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'''DEXTERITY''' [[file:d10a.png|24px|d10]] | '''DEXTERITY''' [[file:d10a.png|24px|d10]] | ||
| − | '''STRENGTH''' [[file: | + | '''STRENGTH''' [[file:d6a.png|24px|d6]] |
===<u>Mental Attributes</u>=== | ===<u>Mental Attributes</u>=== | ||
'''PERCEPTION''' [[file:d8a.png|24px|d8]] | '''PERCEPTION''' [[file:d8a.png|24px|d8]] | ||
| − | '''REASON''' [[file: | + | '''REASON''' [[file:d8a.png|24px|d8]] |
===<u>Social Attributes</u>=== | ===<u>Social Attributes</u>=== | ||
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==Roles and Knacks [[file:d4a.png|32px|d4]][[File:Arrow03.png|24px]]== | ==Roles and Knacks [[file:d4a.png|32px|d4]][[File:Arrow03.png|24px]]== | ||
'''FIXER''' [[file:d10a.png|24px|d10]] | '''FIXER''' [[file:d10a.png|24px|d10]] | ||
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| − | + | Triage [[file:d8a.png|24px|d8]] | |
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| − | '''PERFORMER''' [[file: | + | Xanatos Speed Chess [[file:d8a.png|24px|d8]] |
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| + | '''INFLUENCER''' [[file:d4a.png|24px|d4]] | ||
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| + | '''PERFORMER''' [[file:d8a.png|24px|d8]] | ||
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| + | Athletics [[file:d6a.png|24px|d6]] | ||
'''RESEARCHER''' [[file:d6a.png|24px|d6]] | '''RESEARCHER''' [[file:d6a.png|24px|d6]] | ||
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| − | '''SCRAPPER''' [[file: | + | '''SCRAPPER''' [[file:d6a.png|24px|d6]]''' |
==Distinctions/SFX [[file:d8a.png|32px|d8]]== | ==Distinctions/SFX [[file:d8a.png|32px|d8]]== | ||
| − | === | + | ===Forgotten [[file:d8a.png|28px|d8]]=== |
| + | Kai, once a college track & field star, then struggling med student paying his tuition through victimless confidence games, started hearing a voice. That of the ancient deity Hermes, who claimed it would die without Kai's help. Kai agreed, in order to save its life. By fusing with the entity, he was reborn as something less than godly, but still far more than human. | ||
:[[File:Check002.png|24px]] '''Hinder:''' ''Sometimes your distinction works against you.'' Gain 1 plot point when you roll a [[File:d4a.png|24px]] instead of a [[File:d8a.png|24px]] to represent your distinction. | :[[File:Check002.png|24px]] '''Hinder:''' ''Sometimes your distinction works against you.'' Gain 1 plot point when you roll a [[File:d4a.png|24px]] instead of a [[File:d8a.png|24px]] to represent your distinction. | ||
| − | + | ===Physician [[file:d8a.png|28px|d8]]=== | |
| − | + | Kai operates health clinics in the poorest neighborhoods of New Trinidad, free of charge to his patients due to a complex scheme of cooked accounting books, faked medical records, and the double-billing of related health care systems and insurers. Caduceus Medical never turns a profit, but given there's no income either, that's not so bad, is it? | |
| − | === | ||
:[[File:Check002.png|24px]] '''Hinder:''' ''Sometimes your distinction works against you.'' Gain 1 plot point when you roll a [[File:d4a.png|24px]] instead of a [[File:d8a.png|24px]] to represent your distinction. | :[[File:Check002.png|24px]] '''Hinder:''' ''Sometimes your distinction works against you.'' Gain 1 plot point when you roll a [[File:d4a.png|24px]] instead of a [[File:d8a.png|24px]] to represent your distinction. | ||
| − | :[[File:Check002.png|24px]] ''' | + | :[[File:Check002.png|24px]] '''SFX Natural Healer:''' Spend 1 PP to step back another character’s medical or injury based Complication (or any stress track). |
| − | === | + | ===Con Artist [[file:d8a.png|28px|d8]]=== |
| + | Kai's cons are usually "Batman Gambits", achieved by him understanding how others are likely to respond, then arranging for those decisions to naturally result in better outcomes. | ||
:[[File:Check002.png|24px]] '''Hinder:''' ''Sometimes your distinction works against you.'' Gain 1 plot point when you roll a [[File:d4a.png|24px]] instead of a [[File:d8a.png|24px]] to represent your distinction. | :[[File:Check002.png|24px]] '''Hinder:''' ''Sometimes your distinction works against you.'' Gain 1 plot point when you roll a [[File:d4a.png|24px]] instead of a [[File:d8a.png|24px]] to represent your distinction. | ||
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| + | :[[File:Check002.png|24px]] '''SFX Dicing With The Gods:''' Make a Perception + Fixer (+ distinction) roll to gain the insight to nudge someone in a certain course of action. On a failed roll take or step up a Lost Favor complication. | ||
==Power Set== | ==Power Set== | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Avatar''' [[file:d10a.png|24px|d10]] You have a distinct appearance that hundreds or thousands of years ago might have been instantly recognizable, but even now resonates with people on a subconscious level. Because of this you are able to influence whether a GMC's initial reaction to you is favorable or adversarial. These two exceptional attributes are added to this power: Speed, Reflexes. You are resistant to one kind of energy (Kinetic). |
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| − | ''' | + | '''Emissary of Olympus''' [[file:d8a.png|24px|d8]] The Forgotten knows where the Neverwhen comes close to the Mortal Realm and can cross over to the other side. Having once walked this realm as deity, the Forgotten is able to sense and navigate the ways of the Neverwhen as a native and is treated as a native by those who dwell there. |
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| + | At any time, the Forgotten can use any gate into the Neverwhen to enter his own private villa that still stands within the Neverwhen from his former days. The Forgotten has a number of spirit servants and may host supernatural beings in their villa as a Neutral location for the purpose of parlay and other sensitive contracts. | ||
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| + | '''Speed Blitz''' [[file:d8a.png|24px|d8]] Somewhere deep down the spirit within you remembers what it was, what it did, and what it had. Hands that remember being part of creation reach for destruction faster than the eye can follow. Your unarmed attacks are devastating to living tissue and the very elements of the world. | ||
'''SFX:''' Spend a pp to perform a single power in a high stakes action without needing to roll the dice. | '''SFX:''' Spend a pp to perform a single power in a high stakes action without needing to roll the dice. | ||
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'''Limits''' | '''Limits''' | ||
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| + | [Conscious Activation] If taken out, asleep, or unconscious, shut down the '''Emissary of Olympus''' and '''Speed Blitz''' powers. Restore these powers when you awake. | ||
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| + | [Lost] Shut down any Forgotten power to gain a pp. Activate an opportunity to restore the power. | ||
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| + | [Shield of Fate] When you would take stress, instead shut down any Forgotten power. Activate an opportunity to restore the power. | ||
==Stress Tracks== | ==Stress Tracks== | ||
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==Bio/Background== | ==Bio/Background== | ||
| + | Appearance: Male, 30's, dark hair and complexion, of Greek ethnicity. He wears a broad, floppy fisherman's hat either atop his head, or hanging off his back from its string about his neck. It has a small, feathery fishing lure affixed to either side. He displays a fat wooden writing pen in his left breast pocket, with a golden metal caduceus filigree winding up and down its length. Finally, he wears golden-colored Crocs on his feet, that have a subtle wing pattern on each side. | ||
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| + | After graduating med school, Kai settled in New Trinidad. Where else was the host for a deity of Travel and Boundaries supposed to live, if not a city that actively traveled from place to place, and had no set boundaries? There, he set up his chain of clinics. He can often be found in one of them during the day, handling administrative duties or keeping his skills fresh through hands-on work with patients. But since he also sets his own schedule, and he created the operation to essentially run itself without constant attention, he's also freely available to dash off on various errands or adventures as they come up. | ||
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| + | Nights and evenings are spent on his "side gig": acting as a trusted messenger and neutral party between the various supernatural factions, whenever an important item or missive needs to be delivered swiftly, securely, or discretely, no matter how dangerous or hard-to-reach the destination might be; or a safe face-to-face parlay needs to be arranged between factions. This helps keep Kai "in the loop" about interesting goings-on in the city, and occasionally provides him with opportunities to subtly nudge larger events in one direction or another. The messenger service itself is always performed in a professional, detached manner. He's got a rep to maintain. But if something else unrelated "goes right" for the world while he's visiting, and he just happens to be present when it occurs . . . well that's just random good luck, and was probably going to happen anyway, wasn't it. | ||
| + | Kai's willingness to be generally helpful and courteous to all of the city's different factions has earned him a measure of goodwill. Everyone's aware that even when he happens to pull something over on someone, it's always done with overall good intentions, and without any personal malice, which helps to mitigate the resulting backlash. | ||
[[Shadowwalkers:_Cortex_Prime_by_Night#Charcter_Files.2FMeta_Currencies | < < < Back to Main Page]] | [[Shadowwalkers:_Cortex_Prime_by_Night#Charcter_Files.2FMeta_Currencies | < < < Back to Main Page]] | ||
Revision as of 11:23, 28 October 2022
Dr. Kai Nephus :: Forgotten
Character Quote
Attributes 
Physical Attributes
DEXTERITY 
STRENGTH 
Mental Attributes
PERCEPTION 
REASON
Social Attributes
AFFINITY
WILLPOWER
Roles and Knacks 
FIXER
Triage
Xanatos Speed Chess
INFLUENCER 
PERFORMER
Athletics
RESEARCHER
SCRAPPER
Distinctions/SFX 
Forgotten 
Kai, once a college track & field star, then struggling med student paying his tuition through victimless confidence games, started hearing a voice. That of the ancient deity Hermes, who claimed it would die without Kai's help. Kai agreed, in order to save its life. By fusing with the entity, he was reborn as something less than godly, but still far more than human.
Hinder: Sometimes your distinction works against you. Gain 1 plot point when you roll a 
instead of a 
to represent your distinction.
Physician
Kai operates health clinics in the poorest neighborhoods of New Trinidad, free of charge to his patients due to a complex scheme of cooked accounting books, faked medical records, and the double-billing of related health care systems and insurers. Caduceus Medical never turns a profit, but given there's no income either, that's not so bad, is it?
- Hinder: Sometimes your distinction works against you. Gain 1 plot point when you roll a instead of a to represent your distinction.
- SFX Natural Healer: Spend 1 PP to step back another character’s medical or injury based Complication (or any stress track).
Con Artist
Kai's cons are usually "Batman Gambits", achieved by him understanding how others are likely to respond, then arranging for those decisions to naturally result in better outcomes.
- Hinder: Sometimes your distinction works against you. Gain 1 plot point when you roll a instead of a to represent your distinction.
- SFX Dicing With The Gods: Make a Perception + Fixer (+ distinction) roll to gain the insight to nudge someone in a certain course of action. On a failed roll take or step up a Lost Favor complication.
Power Set
Avatar You have a distinct appearance that hundreds or thousands of years ago might have been instantly recognizable, but even now resonates with people on a subconscious level. Because of this you are able to influence whether a GMC's initial reaction to you is favorable or adversarial. These two exceptional attributes are added to this power: Speed, Reflexes. You are resistant to one kind of energy (Kinetic).
Emissary of Olympus The Forgotten knows where the Neverwhen comes close to the Mortal Realm and can cross over to the other side. Having once walked this realm as deity, the Forgotten is able to sense and navigate the ways of the Neverwhen as a native and is treated as a native by those who dwell there.
At any time, the Forgotten can use any gate into the Neverwhen to enter his own private villa that still stands within the Neverwhen from his former days. The Forgotten has a number of spirit servants and may host supernatural beings in their villa as a Neutral location for the purpose of parlay and other sensitive contracts.
Speed Blitz Somewhere deep down the spirit within you remembers what it was, what it did, and what it had. Hands that remember being part of creation reach for destruction faster than the eye can follow. Your unarmed attacks are devastating to living tissue and the very elements of the world.
SFX: Spend a pp to perform a single power in a high stakes action without needing to roll the dice.
Limits
[Conscious Activation] If taken out, asleep, or unconscious, shut down the Emissary of Olympus and Speed Blitz powers. Restore these powers when you awake.
[Lost] Shut down any Forgotten power to gain a pp. Activate an opportunity to restore the power.
[Shield of Fate] When you would take stress, instead shut down any Forgotten power. Activate an opportunity to restore the power.
Stress Tracks
Mortal Stress
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||| TAKEN OUT ||| 
Psychic Stress
- ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| TAKEN OUT |||
Spiritual Stress
- ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| TAKEN OUT |||
Bio/Background
Appearance: Male, 30's, dark hair and complexion, of Greek ethnicity. He wears a broad, floppy fisherman's hat either atop his head, or hanging off his back from its string about his neck. It has a small, feathery fishing lure affixed to either side. He displays a fat wooden writing pen in his left breast pocket, with a golden metal caduceus filigree winding up and down its length. Finally, he wears golden-colored Crocs on his feet, that have a subtle wing pattern on each side.
After graduating med school, Kai settled in New Trinidad. Where else was the host for a deity of Travel and Boundaries supposed to live, if not a city that actively traveled from place to place, and had no set boundaries? There, he set up his chain of clinics. He can often be found in one of them during the day, handling administrative duties or keeping his skills fresh through hands-on work with patients. But since he also sets his own schedule, and he created the operation to essentially run itself without constant attention, he's also freely available to dash off on various errands or adventures as they come up.
Nights and evenings are spent on his "side gig": acting as a trusted messenger and neutral party between the various supernatural factions, whenever an important item or missive needs to be delivered swiftly, securely, or discretely, no matter how dangerous or hard-to-reach the destination might be; or a safe face-to-face parlay needs to be arranged between factions. This helps keep Kai "in the loop" about interesting goings-on in the city, and occasionally provides him with opportunities to subtly nudge larger events in one direction or another. The messenger service itself is always performed in a professional, detached manner. He's got a rep to maintain. But if something else unrelated "goes right" for the world while he's visiting, and he just happens to be present when it occurs . . . well that's just random good luck, and was probably going to happen anyway, wasn't it.
Kai's willingness to be generally helpful and courteous to all of the city's different factions has earned him a measure of goodwill. Everyone's aware that even when he happens to pull something over on someone, it's always done with overall good intentions, and without any personal malice, which helps to mitigate the resulting backlash.
