Mandarin, I guess. No clue if either one would be more appropriate given his background, but it seems like Mandarin is spoken in more parts of China so that it would be more likely to be the language that he knows. Of course, I could drop a skill rank somewhere else and give him both.
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Mandarin, I guess. No clue if either one would be more appropriate given his background, but it seems like Mandarin is spoken in more parts of China so that it would be more likely to be the language that he knows. Of course, I could drop a skill rank somewhere else and give him both.
hero4hire
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Thank you.
DM_Matt
First Post
Regarding gap filling and the need for a tech, Max has +17/+19 in suit Computers, and he could within theme add some Mechanical or Demolitions (demo requires multiple skills, so I'd prolly only get that if I get variable or ap equipment so I don't also need to know how to cook the stuff up from scratch) stuff within theme. He also can maybe make room for gadgets.
To do any of the above, I'd need to recrunch points, though. The following are places where I could conceivably save points. Please accept or reject as you wish, and then I;ll see what I can buy with it. The savings from each are in parenteses.
1. Decide he's totally out of practice with survival and kill the skill entirely, since he'll probably never use it and as such its not actually an adventuring-relevant skill (1pp)
2. Kill the lightning bolt ability (1pp, but he might just replace it with another attack. Im not crazy about that attack.)
3. Kill the communication ability (Since he'll have a commlink anyway, and hopefully a cell...or can his DEVICE computer feature include a WiMax modem and VoIP.) (1pp)
4. Trade one or two points of Base Defense for Dodge Focus. (1pp or 2pp)
5. Drop 2 points of Wis (I'd really rather not do this, but I could), and buy back the point of will save. (1pp)
6 . Reconfigure super-strength and flying into a dynamic array, as fly 5 / ss 5 . (2pp)
7. Drop two points of base attack, take the masterwork computer out of the battlesuit and make it built into his body, add one point into the device to add a point to the attack array, to be used for a second point of accurate on the ranged stuff, while trading one point of SS and the extra point for two points of melee focus and either some kind of ss power feat (shockwave?) or improved grapple. (3pp)
8. Drop one point of Base Attack, still switch the computer out, and still buy my attacks up again in the array (1pp)
To do any of the above, I'd need to recrunch points, though. The following are places where I could conceivably save points. Please accept or reject as you wish, and then I;ll see what I can buy with it. The savings from each are in parenteses.
1. Decide he's totally out of practice with survival and kill the skill entirely, since he'll probably never use it and as such its not actually an adventuring-relevant skill (1pp)
2. Kill the lightning bolt ability (1pp, but he might just replace it with another attack. Im not crazy about that attack.)
3. Kill the communication ability (Since he'll have a commlink anyway, and hopefully a cell...or can his DEVICE computer feature include a WiMax modem and VoIP.) (1pp)
4. Trade one or two points of Base Defense for Dodge Focus. (1pp or 2pp)
5. Drop 2 points of Wis (I'd really rather not do this, but I could), and buy back the point of will save. (1pp)
6 . Reconfigure super-strength and flying into a dynamic array, as fly 5 / ss 5 . (2pp)
7. Drop two points of base attack, take the masterwork computer out of the battlesuit and make it built into his body, add one point into the device to add a point to the attack array, to be used for a second point of accurate on the ranged stuff, while trading one point of SS and the extra point for two points of melee focus and either some kind of ss power feat (shockwave?) or improved grapple. (3pp)
8. Drop one point of Base Attack, still switch the computer out, and still buy my attacks up again in the array (1pp)
This wouldn't work because of his Sneak Attack feat, which adds to damage and counts against PL limits, and would put him over PL caps if he did this. In fact, I noticed that at the moment Sneak Attack combined with his Telekinesis 12 having the damaging extra and +8 to hit would put him over the PL limits. My proposed solution to that is kind of ad-hoc, but seems reasonable: if you simply add a non-pp saving 'drawback' that Sneak Attack doesn't work with said Blast, then it should be fine.
Role for Dragon Fist: I really don't see him solving our lack of a "tech." I think that Pink Lightning and Arsenal are better suited for that, but if there was a set of skills related to Dragon Fist's schtick that we were missing, I could shift some skill ranks around.
DM_Matt
First Post
Alright, I'll prolly change up a few things, but he'll stay mostly the same. I won't be able to afford any more role-filling with a point or two, and I cant find other capabilities I can easily remove.
hero4hire
Explorer
Yeah Sneak Attack only brings dmg up to +10 (or whatever w/ tradeoffs) but its good to have say you lose your powers or face someone immune to your powers.
Your proposed solution was already kinda a given for me. Sneak attack can coexist with maxed out attacks but does not stack with them.
hero4hire
Explorer
NP and if you are not comfortable changing anything at all.. Don't.
Your character already fills some niches.
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