From:	Jason Ustica <usticaj@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Snake (Speed Samurai)
Date:	Thu, 21 Sep 1995 14:11:22 -0700

On Thu, 21 Sep 1995, Georg Greve wrote:

> Street Name: Snake, 22year old Street Samurai
>
> Body: (6+0) 6
> Quickness: (6+4) 10
> Strength: (4+4) 8
> Charisma: (3+0) 3
> Intelligence: (6+0) 6
> Willpower: (6+0) 6

This guy is a f**king genius! 6 Int and Wp?? Why is he running the
shadows?? He should be off designing spaceships and the sort!

This kind of characrter really brings out my hatred of people who max
out their Int *just* to reap the Reaction bonus. I realize this
character's whole mission in life is to be Mr. Quick and Wiley, but gimme
a break. About 95% of the poeple I see who do this just love the numbers
they generate for Initiative, but, uh oh, you want me to what? Roleplay
based on my high Int stat? Uhhh... I gotta go.

> Reaction: (8+7) 15
> Initiative: 4D6+15

Puhleeeeaze!

> Combat Pool: 11 Karma Pool: 3
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That phenominal Wp comes into play here. Wouldn't want to have your
Speedster caught without some Combat Pool leftover, would ya? But when it
comes to roleplaying that WP, uhhh... I'm gonna go refill my drink, tell
me when this roleplaying crap is over.

> Cyberware:
> Wired Reflexes 3
> Cybereyes with:
> - Flare Compensation
> - Thermographic Vision
> - Electronic Vision Mag. 3
> - Rangefinder
> Hearing Amplification
> Damper
> Smartlink (Alpha)
> Fingertip Compartment (with Monofilament Whip)
>
> Essence Left: 0 (on the brink of madness *grin*)

Good template for a mad *scientist*. Unfortunately I think this character
has been wasted on the mundane task of killing lots of
poeple/things/creatures/etc.

> Bioware:
> Muscle Augmentation 4
> Trauma Damper
> Enhanced Articulation
> Reflex Recorder Firearms
>
> Body Index: 4,45
>
>
> Skills:
> Firearms: (6+2) 8
> Unarmed Combat (4+1) 5
> Cyber Implant Weaponry (6+1) 7
> Monofilament Whip (8+1) 9
> Stealth (6+1) 7
> Etiquette (Street) 1
> English 8
> City Speak

Jesus, is there anything in this character that ISN'T combat releated???

> but he's still quite unexperienced but already very deadly.

I would've never guessed.

> Any other comments?

I'm not attacking you personally, as I have no idea how you or your group
plays. However, I've seen this type of character too many times to let
this pass without comment. I can't stand it when people create characters
with stats, cyberware, and skills desgined *just* to reap combat benefits.
Sure, I'm all for Street Sam types, but not even the hardest Street Sam is
centered *solely* on combat. Does this chraracter have a background of
any sort? Or is he just another collection of numbers that can off those
pesky securtiy guards in droves?

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