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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JPL" data-source="post: 2736214" data-attributes="member: 1964">Thanee, I guess I'm not sure what you're complaining about.Hmmm.  So what, a Fast Hero 3 / Smart Hero 3 / Solider 1, or something like that?Let's see...Evasion is always a good pick [what with all the hand grenades].  Increased Speed doesn't seem too "weird" to me, either.Linguist would be highly appropriate for a Spec Ops guy, as would Savant [K: tactics], and Plan, and Exploit Weakness.This character is more assuredly not a "weak combatant" --- he can take out probably 95% of the people in the world in a fistfight or a firefight.  More importantly [since he is a Spec Op, not a cage fighter], he can move quickly and quietly, survive in hostile climates and not get lost, and speak the local language<s>.  He can plan ahead of time, and find an enemy's weak spots in the midst of a fight.  He may have specialized training in combat engineering or demolitions or as a field medic.  </s><s></s><s>Compare that to a Strong Hero 7 --- yeah, our Spec Op might not want to go toe-to-toe with this guy, but Strong Hero 7 will be at a disadvantage in many other non-combat situations equally critical, if not moreso, to the life of a commando. </s><s></s><s>If any of those choices seem "weird" for this character concept, then maybe you really want a different class combo --- say, Strong / Fast / Solider [which still gets you a nice array of skill points].</s><s></s><s>I think d20 Modern gives the player some tough choices about how to spend character improvement resources while still providing some structure to help keep most characters versatile enough to be fun both in and out of combat.     </s><s></s><s>But....[and this is not directed to Thanee, just in general] I think one big point to keep in mind is that when modeling a highly-skilled character in d20 Modern, there's no substitute for just starting at an appropriately higher character level.  Some idiot on RPG.net made a big deal about how d20 Modern was broken because he couldn't stat a ninja at first level.  Well, if you expect a ninja to be a combination of a Navy SEAL, Batman, and Jet Li, then no, first level ain't gonna work.</s></blockquote>

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