Starfinder speed builds, do you love them? Why or why not?
I don't know about you, but I just LOVE fast characters, and I love what Starfinder allows you to do with them. I think it first started when I played a slower than average character in Pathfinder Society (a halfling melee fighter) and I went several GAMES running towards the fighting, only to have everything dead before I could so much as close to melee. "Never again" I said!
So now that I'm playing Starfinder, I find myself really drawn to the faster character builds. It's SO easy to get 100 foot movement speed by level 6, or 130 feet by level 10, along with fast alternate movement modes too.
That matters less in Starfinder than it did in Pathfinder, since it's a generally ranged man's game, but the ability to dash in and attack, then dash out of charge range, or to easily bounce from cover to cover, or to essentially run up walls to inaccessible areas, or simply run away, is absolutely fantastic! I know some races can bypass a lot of obstacles from level one simply by flying, but that's just not as cool. :P Having loads of mobility options really makes the game tons more fun to play. :D
Discuss!
Here are a few of my own fast characters that I've really enjoyed so far:
Buckaroo, lively explorer and thrill seeker - CG bantrid operative 6/soldier 1 (tempered pilgrim, thief)
Darrow, former leader of the Pod Babies biker gang - CG android spacefarer operative 6 (daredevil)
Sonic, mobian rebel fighter and speedster - CG ysoki outlaw operative 9/soldier 1 (daredevil, blitz)
Do you have any of your own speed builds/concepts you'd like to share? I've loved to see them!
The Augmented archetype's 9th level Overclocked Systems ability allows you to get an untyped speed increase of 10' per level of your Dex boosting personal upgrade (so 10/20/30 feet). Costs 1 resonance and a swift action, lasts for character level/rounds.
Cool!
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Starfinder speed builds, do you love them? Why or why not?
I don't know about you, but I just LOVE fast characters, and I love what Starfinder allows you to do with them. I think it first started when I played a slower than average character in Pathfinder Society (a halfling melee fighter) and I went several GAMES running towards the fighting, only to have everything dead before I could so much as close to melee. "Never again" I said!
So now that I'm playing Starfinder, I find myself really drawn to the faster character builds. It's SO easy to get 100 foot movement speed by level 6, or 130 feet by level 10, along with fast alternate movement modes too.
That matters less in Starfinder than it did in Pathfinder, since it's a generally ranged man's game, but the ability to dash in and attack, then dash out of charge range, or to easily bounce from cover to cover, or to essentially run up walls to inaccessible areas, or simply run away, is absolutely fantastic! I know some races can bypass a lot of obstacles from level one simply by flying, but that's just not as cool. :P Having loads of mobility options really makes the game tons more fun to play. :D
Discuss!
Here are a few of my own fast characters that I've really enjoyed so far:
Buckaroo, lively explorer and thrill seeker - CG bantrid operative 6/soldier 1 (tempered pilgrim, thief)
Darrow, former leader of the Pod Babies biker gang - CG android spacefarer operative 6 (daredevil)
Sonic, mobian rebel fighter and speedster - CG ysoki outlaw operative 9/soldier 1 (daredevil, blitz)Do you have any of your own speed builds/concepts you'd like to share? I've loved to see them!
Bantrid solarian. Like a weird ghost rider from some druggies fever dream. Super fast guy who leaves a trail of fire behind him when he charges around.
Bantrid solarian. Like a weird ghost rider from some druggies fever dream. Super fast guy who leaves a trail of fire behind him...
Hahaha, that's fantastic! I'm guessing his solar weapon is essentially his flame wreathed head spike on which he impales his many foes? :D
A fair point!
In any case, if it was the developers' intent to promote mobility in Starfinder, they more than succeeded I think. :D
The haste spell is making our parties ridiculously mobile. Even the mystic after casting the spell is running around the board full attacking people in the face
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The haste spell is making our parties ridiculously mobile. Even the mystic after casting the spell is running around the board full attacking people in the face
I agree.
My players whined about the nerf, because it does not allow you to attack, just a move action.Soon after that, they thought it was pretty OP. The ability to move, shoot and move, or move and full attack, or move ridiculous amount of distance, make it a huge tactical adventage. Huge.
My heavily augmented Verthani technomancer is built as a speedy buffer/healer (he's a biotechnical researcher cruelly thrust into the realms of adventure).
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Soon after that, they thought it was pretty OP. The ability to move, shoot and move, or move and full attack, or move ridiculous amount of distance, make it a huge tactical adventage. Huge.
Haste doesn't let you move, shoot, move. It provides a move action when taken with a full attack, and that movement must occur all at once.
You need shot on the run, spring attack, or a standard action charge (Solarian Stellar Rush or Blitz Soldier) to get a move, attack, move combination.
you are right, the group soldier had shot on the run tho, I mixed things probably