Chloe the Claw Strider

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Description and History

Chloe is a color-shifting claw strider who is dark green with black stripes highlighted with gold in her natural state. She's about thirty feet long from snout to tailtip and stands about seven feet tall, though she usually bends down during a charge to let Temujin swing better. She moves with a frightening agility for her size and is easily stronger and tougher than the average bear. More importantly, she's intelligent, though she can't speak, and she and Temujin share an almost telepathic mental link.

Temujin found Chloe when she was very young. She'd broken a leg in a bad fall while fleeing from a bigger predator, and Chloe's mother had had no time to turn around for her wounded offspring. Temujin, however, was moved by the little lizard's plight, and with his medical skill, he helped patch her back up and kept her safe until she had fully recovered (a few days, really). Temujin walked away from Chloe, expecting never to see her again.

Several hours later, the small dinosaur was tagging along behind him like a loyal puppy. Ever since, Chloe's been more than a pet and less than a lover to Temujin. She's fond of using her chameleonic skin coloration and her ability to climb up walls to keep an eye on him, wherever he might go. The many lovers he takes sometimes make her jealous, but she understands that ultimately, he always comes back to her (usually with an angry mob chasing them). She's generally a playful girl who does things which might be cute on a puppy or a kitten (like nibbling/licking him), but which come off as quite frightening when a ten meter long predator is doing it (like nibbling/licking him).

Attributes

Str 10
Dex 7
Sta 10

Int 2
Wits 4
Per 6

Combat

HLs: -0x2/-1x2(12)/-2x2/-4x2/I

JB: 14
Bite: Speed 6 Acc 10 Dam 13L Rate 2
Claw: Speed 5 Acc 12 Dam 10L Rate 2
Dodge DV: (Dex 7 + Dodge 2 + Essence 2)/2 = 6
Soak: Hide 5L/3B + Stamina 10B = 5L/13B

Abilities

Athletics 5 (Sprinting +1)
Awareness 5 (Sharp Sight +3)
Dodge 2
Integrity 2
Investigation 2
MA 3 (Bite +1, Claw +1)
Presence 2 (Intimidation +2)
Resistance 5
Stealth 3 (Ambush +3)
Survival 5

Virtues, Willpower and Essence

Compassion 2
Conviction 3
Temperance 2
Valor 5

Willpower 7

Essence 2 (40 motes)

Mutations

Chameleon (Affliction -2)

• Chloe gains 1 die to Survival rolls and 2 dice to Stealth rolls.

Cheetah's Pace (Blight -4)

• Chloe has +6 Dex for the purposes of movement.

Enlightened Essence (Blight -4)

• Chloe gains Essence x10 motes and can learn Spirit Charms.

Wall-Walker (Blight -4)

• Chloe has a full movement of (Dex+8) yards and can cling to sheer surfaces. Particularly slick surfaces may require a Dex+Ath check to climb but the difficulty should not exceed 2.

Perfect Partnership Method (Abomination -6)

• When Temujin uses his Solar Charms to benefit Chloe through Worthy Mount Technique or Single Spirit Method, he may pay the Essence cost of those from her motes rather than his. He must still be able to evoke the Charm for Chloe to benefit from it.

Note: using Mutation-Point based Familiar from here.[1]

Spirit Charms

Essence Plethora x2

Improvements from Bestial Traits Technique

Str +3
Dex +3
Sta +3
Valor 5
Athletics, Awareness, Resistance and Survival to 5
+10 -1 HLs
Adult human Intelligence (2?)