Critique my special forces sniper

clu2415 · 06-22-2016, 05:40 PM

I am joining a game with 5 players total. The setting is an alternate Earth where a land bridge changed ocean currents. Differing climates lead to the dominance and persistence of ancient Egyptian power. Hominids like Neaderthals and the "hobbits" of that Indonesian island have survived into the modern day. There are two loose alliances of nations in a cold war with several Vietnam War-style quagmire conflicts going on. I'm not clear on all of the world-building details since I was making my character while listening. The player characters are part of a multi-national special operations team going into these conflict zones to carry out missions.

The world is TL9 with some TL10 biotech available. The GM drew up some templates (based on Seal in Vietnam) with lenses for specialties and what branch the character started in, but he doesn't have any techniques listed. This is what I've got so far. The character is part of the smugly superior Temmu race, a true-breeding strain of genetically modified humans who are the majority in what we would call Australia. 3 players had already started their characters, so I decided to cover explosives and long-range firearms skills. We're looking at 300 point characters.

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I've gone back and forth on how much to invest in Soldier vs individual skills.
You don't get the +4 "routine" bonus on Soldier, but if I pull points out of enough skills, then Soldier will be pretty high.

Any skills I missed? Any "support skills" for sniping that I'm missing? I'm probably going to buy High Tech and Tactical Shooting this week. I've heard of a precision shooting technique in Tactical Shooting. Anything else to keep an eye out for?

Edit: I've rolled in some changes and additions from Tactical Shooting. I am wrapping my head around the improving from defaults rules. Guns(rifle) is at 19. My default for (pistol) is 17. That is the Dex+4 level. I could put one point in it to get the benefits of having training, but I could not improve (pistol) until I put 4 points to improve it from Dex+4 to Dex+5. Right?

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06-22-2016, 05:40 PM	#1
clu2415 Join Date: Jun 2016	Critique my special forces sniper I am joining a game with 5 players total. The setting is an alternate Earth where a land bridge changed ocean currents. Differing climates lead to the dominance and persistence of ancient Egyptian power. Hominids like Neaderthals and the "hobbits" of that Indonesian island have survived into the modern day. There are two loose alliances of nations in a cold war with several Vietnam War-style quagmire conflicts going on. I'm not clear on all of the world-building details since I was making my character while listening. The player characters are part of a multi-national special operations team going into these conflict zones to carry out missions. The world is TL9 with some TL10 biotech available. The GM drew up some templates (based on Seal in Vietnam) with lenses for specialties and what branch the character started in, but he doesn't have any techniques listed. This is what I've got so far. The character is part of the smugly superior Temmu race, a true-breeding strain of genetically modified humans who are the majority in what we would call Australia. 3 players had already started their characters, so I decided to cover explosives and long-range firearms skills. We're looking at 300 point characters. Spoiler: Racial package: Temmu ST +5 [50] DX +2 [40] IQ +2 [40] Intolerance (non-temmu) [-10] Acute senses 2 (hearing) [4] Acute senses 2 (vision) [4] Fearless 2 [4] Fit (very fit) [15] Voice (opted out) Handsome (+4/+2) [12] Stats: ST 12 [20] DX 13 [60] IQ 12 [40] HT 12 [20] Buying up basic speed might be worth it. Ads/disads: Duty (Extremely hazardous, all the time) [-20] Code of Honor (Ranger Creed) [-10] Callous [-5] Overconfidence (12) [-5] Night Vision 2 [2] (Genemod) Fearless 2 [4] Reputation 2 (Decorated) [5] Rank 3 [15] Rapid Healing [5] (Genemod) Security Clearance (info for missions) [5] Combat Reflexes [15] In this campaign, if you get 80 points or more of genetic modifications, then you will no longer be able to reproduce. Skills: Axe/mace 13 [2] (Using a tactical tomahawk in melee) Brawling 13 [1] Fast-Draw (Ammo) 14 [1] (Combat reflexes) Forced Entry 14 [2] Gunner (Machine Gun) 13 [1] Guns (GL) 14 [2] Guns (LAW) 13 [1] Guns (Rifle) 16 [8] Knife 13 [1] Spear 12 [1] Stealth 14 [4] Throwing 13 [2] Thrown Weapon (Axe) 14 [2] Wrestling 12 [1] Camoflage 15 [8] Computer operation 12 [1] Electronics Operation (Comm) 11 [1] (May be able to use soldier in place of this one) Electronics Operation (Sensor) 11 [1] (Not sure what the specialty is for night vision gear, laser rangefinders, sniper-relevant gear) Engineer(combat) 12 [4] Explosives (Demolition) 15 [12] Explosives (EOD) 13 [4] Forward observer 12 [2] Gesture 12 [1] Holdout 11 [1] Leadership 12 [2] Navigation(land) 12 [2] Photography 11 [1] Savoir Faire (Military) 12 [1] Soldier 13 [4] Tactics 10 [1] Observation 15 [4] (Acute senses) Scrounge 14 [1] (Acute senses) Survival (Desert) 13 [1] (Acute senses) Survival (Jungle) 13 [1] (Acute senses) Survival (Woodlands) 13 [1] (Acute senses) Tracking 13 [1] (Acute senses) I've gone back and forth on how much to invest in Soldier vs individual skills. You don't get the +4 "routine" bonus on Soldier, but if I pull points out of enough skills, then Soldier will be pretty high. Any skills I missed? Any "support skills" for sniping that I'm missing? I'm probably going to buy High Tech and Tactical Shooting this week. I've heard of a precision shooting technique in Tactical Shooting. Anything else to keep an eye out for? Edit: I've rolled in some changes and additions from Tactical Shooting. I am wrapping my head around the improving from defaults rules. Guns(rifle) is at 19. My default for (pistol) is 17. That is the Dex+4 level. I could put one point in it to get the benefits of having training, but I could not improve (pistol) until I put 4 points to improve it from Dex+4 to Dex+5. Right? Spoiler: Stats: ST 12 [20] DX 13 [60] IQ 13 [60] HT 12 [20] Brawling 13 [1] Climbing 13 [2] Fast-Draw (Ammo) 14 [1] Forced Entry 13 [1] Guns (GL) 15 [0] Guns (LAW) 15 [0] Guns (Rifle) 19 [20] Guns(LMG) 17 [1] Guns(Pistol) 17 [0] Stealth 14 [3] Throwing 13 [2] Knife 13 [1] Wrestling 12 [1] Hiking 14 [8] Swimming 13 [2] Tech: Precision Aiming 13 [2] Tech: Imm Action 17 [2] Tech: Masked shooting 17 [2] Camoflage 13 [0] Engineer(combat) 11 [0] Explosives (Demolition) 17 [16] Explosives (EOD) 13 [0] First Aid 13 [1] Forward observer 12 [1] Gesture 13 [1] Holdout 12 [1] Leadership 12 [1] Navigation(land) 12 [1] Photography 12 [1] Savoir Faire (Military) 13 [1] Soldier 13 [2] Tactics 11 [1] Observation 15 [2] Survival (Jungle) 15 [8] Survival (Others) 12 [0] Tracking 14 [1] Last edited by clu2415; 06-23-2016 at 05:09 PM.