Hi, everyone. I am sorry if I missed similar topic.
First of all, forgive me my mistakes in English. I am from Poland, so it is not my native language. I want to hear your opinions about my first EP character. I am very new in this system, and it is my first SF RPG system. But I love SF and I really want to play it. First session in weekend :).
About char (short, details in progress :] ):
He is a freelancer (if not working for Hypercorp), ego hunter and assassin, and his job is to find people and deliver them or eliminate them, or investigate some dangerous and dark, illegal cases, out of official procedures. Most of the time, he works for some Hypercorporation (at least for some of their cells) or people from underground. He has no memories from before working for Hypercorporation (not decide what corporation yet), but they gave him his morph and chance to find out who he was. He does wet jobs and dark buisnesses. He is cold professional with a talent for his work. Even if he had psi abilties before his new work (and he doubt that), he can't remember that. But he had skills and no choice. Now he is also doing his own investigation about who his employers are, and what they know about his past.
Name: Akira Hayashi
Gender (Ego): male
Actual Age: 27
Background: Original Space Colonist
Faction: Ultimate
Morph: Ghost (male)- (Durability: 45, Wound Threshold: 9. Implants: Basic Biomods, Basic Mesh, Cortical Stack, Chameleon Skin, Adrenal Boost, Enhanced Vision, Grip Pads)
COG: 15 (15), COO: 15 (25), INT: 15 (20), REF 15 (20), SAV: 10 (10), SOM: 15 (20), WIL 20 (25)
REP:
C-rep 25
G-rep 25
Moxie: 1
Traits: Enemy, Edited Memories, Psi (L2)
Academics: Psychology 60
Academics: Computer Science 60
Interest: Conspiracies 55
Interest: Hypercorp Politics 55
Networking: Criminals 35
Networking: Firewall 35
Networking: Hypercorps 55
Profession: Ego Hunter/Assassin 60
Profession: Police Procedures 60
Blades: 45
Control: 60
Fray: 60
Freerunnig: 55
Infiltration: 55
Infosec: 45
Intimidation: 40
Investigation: 60
Kinesics: 45
Kinetic Weapons: 60
Language: Japanese: 90
Language: English: 60
Perception: 50
Psi Assault: 50
Research: 50
Sense: 55
Unarmed Combat: 55
Psi sleights: Here I didn't decide yet. Those sleights are my early choices. 4 sleights for each, chi and gamma, no more (CP....). I am thinking about sleights that can be usefull for the character, whose job is usually „find and bring, or find and kill”. So everything what gives me advantage in my hunting jobs are best choices. I think that sleights which gives bonuses to skills modificators are less usefull, because the longer you play, the less those skills have sense. So I will write all my choices, and I am planing to choose 4 of them for each kind of sleights. I wish to hear your opinions about best options for my character.
Chi (4): Cogitive Boost, Emotion Control, Filter, High Pain Threshold, Instinct, Predictive Boost (not sure how this works), Unconcious Lead
Gamma (4): Alienation (not sure how this works exaclty too), Cloud Memory, Deep Scan, Drive Emotion, Ego Sense, Omni Awarness, Psychic Stab, Subliminal.
For now my choices are: Chi- Filter, High Pain Threshold, Unconcious Lead, Instinct
Gamma- Deep Scan, Drive Emotion, Subliminal, Psychic Stab/ Alienation
Gear:
Implants: Enhanced Hearing, Eidetic Memory, Bioweave Armor (light), Endocrine Control, Neurachem (L1), Cyberclaws, Medichines
Gear: Bbackup Insurance (mod), Facial/Image Recognition, Standard Muse, Body Armor (light) with Chameleon Coating (to work with my Cahmeleon Skin), Medium Rail Pistol (with Silencer), 100x Zero Armor Piercing Pistol Rounds
And now I have still 90 CP points to use and 950 credits for gear.
I thought about spend those 90 CP points for Climbing skill (since I have Grip Pods (30 CP) and it would help me in hunting) and for some one more social skill (Deception or Protocol (40 CP)). Last 20 CP points I wanted to spend for 1 more moxie and 1 specialization.
And about these 950 credits....well, I thought about smart skin and poison glands, or about oracles (50 more credits for that, maybe less ammunition).
Now I wish to hear your opinion about my character, if skills are good for him and his job, and if....well, it is my first character in EP, so I wish to hear your opinions. Thanks.
Especially about psi sleights and rest CP and credits.
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My first character. Your opinions, advice
Mon, 2010-10-11 18:26
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My first character. Your opinions, advice
Mon, 2010-10-11 20:39
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Re: My first character. Your opinions, advice
From my experience, one never has enough Moxie! It's really, really useful.
Morph disadvantages are a cool way to get a few extra CPs while at the same time adding colour to your character, and they are not too hard to eventually get rid of should you tire of them.
Finally, remember to select your character's two mental disorders from being a Level 2 Psi user.
Tue, 2010-10-12 04:24
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Re: My first character. Your opinions, advice
What hypercorp does he work for? How much does he like it? Given his interest in conspiracies and hypercorp politics, what is his view on other hypercorps and the rest of inner system politics?
Who is his enemy? Does he know? (For maximum creepiness: he thinks he has an enemy, and he ascribes various attacks to him. But others never seem to see any solid evidence for this unseen enemy - maybe he is delusional?)
What are his motivations? Work, becoming the best there are, uncovering the truth, just making a credit or saving the world? Why does he feel he belongs with the Ultimates?
How did he react to the Fall? Although he cannot remember his previous life, he knows he must have lost a lot - how does he think about the past he cannot remember? He might even have erased his memory himself: does he now want to pry into his origin, or does he resolutely ignore it?
How does he feel about his psi? A useful tool, or something creepy? Does he know it is due to a version of an alien/postsingularity virus rewriting his brain, or does he think it is just something natural or technological? How would he react if he found out the truth?
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