Or if you have more money load up on a point more of stuff. I would suggest ditching the cyber-eyes all together so your essence remains at 6 and utilize the remaining 0.28 free essence from Transhuman. If you did this with the ware you note your essence would be 5.76 + you would have only used 0.72 of your free essence point for Transhuman. So for max ware with minimal essence lost go Way of the Burnout and Proto Trans. It won't affect the essence cost of the ware you installed during chargen however. However if you are planning on max'ing out ware then Prototype Transhuman + Way of the Burnout (25 karma total) would be a lot better than bioware compatibility + Proto Transhuman.Īnother option would be to take bioware compatibility and proto transhuman then post-chargen take way of the burnout. It costs 15 karma at character generation so you may not be able to fit in. If you only want to be a part-time face your choice as a mage could make sense.įYI don't forget Way of the Burnout, which gives you alpha grade cyber and bio for the cost of Standard ware. If you want to be primarily a face you should consider a bioware-adept. cybereyes(smart link, vision mag, vision enhance, thermo vision)Īlso, how much cyberware or bioware would I need to have to make the bio-compatibility quality worth it?Īlso also, I wasn't sure if this post was suppose to go into the gear forum or into the char creation, I apologize if I chose the wrong forum. He has the prototype transhuman quality, so he has an extra essence to burn.
Mechanically, I plan to use him as the group face and he will be the only mage in the group, so I would prefer to not lower my essence below 4. Plus, it takes the decker, a traditionally combat avoidy character, and gives him a reason to be hunkered behind the desk in the middle of. Its not as effective as, say, sicking your spirits on him, or using any number of various spells. I was hoping to get some advice on which 'ware would be really good for this character mechanically and/or flavorfully. Sure, its not as effective as, say, shooting the guy. As such, the evil group made sure that my character would have every single advantage possible in the corporate world via 'ware and training. The backstory for this character is that he was bred to be the perfect heir to a mega corp and/or to infiltrate a mega corp and eventually gain control of it for some evil group (perhaps the Black Lodge). Hello all, I'm currently attempting to build a mage character with a fair amount of bioware and some cyberware, for a campaign that starts in the near future.