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Or maybe someone who knows martial arts of some kind, rather than wire fu.

@ Ayanami you play shadowrun? Neat, I have friends that play...no current GM in town so I just get to hear about it. Played a few other systems tho...mostly D&D and Dark Heresy...played Exalted years ago.

DBE is just...WRONG! It's wrong on so many levels it's not even funny! WHY MUST COMPANIES RAPE OUR CHILDHOOD WITH CRAPPY LIVE ACTION VERSIONS?! crying

Also I heard they are doing Live Action Akira sweatdrop

Actually I'd say that they stole the whole VR "The Matrix" thing from Shadowrun. Shadowrun RPG game came out first, and the VR thing was called "The Matrix" and it was sort similar to what they had in the movies. Except a lot more different. One of the things I love about Shadowrun is the lack of overall Character Templates like you find in D&D. There's only a handful of real "classes" and that's mostly to do with the way you want your character. There's only 4 main classes, and the variety with them is pretty unique

Also for each point you have in a stat or skill or for damage, you get that many dice to roll for success, to hit, and to damge. The numbers are your dice, rather then adding that number to your dice like most other games.

Example: Deckers, people who can be hackers similar to Matrix or Ghost in The Shell. OR There's the kind of people that use tech to have ultimate control over vehicles, or they can use drones for combat.

Example: Street Samurai people who use machines in order to enhance themselves. They don't get to do as much damage, but they can hide weapons in their arms, and soak up a lot of damage to.

Example: Physical Adepts. They may use a little bit of tech to gain more initiative dice to try to go first, and more importantly gain tech to do extra attacks. They have the most dice for weapons, and can basically start with 12 damage dice PER HAND for SMGs. Or do a little bit less damage with a rifle. Unfortunately for each bit of technology they get, they get less magical goodness to enhance their physical abilities. Later on after gaining enough exp they can even start enhancing their stats and other fun abilities. They can also get extra dice for manipulating people.

Example: Shamans. They use their charisma for drain, for casting magic has a chance to do stun damage on you. So they're the best casters, and great for manipulating people, because they are encouraged for high charisma. OR there's Mages who use their INT power for drain, and are therefore more encouraged for more professional stuff to gain money. They are better weapon smiths, non-magical doctors, and other good stuff.


The best part is, you're not limited to what you SHOULD do with your class. A mage can learn to be okay at guns and learn stealth. A Shaman could even implant some tech for extra actions and other goodies. A Street Samurai could learn to be a ninja, learn non-magical medicine stuff, and other stuff. So you're really free to make your character how you want it.