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khai_adept [2024/09/06 16:41] – [Cyberware/Bioware] side-step can be considered similar to cpool adders khaikhai_adept [2025/05/13 22:38] (current) – [Cyberware/Bioware] khai
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 ==== The Natural Adept ==== ==== The Natural Adept ====
-In general, loading up on high-grade cyberware and bioware tends to provide more benefits than we would have gained from the lost magic. Nothing that we do or use depend on our essence rating, and we can recover lost magic through initiation. Our maximum magic rating does get reduced; with zero magic lost to implants, our maximum magic rating is 26. With 3 or more magic lost to implants, our maximum magic rating is 20.+In general, loading up on high-grade cyberware and bioware tends to provide more benefits than we would have gained from the lost magic. Nothing that we do or use depend on our essence rating, and we can recover lost magic through initiation. Our maximum magic rating does get reduced; with zero magic lost to implants, our maximum magic rating is 26. With 3 or more magic lost to implants, our maximum magic rating is 20. But 26 magic doesn't really compare to 20 magic + up to 5.99 essence of cyberware + up to 9.0 index of bioware.
  
-However, that's not necessarily the case in group play, because a spellcaster's heal spell has a TN that depends on their target's essence. If we have a full 6 essence, then a mage has good odds of healing us for 8 boxes, or a shaman can heal us for 12 boxes, with just a single cast. This sort of pairing has an additional synergy in that our pain relief power can be used to alleviate their spell drain.+However, the natural adept does get benefits in RP or group play: the dice we use for our pain relief and empathic healing powers is our magic rating, the former of which can be used to recover a spellcaster's drain (and is the only mechanic in the game that can do so). In addition, our higher essence makes it a lot easier for the spellcaster to use their heal spell on us and may also reduce social penalties in PRUNs.
  
 ==== Unarmed Combat ==== ==== Unarmed Combat ====
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 ==== Armed Melee Combat ==== ==== Armed Melee Combat ====
-With a weapon focus, adepts can roll more dice on the attack than any non-adept in the game. A rating 3 weapon focus plus 10 skill allows 13 more dice to be allocated from our combat pool, totaling 26 dice (or 27 with enhanced articulation). Admittedly, only zero reach weapon foci are available at rating 3.... For weapons with reach, adepts roll equal dice on the attack as mundanes (10 skill +2 focus + 12 cpool, compared to 12 skill + 12 cpool). Of course, when defending, we roll more dice regardless because of the counterstrike power.+With a weapon focus, adepts can roll more dice on the attack than any non-adept in the game. A rating 3 weapon focus plus 10 skill allows 13 more dice to be allocated from our combat pool, totaling 26 dice (or more with enhanced articulation and/or reflex recorder). Admittedly, only zero reach weapon foci are available at rating 3.... For weapons with reach, adepts roll equal dice on the attack as mundanes (10 skill +2 focus + 12 cpool, compared to 12 skill + 12 cpool). Of course, when defending, we roll more dice regardless because of the counterstrike power.
  
 Adepts can also reach much higher strength than mundanes through access to the improved strength and boosted strength powers, making our blows with strength-based weapons that much more difficult to resist. Shamans can technically reach the same level through a force 12 increase strength spell, but they will suffer sustaining penalties to all of their actions while doing so. Adepts can also reach much higher strength than mundanes through access to the improved strength and boosted strength powers, making our blows with strength-based weapons that much more difficult to resist. Shamans can technically reach the same level through a force 12 increase strength spell, but they will suffer sustaining penalties to all of their actions while doing so.
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 Notable adept powers that are far superior to any bonuses available elsewhere: Notable adept powers that are far superior to any bonuses available elsewhere:
   * kinesics (TN bonus to etiquette tests as well as negotiation)   * kinesics (TN bonus to etiquette tests as well as negotiation)
-  * rapid healing (applies to mental as well as physical damage)+  * rapid healing (provides x4 healing at max rating, compared to r3 symbiotes providing x2)
   * resist pain (fully compatible with trauma dampers)   * resist pain (fully compatible with trauma dampers)
  
 NOTE: It is //**very**// much worth grabbing the maximum rank of kinesics in chargen because the extra money we gain over time will pile up. We also don't need to have it active all the time. Throw it on when interacting with merchants or completing autoruns, shut it off for combat. Aliases can help with the tedium. NOTE: It is //**very**// much worth grabbing the maximum rank of kinesics in chargen because the extra money we gain over time will pile up. We also don't need to have it active all the time. Throw it on when interacting with merchants or completing autoruns, shut it off for combat. Aliases can help with the tedium.
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