An extra initiative pass or something, if you can't get Increase Reflexes and a good sustaining method. Spellcasting is never a lamented choice for high rating.Īgain, in my opinion, unless you are willing to take a hit in the magic department, avoid the cyberware unless it's something you feel you absolutely NEED for something. Spells don't tend to fight their casting like that.įor many spell effects, it almost (almost!) doesn't matter at what Force you cast them if you only get a single, resistable success, or not enough to get past the Object Resistance. It's a risk of taking drain without anything to show for it, if your spirit resists feistily in the Summoning test. In my current opinion, if you're doing a lot of Summoning on-the-fly, rather than having a nice, fat spirit ready to command, then you either like to do it that way, or there needs to be more planning involved. And Magic is your gauge for how powerful your spirits can be, and how much Force they can have before you start risking your life with Physical drain in their Summoning.
More specific? If you're doing Binding at all, I'd suggest having its rating at LEAST as high as the Summoning itself. First build is reaaaally painful for somebody who wants the good-at-several-things aspect, without taking a fair hit at something else. To be as effective (read 'juicy-powerful' rather than 'efficacious', because tactical choices can help a lot), it's Magic and the Active skills. Stats? Drain resistance is key, if you want to cast spells/summon on the fly all day. The build really depends on what you want to do, of course. ĭoes this look right? Or should I put more/less points in certain places?ĭresden! Lovely! (He's a dude that would totally translate to pretty-good skills coupled with high Magic rating, and decent Drain attributes.) This is the stats I'm looking at (Logic Tradition) with Cerebral (2) and Something Else (2). I guess Magic 5 is the right way to go or should I make room for 25 pt Magic 6?
I can't seem to fit 6 Magic in w/o gimping myself in Skills or other things. Is it worth going for 1 Essence (total) worth of Bioware Implants at the Cost of 1 Magic? I figured, Cerebral Implant (2) for +2 Logic, maybe Platelet Factories and some Muscle Augmentation. What Magic skills should I be putting more than one point in? I put Sorcery 6, Counterspell 4, Summoning 4, Binding 1, Arcana 1, Assensing 4, Astral Combat 1. So is there a reason to go with Summons vs Spells? What if I do both? Could I rely on Spirits for Offense, etc and Spells for other things (Imp. While with Conjuration you can summon Spirits that can attack or do other things, and you only need to spend points on materials to Bind them. Seems to me to go with Sorcery you must Buy Spells (3BP per) and spend points on Foci as needed. What are the pros/cons between Sorcery and Summoning? I think he could go either way, but I'm not quite sure about which way is better for what.
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I'm not sure how to orient him with regard to Sorcery vs Conjuration.
He's helped the police before as a consultant of sorts. He's a detective who specializes using Magic to find people. The theme is Harry Dresden from the Dresden Files (Books and Series). I'm new to SR4 and I'm looking at making a Mage at 425 BP.
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