Anyone make a Sniper with naniteswarm as a backup?

[Zwordsman]

Howdy!

So. I"m a bit weird. I'm coming at this just off my biohacker character mind set (mostly on what I wish i could do with them-i.e. injection sniper).

I know that most of their abilities don't really support Snipers persay. You'd need 2 feats (profiency and specalization) to get it going as well. but I feel like it could be interesting.

you mostly use Sheath a lot to get around, but could switch out to Gear in some cases-perhaps to set up a Sniper Blind (tech item, think its in the tool kits), and some of the scop options..

Having a sniper means most of your class abilities will be used to add utility to yourself, you could get nanite swarm strike for a closer range weapon as well-a love back up for when you don't have armamaents.

Since you have a phsycial weapon you can also pick up the stuff that lets you get on demand utilty. Like the one that allows for bigger created items (ladders, etc). Some of The Medic stuff as well.

So, has anyone really built a Nanocyte who uses mainly a real weapon and uses al ltheir class abilities to support every other facet?

Arguablly sniper is the worst weapon to try this with though, as there are harder hitting mid range ones-since a lot of the abilities that do supplement weapons require relatively short ranges anyway.

I weirdly am oddly tempted to splash nanocyte and biohacker together in someway

[Dragonchess Player]

I haven't gone that direction, but you can probably adapt the following with just a little effort:

Spoiler:

SRO (Medium size*) Roboticist** Nanocyte 1
12 Str, 14 Dex, 14 Con, 13 Int, 10 Wis, 10 Cha
Nanite Array (Nanite Investment 110 cr), Primary Nanite Faculty (Discorporation; for the Reactive Spray + 10 ft guarded step to start, although Slithering Shape and Nanosmoke can be useful for a sniper to "vanish" before the enemy gets close)
Gear Array (Major- Assault Hammer, Needler Rifle; Minor- Engineering Tool Kit, Hacking Tool Kit, Glass Cutter Mk 1***)
Acrobatics 1, Athletics 1****, Computers 1, Engineering 1, Perception 1, Sleight of Hand 1, Stealth 1
Iron Will*****
Needler Pistol (105 cr), 25 Darts (20 cr), Second Skin (250 cr), Voice Amplifier****** (integrated equipment), Everfire Unit (550 cr; converted to 55 cr nanite investment), 55 UPBs (converted to 55 cr nanite investment), 20 cr for other gear

*- switch to Small size for 10 Str, 16 Dex
**- switch to Battle Medic, Scholar (Life Science/Pharmacology), or Tinker?
***- switch to Medkit
****- switch to Medicine; possibly switch Sleight of Hand to Life Science, as well
*****- switch to Sniper Weapon Proficiency; you won't be able to afford a sniper weapon at 1st level if you want to have a decent Nanite Investment, however
******- switch to Hideaway Limb for the Needler Pistol?

Sniper weapons are relatively expensive, so you might have to make some hard choices about which weapons to have in your gear array and which ones to purchase.

Unfortunately, the nanite array limit and high cost of medicinals make a nanocyte injection sniper even more painful to realize than a regular sniper nanocyte. Trying to multiclass with biohacker will probably be frustrating with not being able to advance either your biohacks or your nanites.

[Zwordsman]

Yeah. It coudl be fun for a one shot at certain levels but mixing would be rough otherwise. THough a dip could offer some interesting utilty- on both ends. Biohacks don't have saves so the minor would always be doable (-1 penalty to hit). or a nanocyte dip could give some interesting small tools to "produce" on command, and be good flavor with biohacking. Flavor wise they're quite neat. mechanics not so much.

On the sniper though. Sadly injection snipers in general are out. but standard ones look fun for an option for a nanocyte.
That build looks pretty neat for a steming point for it.

Ultimately I think I'd always actually buy my sniper rifle-and leave m nanites for tools or alternatives etc..