Campaign:Troubleshooters/Ronen

Basics

• Campaign: Troubleshooters
• Name: Ronen
• Concept: Badass musical genius
• Caste: Dawn
• Motivation: End corruption in the East, by putting himself in charge and forcing things to change. (Then retire to an awesome place with a pool :D )
• Intimacies: His family, his mortal buddies, the circle
• Anima: A pattern of golden music notes, shining like the sun, looking sharp as broken glass.
• Experience: 7/228

ROLLAN TO REMEMBER SIDS, WHILE I'M HERE: 1. [BOTCHED :V]

Background

Long version

Ronen was born in Nexus, in the Cinnabar district. His childhood would have been completely ordinary if it hadn't been for two things: his musical ability, and his habit of getting into fights. One was a source of pride for his family, the other a source of constant worry. The fights stemmed from all sorts of little reasons- someone arguing with his opinion, someone attempting to bully him, someone picking on those weaker than him ... Ronen usually won, although sometimes he would go up against odds that were too great even for him, and he would return to his home beaten, but sometimes already planning for a rematch.

Ronen's musical ability only grew stronger with age, and perhaps less fortunately, so did his habit of fighting. The reasons escalated; something that started as a simple 'get off my turf, I'm performing here' expanded into a grudge, which then expanded even further; fighting off two or three thugs trying to jump him on his way home became a depressingly regular experience for Ronen. Still, he refused to be frightened away ("Look, if I can manage to punch my way through your men, you need to either leave me alone or start getting better men."), which only made the conflicts escalate.

Eventually, at the peak of the conflict, one of Ronen's performances was crashed by something close to twenty large, angry men. Their goal? Remove Ronen from the radar. And they were perfectly willing to destroy him and everyone else to do it. Completely outmatched, but not willing to let his audience be harmed in any way, Ronen just threw himself into combat with the men, all of 'em at once. He Exalted, and against all odds managed to beat them, using everything from his fists to chunks of broken chairs to entire tables to fallen enemies as weapons. Later stories of this concert would add that he finished singing while fighting; the song, cheerfully titled "I Am Fully Prepared To Keep Hitting You People As Long As You Keep Coming At Me" by fans, is sometimes heard in bars.

That performance was more or less his last high-profile one. Two friends of his, one a merchant who seemed to believe he was heading to high places in the Guild, the other a mercenary about to head out on a job, insisted on making sure he was all right after that fiasco, and by that I mean they endeavored to get him as drunk as possible. Halfway through the evening, the following dialogue occurred:

"... And nobody even did anything, I had to get ridd'veryone myself, but 'nyone else prob'ly would've messed it up, so it mighta been for the best."

"I tell you, Ro, you're ... you're the best, you should just be in charge'a ever'thin'. You'd fix stuff up right, you would."

"Y'know, that's not a bad idea? I should do that!"

(They were pretty drunk at this point.)

Against all odds, the idea stuck. And hey, why not? Henceforth, Ronen decided that he was going to fix goddamn everything.

TL;DR

SINGS. ALSO PUNCHES THINGS. PUNCHES THINGS A GOOD DEAL MORE THAN HE SINGS, THEREFORE IS A DAWN CASTE. ONE DAY WANTS TO FIX EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG WITH CREATION THEN RETIRE TO A SUNNY VILLA WITH A POOL. DECIDED THIS WHEN HE WAS DRUNK ONE DAY.

Personality

Ronen is a pleasant young man most of the time. He's cheerful, charismatic, and has a good sense of humor. Even when not performing, he still likes to sing whenever he can. This leads to such situations as trying to lead everyone in a certain pub in one round of song (and usually succeeding, much to his amusement). He has a strong sense of justice, although it's more black-and-white than it probably should be, and doesn't like resorting to violence any more than is necessary (although when it is necessary, he isn't against stomping someone's face in.) However, on a bad day he's someone you really don't want to spend time with; he can get overbearing and stubborn, and is sometimes prone to sulking if he doesn't get his way. Ronen has a habit of whistling, although annoyingly it's usually no more than five notes of any given tune in a row before he starts to repeat himself. If he's really bored, he will sing or whistle an entire song to himself.

Appearance

Ronen is around six feet tall (somewhere between 6'0 and 6'4), and of mostly average build. Any muscles he has aren't really evident, as he has a habit of dressing in clothing that's really much too large for him, and wearing way too much of it, at that. Depending on the weather, he'll be wearing anywhere between two to five layers on his upper body. His claim is that he gets cold, but it's more likely he just likes having tons of pockets. Ronen's hair is coppery red and cut to about chin-length, his complexion is pale (but not unhealthily so- he looks like the kind of person who burns in the sun rather than tans, as opposed to the kind of person who simply just doesn't get any sun at all), and his eyes are leaf-green. While he's certainly attractive, most of Ronen's appeal comes from the way he holds himself- his confidence and charm make him a popular guy pretty much wherever he goes.

Attributes

PHYSICAL		SOCIAL		MENTAL
Strength	●●●●o	Charisma	●●●●●	Perception	●●ooo
Dexterity	●●●●●	Manipulation	●●ooo	Intelligence	●●ooo
Stamina	●●ooo	Appearance	●●●●●	Wits	●●●oo

Abilities

DAWN		ZENITH		TWILIGHT		NIGHT		ECLIPSE
Archery	ooooo	Integrity	●●●oo	Craft	ooooo	Athletics	●●●●●	Bureaucracy	ooooo
Martial Arts	●●●●●	Performance	●●●●●	Investigation	ooooo	Awareness	●●●oo	Linguistics	ooooo
Melee	ooooo	Presence	ooooo	Lore	●●ooo	Dodge	●●●●o	Ride	ooooo
Thrown	●●●●o	Resistance	●●●oo	Medicine	ooooo	Larceny	ooooo	Sail	ooooo
War	●●●●●	Survival	ooooo	Occult	ooooo	Stealth	ooooo	Socialize	●●ooo

Languages: Riverspeak

Specialties

Performance (Singing +3)
Martial Arts (Solar Hero +3)

Backgrounds

Background 1: Followers ●●

Ronen was a pretty popular performer before he Exalted, and suddenly going all gold and glowy and punchykicky in front of the twenty or so people who didn't immediately flee left an impression. They don't follow him everywhere (they do have lives) but they are, basically, his fan club.

Background 2: Resources ●●●●

Ronen came from a reasonably wealthy family, and then did incredibly well at his chosen vocation. Now he makes a ton of money with the Organization. Therefore.

Background 3: Contacts ●●

His two best friends, Veri (who went on to become quite high-ranking in the mercenary forces of Nexus) and Dei (who now enjoys a comfortable desk job with the Guild, working out of an office in Nexus), have an uncanny power to find things and people that they're looking for. When it comes to Ronen, they're willing to lend him a hand if it's not too much of a risk for either of them.

Background 4: Artifact ●●, ●●, ●●●●

Reinforced Buff Jacket, Razor Claws, Perfected Kata Bracers

Background 5: Manse ●●

Sphere of Courtesan's Constellation

-- Story Backgrounds --

Background 4: Backing (Sasuke) ●●●

Charms

Ability	Name	Cost	Type	Keywords	Duration	Description
Martial Arts	1st Excellency	1m/1d	Reflexive (Step 1 for attacker, Step 2 for defender)	Combo-OK	Instant	Adds 1 die to an (ability) roll for every mote you spend up to ABILITY+ATTRIBUTE
Martial Arts	Fists of Iron Technique	1m	Supplemental	Combo-OK	Instant	Improves Accuracy on an unarmed attack by 1, Damage by 2, makes damage Lethal.
Martial Arts	Thunderclap Rush Attack	1m	Simple (Speed 3, DV -0)	Combo-OK	Instant	Has a lower Speed and DV penalty than normal attacks.
Martial Arts	Sledgehammer Fist Punch	3m	Supplemental	Combo-OK, Obvious	Instant	Doubles raw damage against an inanimate object.
Martial Arts	Dragon Coils Technique	3m	Reflexive (Step 1)	Combo-OK	Until next action	Makes clinch crush damage lethal. Also adds the Solar's Essence in dice to the dice pools to inflict, maintain and control a clinch. Also adds [ess] to the damage of clinch crush attacks. Cannot be placed in a Combo with extra-action charms.
Martial Arts	Solar Hero Form	6m	Simple	Form-type, Obvious	One Scene	Each success counts twice for the purposes of determining battle damage. Must spend one mote reflexively in step 7 each time he takes advantage of this effect. Also allows the character to make an unarmed block against ranged/lethal without a stunt.
Martial Arts	Heaven Thunder Hammer	3m	Supplemental	Combo-OK	Instant	An attack throws the enemy backwards one yard for each point of pre-soak damage. Targets that strike hard objects take one die of damage for each yard they would otherwise have travelled. This damage is typically bashing but it can be lethal if the target strikes a sufficiently dangerous object.
Martial Arts	Hammer on Iron Technique	3m, 1wp	Extra Action	Combo-OK	Instant	Ess+1 attacks vs. single target regardless of rate or multiple action penalties. Uses highest DV penalty for all.
Martial Arts	Solar Hero Supremacy	5m, 1wp	Simple	Combo-Basic, Obvious	One Scene	Cost of Solar Hero charms decreases by 3m (to min of 0). Solar Hero charms don't count as charms as long as you didn't already use that charm last action.
Resistance	Ox-Body Technique	---	Permanent	Permanent, Stackable	Permanent	Adds one -1 Health Level and two -2 Health Levels
Performance	2nd Excellency	2m/sux	Reflexive (Step 1 for attacker, Step 2 for defender)	Combo-OK	Instant	Spend up to Ability+Attribute motes, receive 1sux per 2m spent.
Performance	Phantom-Conjuring Performance	---	Permanent	Permanent, Obvious, Variable	Permanent	This Charm enhances the Chosen's performances and displays with ethereal, Essence-fueled accompaniments, such as music, lights and other sensory effects. These effects are benign and obviously unreal.
Performance	Respect Commanding Attitude	5m	Simple (Speed 4 in long ticks)	Combo-OK, Compulsion, Social	One Scene	This Charm forces an Exalt's audience to stay and observe their oration, performance or display.
Performance	Heart-Compelling Method	6m	Supplemental	Combo-OK, Emotion, Social	One Scene	UMI to make people adopt an emotion for a scene, costs 2wp to resist
Performance	Memory-Reweaving Discipline	10m, 1wp;	Simple (Speed 5 in long ticks);	Combo-OK, Illusion, Social	---	UMI to make people believe something, costs 1wp/scene to resist until they shake off the committment to the false belief
Performance	Husband-Seducing Demon Dance	10m, 1wp;	Simple (Speed 6 in long ticks);	Combo-OK, Emotion, Obvious, Social	---	Cha+perform+app vs. MDV. Anyone who can't beat the roll pays 2wp or falls in love with the Exalt or something he stands for. Must spend 1wp/scene to attempt to break off the committment once it's there.
Performance	Infatuation-Gathering Idol Methodology	---	Permanent	Permanent	Permanent	Whenever he scores more successes than any target's Temperance on a Performance attack, those targets acquire an Intimacy toward him. The Intimacy may reflect any positive emotion, and as long as a character feels it, he'll see the Solar as having an Appearance increased by an amount equal to half the Solar's Performance. Furthermore, one scene after any Performance roll that scores more than five successes, the Solar's Performance attack re-targets all creatures within a number of miles equal to his Essence.
Athletics	Graceful Crane Stance	3m	Reflexive	Combo-OK	One Scene	Automatically succeed on any valid Athletics action to keep his balance. Also, allows him to keep his footing on any surface at least as strong and wide as a human hair, treating it as a three-foot-wide ledge capable of supporting 1,000 pounds of weight.
Dodge	Shadow Over Water	1m	Reflexive (Step 2)	Combo-OK	Instant	This Charm is used in response to an attack. It allows the Exalt to ignore all penalties that apply to Dodge DV when resolving that attack.
Dodge	Seven Shadow Evasion	3m	Reflexive (Step 2)	Combo-OK, Obvious	Instant	PERFECT DODGE, BITCHES. Valor flaw.

Combos

• [UNNAMED COMBO A], 1m+, 1wp
  • First MA Excellency (1m+)
  • Thunderclap Rush Attack (I forget it's like 1m)
  • Fists of Iron (also 1m)
  • Seven Shadow Evasion (3m)

• [UNNAMED SOCIAL COMBO A], 10m+, 2wp
  • 2nd Performance Excellency (2m/sux)
  • Husband-Seducing Demon Dance (10m, 1wp)
  • Heart-Compelling Method (6m)

Essence

Essence: ●●●●●
Regeneration: 4/6/8
Personal Essence Pool: 22/22
Peripheral Essence Pool: 31/31 (48)
Committed Essence: 8 + 6 + 3 = 17

Willpower

Willpower: ●●● ●●● ●
Temporary: 7/7

Virtues

Virtues:

Compassion ●●●
Conviction ●●●●o
Temperance ●
Valor      ●●●

Flawed Virtue: Conviction
Virtue Flaw: DELIBERATE CRUELTY
The character wholly embraces cruelty. Her conscience vanishes, and she uses terror and cruelty to accomplish her goals, with only contempt for any perceived or exhibited weakness. She casually tortures and mutilates prisoners to sow terror and inspire obedience. This cruelty causes a minimum two-die penalty on all Social interactions not involving fear or intimidation.
Partial Control: The character can moderate her cruelty when necessary. She casually intimidates and tortures wherever effective and is incapable of kindness. However, she can show restraint and indifference when cruelty would be less effective. She still suffers from a one-die penalty to other Social interactions.
Duration: One full day
Condition: The character is subjected to severe stress or backed against the wall.

Limit:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	FUCK!!
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	X

Inventory

• Fire bead thingy!
• Resplendent Personal Assistant :D

• PERFECTED KATA BRACERS
  • Attunement costs eight motes. When the character activates a Form-type Charm, she adds her Essence to the accuracy, damage and defense of her unarmed attacks and of attacks made with the active Form-type Charm’s particular weapons. She may choose to inflict bashing or lethal damage at will and she may parry lethal attacks unarmed. In addition, Orichalcum bracers let Solars inflict aggravated damage on creatures of darkness.

• Razor Claws (Artifact ••)
  • Speed 5 Accuracy +5 Damage +5L Defense +3 Rate 4 Attune 6

• Reinforced Buff Jacket (Artifact ••)
  • Soak +9L/12B, Hardess +6L/6B, Mobility -1, Fatigue 0, Cost 2, Attune 3

Manses and Hearthstones

Stone of Courtesan's Constellation! +2 to Perform and Presence rolls.

Combat

Dodge DV: 7
Dodge MDV: 5
Soak: 9A/10L/15B
Pierced: 4A/5L/7B
Hardness: 6A/6L/6B

Attacks

Name   Speed  Accuracy  Damage  Defense   Rate   Range
Clinch  6        10       4B      --        1     ---
Kick    5        10       7B      -2        2     ---

Punch   5        11       4B       2        3     --- (Unarmed)
Punch   5        16       9B/L     7        3     --- (Unarmed, PKB active) 

Punch   5        16       9L       5        4     --- (Armed)
Punch   5        21       14L/B   10        4     --- (Armed, PKB active)

Health

[ ] -0
[ ][ ][ ] -1
[ ][ ][ ][ ] -2
[ ] -4
[ ] Incapacitated
[ ][ ][ ] Dying

Advancement

4bp: MA 5, Perform 5
2bp: Dodge 4
2bp: Manse 2
2bp: Athletics 5
3bp: Specialties
1bp: Thrown 4
1bp: War 1

16xp - ess 3
24xp - ess 4
4xp - sta 2
16xp - cha 5
3xp - Compassion 2
12xp - Strength 4

8xp - Heaven Thunder Hammer
8xp - Hammer on Iron
8xp - Solar Hero Supremacy
8xp - Graceful Crane Stance
8xp - Phantom-Conjuring Performance
8xp - Respect commanding Attitude
8xp - Heart-Compelling Method
8xp - Memory-Reweaving Discipline
8xp - Husband-Seducing Demon Dance
8xp - Infatuation-Gathering blah blah blah
32xp - Essence 5
16xp - War 5
6xp - Compassion 3
12xp - Conviction 5
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