You have an ally, who, day by day, learns more about the world and can act way better in it compared to other spirits and drones, especially if your GM enforces the "spirits are alien" concept. You can add a second batch of multi purpose spells (like Healing, Levitiation, Invisibility, increase Reflexes etc), turning your entire team in a magically buffed murderhobbo strike force. You can add your own skills, even if you only have them on level 1, and your ally spirit gets them immediately on level. You get a second eye for air coverage and perception.
Then again, you get unlimited services and with that the spells and skills from your ally.
But the moment we are talking about Initiation grade + increase of the magic attribute, the advantage becomes way smaller. That´s 25 spells, and each spells gives you many new options. 48 Karma to start, and over the time a lot of more karma for skills, spells etc. On the other side, considering the Karma costs for attributes and skills, binding foci etc, it becomes still a relative high cost, but much more reasonable compared to other options. A good ally spirit will cost between 100 and 200 Karma - a hefty amount. Of course it only works in a longer campaign or if you start with the necessary amount of bonus Karma. At the beginning you can simply go for the highest possible force allowed by your GM and simply add skills, spells etc later. Yes, it is absolutely worth waiting for 40-64 Karma (force 5-8). It is one of these rules, which does not make sense and prevent interesting RP / development. I highly advise to get one at force 5 minimum, better force 7-8, epending on your dice pool, magic, edge and magic attribute.īribe / blackmail the GM to allow the Ritual of Change to increase the force for the normal Karma cost (8/forcepoint as during spirit creation) and not double the cost. Force 4 is barely usable, Force 5-6 is ok, 7+ good. If you want to use your Ally Spirit in any meaningful way during a run, a force lower than 4 is not advised - there more the better. TLDR: What do you think of Ally Spirits as implemented in 5e? Too expensive, worth the cost? What's the minimum you would consider useful to have? What are your thoughts on the matter? Is a spirit that small even worth the effort, and what's the minimum you would say would make for a worthwile Ally?
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That only seems worth it to me for purely roleplaying/fluff purposes as a basic familiar, especially with how difficult and expensive it is to upgrade an Ally. You CAN get one as cheap as 8 karma (plus Initiation), but that's a barebones F1 spirit with no extras. However they're ridiculously expensive in terms of karma to get at a decent Force or with many abilities.
They're all the best things about Spirits without having to worry about services or keeping track of dawn/dusk, a wizard's familiar that's actually useful. "Watch your back, shoot straight, conserve ammo, and never, ever, cut a deal with a dragon."Įver since I first read about spirits I've really liked the idea of them (it should be noted my only experience is with 5e), and I love the concept of Ally Spirits. Living Community (Where you can play online) Subreddits For that please check out /r/ShadowrunReturns for help. Sadly our nova hot community isn't the best place to discuss the mechanics discussion or troubleshooting the video games. Mostly the pen and paper role playing game, but also the deck building card game, video games, and literature of Shadowrun. Discussion is primarily aimed at exploring narratives found in the Sixth World. Here at /r/Shadowrun we talk shop about all things in the shadows.
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