Anastacia Lesch from Polaris is a Learned Human Doctor who Conducts Weird Science with a Skills And Knowledge Flavor in a Scifi world -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Might: ______ Pool: 10 Edge: 0 Defense: Practiced Speed: ______ Pool: 11 Edge: 0 Defense: Practiced Intellect: ______ Pool: 15 Edge: 1 Defense: Practiced Initiative: Practiced Effort: 1 Armor: 0 Experience Points: 0 Recovery Roll: 1d6+1 Rested > 1 Action > 10 Minutes > 1 Hour > 10 Hours Damage Track: Hale > Impaired > Debilitated Special Abilities ----------------- Babel After hearing a language spoken for a few minutes, you can speak it and make yourself understood. If you continue to use the language to interact with native speakers, your skills improve rapidly, to the point where you might be mistaken for a native speaker after just a few hours of speaking the new language. Enabler. Skills ------ Fast talk (Pool:Intellect, Cost:1) When speaking with an intelligent creature who can understand you and isn't hostile, you convince that creature to take one reasonable action in the next round. A reasonable action must be agreed upon by the GM; it should not put the creature or its allies in obvious danger or be wildly out of character. Action. Lab analysis (Pool:Intellect, Cost:3) You analyze the scene of a crime, the site of a mysterious incident, or a series of unexplained phenomena, and maybe learn a surprising amount of information about the perpetrators, the participants, or the force(s) responsible. To do so, you must collect samples from the scene. Samples are paint or wood scrapings, dirt, photographs of the area, hair, an entire corpse, and so on. With samples in hand, you can discover up to three pertinent pieces of information about the scene, possibly clearing up a lesser mystery and pointing the way to solving a greater one. The GM will decide what you learn and what level of difficulty is needed to learn it. (For comparison, discovering that a victim was killed not by a fall, as seems immediately obvious, but rather by electrocution, is a difficulty 3 task for you.) The task is eased if you take the time to transport the samples to a permanent lab (if you have access to one), as opposed to conducting the analysis with your field science kit. Action to initiate, 2d20 minutes to complete. Terrifying presence (Pool:Intellect, Cost:2+) You convince one intelligent target of level 3 or lower that you are its worst nightmare. The target must be within short range and be able to understand you. For as long as you do nothing but speak (you can't even move), the target is paralyzed with fear, runs away, or takes some other action appropriate to the circumstances. In addition to the normal options for using Effort, you can choose to use Effort to increase the maximum level of the target. Thus, to terrorize a level 5 target (two levels above the normal limit), you must apply two levels of Effort. Action. Investigative skills (Trained) You are trained in two skills in which you are not already trained. Choose two of the following: perception, identifying, lockpicking, assessing danger, or tinkering with devices. You can select this ability multiple times. Each time you select it, you must choose two different skills. Enabler. Knowledge skills (Trained) You are trained in two skills in which you are not already trained. Choose two areas of knowledge such as history, geography, archeology, and so on. You can select this ability multiple times. Each time you select it, you must choose two different skills. Enabler. Trained in three areas of knowledge of your choice (Trained) Light weapons (Practiced) Light Weapons Heavy weapons (Inability) Heavy Weapons Medium weapons (Inability) Medium Weapons You have few social graces (Inability) Any task involving charm, persuasion, or etiquette is hindered. Attacks ------- Punch Cost:Free Stat:Might Damage:2 Type:Light Skill:Practiced Distance:Immediate A right jab. Attacks are eased by 1 for Light weapons Light Weapon Cost:Free Stat:Speed Damage:2 Type:Light Skill:Practiced Distance:Immediate A light weapon of your choice. Granted from Starting Equipment. Attacks are eased by 1 for Light weapons Cyphers ------- Limit: 2 Best Tool (Level: 5) Provides an additional asset for any one task using a tool, even if that means exceeding the normal limit of two assets. Subtle Information Sensor (Level: 7) Over the course of one day, the user can activate the cypher a total number of times equal to its level. Each time, they can select a living creature within long range and learn the following about it: level, origin, species, name, and possibly other facts (such as an individual's credit score, home address, phone number, and related information). Manifest Equipment --------- Money: 0 - You have two additional books on topics of your choice. Granted from Learned. - Appropriate clothing and a light weapon of your choice, plus two expensive items, two moderately priced items, and up to four inexpensive items. Granted from Starting Equipment. Improvements ------------ Tier: 1 [ ] Increase Capabilities [ ] Move Toward Perfections [ ] Extra Effort [ ] Skill Training Background ---------- A Doctor is also known as a Speaker Doctor You're good with words and good with people. You talk your way past challenges and out of jams, and you get people to do what you want. Speakers are smart and charismatic. They like people and, more important, they understand them. This helps speakers get others to do what needs to be done. Learned You have studied, either on your own or with an instructor. You know many things and are an expert on a few topics, such as history, biology, geography, mythology, nature, or any other area of study. Learned characters typically carry a few books around with them and spend their spare time reading. Human You are the definition of the average humanoid. As a group, they have average might, speed and intellect. But behind the average human lies a saga of untapped potential, a story poised to leap the bounds of the ordinary and venture into the realm of the extraordinary. Conducts Weird Science Your preternatural insight and ability make you a scientist capable of amazing feats. Choose how you became involved in the adventure: - One of the other PCs asked you to come along because of your knowledge. - You need money to fund your studies. - You believed that the task might lead to important and interesting discoveries. - A colleague requested that you take part in the mission as a favor. Background Connection --------------------- Your neighbors were murdered, and the mystery remains unsolved. Focus Connection ---------------- Pick one other PC. You were once hired to track down someone who was close to that character. Notes ----- Possible player intrusions based on your character type: Friendly NPC An NPC you don't know, someone you don't know that well, or someone you know but who hasn't been particularly friendly in the past chooses to help you, though doesn't necessarily explain why. Maybe they'll ask you for a favor in return afterward, depending on how much trouble they go to. Perfect Suggestion A follower or other already-friendly NPC suggests a course of action with regard to an urgent question, problem, or obstacle you're facing. Unexpected Gift An NPC hands you a physical gift you were not expecting, one that helps put the situation at ease if things seem strained, or provides you with a new insight for understanding the context of the situation if there's something you're failing to understand or grasp. Smart +2 to your Intellect Pool. Granted from Learned Possible GM intrusion from your focus: Creations get out of control. Side effects cannot always be predicted. Weird science terrifies people and can draw the media. When a device created or modified by weird science is depleted, it detonates. Last Updated: November 5th, 2023 02:53 App Version: 0.10.28