Campaign:Essence Inversion/Zar Big Stomach

Basics

Name: Zar Big Stomach
Concept: The Greatest Fisherman
Caste: Full Moon
Spirit Shape: Nudibranch Tell: Purple and orange dreadlocks Motivation: Protect the weak
Intimacies: Fishing, Fresh Fruit, Adventure!
Experience: 2/60 (unspent / total)

Background

Pre-Exaltation: Zar grew up in a fishing village near Mantaville in the Coral Archipelago. At 7 feet tall, he was the largest man in his village, he also became the best fisherman and fighter for islands around. He fought wyld barbarians, wrestled a tuna, and one time he drop kicked a crewless pirate captain that thought he could order people around. Life was good, if mostly uneventful (except for the tuna, that was quite a day!) until he was set to marry a young woman from a nearby island.

Exaltation: One week before his wedding day, a small horde of wyld barbarians arrived at Zar's village late at night, but this time they brought a new friend. Inside a huge cage of coral and bone was the biggest wyld mutated SOB anyone had ever seen. It stood over 10 feet tall, had hair of squid tentacles, and (which he discovered much later) roared like a yeddim. And with a mighty "ALRIGHT SONNY JIM, GO GET 'EM!" the barbarians opened the cage and let the monstrosity go berserk. The men of Zar's village fought bravely with their whale-bone harpoons, but the barbarian wasn't even fazed by their attacks. Before long, it was Zar alone facing down a hooting, bellowing, and slightly drippy super barbarian (imagine Macho Man with squid hair and shark skin). Unfortunately, Zar was a bit outmatched. After being thrown bodily into a rock, the world started to spin, and the superbarb charged. Time slowed down, and a cloud passed over the moon. A woman made of ethereal light appeared before him, and said "You can succeed, I know it," and flashed him a smile he would have waged war for. Time resumed, he got to his feet, and looked over his shoulder at the women and children of his village. Zar knew he was the only hope they had to see tomorrow, and suddenly everything got red and tunnel-visiony. He fought the wyld barbarian for over an hour, trading blow for blow, until they found themselves on top of a round flat rock about 15 feet from shore. The details are a bit fuzzy, but Zar picked up the barbarian, flipped him upside down, grabbed his legs, jumped high into the air, and crashed the barb on his shoulder. Breaking its legs, spine, shoulders, and the rock, Zar looked down at his fallen opponent and held high the Hang Loose as the moon broke through the clouds. Unfortunately, he got a good look at his reflection in the now calm waters, and decided that, as a horrifying neon monster beast, it would be best if he left the village.

Post-Exaltation: After sulking on a beach for a couple days, a weird old man approached Zar and told him what he was and what happened to him. He introduced himself as As The Tides, and he became Zar's mentor for a time, giving Zar his tattoos and instructing him in the finer forms of not getting stuck like a pig. After several years of training and education, a sea serpent attacked several fishing boats not far from Zar's village (now named Splitrock Village). With harpoon in hand (and As The Tides taking a nap), Zar defeated the serpent by breaking its back with a mighty hug. As The Tides saw the whole thing, and decided he had no more to teach him when Zar divided the serpent meat between several villages on 3 islands. "Zar Big Stomach," As The Tides always said his full name, "I have no more to teach you. I will give you the name of an old friend of mine, he lives waaaaay out East, near the Meander River. Oh, and take this." As The Tides handed him Five Seas Fish Slayer, a long fishing pole made of moonsilver and black jade.

Zar Big Stomach, the greatest fisherman Splitrock Village had ever seen, hopped a boat to Chiaroscuro, and after 3 months of rowing and boozing with real sailors (and catching a street urching named Sancho trying to steal his food) Zar finally arrived in Lookshy, where he was no longer the greatest fisherman, but he wore the guise of a crusty old man travelling with his "grandson" as he made his way up to the Meander River.

Appearance

Seven feet tall, purple dreadlocks with orange tips, and dark bronze skin. Zar is also slightly chubby from a mostly fish diet but can still throw down with the best of them. His tattoos form spiralling squares and triangles on his torso, shoulders, neck, and cheeks. He's been growing a scruffy beard while travelling to cover up the tats on his cheeks (See Large Samoan Man under references for a good mental image).

Zar wears a woven palm frond hat on top of an orange turban, cowrie shell necklaces, loose fitting pants and long sleeved shirt purchased in Chiaroscuro, and brown leather sandals from Lookshy.

In warform, Zar appears as a huge, 10 foot tall nudibranch (see glaucus atlanticus under ref) with a bright purple and orange mane of fleshy tendrils (as per trinchesia sibogae). The rest of his girth is dark blue with his tattoos "protecting" various weak points on his torso, especially his belly and heart. His long, black fingers make a cartoony rubbery flexy noise whenever they move.

Heartsblood forms

A crusty old man
Sea eagle
Black boar
Coral snake
Hammerhead shark

Attributes

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

Abilities

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

Specialties

None yet.

Backgrounds

Mentor: ●●

Solar Bond: ●●●

Heartsblood: ●●

Artifact(dire chain): ●

Tattoo Artifact(breastplate): ●

Reputation: ●

Resources: ●●●

Followers ● (some kid named Sancho) 

Charms

(Stamina) Third Stamina Excellency: 4m, Reflexive, Instant. Double value of (Stamina) for one task/instant. Lunars pg142

(Stamina) Ox-Body Technique: Permanent. Four -2 health levels. Lunars pg157

(Stamina) Ox-Body Technique: Permanent. Another 4 -2's. Lunars pg157

(Stamina) Relentless Lunar Fury: 1m & 1wp, Reflexive, 4 actions (Essence x 2). Auto successes for combat rolls, ignore fatigue, etc. Lunars pg159

(Stamina) Hide Toughening Essence: 1m per 2 soak, Reflexive, Scene. 1 mote per 2 B and L soak, only spend motes up to (Essence). Lunars pg161

(Stamina) Scorpion and Toad Absolution: 2m, Reflexive, Instant. Add 3 auto successes to (Stamina + Resistance) against poison/disease. Lunars pg162

(Stamina) Scorpion and Toad Assumption: 3m, Simple, Instant. Spend 5 minutes and 3 motes to take poison out of subject and into self. Lunars pg162

(Stamina) Scorpion and Toad Mastery: 1+m, Reflexive, Instant. Recreate any previously experienced drug or poison, costs twice its resources in motes. Lunars pg162-3

(Strength) First Strength Excellency: 1m/1d, Reflexive, Instant. Add 1 die per mote to a max of (Strength). Lunars pg141

(Strength) Throat Baring Hold: 4m, Reflexive, Until Next Action. Instead of damage, roll (Str+MA) each success reduces L/B soak by 1.

Knacks

Prey's Skin Disguise - Lunars pg132

Deadly Beastman Transformation - Lunars pg137

C-C-C-Combo's

None yet.

Essence

Essence: ●●
Regeneration: 4/hour when relaxed, 8/hour when sleeping
Personal Essence Pool: 17/17
Peripheral Essence Pool: 37/42
Committed Essence: 5
(current / maximum)

Willpower

Willpower: ●●●●●●●
Temporary: XXXXXXX

Virtues

Virtues:

Compassion ●●●●

Conviction ●●

Temperance ●

Valor      ●●●

Flawed Virtue: Compassion, Curse of The Den Mother
Limit Break: □□□□□□□□□□

Inventory

Tattoo Artifact Breastplate (Core pg392)
Four bamboo fishing poles
Tackle box, complete with bone hooks, fishing lines, sinkers, various lures, etc.
Three whalebone harpoons (Single flue, double flue, and "The Mantaville Surprise")
Fish bone fish knife
Bag o' Fixin's (Chiaroscuro peppers, salt, various spices, 9 Hells Hot Sauce, etc.)
Ceremonial fireknife
Ceremonial creepy wooden voodoo mask

Five Seas Fish Slayer

(Artifact Fishing Pole, counts as dire chain, Core pg389)

The Five Seas Fish Slayer was awarded to Zar Big Stomach after killing a sea serpent to help with his travels. The rod itself is a thick moonsilver/steel alloy shaft with black jade insets along its length. The winch is over sized to accommodate the moonsilver/steel chain used as a fishing line. The chain terminates in a sinker of black jade, and is able to use any mundane hook. As The Tides told Zar there was once a moonsilver hook, but it had been lost in the jaws of a great sea creature or demon or something.

Manses and Hearthstones

N/A

Combat

Dodge DV: 4
Dodge MDV: 6
Soak: 6A/7L/9B
Hardness: 2A/2L/2B (armor only)

Attacks

Punch (Speed 5, Accuracy 11, Damage 5B, Parry DV 6, Rate 3, Tags N)
Kick (Speed 5, Accuracy 10, Damage 8L, Parry DV 4, Rate 2, Tags N)
Clinch (Speed 6, Accuracy 10, Damage 5L, Parry DV -, Rate 1, Tags C, N, P)

Harpoon (melee) (Speed 4, Accuracy 8, Damage 9L, Parry DV 4, Rate 2, Tags T)
Harpoon (thrown) (Speed 4, Accuracy 8, Damage 8L, Range 30, Rate 2, Tags *, P)

Five Seas Fish Slayer (Speed 5, Accuracy 10, Damage 13B, Parry DV 6, Rate 2, Tags M, R)
Five Seas Fish Slayer (clinch) (Speed 6, Accuracy 11, Damage 11B, Parry DV -, Rate 1, Tags C, M, P, R)

Knife (Speed 5, Accuracy 8, Damage 7L, Parry DV 4, Rate 3, Tags T)
Knife (thrown) (Speed 5, Accuracy 7, Damage 7L, Range 15, Rate 3, Tags *)

Health

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

Advancement

BP: 15 - 2 (MAx2) - 6 (DEXx2) - 3 (compassion) - 1 (survival) -3 (STR) = 0 left

XP: 18 (essence3) + 10 (1stStrExcel) + 10 (ThroatBaringHold) + 10 (ScorpToadAssump) + 10 (ScorpToadMastery) = 58

Reference

Nudibranch, glaucus atlanticus http://www.nudibranch.com.au/pages/7584b.htm
Nudibranch, Trinchesia sibogae http://www.nudibranch.com.au/pages/1900c.htm
Kinniku Buster (for exaltation story) http://bbs.enjoykorea.jp/tbbs/upload/photo/panimation/50000/20051219113500110595518400.jpg
Large Samoan Man http://www.cruising-samoa.com/IMAGES3/ASCLUB.JPG
Deep Sea Fishing Pole http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1175/1430283326_cac1d1993d.jpg?v=0