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Wistful Dangers

User name: StarGazer

Have you read the rules? Yes

Character Name: Wistful Dangers

Character Source: OC

Starting Location: Erde Nona

Physical Tendencies:
  • Power(P): 20
  • Toughness(T): 45
  • Quickness(Q): 30
  • Skill(S): 5
Personality Tendencies:
  • Aggression(A): 20
  • Cunning(C): 30
  • Diplomacy(D): 30
  • Support(S): 20
Physical Description:

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Height: 5'7"

Weight: 140 lbs

Body Type: Tall, curvy, athletic

Character History:

Wist was literally born in a prison. Shortly after her mother was incarcerated on Mond for several cases of 1st degree murder they discovered that she had become pregnant with what must have been a guard's child while being held for the trial. Although unusual, this wasn't unheard of- there's a protocol in place. In most cases, if the child doesn't have an outside source to claim custody and the mother is unfit for parenthood, the child is put up for adoption. Wist was on the moon though. It made it a little more complicated. Anyone who may have wanted to adopt her would have had to pay for transport off of Mond and there wasn't much incentive to jump through those hoops for the daughter of a known serial killer. So not only was Wist born in prison, she's lived there her whole life.

Wist's mother wasn't exactly nurturing, in fact she's probably a sociopath. During Wist's early childhood she was granted certain privileges and visitation rights, but after abusing those once or twice and coercing Wist into a few questionable situations they were revoked. As a young girl, Wist was angry. She wanted her mother, of course, but as she grew older she realized it was probably a reasonable decision to limit the influence a serial killer has in the youth community. And there was a community. The children of other inmates. Throughout Wist's life the number fluctuated and the relationships were often rocky and filled with feuds, but they looked out for each other. Yeah, sometimes that meant picking sides and getting in fights. Often times the friendships and sisterhoods were dysfunctional, but they did the best they could do to raise each other when no one else would.

It could never be enough though. Wist has been working for a while to get off planet, but it's expensive. She keeps her plans private, like she kept most of her life- it's natural for her. You can't put all your cards on the table in poker- and Wist is great at poker. She has a lot of obscure skills and questionably acquired knowledge (will specify below). She heavily invested in her own education, both inside and outside the system and she knows it's bound to pay off sooner or later.

Abilities/Skills:

Technical (Coding) - Rank 4(200)
Craft (Mechanics) - Rank 6(300)
Sports/Athletics (Fighting, hand to hand, no specific style) - Rank 3(150)
Sports/Athletics (Parkour) - Rank 3(150)
Social (Charisma) - Rank 3(150)
Knowledge (Self Awareness/Meditation) - Rank 3(100)
Knowledge (Culture) - Rank 4(200)
Research/Investigation - Rank 3(150)

Perk - Transit Discount without pairing (300):

Wist will essentially find different ways off world ic, occasionally failing. For example she could schmooze a smuggler, using Charisma, to let her on a ship for free, with risk of getting betrayed since smugglers aren't exactly trust worthy.

How much Essence did you spend? 1700

How much Essence do you have left? 300

Were you referred by an existing member?
No
 
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Ahana Varma

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You have written that you've read the rules, but haven't taken any Abilities or taken Perks alongside your Skills, which makes me think that you've maybe not understood them?

You need Abilities for combat; having fighting as a Skill is essentially useless. You can choose to take it for flavour, but it won't give you any benefits.

If you want her to be able to fight properly then you'll probably want to make Abilities with Damage, Agility & Speed Effects.

You can read the rules on Abilities & Effects here: https://multerra.zulenka.com/index.php?pages/rules-abilities/
 
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Wistful Dangers

No, I read the rules thoroughly and I understand how to use abilities and perks, but I have an arc in mind for my character. Since she starts off in prison, having lived there her entire life, she wouldn't really have a plausible way to have gained an ability before I begin rping. I did add a perk though, I know I have two more available to me, but I think I'm going to wait as I flesh everything out.

I know she wouldn't have a great chance in a fight with someone who has abilities right now, but that's a weakness I'm planning on building up into an eventual strength. Thank you!
 

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Yeah, there's nothing stopping you from making a skill-based character.

That being said, I don't think Craft: Mechanics and Welding would be considered different enough to require two separate skills- just Mechanics should cover both perfectly fine. If you want to swap it out for something else that's fine, or removing it would also be fine. Just let me know in this thread!

I'll get your name changed momentarily.
 
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Thanks for all the tips! I combined mechanics and welding.
 

Ahana Varma

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Craft (Mechanics) - Rank 6(300)

The max rank an Ability or Skill can have at level 1 is rank 5, so you'll need to reduce this. You can find more information on the character growth page:

Perk - Transit Discount without pairing (300):
While you can take a Perk without combining it with a Skill, it is a bit of a waste of Essence, as 1 Perk rank + 1 Skill rank costs the same amount of Essence as 1 Perk rank on its own.

Also, as per the rules page on Perks, any Perk without an accompanying Skill requires a description explaining why the character has those benefits.

That said, I think we're planning on ditching travel costs pretty soon, so you'll probably just end up getting that Perk refunded before long if you do take it.

If you'd like to keep up with the latest rule changes as they happen, you can join our Discord server:
 
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