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='''Robert Grimm, The Young Wolf'''=
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==Robert Grimm, The Young Wolf==
  
Caste: Full Moon
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'''Caste''': Full Moon
  
Concept: The Young Wolf
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'''Spirit Shape''': gray wolf
  
'''This sheet is incomplete!'''
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'''Concept''': The Young Wolf
  
 
''First Impression Text''
 
''First Impression Text''
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==Anima==
 
==Anima==
Full Moon Anima power (details added later). Totemic form: A gray wolf, howling at the moon.
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As a Lunar of the Full Moon Caste, Rob's anima banner shines with a steady glow of soft silver light. Greater expenditures of essence increase the intensity. Once his banner becomes iconic, it displays a gray wolf howling at the moon, or approximating his actions, whichever is more cinematic. Rob may, for five motes of Essence, double his speed and leaping distances for a scene. Rob also doubles his Strength for the purpose of feats of strength. This effect stacks with other increases, but only by adding a factor equal to the original value, not continuing to multiply by two. When Rob has spent 11 or more motes of Peripheral Essence, this Anima Effect activates automatically without cost.
  
 
==Attributes==
 
==Attributes==
Caste and Favored Attributes are bolded.
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Caste and Favored Attributes are bold.
  
 
'''PHYSICAL: Strength 3, Dexterity 4, Stamina 4'''
 
'''PHYSICAL: Strength 3, Dexterity 4, Stamina 4'''
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==Backgrounds==
 
==Backgrounds==
Solar Bond 3, Heart's Blood 1, Contacts 2, 1 unspent as of yet
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Solar Bond 3, Heart's Blood 1, Contacts 1, Resources 2
  
 
===Contacts===
 
===Contacts===
'''2''': Rob knows practically every poker dealer in town, and most of the regular players. People talk at the tables, and he's able to glean information from many of them that way.
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'''1''': Rob knows practically every poker dealer in town, and most of the regular players. People talk at the tables, and he's able to glean information from many of them that way.
  
 
===Heart's Blood===
 
===Heart's Blood===
'''1''': List available forms here!
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'''1''': tom cat, peregrine falcon, Irish wolfhound
  
 
==Charms==
 
==Charms==
Descriptions will be added later
 
  
 
===Strength===
 
===Strength===
First Strength Excellency - Essence Overwhelming (Lunars p140)
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'''First Strength Excellency - Essence Overwhelming''' (Lunars p140)
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''1m/die, Reflexive (Step 1 for attacks, Step 2 for defense), Combo-OK, Instant''
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Adds one die per mote spent on activation to a single roll based on the attribute. No combination of charms can add more than (Attribute) dice to the roll. When increasing a static value, each success rolled with dice from this Excellency increases the effective relevant Attribute by two for an instant.
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'''Claws of the Silver Moon''' (Lunars p144)
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''4m(+2m), 1wp, Simple (Speed 4), Combo-OK, Gift, Obvious, One Scene''
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For four motes and one Willpower, Rob can grow large silver claws. These claws increase basic natural attacks as follows: Acc +2, Dam +(Strength)L, and may be used to parry lethal damage without a stunt. Rob can spend one extra mote to add these bonuses to other natural attacks his current form may have (in most cases, probably a bite). Rob can, as an Essence 3 or higher character, spent an additional two motes to make the claws slimmer and more needlelike, providing Accuracy +(Dexterity).
  
Claws of the Silver Moon (Lunars p144)
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When Rob uses '''Deadly Beastman Transformation''' he may commit one mote to add the basic bonuses to his natural attacks. By committing three motes, he gains the best bonuses he can access.
  
 
===Dexterity===
 
===Dexterity===
First Dexterity Excellency - Essence Overwhelming (Lunars p140)
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'''First Dexterity Excellency - Essence Overwhelming''' (Lunars p140)
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''1m/die, Reflexive (Step 1 for attacks, Step 2 for defense), Combo-OK, Instant''
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Adds one die per mote spent on activation to a single roll based on the attribute. No combination of charms can add more than (Attribute) dice to the roll. When increasing a static value, each success rolled with dice from this Excellency increases the effective relevant Attribute by two for an instant.
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'''Golden Tiger Stance''' (Lunars p151)
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''2m, Reflexive (Step 2), Combo-OK, Fury-OK, Instant''
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Rob can use this charm in response to an attack (Reflexive, Step 2). This Charm eliminates up to (Dexterity) points of penalties that apply to Rob's Dodge and Parry Defense Values.
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'''Wasp Sting Blur''' (Lunars p154)
  
Golden Tiger Stance (Lunars p151)
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''2m/tick, Reflexive, Combo-OK, Fury-OK, Instant''
  
Wasp Sting Blur (Lunars p154)
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This Charm reduces the Speed of Rob's action by one for every two motes spent, after persistent effects, to a minimum of 3.
  
 
===Stamina===
 
===Stamina===
Ox-Body Technique (-2 x 4)(Lunars p156)
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'''Ox-Body Technique''' (Lunars p156)
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This Charm gives Rob four additional -2 health levels and two additional Dying health levels.
  
 
===Manipulation===
 
===Manipulation===
Second Manipulation Excellency - Essence Triumphant (Lunars p140)
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'''Second Manipulation Excellency - Essence Triumphant''' (Lunars p140)
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''2m/success, Reflexive (Step 1 for attacks, Step 2 for defense), Combo-OK, Instant''
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Can spent up to (Attribute) in motes, adding one success to the roll for every 2 motes spent. Equivlant to buying two dice when considering the maximum dice adding cap. When increasing a static value, every 2 motes spent increases the relevant attribute by two for an instant action or task.
  
 
==Knacks==
 
==Knacks==
Deadly Beastman Transformation
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'''Deadly Beastman Transformation''' (Lunars p136)
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''5m (+gifts), miscellaneous (Speed 5)''
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Rob can spend 5 motes to assume his war form, a hybrid of wolf and man. He gains several feet in height and a corresponding amount of weight. When Rob assumes this form, his Strength, Dexterity, and Stamina all increase by one. This knack has several side benefits that are discussed in the book related to healing and to survival. In addtiion, he gains access to the following Wyld mutations and all of their benefits, but none of their drawbacks.
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* Enhanced Sense (Hearing, Smell) (Exalted p288)
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Rob gains two dice to Awareness pools relating to these two senses.
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* Fur (Exalted p288)
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Rob gains one die to Survival dice pools and adds 1L/1B to his soak.
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* Night Vision  (The Wyld, p144)
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Rob can see as easily on a moonless night in a city or a deep forest as ordinary humans can on an open plain or leafless forest on the night of the full moon, and can see as well under the full moon as ordinary humans can in full daylight.
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* Talons (Lunars, p208)
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Rob can inflict lethal damage through MA attacks. Punches and kicks inflict two additional dice of lethal damage.
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* Wolf's Pace (Lunars, p207)
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Rob adds two to his Dexterity for the purpose of calculating movement during combat, and adds two to his Strength for the purposes of jumping distances. He also adds one die to all rolls representing competitive running. In long-term movement, he can move as fast as a drawn carriage.
  
==Intimicies==
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==Intimacies==
 
Thought and consideration goes here!
 
Thought and consideration goes here!
 
*One Intimacy
 
*One Intimacy
**Another
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*Another
 
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(Rob will immediately gain an Intimacy for Cassidy Starbreeze the first time he sees her)
==Essence==
 
'''Essence''': 3
 
  
Peripheral: #
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==Essence 3==
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Personal: 15
  
Personal: #
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Peripheral: 36
  
 
Committed: 0
 
Committed: 0
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===Limit Break - The Curse of the Lone Wolf===
 
===Limit Break - The Curse of the Lone Wolf===
Elaborate on it here!
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When suffering the effects of the Curse of the Lone Wolf, Rob needs no one and doesn't feel fear. He loses all respect for others. He won't wait for help before wading into combat, and he won't share his glory for success. He feels nothing but contempt for those around him, including friends and loved ones, and will always proceed without waiting for others to catch up.
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Partial Control: Rob is without fear, but not without sense. He will flee if it is tactically sound to do so and doesn't have to heedlessly rush into battle. If he does join battle though, he will ignore his allies and act as though he is the only one fighting on his side.
  
'''Limit''': 0
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'''Limit''': 0/10
  
 
==Equipment==
 
==Equipment==
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Robert Grimm has always had a bit of a temper. He's kept his cool. When he has to let it out he goes to the gym, or on a long run, away from people. His self control has allowed him to live out his life without any major problems, so far. He finished high school, tried out the college scene for a while, and found out he could make more money on poker than he'd be able to with most degrees.
 
Robert Grimm has always had a bit of a temper. He's kept his cool. When he has to let it out he goes to the gym, or on a long run, away from people. His self control has allowed him to live out his life without any major problems, so far. He finished high school, tried out the college scene for a while, and found out he could make more money on poker than he'd be able to with most degrees.
  
He's been a loner most of his life. He's got friends, a very few - he's had a few girlfriends, though never for more than about 6 months at a time. Vegas was a good move for him, he thought. He makes his money preying on weaker players, his young face disarming many of the veterns of the game. He's got an easy smile and an amiable demenor. He chit chats at the table, hoping to goad other players into displaying their tell, learning when they bluff. He knows most of the dealers in town casually. On the nights when he's not playing he checks out Vegas's overcharged night life, living fast and furious.
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He's been a loner most of his life. He's got friends, a very few - he's had a few girlfriends, though never for more than about 6 months at a time. Vegas was a good move for him, he thought. He makes his money preying on weaker players, his young face disarming many of the veterans of the game. He's got an easy smile and an amiable demeanor. He chit chats at the table, hoping to goad other players into displaying their tell, learning when they bluff. He knows most of the dealers in town casually. On the nights when he's not playing he checks out Vegas's overcharged night life, living fast and furious.
  
 
Furious ended up being the key word, ultimately.
 
Furious ended up being the key word, ultimately.
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Rob was just sitting at the bar, minding his business, drinking a beer and being exhausted after spending the previous hour dancing madly. A drunken biker type spun him around on his bar stool and decked him - solid - right in the face. Rob careened backwards off his barstool, slamming ungracefully into the woman who had been sitting beside him and rebounding off her and onto the floor. He clambered to his feet and hotly demanded, in short "What the hell, man?" It was not, he thought, an unreasonable question. He temper was spiking, but he was really -really- trying to keep it under control.  
 
Rob was just sitting at the bar, minding his business, drinking a beer and being exhausted after spending the previous hour dancing madly. A drunken biker type spun him around on his bar stool and decked him - solid - right in the face. Rob careened backwards off his barstool, slamming ungracefully into the woman who had been sitting beside him and rebounding off her and onto the floor. He clambered to his feet and hotly demanded, in short "What the hell, man?" It was not, he thought, an unreasonable question. He temper was spiking, but he was really -really- trying to keep it under control.  
  
"You was dancin' wit mah girl!" the man insisted. He didn't really look the type to get girls, Rob thought. He was wider than was normal and not very tall, which emphasized that. He smelt of beer and weed and tobacco and, Rob thought, shit. His face was several days worth of scraggly blonde hair. He was obviously balding, but attempting to cover it up with a bandana - red and white. Behind him was the ugliest excuse for a woman Rob had ever seen. He vaguely recalled recoiling from her involuntarily on the dance floor at one point - not something that would commonly be mistaken for dancing.
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"You was dancin' wit mah girl!" the man insisted. He didn't really look the type to get girls, Rob thought. He was wider than was normal and not very tall, which emphasized that. He smelt of beer and weed and tobacco and, Rob thought, shit. His face was several days worth of scraggly blond hair. He was obviously balding, but attempting to cover it up with a bandanna - red and white. Behind him was the ugliest excuse for a woman Rob had ever seen. He vaguely recalled recoiling from her involuntarily on the dance floor at one point - not something that would commonly be mistaken for dancing.
  
 
He'd just made some money the previous night, so he was willing to try to slide out of the situation, "You've got it wrong, pal. Some other guy, I've got one of those faces, you know? Let me buy you a drink and we'll put this," he had been standing and stopped himself from saying 'ugly incident', "misunderstanding behind us."
 
He'd just made some money the previous night, so he was willing to try to slide out of the situation, "You've got it wrong, pal. Some other guy, I've got one of those faces, you know? Let me buy you a drink and we'll put this," he had been standing and stopped himself from saying 'ugly incident', "misunderstanding behind us."
  
"Howz'bout I take that outta yer hide instead?" the squat man suggested. Rob thought he saw the suggestion of fangs behind the man's too-large lips and tabacco stained facial hair.
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"Howz'bout I take that outta yer hide instead?" the squat man suggested. Rob thought he saw the suggestion of fangs behind the man's too-large lips and tobacco stained facial hair.
  
 
Instead, Rob gave his most wolfish grin, his temper was reaching a breaking point and he was ready to be rid of the man rather than try to talk things out, "You're welcome to try."
 
Instead, Rob gave his most wolfish grin, his temper was reaching a breaking point and he was ready to be rid of the man rather than try to talk things out, "You're welcome to try."
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At least not until that fresh kid erupted with power. Cool even light billowed out from Rob as he took his Second Breath. A silver disk burned on his forehead and strength, raw power, coursed through every fiber of his being.
 
At least not until that fresh kid erupted with power. Cool even light billowed out from Rob as he took his Second Breath. A silver disk burned on his forehead and strength, raw power, coursed through every fiber of his being.
  
Rob saw things a little differently. In his memory he remembers seeing the ugly man grow his claws and fangs - and then freeze. A silvery woman, achingly beautful, walked through the crowd, passing through those that were in her path rather than moving around them. She was clad in whispey, revieling white robes and sashes and moved with an unfathomable grace. Rob was unable to move, still in the low crouch he had assumed as he was standing up. He could only follow her with his eyes as she moved in front of him and smiled - dazzling - then leaned over and kissed him lightly on the forehead. That was when the burning power entered him. This was his vision of the Silver Lady. That was the moment he was Exalted above normal men by his new goddess.
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Rob saw things a little differently. In his memory he remembers seeing the ugly man grow his claws and fangs - and then freeze. A silvery woman, achingly beautiful, walked through the crowd, passing through those that were in her path rather than moving around them. She was clad in wispy, reviling white robes and sashes and moved with an unfathomable grace. Rob was unable to move, still in the low crouch he had assumed as he was standing up. He could only follow her with his eyes as she moved in front of him and smiled - dazzling - then leaned over and kissed him lightly on the forehead. That was when the burning power entered him. This was his vision of the Silver Lady. That was the moment he was Exalted above normal men by his new goddess.
  
 
The man recoiled from Rob's shining aura for a moment, having been caught completely off guard. "Wha'tha hell are you!?" demanded the creature.
 
The man recoiled from Rob's shining aura for a moment, having been caught completely off guard. "Wha'tha hell are you!?" demanded the creature.
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Rob got to his feet as his iris altered into their new color - a yellow ring around his pupils. He thought for the moment before responding. "Reborn," he replied as flashes of memory from time out of mind flickered through his consciousness.
 
Rob got to his feet as his iris altered into their new color - a yellow ring around his pupils. He thought for the moment before responding. "Reborn," he replied as flashes of memory from time out of mind flickered through his consciousness.
  
Suffice it to say, his opponent did not survive the night. Lots of conflicting stories circulate around the city now regarding what exactly happened. Some suggest that he did actually transform into a giant man-wolf hybrid and savgely destory his opponent. Others state that his aura blinded everyone too much to be able to tell what was going on, but that his opponent seemed ot burn to ash. Still others contest that it was simply a fist fight, or that they took it outside before actually fighting at all. In any case, Rob has tried to encourage as many different rumors as possible, and in most cases, to spread the idea that it was someone else.
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Suffice it to say, his opponent did not survive the night. Lots of conflicting stories circulate around the city now regarding what exactly happened. Some suggest that he did actually transform into a giant man-wolf hybrid and savagely destroy his opponent. Others state that his aura blinded everyone too much to be able to tell what was going on, but that his opponent seemed to burn to ash. Still others contest that it was simply a fist fight, or that they took it outside before actually fighting at all. In any case, Rob has tried to encourage as many different rumors as possible, and in most cases, to spread the idea that it was someone else.
  
 
Rob is trying to go about life as usual as much as he can. He has terrible, glorious dreams now regarding a time and place that is long gone from the world. He wears sunglasses virtually all the time now to hide his Tell, which he doesn't quite realize that almost no one can actually notice. He tries to, when he can grab the free time, experiment with his new abilities. He is, he knows, at the very least, better, faster, and stronger than he has ever been, and that virtually anyone in recorded history has ever been.
 
Rob is trying to go about life as usual as much as he can. He has terrible, glorious dreams now regarding a time and place that is long gone from the world. He wears sunglasses virtually all the time now to hide his Tell, which he doesn't quite realize that almost no one can actually notice. He tries to, when he can grab the free time, experiment with his new abilities. He is, he knows, at the very least, better, faster, and stronger than he has ever been, and that virtually anyone in recorded history has ever been.
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==Personality==
 
==Personality==
 
Give at least one short paragraph
 
Give at least one short paragraph
 
==Merits and Flaws==
 
 
===Each Merit and Flaw===
 
Describe the Merit/Flaw and it's cost
 
  
 
==Goals and Motivations==
 
==Goals and Motivations==

Revision as of 21:48, 2 October 2007

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Robert Grimm, The Young Wolf

Caste: Full Moon

Spirit Shape: gray wolf

Concept: The Young Wolf

First Impression Text

Motivation

This needs work.

Anima

As a Lunar of the Full Moon Caste, Rob's anima banner shines with a steady glow of soft silver light. Greater expenditures of essence increase the intensity. Once his banner becomes iconic, it displays a gray wolf howling at the moon, or approximating his actions, whichever is more cinematic. Rob may, for five motes of Essence, double his speed and leaping distances for a scene. Rob also doubles his Strength for the purpose of feats of strength. This effect stacks with other increases, but only by adding a factor equal to the original value, not continuing to multiply by two. When Rob has spent 11 or more motes of Peripheral Essence, this Anima Effect activates automatically without cost.

Attributes

Caste and Favored Attributes are bold.

PHYSICAL: Strength 3, Dexterity 4, Stamina 4

SOCIAL: Charisma 2, Manipulation 3, Appearance 2

MENTAL: Perception 4, Intelligence 3, Wits 3

Abilities

Favored Abilities

Martial Arts 4 (Natural Weapons +2), Survival 1

Other Abilities

Athletics 2, Awareness 3, Dodge 2, Drive 1, Integrity 3, Larceny 2, Melee 1, Performance 2, Presence 2, Resistance 2, Thrown 1

Backgrounds

Solar Bond 3, Heart's Blood 1, Contacts 1, Resources 2

Contacts

1: Rob knows practically every poker dealer in town, and most of the regular players. People talk at the tables, and he's able to glean information from many of them that way.

Heart's Blood

1: tom cat, peregrine falcon, Irish wolfhound

Charms

Strength

First Strength Excellency - Essence Overwhelming (Lunars p140)

1m/die, Reflexive (Step 1 for attacks, Step 2 for defense), Combo-OK, Instant

Adds one die per mote spent on activation to a single roll based on the attribute. No combination of charms can add more than (Attribute) dice to the roll. When increasing a static value, each success rolled with dice from this Excellency increases the effective relevant Attribute by two for an instant.

Claws of the Silver Moon (Lunars p144)

4m(+2m), 1wp, Simple (Speed 4), Combo-OK, Gift, Obvious, One Scene

For four motes and one Willpower, Rob can grow large silver claws. These claws increase basic natural attacks as follows: Acc +2, Dam +(Strength)L, and may be used to parry lethal damage without a stunt. Rob can spend one extra mote to add these bonuses to other natural attacks his current form may have (in most cases, probably a bite). Rob can, as an Essence 3 or higher character, spent an additional two motes to make the claws slimmer and more needlelike, providing Accuracy +(Dexterity).

When Rob uses Deadly Beastman Transformation he may commit one mote to add the basic bonuses to his natural attacks. By committing three motes, he gains the best bonuses he can access.

Dexterity

First Dexterity Excellency - Essence Overwhelming (Lunars p140)

1m/die, Reflexive (Step 1 for attacks, Step 2 for defense), Combo-OK, Instant

Adds one die per mote spent on activation to a single roll based on the attribute. No combination of charms can add more than (Attribute) dice to the roll. When increasing a static value, each success rolled with dice from this Excellency increases the effective relevant Attribute by two for an instant.

Golden Tiger Stance (Lunars p151)

2m, Reflexive (Step 2), Combo-OK, Fury-OK, Instant

Rob can use this charm in response to an attack (Reflexive, Step 2). This Charm eliminates up to (Dexterity) points of penalties that apply to Rob's Dodge and Parry Defense Values.

Wasp Sting Blur (Lunars p154)

2m/tick, Reflexive, Combo-OK, Fury-OK, Instant

This Charm reduces the Speed of Rob's action by one for every two motes spent, after persistent effects, to a minimum of 3.

Stamina

Ox-Body Technique (Lunars p156)

This Charm gives Rob four additional -2 health levels and two additional Dying health levels.

Manipulation

Second Manipulation Excellency - Essence Triumphant (Lunars p140)

2m/success, Reflexive (Step 1 for attacks, Step 2 for defense), Combo-OK, Instant

Can spent up to (Attribute) in motes, adding one success to the roll for every 2 motes spent. Equivlant to buying two dice when considering the maximum dice adding cap. When increasing a static value, every 2 motes spent increases the relevant attribute by two for an instant action or task.

Knacks

Deadly Beastman Transformation (Lunars p136)

5m (+gifts), miscellaneous (Speed 5)

Rob can spend 5 motes to assume his war form, a hybrid of wolf and man. He gains several feet in height and a corresponding amount of weight. When Rob assumes this form, his Strength, Dexterity, and Stamina all increase by one. This knack has several side benefits that are discussed in the book related to healing and to survival. In addtiion, he gains access to the following Wyld mutations and all of their benefits, but none of their drawbacks.

  • Enhanced Sense (Hearing, Smell) (Exalted p288)

Rob gains two dice to Awareness pools relating to these two senses.

  • Fur (Exalted p288)

Rob gains one die to Survival dice pools and adds 1L/1B to his soak.

  • Night Vision (The Wyld, p144)

Rob can see as easily on a moonless night in a city or a deep forest as ordinary humans can on an open plain or leafless forest on the night of the full moon, and can see as well under the full moon as ordinary humans can in full daylight.

  • Talons (Lunars, p208)

Rob can inflict lethal damage through MA attacks. Punches and kicks inflict two additional dice of lethal damage.

  • Wolf's Pace (Lunars, p207)

Rob adds two to his Dexterity for the purpose of calculating movement during combat, and adds two to his Strength for the purposes of jumping distances. He also adds one die to all rolls representing competitive running. In long-term movement, he can move as fast as a drawn carriage.

Intimacies

Thought and consideration goes here!

  • One Intimacy
  • Another

(Rob will immediately gain an Intimacy for Cassidy Starbreeze the first time he sees her)

Essence 3

Personal: 15

Peripheral: 36

Committed: 0

Willpower

OOOOO O - 6

Virtues

Conscience: 2

Conviction: 2

Temperance: 3

Valor: 3

Limit Break - The Curse of the Lone Wolf

When suffering the effects of the Curse of the Lone Wolf, Rob needs no one and doesn't feel fear. He loses all respect for others. He won't wait for help before wading into combat, and he won't share his glory for success. He feels nothing but contempt for those around him, including friends and loved ones, and will always proceed without waiting for others to catch up.

Partial Control: Rob is without fear, but not without sense. He will flee if it is tactically sound to do so and doesn't have to heedlessly rush into battle. If he does join battle though, he will ignore his allies and act as though he is the only one fighting on his side.

Limit: 0/10

Equipment

List your stuff here, including combat stats if you have weapons (like claws!)

History

General History

Elaborate some.

Exaltation

Robert Grimm has always had a bit of a temper. He's kept his cool. When he has to let it out he goes to the gym, or on a long run, away from people. His self control has allowed him to live out his life without any major problems, so far. He finished high school, tried out the college scene for a while, and found out he could make more money on poker than he'd be able to with most degrees.

He's been a loner most of his life. He's got friends, a very few - he's had a few girlfriends, though never for more than about 6 months at a time. Vegas was a good move for him, he thought. He makes his money preying on weaker players, his young face disarming many of the veterans of the game. He's got an easy smile and an amiable demeanor. He chit chats at the table, hoping to goad other players into displaying their tell, learning when they bluff. He knows most of the dealers in town casually. On the nights when he's not playing he checks out Vegas's overcharged night life, living fast and furious.

Furious ended up being the key word, ultimately.

Rob was just sitting at the bar, minding his business, drinking a beer and being exhausted after spending the previous hour dancing madly. A drunken biker type spun him around on his bar stool and decked him - solid - right in the face. Rob careened backwards off his barstool, slamming ungracefully into the woman who had been sitting beside him and rebounding off her and onto the floor. He clambered to his feet and hotly demanded, in short "What the hell, man?" It was not, he thought, an unreasonable question. He temper was spiking, but he was really -really- trying to keep it under control.

"You was dancin' wit mah girl!" the man insisted. He didn't really look the type to get girls, Rob thought. He was wider than was normal and not very tall, which emphasized that. He smelt of beer and weed and tobacco and, Rob thought, shit. His face was several days worth of scraggly blond hair. He was obviously balding, but attempting to cover it up with a bandanna - red and white. Behind him was the ugliest excuse for a woman Rob had ever seen. He vaguely recalled recoiling from her involuntarily on the dance floor at one point - not something that would commonly be mistaken for dancing.

He'd just made some money the previous night, so he was willing to try to slide out of the situation, "You've got it wrong, pal. Some other guy, I've got one of those faces, you know? Let me buy you a drink and we'll put this," he had been standing and stopped himself from saying 'ugly incident', "misunderstanding behind us."

"Howz'bout I take that outta yer hide instead?" the squat man suggested. Rob thought he saw the suggestion of fangs behind the man's too-large lips and tobacco stained facial hair.

Instead, Rob gave his most wolfish grin, his temper was reaching a breaking point and he was ready to be rid of the man rather than try to talk things out, "You're welcome to try."

The man responded by letting his fangs show and sprouting 3 inch claws on every finger. He displayed a self-satisfied smile, assuring himself that the fight as already won. He was a predator, a creature of the night, and no fresh kid was going to beat him in a fight.

At least not until that fresh kid erupted with power. Cool even light billowed out from Rob as he took his Second Breath. A silver disk burned on his forehead and strength, raw power, coursed through every fiber of his being.

Rob saw things a little differently. In his memory he remembers seeing the ugly man grow his claws and fangs - and then freeze. A silvery woman, achingly beautiful, walked through the crowd, passing through those that were in her path rather than moving around them. She was clad in wispy, reviling white robes and sashes and moved with an unfathomable grace. Rob was unable to move, still in the low crouch he had assumed as he was standing up. He could only follow her with his eyes as she moved in front of him and smiled - dazzling - then leaned over and kissed him lightly on the forehead. That was when the burning power entered him. This was his vision of the Silver Lady. That was the moment he was Exalted above normal men by his new goddess.

The man recoiled from Rob's shining aura for a moment, having been caught completely off guard. "Wha'tha hell are you!?" demanded the creature.

Rob got to his feet as his iris altered into their new color - a yellow ring around his pupils. He thought for the moment before responding. "Reborn," he replied as flashes of memory from time out of mind flickered through his consciousness.

Suffice it to say, his opponent did not survive the night. Lots of conflicting stories circulate around the city now regarding what exactly happened. Some suggest that he did actually transform into a giant man-wolf hybrid and savagely destroy his opponent. Others state that his aura blinded everyone too much to be able to tell what was going on, but that his opponent seemed to burn to ash. Still others contest that it was simply a fist fight, or that they took it outside before actually fighting at all. In any case, Rob has tried to encourage as many different rumors as possible, and in most cases, to spread the idea that it was someone else.

Rob is trying to go about life as usual as much as he can. He has terrible, glorious dreams now regarding a time and place that is long gone from the world. He wears sunglasses virtually all the time now to hide his Tell, which he doesn't quite realize that almost no one can actually notice. He tries to, when he can grab the free time, experiment with his new abilities. He is, he knows, at the very least, better, faster, and stronger than he has ever been, and that virtually anyone in recorded history has ever been.

But they're out there, he knows. That first night taught him. There are other creatures that lurk in the shadows, much more terrible than himself. Some of them probably want them dead. Little does he know that some might even herald him as some kind of modern day messiah - literally blessed by Luna herself with fantastic prowess and power.


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