| From: | Veskrashen veskrashen@*******.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | [OT] 8 years? |
| Date: | Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:25:33 -1100 |
>
> In a message dated 8/11/99 11:12:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> cyberraven@********.net writes:
>
> > >then you're already way beyond help (A friendly reminder to all those
> > >Multi-multi-classed 1st ed. PCs out there, I know you exist).
> >
> > Whats wrong with multi-talented characters. I'd love to work with a
> > rigger that isn't dead meat the minute he gets out of his vehilce or has
> > his remote deck shot, or a decker that can actaully amount to something on
> > the job.
> >
>
> He said multil-multi task. We all know the types. Ghoul Satyr Rigger Otaku
> and Samurai/Decker/Rigger/Adepts. Being balanced is fine (a decker should be
> able to handle himself in a fight and a samurai should be able to do things
> other than kill, like negotiate and maybe have electronics training), but
> some vets from SR1 just take it too far out of a power-crazed insanity that I
> know well.
>
> (My still living character Ticktock is my own version of this. He can do
> everything imaginable. Okay, he's not an Otaku and he's not a meta, but any
> of the character classes he can match. He decks at Comp-10, fights at
> Unarmed-14, rigs at Car-10, and casts spells at Sorcery(Spellcasting)-14 -
> initiated to Grade 8-. I blatantly power-gamed him into the most powerful
> character I could since the little mage he started out as in '89 managed to
> survive over and over for no apparent reason. He can be done and he
> shouldn't be able to be done. But I still like the bastard.)
>
> -Twist
OK, I'll give you that. That tends to be pretty sick. And at that point,
I'd seriously be wondering why the hell they're still running the
shadows. Of course, I can't really say much since I have a magically
active character that has a deck, was a sammy first, and has a rigger
emulation module. However, he also has business and negotiation skills,
as well as being a bartender and cook. I personally love having such an
eclectic character, because I can backstop for just about anyone. And
that, I think, is the whole point of generalization: so that if one guy
goes down, someone else can pick up the slack, albeit with reduced
capacity. In addition, I think it's great to be able to have someone
else who can shoot when need be, can assist in matrix research or light
decking, can drive when necessary, and can chuck a spell or disrupt a
spirit when he's gotta. Of course he's not going to be as good as the
Rigger or the Mage, but he's not trying to. He's trying to add
flexibility.
-Ves.
