[All4BigGuns]

So who's going to be Ravanna's errand boy to hold her gear and weapons?

She's going to be a bit of a scout, well aerial recon, then have some nice support spells. Lots of flash, not a ton of bang though.

Quick question for any mage vets out there. I haven't done a mage since early 3rd Ed, I took 1 initiation on my new build, whats a good metamagic to take?

I'm looking for something useful to help protect Ravanna since when she's in bird form she has no armor.

Seeing as Steelshine has a 7 Str, he should be able to carry a bag with her stuff without any problem.

As to metamagic, probably go for Masking or Flexible Signature first.

[Crunch]

Do I need to do a rebuild? If All4BigGuns is going for 21 Dice in swords then i am not optimized enough to hang.

[All4BigGuns]

Do I need to do a rebuild? If All4BigGuns is going for 21 Dice in swords then i am not optimized enough to hang.

Unarmed is always going to be less accurate than Blades without letting Hardliners be a Weapon Focus. As is, you have about the same in Unarmed as Steelshine has with his Ceramic Knives.

[Crunch]

Do I need to do a rebuild? If All4BigGuns is going for 21 Dice in swords then i am not optimized enough to hang.

Unarmed is always going to be less accurate than Blades without letting Hardliners be a Weapon Focus. As is, you have about the same in Unarmed as Steelshine has with his Ceramic Knives.

Yep, and if the point of this game is to optimize as hard as we can I need to go do a rebuild. Just waiting on the GM's call on that now.

[Bewilderbeast]

Still fiddling with Chummer. It seems really limited in what you can buy licenses for. I don't know if I was being paranoid with my licenses or if Chummer is just limited in what you can buy a license for. Going to plow through and try to get a 1000 karma build posted tonight. Have already upgraded Reaction Enhancers to R2 and added R2 Muscle Toner, just FYI.

[All4BigGuns]

Still fiddling with Chummer. It seems really limited in what you can buy licenses for. I don't know if I was being paranoid with my licenses or if Chummer is just limited in what you can buy a license for. Going to plow through and try to get a 1000 karma build posted tonight. Have already upgraded Reaction Enhancers to R2 and added R2 Muscle Toner, just FYI.

Chummer just uses the most conservative interpretation of licenses where one has to buy one for all the items they have that have "R" in their availability. I went ahead and bought them like that, though normally I prefer to go more generalized like "Weapon Permit" for all the weapons and such.

[Bewilderbeast]

Still working on my character. Have 203 karma left and about 5,000 nuyen left. Honesty running out of stuff to add/buy to the character. Already beefed up most of her skills and tacked on a whole lot of cyberware. If you have any other suggestions, now's the time! Will try to post a quasi-finalized sheet by tommorrow.

What's the easy way to port a character from Chummer over into a readable format for these forums, BTW? EDIT: Thanks All4BigGuns, got what I have so far added below.

RE: Sorry, RHat, pretty dead-set on only use the core book, if only because I honestly don't have the RL time to devote to paging through anything else.

== Info ==
Street Name: Tink
Name: Rebecca
Movement: 10/25, Swim: 5
Karma: 0
Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 0
Public Awareness: 0
Human Female Age 26
Composure: 6
Judge Intentions: 6
Lift/Carry: 6 (30 kg/20 kg)
Memory: 6
Nuyen: 0

== Attributes ==
BOD: 4
AGI: 5 (6)
REA: 5 (9)
STR: 2
CHA: 2
INT: 4
LOG: 2
WIL: 4
EDG: 5

== Derived Attributes ==
Essence:                   1.23
Initiative:                9 (13)
IP:                        1 (3)
Matrix Initiative:         8
Matrix IP:                 1
Physical Damage Track:     11
Stun Damage Track:         10

== Active Skills ==
Animal Handling            : 0                      Pool: 3
Animal Training            : 0                      Pool: 3
Archery                    : 0                      Pool: 5
Armorer                    : 4 [Firearms]           Pool: 6 (
Artisan                    : 0                      Pool: 3
Automatics                 : 5                      Pool: 11
Blades                     : 0                      Pool: 5
Climbing                   : 4                      Pool: 6
Clubs                      : 0                      Pool: 5
Computer                   : 0                      Pool: 1
Con                        : 4                      Pool: 6
Cybercombat                : 0                      Pool: 1
Data Search                : 0                      Pool: 1
Demolitions                : 0                      Pool: 1
Disguise                   : 4                      Pool: 8
Diving                     : 0                      Pool: 3
Dodge                      : 4 [Ranged Combat]      Pool: 13 (15)
Escape Artist              : 0                      Pool: 5
Etiquette                  : 4 [Culture or Subculture] Pool: 6 (
First Aid                  : 0                      Pool: 1
Flight                     : 4                      Pool: 6
Forgery                    : 0                      Pool: 5
Gunnery                    : 0                      Pool: 5
Gymnastics                 : 4                      Pool: 10
Hacking                    : 0                      Pool: 1
Heavy Weapons              : 0                      Pool: 5
Infiltration               : 4                      Pool: 10
Instruction                : 0                      Pool: 1
Intimidation               : 0                      Pool: 1
Leadership                 : 0                      Pool: 1
Locksmith                  : 2                      Pool: 8
Longarms                   : 0                      Pool: 5
Navigation                 : 0                      Pool: 3
Negotiation                : 0                      Pool: 1
Palming                    : 4                      Pool: 10
Parachuting                : 0                      Pool: 3
Perception                 : 3                      Pool: 7
Pilot Ground Craft         : 0                      Pool: 8
Pilot Watercraft           : 0                      Pool: 8
Pistols                    : 5                      Pool: 11
Riding                     : 0                      Pool: 8
Running                    : 4                      Pool: 6
Shadowing                  : 4                      Pool: 8
Survival                   : 0                      Pool: 3
Swimming                   : 4                      Pool: 6
Throwing Weapons           : 0                      Pool: 5
Tracking                   : 0                      Pool: 3
Unarmed Combat             : 4                      Pool: 10

== Knowledge Skills ==

== Qualities ==
Allergy (Uncommon, Mild) (Rare Earth Elements)
High Pain Tolerance (Rating 3)

== Lifestyles ==
Tink's Apartment  1 months
   Comforts:      Low
   Entertainment: Low
   Necessities:   Low
   Neighborhood:  Low
   Security:      Low

== Cyberware/Bioware ==
Cybereyes Basic System Rating 3
   +Eye Recording Unit
   +Image Link
   +Smartlink
   +Vision Enhancement Rating 3
   +Vision Magnification
   +Low-Light Vision
   +Thermographic Vision
Muscle Toner Rating 2
Obvious Full Arm (BOD 4, AGI 6, STR 7) (Right)
   +Customized Agility Rating 6
   +Customized Body Rating 4
   +Cyberarm Slide
   +Shock Hand
   +Cyberarm Gyromount
   +Customized Strength Rating 7
Orthoskin Rating 2
Reaction Enhancers Rating 2
Wired Reflexes Rating 2

== Armor ==
Helmet                    1/2
Lined Coat                6/4
   +Fire Resistance 6
   +Nonconductivity 6

== Weapons ==
Ares Alpha
   +Gas-Vent 3 System
   +Shock Pad
   +Smartgun System
   Pool: 13   DV: 6P   AP: -1   RC: 6
Ares Predator IV
   +Silencer
   +Smartgun System
   Pool: 13   DV: 5P   AP: -1   RC: 0
Ceska Black Scorpion
   +Concealable Holster
   +Gas-Vent 3 System
   +Smartgun System, Internal
   +Stock
   Pool: 13   DV: 4P   AP: -   RC: 4
Grenade: Flash-Bang
   Pool: 5   DV: 6S (10m Radius)   AP: -3   RC: 0
Grenade: Smoke
   Pool: 5   DV: (10m Radius)   AP: -   RC: 0
Shock Hand
   Pool: 10   DV: 6S(e)   AP: -half   RC: 0
Unarmed Attack
   Pool: 10   DV: 1S   AP: -   RC: 0
Yamaha Pulsar
   +Concealable Holster
   Pool: 11   DV: 6S(e)   AP: -half   RC: 0

== Commlink ==
Hermes Ikon (4, 3, 3, 3)
   +Subvocal Microphone
   +Iris Orb

== Gear ==
Ammo: Gel Rounds (Machine Pistols) x10
Ammo: Regular Ammo (Machine Pistols) x30
Ammo: Regular Ammo (Heavy Pistols) x10
Ammo: Taser Dart (Tasers) x20
Autopicker Rating 5
Fake License (Ceska Black Scorpion) Rating 4
Fake License (Smartlink) Rating 4
Fake License (Shock Hand) Rating 4
Fake License (Autopicker) Rating 4
Fake License (Muscle Toner) Rating 4
Fake License (Wired Reflexes) Rating 4
Fake License (Smartgun System, Internal) Rating 4
Fake SIN (Rebecca Kinnaird) Rating 4
Grenade: Flash-Bang x6
Grenade: Smoke x6
Key Lock Rating 5
Medkit Rating 6
Medkit Supplies x4

== Vehicles ==
Suzuki Mirage (Racing Bike)
   +Vehicle Sensor

A note on the weapons: the Predator is intended to be her holdout, loaded into the cyberarm slide. The Scorpion is her mainstay, most likely to be used on runs. The taser is quite simply something she doesn't leave home without. The Ares Alpha is a vanity piece, hung on a wall on her apartment.

Strongly considering grabbing an identical Black Scorpion. How effective is dual-wielding machine pistols (with or without Ambidextrous as a quality)? Splitting the dice pool sounds confusing to a newb like me... is it worth it?

Also, RHat... good call on the qualities. I'll look for some suitable/interesting ones later.

[All4BigGuns]

Still working on my character. Have 203 karma left and about 5,000 nuyen left. Honesty running out of stuff to add/buy to the character. Already beefed up most of her skills and tacked on a whole lot of cyberware. If you have any other suggestions, now's the time! Will try to post a quasi-finalized sheet by tommorrow.

What's the easy way to port a character from Chummer over into a readable format for these forums, BTW?

Click the 'print' button and select Text Only from the drop-down in the window that comes up, and then click the 'Save as HTML' button.

[RHat]

Note that you should also go into the modification rules in Arsenal to make your weapons better.  More RC, and if you really want to be able to rain lead on people the High Velocity modification is a nice choice for your primary weapon (for the Alpha, perhaps HV, Foregrip+Sling, Personalized Grip, Underbarrel Weight, and Gas Vent 3 as an accessory, which puts you at RC9).  Reflex Recorder and Suprathyroid Gland could be effective for you...

I enjoy the weapon mod rules.  Does it show?

[Reiper]

Still fiddling with Chummer. It seems really limited in what you can buy licenses for. I don't know if I was being paranoid with my licenses or if Chummer is just limited in what you can buy a license for. Going to plow through and try to get a 1000 karma build posted tonight. Have already upgraded Reaction Enhancers to R2 and added R2 Muscle Toner, just FYI.

Chummer just uses the most conservative interpretation of licenses where one has to buy one for all the items they have that have "R" in their availability. I went ahead and bought them like that, though normally I prefer to go more generalized like "Weapon Permit" for all the weapons and such.

If Wolf is ok with that idea (which I am inclined to be) having a license that encompasses an entire type of item (guns, vehicles, armor, etc). At least at the R level, (not sure if we want to do F level licenses at all)

[RHat]

Still fiddling with Chummer. It seems really limited in what you can buy licenses for. I don't know if I was being paranoid with my licenses or if Chummer is just limited in what you can buy a license for. Going to plow through and try to get a 1000 karma build posted tonight. Have already upgraded Reaction Enhancers to R2 and added R2 Muscle Toner, just FYI.

Chummer just uses the most conservative interpretation of licenses where one has to buy one for all the items they have that have "R" in their availability. I went ahead and bought them like that, though normally I prefer to go more generalized like "Weapon Permit" for all the weapons and such.

If Wolf is ok with that idea (which I am inclined to be) having a license that encompasses an entire type of item (guns, vehicles, armor, etc). At least at the R level, (not sure if we want to do F level licenses at all)

Yeah, it really depends on how he wants to handle licencing rules - there's a lot of ways to do it.

[All4BigGuns]

Note that you should also go into the modification rules in Arsenal to make your weapons better.  More RC, and if you really want to be able to rain lead on people the High Velocity modification is a nice choice for your primary weapon (for the Alpha, perhaps HV, Foregrip+Sling, Personalized Grip, Underbarrel Weight, and Gas Vent 3 as an accessory, which puts you at RC9).  Reflex Recorder and Suprathyroid Gland could be effective for you...

I enjoy the weapon mod rules.  Does it show?

Only problem with the Suprathyroid Gland is that for some reason they set its availability at 20F so Restricted Gear is necessary to get it. Never made any sense to me that it got HARDER to get that implant between SR3 and SR4...

[RHat]

Note that you should also go into the modification rules in Arsenal to make your weapons better.  More RC, and if you really want to be able to rain lead on people the High Velocity modification is a nice choice for your primary weapon (for the Alpha, perhaps HV, Foregrip+Sling, Personalized Grip, Underbarrel Weight, and Gas Vent 3 as an accessory, which puts you at RC9).  Reflex Recorder and Suprathyroid Gland could be effective for you...

I enjoy the weapon mod rules.  Does it show?

Only problem with the Suprathyroid Gland is that for some reason they set its availability at 20F so Restricted Gear is necessary to get it. Never made any sense to me that it got HARDER to get that implant between SR3 and SR4...

Which reminds me of what I was forgetting to mention.

Grab some freaking qualities.  There's no reason you shouldn't grab as many negatives as you can (more Karma is, after all, a good thing and it lets you further define the character), and there's a lot to be gained from the positives.

And I gotta say, it really annoys me that Martial Arts takes up Positive Quality budget.  Really want to get Firefight added in here, and I just can't make it fit...

[All4BigGuns]

And I gotta say, it really annoys me that Martial Arts takes up Positive Quality budget.  Really want to get Firefight added in here, and I just can't make it fit...

Martial Arts is the only reason I'm at the Positive Quality limit...then again I don't take a lot of PQs that often.

[Kingbrendarr]

I go to bed a few hours and the game fills up before I even knew it existed this is super sad