a character with a rating 6 skillwire further.

[Hobbes]

Edge doesn't work with Skillwires so isn't a huge priority on a Skillwires character.  Just enough to stay alive is really all you're looking for.

[Danny Montanny]

Wait, why doesn't Edge work with tests involving Skillwires? Please reference.

[Halinn]

Wait, why doesn't Edge work with tests involving Skillwires? Please reference.

p. 452 "You can’t use Edge with skills you have through a skilljack."