Campaign:Enfolding Ice/Undrowning Bear's Laughter

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Basics

Name: Undrowning Bear's Laughter
Concept: Ultra-survivalist
Caste: Full Moon
Tell: Shadow always has extra pair of limbs (even in warform)
Motivation: To prove he can never die
Positive intimacies: First Age junk, helping lost travellers
Negative intimacies: N/A
Anima: A glowing silver, 6-limbed grizzly bear
Anima Effect: Double move speed, leaping distance, and Strength (for feats of) for a scene.
Experience: -8/178 (unspent / total)

Background

Bear (as he calls himself) has lived in the wilderness of the North almost his whole life. He was born to a barbarian tribe that has since been wiped out, but he would go out and gather food and hunt. One unfortunate day, Bear got caught in a blizzard, and moments before his dead Luna appeared to him, saying only "Live." He has taken it to heart, and his tenacity is attracting the attention of elders who are impressed with his raw grit. Some say he has what it takes to be a sorcerer, if he could stay inside long enough to read a book.

Appearance

In human form, Bear looks like a Northerner with a shaved head and a five-o'clock shadow. Average height, broad shoulders, looks tougher than most mountains. Also has an almost permanent Clint Eastwood squint from all the time spent out in the snow.

In Warform, he grows to 8 feet tall, two extra arms pop out of his sides, his skin turns gray and lumpy, and his face elongates to resemble a hairless, featureless bear. Very gross.

Attributes

Strength  ●●●      Charisma     ●●        Perception   ●●●●
Dexterity ●●●●●    Manipulation ●●●       Intelligence ●●
Stamina   ●●●●●    Appearance   ●●        Wits         ●●●●

Abilities

Archery             Craft       ●●     Bureaucracy   
Athletics           Larceny            Investigation 
Awareness    ●●●    Linguistics ●      Lore          ●●
Dodge               Performance        Occult        ●●●
Integrity    ●●●    Presence           Medicine      
Martial Arts ●●●●   Ride        
Melee        ●●●●   Sail        
Resistance   ●●●●   Socialize   
Thrown              Stealth     ●●●
War                 Survival    ●●●

Languages: Skytongue, Old Realm, Clawspeak
Craft: Water

Specialties

none yet

Backgrounds

Artifact (bp, core p392): ●
Artifact (grand daiklave, core p387): ●●●
Artifact (bracers, core p383): ●●
Manse: ●●
Mentor: ●●
Heartsblood: ●●
Solar Bond: ●●●●

Heartsblood Forms

5m war form, 3m other forms, 1m true forms

• Young woman with rat fur brown hair, kinda cute but unremarkable
• Barbarian warrior from some tribe, looks kinda like Technoviking
• Winter wolf (counts as omen dog, core pg 350)
• Strix, white (core pg 350)

Charms

• (Stamina) 3rd Stamina Excellency (Attr 1 Ess 1 p142): 4m, Reflexive (Step 6), Combo-OK, Instant. Reroll a roll or double static value.
• (Stamina) Ox-Body Technique (Attr 1 Ess 1 p157): Permanent. Four -2's.
• (Stamina) Ox-Body Technique (Attr 1 Ess 1 p157): Permanent. Four more -2's.
• (Stamina) Ox-Body Technique (Attr 1 Ess 1 p157): Permanent. Still more -2's.
• (Stamina) Hide-Toughening Essence (Attr 3 Ess 2 p161): 1m per 2 soak, Reflexive (Step 7), Combo-OK, One scene. Pres (Essence) motes, recieve soak.
• (Stamina) Armor-Forming Technique (Attr 3 Ess 2 p161): 1m per 3 soak, Reflexive (Step 7), Combo-OK, Gift, Obvious, One scene. As HTE, but bigger soak and can commit (Essence) motes when going DBT for soak that doesn't end with the scene.
• (Stamina) Bruise Relief Method (Attr 2 Ess 2 p160): 1m+, Reflexive, Combo-OK, Gift, Instant. Heal 1 Bashing per mote up to (Stamina). Commit 2 motes with DBT to reflexively heal 1 Bashing with every action.
• (Stamina) Halting The Scarlet Flow (Attr 4 Ess 2 p161): 2m+, Reflexive, Combo-OK, Gift, Obvious, Instant. Heal 1 Lethal damage per 2m spent, 3m with DBT heals 1L per action, BRM and Halting gifted together heals 1L and (Stamina) B per turn
• (Dexterity) 2nd Dexterity Excellency (Attr 1 Ess 1 p142): 2m per success, Reflexive (Step 1 attack, Step 2 defend), Combo-OK, Instant. Spend 2 motes per automatic success up to (Dexterity) motes, or 2 motes per 1 DV.
• (Dexterity) Golden Tiger Stance: (attr 3, ess 1 p152) 2m, Reflexive, Combo-OK, Fury-OK, Instant. Elimate (Dexterity) points of penalties to dodge and parry dv's.
• (Dexterity) Wasp-Sting Blur: (attr 3, ess 2) 2m per tick, Reflexive, Combo-OK, Fury-OK, Instant. Reduce speed of attack by 1 per 2 motes spent to a minimum of 3 speed.
• (Dexterity) Octopus and Spider Barrage: (attr 5, ess 3) 6m 1wp, Extra Action, Combo-OK, Obvious, Instant. One attack at full dice for every combat capable limb, 4 attacks in human, 6 in warform.
• (Martial Arts) Stentorian Challenge: (MA 2, valor 2, ess 1 ImpLotus p15) 1m, Supplemental, Combo-OK, Instant. Add (Valor) in raw damage to any MA attack.
• (Martial Arts) Challenge's Anwser: (MA 3, valor 2, ess 1 ImpLotus pg15) 3m, Reflexive (Step 9), Combo-OK, Counterattack, Until next action. Any attack nor dodged/parried evokes counterattack, roll equal to raw damage up to double (Dex + MA)
• (Martial Arts) Violently Advancing Theories: (MA 3, valor 2, ess 1) 2m, Reflexive, Combo-OK, Until next Action. Move up to half movement speed between attacks in a flurry.
• (Martial Arts) Firceful Declaration Form: (MA 4, valor 3, ess 2) 6m, Simple, Form-type, One scene. Add (valor) to attacks and bashing soak. Unarmed inflicts lethal. Add differences between valor scores to Bear's dv's. Lower wound penalties by 1.

Knacks

• Deadly Beastman Transformation
• Prey's Skin Disguise

C-C-C-Combo's

Going Warform 13m

• Armor-Forming Technique
• Bruise Relief Method
• Halting The Scarlet Flow

  Warform, with extra soak (noted below) and heal 5B and 1L a turn (not a real combo).

Essence

Essence: ●●●●
Regeneration: 4 when active, 8/hour when relaxed, 12/hour when sleeping
Personal Essence Pool: 16/16
Peripheral Essence Pool: 30/44
Committed Essence: 14=8+2+4
(write your essence pools as "current / maximum". current should be lower than maximum if you have motes committed to artifacts or if we finished a session while you wasn't at your maximum essence. commit from peripheral.)

Willpower

Willpower: ●●●●●●
Temporary: 6/6

Virtues

Virtues:

Compassion ●●
Conviction ●●
Temperance ●●
Valor      ●●●● (used once)

Virtue flaw: Curse of The Lone Wolf (Valor, pg 124)
Limit: XX□□□ □□□□□
Limit Break Condition: Suppressing valor, mind control, full moon.

Inventory

Moonsilver Grand Daiklave named "Tatianna"
Moonsilver Breastplate
Moonsilver hearthstone bracers with Gemstone of Shadows (+2 soak, +3 dodge)
Tent
Dried Meat
Knife
Heavy fur clothes
An old dented cooking pot

Manses and Hearthstones

Gemstone of Shadows (Oadenols pg104) - diff +2 to recognize, +1 dv against ranged attacks
Jewel of The Flying Heart (Oadenols pg86) - +1 dodge dv and +1 to attack rolls with socketed weapon

Bear's manse is a ring of standing stones on the side of a windswept mountain in Middle of Nowhere, The North.

Combat

Join Battle:7
Dodge DV: 7
Dodge MDV: 6
Soak: 6A/11L/11B
Pierced: 3A/8L/7B (add half from armor and full from stamina)
Hardness: 2A/2L/2B (armor only)

--DBT--
Dodge DV: 8
Soak: 15A/20L/21B
Pierced: 7A/12L/14B

Attacks

Grand Daiklave (Speed 5, Accuracy 14, Damage 15L/4, Parry DV 6, Rate 2, Tags 2, O, P, R)
Grand Daiklave (DBT) (Speed 5, Accuracy 15, Damage 16L/4, Parry DV 7, Rate 2, Tags 2, O, P, R)

Health

□ -0
□ -1
□ -1
□ -2
□ -2
□ -2
□ -2
□ -2
□ -2
□ -2
□ -2
□ -2
□ -2
□ -2
□ -2
□ -2
□ -2
□ -4
□ Incapacitated
□ Dying
□ Dying
□ Dying
□ Dying
□ Dying
□ Dying
□ Dying
□ Dying
□ Dying
□ Dying
□ Dying

one Dying level per dot of Stamina and 2 per Ox-Body

Advancement

BP: 5 (BRM) + 3 (g daiklave) + 3 (int) + 3 (valor) + 1 (heartsblood) = 15

XP: 3 (ling 1) + 18 (ess 3) + 6 (melee 4) + 5 (resist 4) + 10 (2nd dex) + 10 (halting) + 27 (ess 4) + 10 (golden tiger) + 10 (WSB) + 10 (octo&spider) + 12 (dex5) + 3 (heartsblood) + 5 (MA 2) + 12 (StentChall) + 10 (MA 2 to 4) + 12 (Challenge) + 12 (VAT) + 12 (FD form) = 185

Shopping list

-Dots-
MA (3,2,4,6,8)
Athletics(3,2,4,6,8)
Dodge(3,2,4,6,8)
Valor(12)
Willpower(12)
Subtotal: 105

-Charms-
Wary Swallow Method(10)
Wind-Dancing Method(10)
Flowing Body Evasion(10)
North Mastery Technique(10)
Art of Forceful Declaration
2nd Strength Excellency(10)
Subtotal: 80

Total: 185xp

References

The sword - http://www.boldblades.com/Lowlander%20I.JPG
Bear himself - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY5qJHZCz2I