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=Identity=
 
=Identity=
  
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'''Hero Name''': Knight
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'''Hero Name''': Obsidian
  
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'''Real Name''': K Ruiz-Reyes (KRR), and Sir K
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'''Real Name''': Blake Feurstein
  
  
 
=Look=
 
=Look=
  
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* ''Shifting''
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* ''Woman''
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* ''Hispanic''
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* ''White (Jewish)
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* ''Battered Hands''
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* ''Elegant clothing
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* ''Iconic costume
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* ''Simple Costume'' (Eyeblack and the coveralls she stole from FIST)
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* ''Featureless mask
  
  
 
=Abilities=
 
=Abilities=
  
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"...I pick up my sword, or whatever other weapon I need, and I fight; my panolpy is always at hand.  I deflect attacks with my shield and armor; my knightly resolve protects me from other threats, if necessary.  And I am a skilled fighter because I am a veteran of a quarter-century's worth of battles." 
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''Energy absorption''
  
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"And none of these things are true, because you aren't even twenty, and do not, and have never had, a sword, a shield, armor, or anything like that." 
 
  
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"...well, yeah.  Hallucinations and fake memories as a side effect of what was done to me.  Except that my hallucinations are sometimes stronger than your reality."
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''Substance mimicry.''
  
  
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=Moves=
 
=Moves=
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''You've Got A Head You Don't Need''
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''The Mask''
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* When you provoke someone with obvious threats and shows of force, roll + Danger instead of + Superior
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* You wear a mask and hide your real identity. Choose what Label you try to embody while wearing your mask: Danger. Once per session, you can affirm either your heroic or secret identity to switch your Mundane with your mask’s Label. When you reveal your secret identity to someone who didn’t know it already, mark potential.
  
  
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''In A China Shop''
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''Game face''
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* When you directly engage a threat, you can cause significant collateral damage to your environment to choose an additional option, even on a miss
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* When you commit yourself to save someone or defeat a terrible enemy, mark a condition and take +1 ongoing to all rolls in direct pursuit of that goal. At the end of any scene in which you don’t make progress towards that goal, mark a condition. When you fulfill your goal, mark potential.
  
  
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=Relationships=
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''Mild-mannered''
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''Love:''
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* When you try to use your civilian identity to deceive, trick, or slip past someone, roll + Mundane. On a hit they buy your facade. On a 7-9, choose one:
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* Obsidian
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** You’re still under observation
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** You leave something incriminating behind
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** You’re forced to make a fool of yourself to sell it
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* On a miss, one of your civilian obligations rears its ugly head.
  
  
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''Rival:''
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=Relationships=
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* Measure
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''Role: Defender''
 
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*  When you leap to defend your love or rival in battle, roll + Danger instead of + Savior to defend them
 
  
  
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Measure has influence over Knight.
 
Measure has influence over Knight.
  
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Obsidian has influence over Knight.
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Bolo has influence over Knight.
  
  
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=Backstory=
 
=Backstory=
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''Who changed you?''
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''When did you first put on the mask? Why?''  
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*I put on the mask the first time I decided to do something with my powers. The mask is a symbolic line between what I am and what I can be.
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* "Well, according to the logo on their uniforms, '''FIST'''. The F stands for Foundation. I don't know about the rest of it. They grabbed me and some other kids out of a shelter. The people who ran the shelter had to know-- we were set up, and I think they went after kids who came in from out of town, so a local family wouldn't be looking for them."
 
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''How did you escape from them?''  
 
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* "I battled my way through the foe with strength and cunning, aye, for I cut down their hidden eyes as I cut down their guards, and did batter down the... woah. Yeah, look, I don't remember that the way other people will, all right? The... other memories were really strong then, and to me, it was fighting my way out of a dungeon. I didn't really remember who I was until after I was out, and I walked for a long time until I found a road that lead me back into the city."
 
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''Did any of the other survivors of that F.I.S.T. experiment come out with powers, that you know of?''
 
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* "I didn't know that there were any, until I watched the news one time. A guy I recognized from the shelter-- couldn't mistake the burn scars on his neck, he'd said they were from a pot of boiling water. And he made the news, all right, in a shootout with some guys-- he had a gun, or... well, it might not have been a real gun, and half the time, when he shot it, it made things blow up, so yeah. And he was calling himself '''Orion Smith''', and talking about how the Cyber-Emperor's spies would never take him in, and the cops showing up just gave him more Cyber-Empire Agents after his ass, as far as I can tell. He got away, but I did recognize him, and his name is '''Ciron Williams''', and he's a skinny kid from Detroit and a really shitty home life, and I think it's a hell of a lot easier for him to be Orion Smith, who, just guessing here, was a kick-ass Han Solo or something rebel against the evil Cyber-Empire or some shit, and he got out, and now sometimes when he shoots a gun or whatever, the gun believes him about being Orion Smith, and it's a Plasma Gun or something like that. I think I had a Dream, and he had a Dream, and he's stuck inside his Dream all they way, and that's really bad."
 
  
  
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''Who, outside the team, tries to take care of you now?''  
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''Why do you keep a secret identity?''  
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* Since my family - among other people - will never understand who I really am, and I owe it to myself to know what kind of person I could be if only no one was there to point fingers at me and tell me what to do.
  
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* "Well, when I got back into town, I went after the shelter, obviously. They were pretty much shutting down as I arrived, but that involved a lot of gunfire aimed at witnesses, and I stepped in, and I wound up saving some kids. One girl, '''Amra''', I helped her get reconciled with her family-- not as hard as it sounds-- and they set me up with some part-time work cleaning up the store they own and stuff. And they let me sleep in the basement, and honestly, her mother gets maternal at me, and keeps pushing food on me and stuff. It's... really nice of them."
 
  
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''Who, outside of the team, knows about your dual identity?''
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* Gavin, my only childhood friend, who supports me in my superhero endeavors since he think it's cool. I have a crush on him since forever, but I can't confess my feelings due to my own convoluted identity issues.
  
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''Did you ever spend time in the Jungle encampment under the bridge by the river, or just in the youth shelter?''
 
  
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* "I was trying to work out where to go, and the Jungle was that direction, but somebody told me about the shelter, so I figured that I'd be safer there. We see how well that worked out..."
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''Who thinks the worst of your masked identity?''
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* My parents, actually, and they don't even know it's me! They're very traditional people and don't approve of any girl who doesn't knit and cook, never mind going around kicking ass and taking names.
  
  
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''Why do you try to be a hero?''
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''Why do you care about the team?''
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* It's perhaps selfish, but in a way everyone on the team is an outcast in one way or another, just like me, so I feel like I can be myself around them, just like when I'm around my best friend Gavin.
  
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* "I already am one. I have the memories of being one, and fake or not, it's a quarter-century of heroism. And... ah, hell. Someone has to."
 
  
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''How do your powers work, and do they look like when they work?''
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* When she uses her substance mimicry, her skins turns reflectively black, similar to obsidian. When she uses energy absorption, it manifests as an aura around her that gets bigger the more energy she absorbs.
  
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''Why do you care about the team?''
 
  
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* "They're trying to help. I remember having allies. Sometimes, that's the only thing that gets you through."
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''What or who did the Spiderweb take away from you?''
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* Her identity. It's not easy being trans, but it's harder in a rundown neighborhood where people uses their own misery as an excuse to trivialize your struggle.
  
  
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''Do you go to school now? If not, what do you do with your time?''
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''Are there many Jews in UEB, or just your family?''
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* Just her family, as far as she knows; again, it's tough being minority in a rundown neighborhood, especially when you belong to a ethnicity that's constantly demonized as greedy blood-suckers by media and politicians. They keep quiet about the whole Jew thing except at family reunion and religious ceremonies and such.
  
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* "I'm currently trying to get back into school. I mean, I really ought to, for my own sake. The paperwork's a pain, though. And, uh... I have some memory issues, sometimes. Like, I need to be KRR... K Ruiz-Reyes... to get through school, but I lose track of KRR once in a while. Otherwise, I help out at the store a lot-- it really helps them to have someone who can look after things, and I feel better about all the help that they give me. And Sir K can handle keeping track of the store. I mean, it's not exactly the normal job of a knight, but in a long life of adventure, unexpected turns happen, and you do what you have to within the limits of honor, and helping good people maintain their livelihood is hardly dishonorable to a true knight with a knight's heart! Uh, and, y'know, I train. I mean, my... my subconscious won't let me not train, but I actually hurt myself a lot during my big escape, because I was fighting in ways that my body was not ready for. Fighting like a combat veteran requires physical conditioning, and my powers don't close the gap entirely. And... well, I protect the neighborhood, too. Go out and look for trouble from time to time. Can't do it all the time. Don't have a regular schedule. But it has to be done."
 
  
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''Can you tell me about what you have to do for the family that keeps you busy?''
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* Household chores. If you're gonna be a girl, then you gotta do the chores. Oh, but you're not, not really, so you're never gonna be as good at it as real girls.
  
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''There's a couple of cops, partners, who've been working the UEB beat for years and know everything about the neighborhood, who are they and how do you get along?''
 
  
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* So covering this neighborhood isn't exactly a reward for being the best kiss-ass cop, you know what I'm saying? And a bunch of the cops are shady. But these guys-- I guess their names are '''Allen and Phillips'''? They'll maybe hit us up for a cup of coffee and a donut once in a while, but they actually do help out sometimes, and they'll actually buy stuff from the store and pay for it and everything, and they don't actually make trouble or say racist shit or whatever, so I'll let them have the coffee and donut, no big deal, you know? That ain't shit for getting shook down by a cop. I'd give them that just for not actually saying the racist shit.  
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''What do your parents want you to do with your life? Get married, have kids, go to medical school?''
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* They want their son back, which ain't happening.
  
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* "Anyway, this one time, I was The Knight, and I was poking around, you know, looking for trouble, and I see them, using their car for shelter, and there's two different gangs there-- '''Kings''' and '''Thirteens'''-- and we're Kings turf, but the Thirteens have been pushing it, maybe wanting to start some shit, take UED or whatever, you know? And then one little cop car shows up, and I guess they both hate the cops more than each other, because they just both start unloading on the cops, and their tires get shot out, and they can't get backup in time, and they're trying to use the doors as shelter while they shoot back... it's bad. Real bad.
 
  
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* "Well, I'd already decided that I was gonna start on the Thirteens anyway, move over to the Kings if they stuck around, because I can only do so many things at once, and we don't need a fucking gang war in UED, and that was on the Thirteens for showing up, you know? So I'm in there, and I'm totally The Knight, and my blade is ready, and my shield held high, deflecting the bullets and bolts of the foes before me, and they fall or scatter before me. And the so-called 'Kings' foolishly fire upon me, but the bandits know me and my blade, and when I advance upon them, not falling, they have not the heart for battle, and flee as well. I look to the guardsmen, and I know them-- hardly the finest guards in the land, but their hearts are, in the end, good, if weak, and they will be numbered among the defenders of the land in the Last Battle. I approach them, to reassure them, and man, I'm lucky that they didn't open fire, but I checked to see if they were OK, kinda give the once-over to the places they were bleeding, and then I heard sirens and I took off. But, you know, I run into 'em sometimes, and they, like, kinda salute me and go the other way. Like, I don't think they can officially be cool with me? But they know that maybe we can get along, and we don't make trouble for each other. And maybe we kinda keep each other honest, you know?"
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==Secret Identity==
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Your mundane life comes with a series of obligations. Choose a total of three Obligations: Schoolwork, household chores, best friend
  
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When time passes, roll + your Mundane to see how you’re managing your obligations. On a hit, things are going pretty well—you have an opportunity or advantage thanks to one of your obligations. On a 7-9, you’ve lapsed on one obligation, your choice. On a miss, you haven’t given your normal life anywhere near the attention it deserves; the GM chooses two obligations that are going to bite you in the butt.
  
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''Who or what did the Spiderweb take from you?''
 
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* Growing up, the Spiderweb took the only friends KRR had. It was an eternity ago, in another life, before The Knight. But K had friends who he could talk to, friends who might start to understand-- and then gone in a show of firepower that killed a half-dozen bystanders in the course of making a point to a rival who defied the Spiderweb.
 
  
 
=XP=
 
=XP=

Revision as of 16:54, 12 April 2019

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Concept

Runaway teenager who was the subject of experiments, with the memories of a veteran knight from a fantasy realm


Identity

Hero Name: Obsidian

Real Name: Blake Feurstein


Look

  • Woman
  • White (Jewish)
  • Elegant clothing
  • Iconic costume
  • Featureless mask


Abilities

Energy absorption


Substance mimicry.


Labels

Danger Freak Savior Superior Mundane
Starting +0 -1 +0 +1 +3
Current +0 -1 +0 +1 +3


Moves

The Mask

  • You wear a mask and hide your real identity. Choose what Label you try to embody while wearing your mask: Danger. Once per session, you can affirm either your heroic or secret identity to switch your Mundane with your mask’s Label. When you reveal your secret identity to someone who didn’t know it already, mark potential.


Game face

  • When you commit yourself to save someone or defeat a terrible enemy, mark a condition and take +1 ongoing to all rolls in direct pursuit of that goal. At the end of any scene in which you don’t make progress towards that goal, mark a condition. When you fulfill your goal, mark potential.


Mild-mannered

  • When you try to use your civilian identity to deceive, trick, or slip past someone, roll + Mundane. On a hit they buy your facade. On a 7-9, choose one:
    • You’re still under observation
    • You leave something incriminating behind
    • You’re forced to make a fool of yourself to sell it
  • On a miss, one of your civilian obligations rears its ugly head.


Relationships

?


Influence

Measure has influence over Knight.

Bolo has influence over Knight.


Conditions

None Currently


Backstory

When did you first put on the mask? Why?

  • I put on the mask the first time I decided to do something with my powers. The mask is a symbolic line between what I am and what I can be.


Why do you keep a secret identity?

  • Since my family - among other people - will never understand who I really am, and I owe it to myself to know what kind of person I could be if only no one was there to point fingers at me and tell me what to do.


Who, outside of the team, knows about your dual identity?

  • Gavin, my only childhood friend, who supports me in my superhero endeavors since he think it's cool. I have a crush on him since forever, but I can't confess my feelings due to my own convoluted identity issues.


Who thinks the worst of your masked identity?

  • My parents, actually, and they don't even know it's me! They're very traditional people and don't approve of any girl who doesn't knit and cook, never mind going around kicking ass and taking names.


Why do you care about the team?

  • It's perhaps selfish, but in a way everyone on the team is an outcast in one way or another, just like me, so I feel like I can be myself around them, just like when I'm around my best friend Gavin.


How do your powers work, and do they look like when they work?

  • When she uses her substance mimicry, her skins turns reflectively black, similar to obsidian. When she uses energy absorption, it manifests as an aura around her that gets bigger the more energy she absorbs.


What or who did the Spiderweb take away from you?

  • Her identity. It's not easy being trans, but it's harder in a rundown neighborhood where people uses their own misery as an excuse to trivialize your struggle.


Are there many Jews in UEB, or just your family?

  • Just her family, as far as she knows; again, it's tough being minority in a rundown neighborhood, especially when you belong to a ethnicity that's constantly demonized as greedy blood-suckers by media and politicians. They keep quiet about the whole Jew thing except at family reunion and religious ceremonies and such.


Can you tell me about what you have to do for the family that keeps you busy?

  • Household chores. If you're gonna be a girl, then you gotta do the chores. Oh, but you're not, not really, so you're never gonna be as good at it as real girls.


What do your parents want you to do with your life? Get married, have kids, go to medical school?

  • They want their son back, which ain't happening.


Secret Identity

Your mundane life comes with a series of obligations. Choose a total of three Obligations: Schoolwork, household chores, best friend

When time passes, roll + your Mundane to see how you’re managing your obligations. On a hit, things are going pretty well—you have an opportunity or advantage thanks to one of your obligations. On a 7-9, you’ve lapsed on one obligation, your choice. On a miss, you haven’t given your normal life anywhere near the attention it deserves; the GM chooses two obligations that are going to bite you in the butt.


XP

None currently


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