[Silver Surfers] Nine Winds Wanderer

[Iron Penguin]

Name: Nine Winds Wanderer


Concept: Wandering martial arts hero


Motivation: Protect the common folk of the West by teaching them to defend themselves


Caste: Full Moon


Spirit Form: Wandering Albatross





Anima: Silver-white seabird's wings enfold him, opening slowly and majestically to stretch out above his head


Tell: Golden eyes, like those of a seabird


Favoured attributes and abilities in bold.


ATTRIBUTES (3 BP)


Strength 4, Dexterity 5, Stamina 4 (3 BP)


Charisma 3, Manipulation 4, Appearance 3


Perception 3, Intelligence 2, Wits 3


ABILITIES (5 BP)


Athletics 3, Awareness 3, Integrity 3 (vs. unnatural mental influence +2) (2 BP), Martial Arts 5 (2 BP) (Staff fighting +2), Resistance 3


Linguistics 2 (Low Realm, High Realm, Seatongue), Lore 1, Presence 3 (Persuasion +2), Socialise 3, Stealth 2, Survival 3 (1 BP)


VIRTUES, WILLPOWER, ESSENCE (5 bp)


Compassion 4 (2 bp), Conviction 2, Temperance 3, Valor 2


Virtue Flaw: Curse of the Threatened Ptarmigan (Compassion)


When her young are threatened, the mother ptarmigan feigns injury to draw the predator's attention onto her and away from her charges. So must the Steward afflicted by this curse take the suffering of others upon himself. While under the effects of Limit Break, if Nine Winds Wanderer sees the weak, the innocent or the powerless suffering, he must try to take that suffering upon himself. If he sees a slave being beaten, he feels compelled to stand between the master and the slave and take the blow himself. He might be compelled to confess to a crime he didn't commit in order to take the punishment upon himself, or to give up his own food and water in order to take the hunger and thirst of others upon himself. He may use and even initiate violence, but only to defend others and/or to gain the attention of the one inflicting the suffering, never in his own defence.


Partial Control: He may restrict the compulsion to taking on the suffering of those he considers members of his Pack.


Willpower 8 (3 bp)


Essence 2


Personal essence: 16/16 (16 total)


Peripheral essence: 28/29 (38 total)


7m commited to attune to artifacts, 2m commited to Treasure as Trash Misdirection applied to his Wrackstaff to make it look like a simple travelling/fighting staff


Health Levels: 0/-1/-1/-1/-1/-1/-1/-2/-2/-4/In


CHARMS (5 BP)


1st Dexterity Excellency


2nd Stamina Excellency


2nd Manipulation Excellency


2nd Wits Excellency


Bruise-Relief Method (has the Hardy keyword, so provides 2 x -1 health levels)


Relentless Lunar Fury


Hide-Toughening Essence (has the Hardy keyword, so provides 2 x -1 health levels)


Golden Tiger Stance


Wary Swallow Method (5 bp)


Secure Cat Stepping


New Friend Aroma


Treasure as Trash Misdirection


KNACKS


Deadly Beastman Transformation


Beast Power Concentration


Internal Form Mastery


SHAPESHIFTING


Spirit Form - Wandering Albatross


Strength 4, Dexterity 3, Stamina 8, Appearance 2


War Form


Wanderer's War Form is humanoid, powerfully-muscled, with the sleek white head and golden beak of an albatross. Great white wings emerge from his shoulders, allowing him to take to the air.


Mutation: Wings (Abomination)


Heart's Blood


Wild Dog


Str/Dex/Sta/App: 3/3/3/1


Attacks (Sp/Acc/Dmg/Rate) - Bite: 5/5/4L/1


Tiger Shark


Str/Dex/Sta/App: 6/3/6/1


Attacks (Sp/Acc/Dmg/Rate) - Bite: 5/6/6L/2


River Dragon


Str/Dex/Sta/App: 14/3/12/1


Attacks (Sp/Acc/Dmg/Rate) - Bite: 5/5/14L/1; Claw: 6/5/10L/2


INTIMACIES


+ The memory of his mentor, Seeks-the-Lightning


+ The remote desert island where his manse is located


+ Flying


+ Freedom


- The Immaculate Faith


BACKGROUNDS & PANOPLY


Moonsilver Wrackstaff (artifact ●●, 5m attuned) set with a Stone of Resilient Bamboo (manse ●●●)


Tattoo Breastplate (tattoo artifact ●, 2m attuned)


Heart's Blood ●


COMBAT


Dodge DV: 4


Parry DV, Wrackstaff: 8


Join Battle: 6


Soak (B/L/A) : 8/8/6


Hardness (B/L) : 2/2


Attacks (Speed/Acc/Dmg/Rate)


Wrackstaff (blunt end) : 4 / 16 / 12B/2 / 3 (2,M,R,O)


Wrackstaff (piercing end) : 4 / 15 / 8L/2 / 3 (2,M,Th,R,O)


Dodge MDV: 6 (7 against UMI)


Join Debate: 6

 

[Red Shadow Claws]

You have more Charms to choose. you get a free Excellency to each of your Favored Attributes.


In addition, you only chose 3 Favored Attributes, so you have one more to choose.

 

[Iron Penguin]

Ooh - free Excellencies are always good. How did I miss that? :question:


BTW - Wanderer's weapon is a wrackstaff, which is from SotM - let me know if you want to make any changes to its stats.

 

[Red Shadow Claws]

Blunt end's base damage is 8B/2


Pointy end is 4L/2, and pointy end has the Thrust tag rather than Piercing.


Both have the O tag.


This is before MM bonus, and before your own stats coming in.

 

[Iron Penguin]

BTW, is it intentional that it's more effective to use the blunt end unless you specifically want to do lethal damage?

 

[Red Shadow Claws]

Considering that Bashing soak is higher, not so much. Also, the Lethal end allows you to Thrust, which I believe about evens things out unless you deal minimum damage anyway.

 

[Iron Penguin]

The thrusting allows you to do as much damage, under certain cirumstances, as the blunt end. But given the usual difference between lethal and bashing soak, I guess that's about right. I wasn't complaining so much as wondering.

 

[Red Shadow Claws]

I know, just wanted to point it out.