Hi. So I would like you to write here all your favourite/powerfull/usefull psi combos you have ever used or seen. I would like to create new Asyncs character and I am looking for new ways to experience more fun while playing EP.
So, I have one good combo in my mind- Multitasking sleight, Instinct sleight and Brute Hacking. With Multitasking Implant and -90% time of hacking it is veeery usefull combo.
Of course Unarmed combat. You dont hit your target but only touch him (+20 bonus), using Psychic Stab, which is 1d10 + WIL/10. Which ignores all armor/kinetic. So almost (as I was using it) every attack (with Nurachem L1 and UNCONSCIOUS LEAD - 3 touches) was Wound for my opponents.
Another- Charisma plus Drive Emotione= +60 to social skill test (for example Deception).
Any other combos with any other non-psi-skills ot some gears maybe? Feel free.
Also if you play Async, write your way of playing him, if you want.
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Psi sleights combos with other skills
Thu, 2011-04-07 09:55
#1
Veini-san
Psi sleights combos with other skills
Thu, 2011-04-07 10:14
#2
Yerameyahu
Re: Psi sleights combos with other skills
I'm not sure you can combine Multitasking and Multi-Tasking. It depends on how munchkin you are in reading the word 'augmentation'. :D Ditto for the -90% of Instinct: you'll have to ask you GM if hacking fits with "involve analysis or planning alone", or "partial planning/analysis" (30%). Otherwise, yes, I've definitely seen the psi-super-hacker concept.
Unfortunately, that's about all Psi's for. :/ I imagine you're doing massive Strain damage to yourself if you're using Unconscious Lead and 3 Stabs. That's the fatal flaw of Psi, right now. :( Ditto for Charisma/Drive Emotion: it sounds great, until you remember that you have to touch them and take the Strain. So much Social interaction in EP doesn't involve touching, so it's *great* when it works, but you can't rely on it.
Thu, 2011-04-07 10:42
#3
Neuntöter
Re: Psi sleights combos with other skills
Yeah, it always struck me as odd how a lot of people assume that the Multitasking Slight can be freely combined with the other mental augmentations. I'd certainly veto it.
Btw, Unconscious Lead does not work with Psi Sleight, those are all Mental Actions. Time Sense is the by far superior Sleight for Asyncs in my opinion.
As for Strain, it all depends on how twinked your Async is. To be able to dish out 2d10+8 unresistible damage in one initiative pass (with Multitasking Sleight) is considerably insane. Taking only 2d10/2 stress seems almost trivial if you are running around with a 80 Lucidity monstrum. Granted, that is more or less the apex of player async power. But is considerably easy to achieve. Downtime is pretty much a must have Sleight. Being able to simply sleep off mental damage is possibly the biggest advantage Asyns have.
Sleights are usually incredibly situational. But given the right situations, they can be game breakers. Take Savant Calculation for example. This is basically Rain Man on mental steroids. Being able to calculate the vectors of falling debris during an explosion? Breaking any casino bank anywhere? Being able to tell the structural weakness of anything at any moment? Given the right circumstances, this is the lever to unhinge the world. (Coincidentally i am playing around with a lost generation terrorist hellbent on exacting revenge on the system that brought him forth.)
Thu, 2011-04-07 10:49
#4
Yerameyahu
Re: Psi sleights combos with other skills
Unless you're using a houserule, it's not Stress. It's DV. That affects the Downtime issue, as well.
I feel like anyone with a computer in their brain can already handle the Rain Man tricks, though. Poor Psi. :(
Thu, 2011-04-07 10:56
#5
Neuntöter
Re: Psi sleights combos with other skills
Holy hell. You know, i always read that wrong. As did everyone else i know. I guess because we all come from a Shadowrun background. Everyone naturally assumed the scary mind hacks would cause stress. I admit, this changes a lot in terms of Asnyc power.
Still, while i try to overcome this shock, Savant Calculation explicably states that the Async is capable of split-second calculations that even quantum computers can't achieve within a larger timeframe.
Thu, 2011-04-07 14:50
#6
Yerameyahu
Re: Psi sleights combos with other skills
Good point. Still, I can't think of too many cool uses there. And I wish I could, because Psi is *expensive* and should be useful.