[Tyrs13]

This is my Mage thus far our game starts Sunday.

My main problem is that he is very much average .... and i seek to improve in 1 or more areas. Other then raising stats i am all out of ideas.

Blades Around 13
Pistol 11
Spells 6+Force (Magic 5) (+2 on Health Spells)
drain 10 dice (12 vs Physical)
Socially 8 (10 with First Impression)
When Sneaking i have 6 dice but add in benefits from Improved Invisibility and Stealth i should be some what pretty much Average.


== Info ==
Street Name: Bear
Name: Kealm
Karma: 0
Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 0
Public Awareness: 0
Ork Male Age 23
Height 5'10 Weight 165
Composure: 10
Judge Intentions: 8
Lift/Carry: 7 (45 kg/30 kg)
Memory: 8
Nuyen: 0

== Attributes ==
BOD: 4
AGI: 3
REA: 3
STR: 3
CHA: 5
INT: 3
LOG: 3
WIL: 5
EDG: 2
MAG: 5

== Derived Attributes ==
Essence:                   6
Initiative:                6
IP:                        1
Astral Initiative:         6
Astral IP:                 3
Matrix Initiative:         6
Matrix IP:                 1
Physical Damage Track:     10
Stun Damage Track:         11

== Active Skills ==
Animal Handling            : 0                      Pool: 2
Animal Training            : 0                      Pool: 2
Archery                    : 0                      Pool: 2
Armorer                    : 0                      Pool: 2
Artisan                    : 0                      Pool: 2
Assensing                  : 4 [Aura Reading]       Pool: 7 (9)
Automatics                 : 0                      Pool: 2
Banishing                  : 2                      Pool: 7
Binding                    : 3                      Pool: 8
Blades                     : 4 [Swords]             Pool: 7 (9)
Climbing                   : 0                      Pool: 2
Clubs                      : 0                      Pool: 2
Computer                   : 2                      Pool: 5
Con                        : 3                      Pool: 8
Counterspelling            : 4 [Combat]             Pool: 9 (11)
Cybercombat                : 0                      Pool: 2
Data Search                : 1                      Pool: 4
Demolitions                : 0                      Pool: 2
Disguise                   : 3                      Pool: 6
Diving                     : 0                      Pool: 3
Dodge                      : 4 [Ranged Combat]      Pool: 7 (9)
Escape Artist              : 0                      Pool: 2
Etiquette                  : 3                      Pool: 8
First Aid                  : 0                      Pool: 2
Flight                     : 0                      Pool: 2
Forgery                    : 0                      Pool: 2
Gunnery                    : 0                      Pool: 2
Gymnastics                 : 0                      Pool: 2
Hacking                    : 0                      Pool: 2
Heavy Weapons              : 0                      Pool: 2
Infiltration               : 3                      Pool: 6
Instruction                : 0                      Pool: 4
Intimidation               : 0                      Pool: 4
Leadership                 : 3                      Pool: 8
Locksmith                  : 0                      Pool: 2
Longarms                   : 0                      Pool: 2
Navigation                 : 0                      Pool: 2
Negotiation                : 3                      Pool: 8
Palming                    : 3                      Pool: 6
Parachuting                : 0                      Pool: 3
Perception                 : 3                      Pool: 6
Pilot Ground Craft         : 1                      Pool: 4
Pilot Watercraft           : 0                      Pool: 2
Pistols                    : 4 [Semi-Automatics]    Pool: 7 (9)
Riding                     : 0                      Pool: 2
Running                    : 0                      Pool: 2
Shadowing                  : 3                      Pool: 6
Spellcasting               : 6                      Pool: 11
Summoning                  : 4                      Pool: 9
Survival                   : 0                      Pool: 4
Swimming                   : 0                      Pool: 2
Throwing Weapons           : 0                      Pool: 2
Tracking                   : 0                      Pool: 2
Unarmed Combat             : 0                      Pool: 2

== Knowledge Skills ==
English                    : N                      Pool: 0
Magic Traditions           : 4 [Shamans]            Pool: 7 (9)
Magical Threats            : 4 [Corruption]         Pool: 7 (9)
Security Tactics           : 3 [Customs]            Pool: 6 (
Shadow Community           : 3 [Safe Houses]        Pool: 6 (
Underworld                 : 4 [Smuggling]          Pool: 7 (9)

== Contacts ==
Corrupt Mages (3 (, 4)
Mentor-Fixer (4, 4)
Smuggler (3, 3)

== Qualities ==
Erased (24 Hours)
First Impression
Lost Loved One (Brother)
Low-Light Vision
Magician
Mentor Spirit (Bear)
Poor Self Control (Combat Monster)
Vendetta

== Spells ==
(Tradition: Norse, Resist Drain with WIL + CHA (10))
Combat Sense               DV: (F÷2)+2
Control Thoughts           DV: (F÷2)+2
Heal                       DV: (Damage Value)-2
Improved Invisibility      DV: (F÷2)+1
Increase Reflexes          DV: (F÷2)+2
Levitate                   DV: (F÷2)+1
Manabolt                   DV: (F÷2)
Stealth                    DV: (F÷2)+1
Stunball                   DV: (F÷2)+1
Stunbolt                   DV: (F÷2)-1

== Armor ==
Death Mask                0/1
Lined Coat                7/5
   +Gel Packs
   +Thermal Damping 3
SecureTech Vitals Protector1/1

== Weapons ==
Colt Government 2066
   +Personalized Grip
   +Smartgun System
   DV: 5P   AP: -1   RC: 2
Sword
   +Personalized Grip Rating 3
   +Weapon Focus
   DV: 5P   AP: -   RC: 1
Unarmed Attack
   DV: 2S   AP: -   RC: 0

== Commlink ==
Novatech Airware (3, 3, 3, 3)
   +Iris Orb
   +Suite: Basic User [Analyze 2, Browse 2, Command 1, Edit 2]

== Gear ==
Ammo: Flare Rounds (Heavy Pistols) x10
Ammo: Gel Rounds (Heavy Pistols) x10
Ammo: Regular Ammo (Heavy Pistols) x30
Ammo: Tracker Rounds, Stealth Tag (Heavy Pistols) x10
Certified Credstick, Standard
Concealable Holster
Fake License (Sword) Rating 4
Fake License (Foci) Rating 4
Fake License (Gun) Rating 4
Fake SIN (Trist) Rating 4
Gas Mask
Glasses Rating 2
   +Smartlink
   +Flare Compensation
Light Stick x4
Weapon Focus (bonded) (Sword) Rating 3

[The Big Peat]

Personally, I see nothing wrong in a flexible character who's good in a lot of areas. At my table, he would not be underpowered.

However, he may well be at yours. In which case...

Lower some areas and raise some others. Pick the things you really want to do and concentrate on them.

Without knowing which areas you're willing to sacrifice most its hard to say, but a few suggestions from me...

His Stealth is built more or less entirely around his spells. Lower the Stealth Skill Group by one or two steps. That gives you enough points to put the social group up to 4 and raise attributes if you have spare space. Alternately, raise some other skills/buy gear. Or some foci (a sustaining focus would very much be your friend)

Consider whether you really want Cha 5. I can see the obvious logic, but if you're willing to be a bit less of a face and a bit more vulnerable to drain (consider keying some of your combat spells to go off fetishes), you get a lot of points to bump your attributes with. Agility 5 would be your friend. It increases your Stealth (if you go down this route, bump the group and lower social), blades (15 is nothing to sniff at) and pistol.

Banishing can be sold down the river. You have tons of ways to hurt spirits already.

If you really want to be flexible, for the love of gods pump your attributes as high as possible. I don't think you've done this at a rough guess.

That's just a few ideas. But basically, decide on which parts of him are most important to you, then shuffle things around in the non-important parts to raise them.

I think my advice, just guessing, would be to lower Cha, lower the Stealh group, buy up social one step, raise body to 5 str to 5 agi to 5, dropping banishing if needed, maybe drop logic if needed... possibly some other skills... get fetishes on a couple of combat spells (i.e. the ones you're most likely to want to overcast) - the end result is he's still a passable face, still passable at stealth (due to using agility rather than stealth), and is a bit scary in combat.

[Tyrs13]

Can you Specialize Gymnastics for Gymnastic Dodge?

[Joush]

Ooh, you've made a mistake I make too. You need imagelink on glasses before you can put on smartlink.

[UmaroVI]

The biggest improvement I could see to make would be picking up some foci. At the very least, being able to sustain Increase Reflexes on yourself would be a huge boost to your ability to fight, and the usual force 4 power focus with restricted gear shenanigans would boost all of your abilities (and allow you to lower your Summoning, since at that point you'd be in "summon things bigger than your head" territory).

I agree that hardcapping Charisma isn't worth it.