What would you play in an ISWAT campaign? (request for character ideas and stats)

[tshiggins]

I'd go with an early 21st Century special operator/secret agent face-man who specializes in human intelligence, but who has the skills to dish out some serious pain if things go pear-shaped.

Here's the thing; laws of physics may change from dimension to dimension, and people may have all sorts of weird abilities. However, no matter what the physical laws may be, people are still people. They're gonna want things, and do things, and while different abilities may provide different means, the ends remain fairly similar.

So, I'd want to play a character who can deal successfully with people, no matter where he is or what's going on around him. James Bond is always useful. :)

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by tshiggins

Here's the thing; laws of physics may change from dimension to dimension, and people may have all sorts of weird abilities. However, no matter what the physical laws may be, people are still people. They're gonna want things, and do things, and while different abilities may provide different means, the ends remain fairly similar.

So, I'd want to play a character who can deal successfully with people, no matter where he is or what's going on around him. James Bond is always useful. :)

Eh, between needing Xeno-Adaptability for cultures, and regularly suffering Familiarity penalties for lacking the proper specialisation of Psychology, I wouldn't be so sure.

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by vicky_molokh

Eh, between needing Xeno-Adaptability for cultures, and regularly suffering Familiarity penalties for lacking the proper specialisation of Psychology, I wouldn't be so sure.

Also, why assume that we are the only people in all the multiverse? As it is, we seem to be an a-la-carte mish mash of previous species and genetic populations that got incest-ed by a couple of near extinction event bottlenecks. It wouldn't take much to radically change what it means to be human, maybe.

[7omnia7]

Originally Posted by ericthered

now that is a classic idea. and the sort of weirdness that's worthy of ISWAT

If you were talkng about my post, that was the kind of pc I've always wanted to play.
My GM never let me :(

[Tuk the Weekah]

Originally Posted by B9anders

I'd consider:

*A historical character. Maybe a John Dee with real occult powers, or just as fun: An Alistair Crowley with no occult powers (or perhaps the occult just didn't work in his timeline and he may find his knowledge useful on other timelines) or maybe opt for a learned diplomancer with good brawling skills by going for Oscar Wilde.

I've just recently run the good Mr. Crowley as a deep-cover agent for British Intelligence (as he was in real life); except this time as a practitioner of a corruptive version of RPM. Being a whackadoodle turns out to be excellent cover...

[samd6]

Things that I've had in my ISWAT games (which I don't have the stats for right now):
Vampire Gunslinger: Vampire racial template, high DX and Guns! plus Gunslinger, ambidextrous, Enhanced Tracking 1, and Extra Attack 1
TL11^ Velociraptor
Hacker-Mage: Using Syntactic Threshold magic, skills in hacking, programming, and electronics repair and Delusion: The universe is a simulation.
Immortal Kung-fu Monkey:spent most of his points on Unkillable 3 and Regeneration (very fast, only when dead), but had decent scores in Karate and Judo
Four armed combat cyborg and his living ship: This was before I got ahold of Spaceships, and so the ship actually kinda sucks.

Really my advice for coming up with interesting concepts is to grab two books at random and use those as the main focus for a character's abilities.

Imbuements and Gun-Fu? Matrix-style gunslinger
Ultra-Tech and Thaumatology? Character is from a TL(3+7^) world
Horror and Dragons? One of the old style of dragons.