User:Bill/Rifts Week by Week/Theophorus

Theophorus's earliest memory is of being sold to the Sunaj at the interdimensional market of Splynn as a child. Life afterwards became a nightmare of training bio-wizardry treatments and indoctrination for his role in the Sunaj's wars. As a warrior thrall he was remade into a living weapon, enhanced by dire biomancy and marked with the mystical tattoos that enable him to battle demons at their own level. The dream of freedom, combined with his own fear that further enhancement would destroy him, led Theophorus to escape his masters while on a field exercise. The t-man is far from naive though. He understands that his body represents an investment of millions of credits and that some of the marks he carries are secrets that the Sunaj would kill to protect. It is only a matter of time until the denizens of Atlantis find him.

Understanding his situation, Theophorus has sought refuge in the NGR. After extensive examination and interrogation, the military determined that he was sincere in his request for asylum and offered him a place among the special tactical regiments with the other aliens who have chosen to fight for Germany. Knowing no other life than fighting and discipline, he accepted.

Theophorus's body has been entirely remade in the forge of bio-wizardry. His strength and beauty have been enhanced to superhuman levels and four dragonfly-like wings grafted to his back, along with the musculature necessary to operate them. Other changes to his body have made him exceptionally tall and significantly reduced his body mass. In order to maintain access to his tattoos, Theophorus seldom wears armor, and when he does it is often archaic in appearance.

Notes

Theophorus is a fairly simple front line fighter with a couple tricks up his sleeve. His tattoos grant him substantial MDC and access to a couple megadamage attacks. He also has the ability to fly and to summon a substantial sea monster if the occasion warrants it.

Overall, this character would be ideal for a player that is not too concerned about tactics. Once he or she works out the vest application of the black sphere tattoo, the player will be free to focus on the character's personality; which should be quirky to say the least. In addition to being an escaped slave who knows his former masters' reputation for retrieving slaves and engaging in covert warfare, Theophorus developed a severe case of hypochondria as a result of the trauma of being subjected to tattoo magic. My suggestion is to interpret this as a fear that his previous bio-wizardry transformations and implants are being rejected or otherwise going awry, or that he be afraid that he will again be subjected to physical alteration against his will. Possibly both.

Statistics

OCC: Sunaj Warrior Thrall Level: 3 (4481) Alignment: Aberrant Current Age: 17

Gender: Male Height: 6'7" Weight: 170lbs MDC: 90 PPE: 144

IQ

12

ME

17

MA

7

PS

40

PP

8

PE

12

PB

26

SPD

18

(11.5 mph)

Bio Enhancements

Augmented Strength	Strength increased to 40 and made supernatural
Augmented Beauty	Physical beauty increased to 26
Wings	10' wingspan; fly 80 (55mph); gain +1 bonus to strike, parry, and dodge while aloft

Combat

Melee Attacks: 6 Initiative: +3 Strike: +6 Parry: +6 Dodge: +3 Perception:+3

Disarm: +4 Entangle: +4 Pull Punch: +5 Save vs Horror: +4

Restrained Claw	1d4 (+3d6) MD	Full Claw	2d4 (+3d6) MD	Power Claw*	4d4 (+3d6) MD
Bite	2d4 MD	Kick	2d8 (+3d6) MD	Leap Kick*	4d8 (+3d6) MD

*Counts as two attacks.

Skills

Climbing	+11/+9	Gymnastics	v+2	Intelligence	+11	Track People	+12
Detect Ambush	+14	Herding	+14	Land Navigation	+15	Wilderness Survival	+14
Detect Concealment	+9	Holistic Medicine	+10/+8	Prowl	+11	Barter (s)	+8
Dance	+11	Hunting	--	Swimming	+12	Language: German (s)	+11
Dowsing	+8	Identify Plants & Fruits	+10	Track Animals	+10/+12	Literacy: German (s)	+8

(s) Secondary Skill

Native language proficiency is +18. The Shing have no written language.

Psionics

Shing save as major psionics.

Death Trance	Read Dimensional Portal	Sense Evil
Meditation	See the Invisible	Sense Magic
Mind Block	Sense Dimensional Anomaly	Sense Time

Magic

Blinding Flash	Cloud of Smoke	Fire Bolt	Magic Net	See Aura	Telekinesis
Breathe Without Air	Concealment	Giant	Manipulate Objects	See the Invisible	Teleport: Lesser
Carpet of Adhesion	Death Trance	Globe of Daylight	Metamorphosis: Superior	Sense Evil	Thunderclap
Chameleon	Dessicate the Supernatural	Invisibility: Simple	Mystic Portal	Sense Magic	Tongues
Charm	Energy Bolt	Invisibility: Superior	Negate Magic	Shadowmeld
Cleanse	Electric Arc	Lantern of Light	Paralysis: Lesser	Super-Healing
Cloak of Darkness	Fire Blast	Levitation	Reduce Self	Superhuman Speed