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I'm thinking about getting into Infinity (the models are gorgeous, just need to find where people are playing in NYC) and while reading the rules and goofing around with the online character builder, I couldn't find an answer to a question that immediately came in to mind.

Some units are special named characters, e.g. Cassandra Kusanagi. These units look great, but is there a limit to how many I can take, etc.?

You'll notice that there is a stat called AVA which stands for Availability, that's the amount your allowed to take in a list.

For named chars it will always be 1, however you can take 1 of each special char available to you if you have the points.

Wow, ok. The models are both awesome and the stats seem better than normal, I'm thinking of definitely taking a couple then.

Thanks!

So while you could have Achilles with a Spitfire as well as Ajax and Patrocles in the one list, you couldn't have Achilles with a Spitfire, Ajax and Achilles with a multi (or combi? I forget which option he has) rifle

Right, I'm just thinking of one of each. Basically I saw Lupe Balboa, Carlota Kowalsky and Cassandra Kusanagi in the Nomads list and though "Huh, these girls are excellent, there has to be a catch."

I think for vanilla nomads you are fine. Not the sectorials though.

Lanlaorn wrote:
Right, I'm just thinking of one of each. Basically I saw Lupe Balboa, Carlota Kowalsky and Cassandra Kusanagi in the Nomads list and though "Huh, these girls are excellent, there has to be a catch."

In "Vanilla Nomads" you can field all three, but otherwise you have to consider this:

Corregidor:
Carlota Kowalsky
Lupe Balboa

Bakunin:
Cassandra Kusanagi

Lupe can be linked with Alguaciles and Carlota is essentially a "standalone" character with her Zond-Cat Moriarty.

Right, I'm thinking non-sectorial Nomads with Lupe throwing smoke grenades for an Intruder or two, a Reverend Custodier doing remote forward observing for a Vertigo Zond and... not too sure on the rest for a 300 point list (which I understand is the standard amount played).

Looking through the wiki an Evo Repeater and some Hellcats could be really cool for accurate combat drops. Cassandra Kusanagi looks like a great killing machine and as the Lt. actually gives SWC, so that seems like a great idea.

Something to note - you said they looked better than normal. While true, you pay for it, and because of how orders work, going with multiple expensive characters means you'll usually be order starved. You want the less impressive cheap models to feed orders to the better units.

Several of the named characters are just better versions of the standard unit.
They tend to be AVA1 EACH, and the only limit is points and swc otherwise.

Shinobu Kitsune is just a better Oniwaban for YJ, for example - and her points reflect this. She has smoke, better MA and better cc.

Neko Oyama is a better Domaru unit. It also means with JSA you can link him with the 3 Domaru you normally get and have a 4 man link team (a big difference).

Toni Macayana is a TAG character, in a customised Tikbalang TAG. With several abilities over the "normal" tik.

You may find some New Yorkers here http://infinitythegame.com/forum/index.php?/topic/3138-infinity-players-locales-living-database/page-47 but you'll need to sign onto the forum and PM them for more info.

Don't forget about the Wiki either http://infinitythegame.wikispot.org/Home for rules and related questions.