Byzantium: Nightmares Undreamed Of:Amata

Byzantium: Nightmares Undreamed Of

Amata

Chaotic Shadowsneak 2 (XP/next XP)

Appearance: Amata is a whip-thin former street rat, dressed in mismatched, well-worn clothing likely pilfered from those more well-to-do than her at some point. Her slight stature indicates former malnourishment, but the fire in her dark eyes shows she is not some wastrel to be cast aside like human refuse.

Motivation: Amata is driven to show that she can survive on her own, independent of the structure of servitude that she was born into.

Attributes

Primary Attributes: Dexterity and Willpower

Charisma	Dexterity	Ferocity	Health	Intelligence	Willpower	Social Class
11	13	11	11	13	12	08

A Slave to My Birth

Amata is the illegitimate child of the son of one of the Star Ambassadors and a kitchen slave. She ran away from home as soon as she was old enough to understand what slavery was and has lived her life on the streets ever since.

Agent of Change, One Step at a Time

Amata is driven to destroying hierarchy in almost any place she encounters it. She fervently wishes for a world where people are judged based on who they are rather than who their family or friends are.

The Stars Know My Name

Though Amata would dearly love to reject her heritage in full, she is descended, at least in part, from beings from another world. The stars call to her and sometimes she finds herself helpless to avoid answering to at least some degree. The unread book that she carries contains the family history of her Star Ambassador father; one she can't bear to look through or understand.

Combat

• Hit Die d6
• Initiative:
• Speed:
• AC:
• Dispostion: 6
• Psychic Armor: 5

Weapons

• Weapon 1 Attack +X to hit
• Weapon 2 Attack +Y to hit

Restrictions

You can’t use your special abilities while wearing a suit of plate or while you are encumbered due to your equipment. If you are encumbered due to treasure, however, you may use your powers normally.

Skills

Shadowsneaks are skilled at climbing, hiding, moving silently and stealthily, palming objects, picking locks, and picking pockets, as well as knowledge of one or more magical disciplines, which might include the ability to read and write. Or it might not. When you use one of these skills in a risky manner, if you have the proper tools (darkness, lock picks, rope, etc), you must roll equal to or lower than your Dexterity or Intelligence score on a d20 to successfully perform your task. If you lack the proper tools but have something that might work instead, you may still succeed if you roll equal to or lower half your attribute score, rounded down, on a d20 to be successful. The GM will tell you which attribute to roll against.

Special Abilities

Cloak of Shadows

You may lose 1 point of Willpower in order to turn invisible, along with whatever you are wearing and all that you carry. This lasts 1 turn (5-10 minutes) or until you attack someone or cast a spell that affects someone else. A spell that affects no one other than yourself does not end the invisibility.

Cloud Mind

When you activate this power against a target you can sense, lose 1 point of Willpower, then roll a d20 and add both your level and your Dexterity modifier. If your total is equal to or greater than your target’s Intelligence score, choose an effect:

• They are stunned for 1d6 rounds or until they are attacked.

• They fail to notice your presence as long as you concentrate and refrain from interacting with them in any way.

Spells

• Imbuement
• Spells
  • Call to Hand, L1 Correspondences/Manipulation spell | Range: Senses | Duration: Instant | Effect: 1 item - This spell causes an object you can see, hear, or touch to fly through the air into your grasp. The object must be something that can fit into your hand that is not attached to something else. If someone is holding the object, they lose their grip on it. Variations: • Level 4. The target item may be of any size.
  • Slow, L3 Correspondences/Entropy spell | Range: Senses | Duration: 1 turn per CL | Effect: 1 creature per CL - For the duration of this spell, target creatures that you can see, hear, or touch move at half speed (round down) and make half as many attacks as normal. Variations: • Lazy Shuffle: Level 2. Target can make as many attacks as normal but cannot move faster than a languid walking pace (Speed 2). Their initiative is not affected.
  • Enfeeblement, L2 Entropy spell | Range: Senses | Duration: 1d6 + CL rounds | Effect: 1 creature or 1 creature per CL - This spell either reduces the Ferocity score of one target you can see, hear, or touch by 2d6 points, or it reduces the Ferocity score of more targets by 1d6 points each. Anyone whose Ferocity score is reduced to zero by this spell become too weak to move, but does not die. When the spell’s duration is over, these points are regained instantly. Variations: • Level 1. Effect: 1 creature. The target creature’s Ferocity is reduced by 1d6. • Level 4. Duration: 1 turn per caster level. • Level 7. This spell reduces both Dexterity and Ferocity by the same amount.

Equipment

Encumbrance = X/(4 + Health modifier)

• Worn
• Backpack
• Coinpurse