Alright, so,

What about negative Karma?

If I take 25 points of that,

Negative karma is from negative qualities which gets you more karma

but

you need to take negative qualities to get that

Right, but that's manageable.

Note that you should ALWAYS take at least one negative quality

just for character depth purposes

Exactly.

but yeah, that's karma you'll also probably want to spend on *positive qualities*

because there's a lot of really good ones in there

The other thing you'll probably wanna gander at is Street Grimiore's adept ways, as they can discount some power points, and SR5's Mentor Spirits as those can give you powers outright. Of course they need to fit the character, and there's a lot of alternate mentors throughout a whole bunch of the books

If you *do* pick up a mentor spirit and don't mind announcing to everyone you're magical and have that mentor spirit, you can also pick up Mentor's Mask from FA 182 (Forbidden Arcana) to get a free power point.

As for weapons, you'll probably want a Krime Boss (GH3 17 (Gun Haven 3)) with a personalized grip (HT 182) as the most bare-bones thing you get. You'll be at a net acc of 5, which is plenty for early game.

As for skills, always keep in mind your dice pools. Starting out, 12 is something you're good at, 8 is something you're workable at, 4 is something you can do in a pinch, any lower is "oh god why do I have to do this"

Hmmm, Alrigh. Skimmed the ways just now, it seems that there isn't, in fact a way that discounts the reflexes power. Bummer.

Oh yeah that's because literally everyone would only pick that way always

lol

Athletic can be fun since Increased Agility is a pretty good option for you still

and IIRC athletic gets it

So could Warrior

though I don't think that one gets that

Anyway, So, for skills, how many points would I have to put in to get Dice Pool 4 for the following.

Ground Vehicle, First Aid, Perception, Sneak.

One of the other ones might mechanically work out for ya but I'm thinking cowboy aesthetic

Right.

Well for ground vehicle for example, you've got a REA of 4 (2 base, +2 Improved Reflexes 2), so just 1 point gets you to 5 on it. I'd suggest hitting 6 instead.

For First Aid, honestly, you're not that bright; 2 log, you're typically better just getting a rating 3 first aid kit and letting it operate itself with wireless, as that's 6 dice. To hit 6 dice on your own, you'd need to put in 4 skill ranks, or 2 and have a specialization for it

which is something like "bullet wounds"

speaking of specializations..... They're flavorful, always go with them when you can. Also they're +2 if they match and cost less than going from rank 2 to rank 3in terms of karma, so getting them with karma later is understandable and also another part of why I hate ST10/Priority chargen.

Ah shit I'm running late

Feel free to PM me any other questions you have

I'll get to them when I can

Thanks.

Shadowrun is fun..

Hmmm, hey, @Hexidecimark , what was that quality you mentioned earlier that let's me swap Str for Cha as basis for Intimidation checks?

Gm's word

Ah.

gotcha.

How much Karma do Martial Arts Styles cost?

Technically these are the rules for intimidation

I would say that you'd normally get a +5 with CHA and may or may not find that worth more than an STR base