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Originally Posted by haydox  P.S. Any skills/disciplines/stats (or whatever they are called in this game) i should focus on when playing a malk? |
That's really going to depend on your playstyle. The Auspex discipline makes a ranged build a natural choice for Malks. However, you can get your brawl and melee abilities up to 4 and 5, respectively, via research books and dialogue with Nines. So a melee build is a relatively cheap and certainly viable alternative.
Arguably the most useful feat to have when speaking to NPC's is persuasion. As a Malk, you can start with 3 points in Scholarship and 2 in Charisma, which will get you a persuasion feat of 5. Put one more point into Charisma to raise it 6, and that's all you'll really need for most of the game. There are a few instances where you can get some benefit for having it higher, but not many.
If you do go with a ranged build to make the most of your Auspex, you may want to put a few points into Finance to lower the cost of ammo. With a research book found downtown and some persuaion with Fat Larry, you can get Finance up to 5 while spending only 6 xp on it. Xp, xp, book, book, Larry.
Although Malkvians do have Obfuscate, don't underestimate stealth. It costs no blood to use, and those supernaturals who see through Obfuscate will remain blind to your presence when sneaking. Stealth kills can make many missions that would be challenging into a walk in the park.
As far as your Disciplines go, Auspex is better than it might appear at first. It doesn't just let you see auras, it grants a bonus to Perception and Wits, even pushing them past 5 if you have the full 5 points in them. Perception will boost your ranged feat, and allow you to see things that would remain hidden otherwise. Wits increases your defense and your hacking feat. You can leave Obfuscation at level 3 if you want. It allows you do perform stealth kills while remaining invisible, and that's probably the best thing about Ofuscation. Level 4 just allows you to stand up and move full speed. Level 5 is where it become very nice, since you can then interact with objects and still remain invisible. It's up to you if you want to spend that much xp on it, though. Dementation is very effective against your mortal opponents, especially if you take the "completely bat****" history. Levels 3, 4, and 5 of Dementation are all very nice, and level 1 is quite helpful for when you need be sneaky. Dementation 2 is the closest thing to a defensive discipline Malk's get, but it's not that great.