[saltorio]

I rebuilt the character to be based on stats rather than cyberlimbs (this is a complete build with all 400 BP spent and less than 600¥ available). Though he lost the 'Hawk Eye' quality as well as one point in 'Firefight' and has a slightly smaller physical damage pool, he gained a point of armor and the 'Reakt' bioware. Most of capabilities end up quite similar, though he has better overall ability scores and thus doesn't have to juggle multiple dice numbers for actions with different parts of the body.

Overall, I think it looks quite solid, but comments are still quite welcome.


Gunkata
Race (25 BP)
Satyr (Enhanced Senses, Low-Light Vision, Satyr Legs)

Attributes (160 BP)

• Body 6/7
• Agility 4/9
• Reaction 4/9
• Strength 6/11
• Charisma 1
• Intuition 5
• Logic 1
• Willpower 3
• Edge 3
• Essence 0.08

Initiative 9/14
IP 1/3

Condition Monitor boxes (Physical/Stun): 12/10
Commlink, Basic Condition Monitor: 9

Armor (Ballistic/Impact): 24/19
Ranged Defense: 9/13 Full
Melee Defense: 9
Blade Parry: 19/28 Full

Skills (116 BP)
Active Skills

• Athletics Group 4
• Climbing [16 dice]
• Flight [16 dice]
• Gymnastics [16 dice]
• Running [16 dice]
• Swimming [16 dice]
• Blades 6/7 (Knives +2) [16 dice]
• Infiltration 4 [13 dice]
• Perception 4 [12 dice]
• Pistols 4 (Semi-Automatics +2) [13 dice]

Knowledge Skills

• (-TBD-) 2
• (-TBD-) 2
• (-TBD-) 2
• (-TBD-) 3
• (-TBD-) 3
• English 5 [10 dice]
• Japanese [Native]

Qualities (0 BP)

• Albinism
• Arnis De Mano (1)
• Changeling (Class I SURGE)
  
  • Balance Receptor
  • Celerity
  • Critter Spook
  • Satyr Legs - granted by race
• Firefight (2)
• Incompetent: Automatics
• Restricted Gear: Muscle Augmentation (2nd-Hand)
• Restricted Gear: Muscle Toner (2nd-Hand)
• Restricted Gear: Suprathyroid Gland (2nd-Hand)
• SINner (Criminal SIN)
• Wanted: (-TBD-)

Martial Arts (12 BP)
Advantages

• +1 dodge vs. Ranged Attacks if in melee
• +1 DV on Blades attacks
• Reduce 'attacker in melee' modifier by 1 (1)

Maneuvers

• Clinch
• Disarm
• Multi-Strike
• Off-Hand Training (Blades)
• Two Weapon Style
• Watchful Guard

Augmentations
Cyberware

• Attention Coprocessor (2nd-Hand) (3) with Implant Medics (6)
• Cyber Safety (Main Hand) with Implant Medics (6), Skinlink
• Cyber Safety (Off Hand) with Implant Medics (6), Skinlink
• Reaction Enhancers (2nd-Hand) (2) with Implant Medics (6)
• Wired Reflexes (2nd-Hand Alphaware) (2) with Implant Medics (6)

Bioware

• Damage Compensators (3)
• Muscle Augmentation (2nd-Hand) (4)
• Muscle Toner (2nd-Hand) (4)
• Platelet Factories (2nd-Hand)
• Reflex Recorder: Blades
• Suprathyroid Gland (2nd-Hand)
• Synthacardium (2nd-Hand) (1)

Weapons & Attacks

• Grapple Gun [8 dice, DV 5S vs. I, SS, RC 2, 1 (ml)]
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• Praetorian (Main Hand) [17 dice, DV 6P vs. B-2, SA, RC 4, 12 (c)] with Bayonet, Bayonet Mount, Ceramic/Plasteel Components (Level 1), Cyber Safety, Electronic Firing, Improved Range Finder, Melee Hardening, Silencer, Smartgun System, Internal, Spare Clips
  (EX-Explosive Rounds x24, Hi-C Plastic Rounds x12, Stick-n-Shock x24)
  
  • Praetorian Blade (Main Hand) [19 dice, DV 8P vs. I, Reach 2] with Ceramic/Plasteel Components (Level 1), Personalized Grip
  .
• Praetorian (Off Hand) [15 dice, DV 6P vs. B-2, SA, RC 4, 12 (c)] with Bayonet, Bayonet Mount, Ceramic/Plasteel Components (Level 1), Cyber Safety, Electronic Firing, Improved Range Finder, Melee Hardening, Silencer, Smartgun System, Internal, Spare Clips
  (EX-Explosive Rounds x24, Hi-C Plastic Rounds x12, Stick-n-Shock x24)
  
  • Praetorian Blade (Off Hand) [19 dice, DV 8P vs. I, Reach 2] with Ceramic/Plasteel Components (Level 1), Personalized Grip
  .
• Vibro Sword [17 dice, DV 11P vs. I-2, Reach 1] with Personalized Grip
• (4x) Ceramic Knife [19 dice, DV 8P vs. I] with (3x Additional), Ceramic/Plasteel Components (Level 1), Personalized Grip
• Shock Glove [9 dice, DV 5S(e) vs. ½I] with Internal Battery x10, Personalized Grip
• Unarmed Strike [8 dice, DV 6S vs. I]
• Attack of Will (vs. Spirits) [3 dice, DV 1P vs. I]

Armor

• Ballistic Mask with Directional Microphone, MAD Scanner (3), Motion Sensor, Radio Signal Scanner (6), Skinlink, Ultrawideband Radar (4)
• Lined Coat with Chemical Protection (6), Gel Packs, Ruthenium Polymer Coating, Skinlink, Thermal Dampening (3)
• Form-Fitting Full-Body Suit with Biofabrics, Fire Resistance (2), Nonconductivity (6), Skinlink
• SecureTech Forearm Guards
• SecureTech Leg and Arm Casings
• SecureTech Shin  Guards
• SecureTech Vitals Protector

Gear (50 BP)

• Autopicker (6)
• Climbing Gear
• Commlink, Basic with Armor (10), Hardening (6), Skinlink, Vector Xim Operating System
• Contact Lenses (3) with Flare Compensation, Image Link, Skinlink, Smartlink
• Earbuds (3) with Audio Enhancement (2), Skinlink, Spatial Recognizer
• Gecko Tape Gloves
• Glasses (3) with Skinlink, Thermographic Vision, Vision Enhancement (3), Vision Magnification, Electronic
• Hidden Gun Arm Slide (Main Hand)
• Hidden Gun Arm Slide (Off Hand)
• Medkit (6)
• Microwire (m) x100
• Rapelling Gloves

Social (7 BP)

• Identity: (-TBD-) with Fake License: Augmentations (3), Fake License: Concealed Carry (3), Fake License: Firearms (3), Fake License: Melee Weapons (3), Fake SIN (3), Low Lifestyle
• Identity: (-TBD-) (Criminal SIN)
• Contact: Hate Group Member (CL1/L2)
• Contact: Street Doc (CL2/L2)

[UmaroVI]

Taking Restricted Gear for 2nd-hand ware is making a serious power now for power later sacrifice. Are you sure you want to do that? In the long run you would be much better off spending those 15 quality BP on Martial Arts, getting rating 2 secondhand Muscle Toner/Augmentation, and making your Wired Reflexes not alphaware.

You can do a lot better than the Praetorian. The mods it comes with are not actually that great - you would do better taking a higher-quality base gun and modding it to have a blade.

For example, Ruger Thunderbolt, Stock Accessory, and with 11 strength you get +2 RC for free, putting you at 5 which is what you need. You can attach a Flick Bayonet [Barrel Accessory], although it is 15R it isn't very expensive. Smartlinks are also accessories. Melee hardening is cheap and only one slot. As a result, you get a gun that is just as good in melee and significantly better at shooting people.

Clinch is a super bad manuever.

Multi-strike is not as awful as Clinch, but it's still pretty bad. Using Two-Weapon Style is almost always more helpful than splitting your pool for two melee attacks, and if you are hitting by a large margin, Called Shot is almost always better for offense anyways.

Finishing Blow, Riposte, and Full Offense are all more useful manuevers if you really want as many as possible.

[saltorio]

Taking Restricted Gear for 2nd-hand ware is making a serious power now for power later sacrifice. Are you sure you want to do that? In the long run you would be much better off spending those 15 quality BP on Martial Arts, getting rating 2 secondhand Muscle Toner/Augmentation, and making your Wired Reflexes not alphaware.

You can do a lot better than the Praetorian. The mods it comes with are not actually that great - you would do better taking a higher-quality base gun and modding it to have a blade.

For example, Ruger Thunderbolt, Stock Accessory, and with 11 strength you get +2 RC for free, putting you at 5 which is what you need. You can attach a Flick Bayonet [Barrel Accessory], although it is 15R it isn't very expensive. Smartlinks are also accessories. Melee hardening is cheap and only one slot. As a result, you get a gun that is just as good in melee and significantly better at shooting people.

Clinch is a super bad manuever.

Multi-strike is not as awful as Clinch, but it's still pretty bad. Using Two-Weapon Style is almost always more helpful than splitting your pool for two melee attacks, and if you are hitting by a large margin, Called Shot is almost always better for offense anyways.

Finishing Blow, Riposte, and Full Offense are all more useful manuevers if you really want as many as possible.

Cool. I'll look at those changes when I get home tonight.

Any suggestions for good applicable Martial Arts advantages for this character? I'm not sure what the official rule is, but we've decided amongst the group that stacking multiple of the same advantage from different styles (such as "+1 DV with blades" from both Arnis and Sangri <sic>) is cheese and not allowed in our campaigns.

[UmaroVI]

The official rule is it caps at +3 DV.

Firefight explicitly allows you to take up to 2 levels of the reducing the penalty for attacking in melee range. I would take a second level of that.

Can you use Way of the Samurai, actually? If you can't get more +Blades DV, I would spend 10 bp on a Way.