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'''Sigurd Viir'''<br> | '''Sigurd Viir'''<br> | ||
| − | ''A striking, battle-scarred man with hair the blood-red of his caste mark. Savagely sharp violet eyes; crisp military poise; dense iron bands of musculature. Hard features cast his face into sharp planes of light and shadow. Often dressed in red or black. Across his back are strung a battered kite shield and a longbow wrapped in prayer strips.'' | + | ''A striking, battle-scarred man with hair the blood-red of his caste mark. Savagely sharp violet eyes; crisp military poise; dense iron bands of musculature. Hard features that cast his face into sharp planes of light and shadow. Often dressed in red or black. Across his back are strung a battered kite shield and a longbow wrapped in prayer strips.'' |
*Caste: Chosen of Battles | *Caste: Chosen of Battles | ||
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*Selura (Comfortable Affection) | *Selura (Comfortable Affection) | ||
*Lookshy (Curiosity) | *Lookshy (Curiosity) | ||
| − | * | + | *Cheating (Appreciation) |
*His Job (Iron Resolve) | *His Job (Iron Resolve) | ||
*Creation (Protectiveness) | *Creation (Protectiveness) | ||
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Stamina 2 (5 Oriflamme) | Stamina 2 (5 Oriflamme) | ||
| − | Charisma 3 | + | Charisma 3 |
Manipulation 2 | Manipulation 2 | ||
| − | Appearance 5 | + | Appearance 5 (7 Demon-Ink Tattoo) |
Intelligence 3 | Intelligence 3 | ||
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Perception 1 | Perception 1 | ||
| − | Abilities ( | + | Abilities (23 XP, 13 BP): |
Caste: Archery, Melee, Athletics, Presence, War | Caste: Archery, Melee, Athletics, Presence, War | ||
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Archery 5 (+3 Longbow) | Archery 5 (+3 Longbow) | ||
Presence 5 | Presence 5 | ||
| + | Melee 2 | ||
Athletics 3 | Athletics 3 | ||
War 5 | War 5 | ||
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Stealth 1 | Stealth 1 | ||
| − | Essence 5 (Personal 20/Peripheral 61); | + | Essence 5 (Personal 20/Peripheral 61); 10 peripheral motes committed to Oriflamme |
Willpower 10 (5 BP) | Willpower 10 (5 BP) | ||
Valour 5, Conviction 2, Temperance 1, Compassion 3 (2 BP) | Valour 5, Conviction 2, Temperance 1, Compassion 3 (2 BP) | ||
| − | Colleges: | + | Colleges: The Shield 4, The Sword 2, The Lovers 1 |
Flaws: Unusual Appearance 1, Permanent Caste Mark 1 (-2 BP) | Flaws: Unusual Appearance 1, Permanent Caste Mark 1 (-2 BP) | ||
| − | General Charms ( | + | General Charms (16 XP): |
First Excellency - Performance | First Excellency - Performance | ||
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Third Excellency - Dodge, Archery, Presence, Martial Arts | Third Excellency - Dodge, Archery, Presence, Martial Arts | ||
Essence Auspicious - Performance | Essence Auspicious - Performance | ||
| + | Propitious Alignment - Martial Arts | ||
| − | Ability-Specific Charms ( | + | Ability-Specific Charms (168 XP): |
| − | Resistance - Someone Else's Destiny, Optimistic Security Practice | + | Resistance - Someone Else's Destiny, Optimistic Security Practice |
| − | Craft - World-Shaping Artistic Vision ( | + | Craft - World-Shaping Artistic Vision (Desperate Odds)* |
| − | Dodge - Absence, Duck Fate | + | Dodge - Absence, Duck Fate |
Performance - Heart-Brightening Presentation Style, Perfection in Life, Song of Spirit Persuasion | Performance - Heart-Brightening Presentation Style, Perfection in Life, Song of Spirit Persuasion | ||
| − | Archery - Any Direction Arrow, Every Direction Arrow | + | Archery - Any Direction Arrow, Every Direction Arrow |
Presence - Force Decision, Presence in Absence Technique, Impose Motivation, Loyalty-Sacrificing Sidestep; | Presence - Force Decision, Presence in Absence Technique, Impose Motivation, Loyalty-Sacrificing Sidestep; | ||
Easily Accepted Proposition Stance | Easily Accepted Proposition Stance | ||
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Prismatic Arrangement of Creation Style: | Prismatic Arrangement of Creation Style: | ||
| − | + | Infernal Fiend Ways | |
*Applies to efforts made to create, manipulate, exploit, or defy such odds. Examples: | *Applies to efforts made to create, manipulate, exploit, or defy such odds. Examples: | ||
-Exploit: Sniping someone who can't fire back. Killing someone in their sleep. Fighting a Dragon King. Ganging up on an outnumbered foe. | -Exploit: Sniping someone who can't fire back. Killing someone in their sleep. Fighting a Dragon King. Ganging up on an outnumbered foe. | ||
| − | -Defy: Fighting a | + | -Defy: Fighting a Dawn Caste of equivalent or greater combat investment. Fighting a Third Circle Demon. Winning money from casinos. |
-Create/Manipulate: Arranging for a boxer to be poisoned before a fight. Seducing the enemy general before attacking her. | -Create/Manipulate: Arranging for a boxer to be poisoned before a fight. Seducing the enemy general before attacking her. | ||
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==Backing 5: The Crimson Panoply of Victories== | ==Backing 5: The Crimson Panoply of Victories== | ||
Sigurd has been quite successful in office politics, mostly due to Selura's assistance. Recently, however, he was promoted even further at what was rumored to be Mars' direct command. The Chosen of Battles minding Lookshy for her had recently been re-assigned, and he was to take up that post. As Mars' agent on the ground, he has wide powers to perform astrology that would normally invite censure, and can call down the armaments and legions of the Crimson Panoply if necessary. | Sigurd has been quite successful in office politics, mostly due to Selura's assistance. Recently, however, he was promoted even further at what was rumored to be Mars' direct command. The Chosen of Battles minding Lookshy for her had recently been re-assigned, and he was to take up that post. As Mars' agent on the ground, he has wide powers to perform astrology that would normally invite censure, and can call down the armaments and legions of the Crimson Panoply if necessary. | ||
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==Celestial Manse 5: Gem of Perfect Mobility== | ==Celestial Manse 5: Gem of Perfect Mobility== | ||
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*'''The Lotus Diamond''' | *'''The Lotus Diamond''' | ||
This perfectly symmetrical, near-translucent crystal grew organically from the center of Sigurd’s Garden of Martial Contemplation. It resembles a flawless blossoming lotus cut from raw diamond. Like its lesser cousin, the Precision of Form Gemstone, the Lotus Diamond augments its wielder when he activates a Martial Arts Form-type Charm. Under the influence of this hearthstone, such a Charm grants additional benefits: | This perfectly symmetrical, near-translucent crystal grew organically from the center of Sigurd’s Garden of Martial Contemplation. It resembles a flawless blossoming lotus cut from raw diamond. Like its lesser cousin, the Precision of Form Gemstone, the Lotus Diamond augments its wielder when he activates a Martial Arts Form-type Charm. Under the influence of this hearthstone, such a Charm grants additional benefits: | ||
| − | *All Martial Arts charms associated with that Form have their cost reduced by | + | *All Martial Arts charms associated with that Form have their cost reduced by 2m, to a minimum of half the original cost. |
| − | *The Form-type Charm adds (Essence) dots to the character’s Martial Arts. These dice originate from the Charm, and so count towards the character’s dice-adder limit from Charms. | + | *The Form-type Charm adds (Essence) dots to the character’s Martial Arts rating for attacks and blocks. These dice originate from the Charm, and so count towards the character’s dice-adder limit from Charms. |
| + | *The Form-type Charm reduces the DV penalty of the character’s actions by 1 (min 0), and cancels onslaught and coordinated attack penalties to the character’s Martial Arts-derived Parry DV. | ||
==Artifact 2: Skin-Mount Amulet== | ==Artifact 2: Skin-Mount Amulet== | ||
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==Artifact 3: Demon-Ink Tattoo== | ==Artifact 3: Demon-Ink Tattoo== | ||
| − | In a rare burst of vindictiveness, Sigurd had this tattoo inked after his six-day-long fight with the rampaging Second Circle demon known as the Green-Scarred Banner, whose rage ever fueled its majesty and power. It is created from the azoth that was the only remnant of that demon's body after their fateful encounter, and grants him the inhuman | + | In a rare burst of vindictiveness, Sigurd had this tattoo inked after his six-day-long fight with the rampaging Second Circle demon known as the Green-Scarred Banner, whose rage ever fueled its majesty and power. It is created from the azoth that was the only remnant of that demon's body after their fateful encounter, and grants him the inhuman visage and prowess of that beast: +2 Appearance, +2 Martial Arts, +3 Dodge Specialty (Not Wearing Armor). The tattoo has the appearance of a large mass of scar tissue colored a vivid green, and shifts from time to time. It can be variously found across Sigurd's left eye, high on his right shoulder, or deep over his ribs. Each location marks one of the wounds Banner inflicted upon Sigurd during their fight. |
==Artifact 5: The Oriflamme== | ==Artifact 5: The Oriflamme== | ||
| − | This legendary prayer strip, a sign of Mars’ personal esteem, is inscribed with the secret Sutra of the Maiden of Battles in her own bold calligraphy. Incomprehensible as the glyphs are, nonetheless they channel titanic energies, granting a Chosen of Battles peerless dominion over all realms of warfare. He who possesses the Oriflamme is fated to succeed in every martial endeavor he turns his powers towards; the Bureau of Destiny plans accordingly. The Oriflamme enhances its wielder's physical attributes like a Crown of Thunders; however, it is a tool not of rulership but of war. Attuned to a Shieldbearer for 10m, it can reflexively assume the form of any generic starmetal Artifact weapon once per action; ranged weapons so created are treated as if possessing an effectively limitless supply of mundane ammunition. | + | This legendary prayer strip, a sign of Mars’ personal esteem, is inscribed with the secret Sutra of the Maiden of Battles in her own bold calligraphy. Incomprehensible as the glyphs are, nonetheless they channel titanic energies, granting a Chosen of Battles peerless dominion over all realms of warfare. He who possesses the Oriflamme is fated to succeed in every martial endeavor he turns his powers towards; the Bureau of Destiny plans accordingly. The Oriflamme enhances its wielder's physical attributes like a Crown of Thunders; however, it is a tool not of rulership but of war. Attuned to a Shieldbearer for 10m, it can reflexively assume the form of any generic starmetal Artifact weapon once per action; ranged weapons so created are treated as if possessing an effectively limitless supply of mundane ammunition. Should the Shieldbearer invoke the Lesser Sign of Mars, actions taken under Mars' purview (Archery, Athletics, Melee, Presence, War) double their dice bonus from stunts. |
If its wielder should ever call upon the Greater Sign of Mars, the powers of the Oriflamme are said to be unrivaled on the battlefield. No one has attempted this since the Primordial War. | If its wielder should ever call upon the Greater Sign of Mars, the powers of the Oriflamme are said to be unrivaled on the battlefield. No one has attempted this since the Primordial War. | ||
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=Health Levels= | =Health Levels= | ||
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=XP= | =XP= | ||
*Earned: 260 | *Earned: 260 | ||
| − | *Spent: | + | *Spent: |
| − | *Unspent: | + | *Unspent: |
