[OOC] Worlds of Fire

[Ginnungagap]

Okay, so I lowered the TL (and in such an act took a major wealth hit), and added three skills on. However, I still have reservations as to how to interact that with my weapon qualities: The very fine weapons would cost 5 times as much as they before, but my wealth decreased by $10000. For now, I'm keeping the original (TL7+) pricing.
And yes, I know that at this point, it would be easier to add to IQ instead of the skills based on IQ, but that is only slightly better, and I'm not determined to fix it.

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Name: Jacobson Brennan
Race: Human

BACKGROUND:
TL 6 (TL 3 Arms and Armor) [-12]
Language--English (Native) [0]

ATTRIBUTES [112]
ST 15 [50]
DX 12 [40]
IQ 10 [0]
HT 12 [20]

HP 16 [2]
FP 12 [0]
Will 10 [0]
PER 10 [0]
BS 6 [0]
BM 6 [0]

Thr damage: 1d+1
Sw damage: 2d+2
Basic Lift: 45

ADVANTAGES [+68]
Payload 5 (22.5lb) [7] [Cosmic +50%, Cost 2 FP (to move any item in or out) -10%]
Combat Reflexes [15]
Enhanced Defenses (Parry, All) [10]
Striking ST 1 [5]
Daredevil [15]

Tau Glove [Can Be Stolen (Forcibly) -10%, Unique -25%] [-35%]
Payload 15 (67.5) [15.75] [Cosmic +50%, Cost 2 FP (to move any item in or out) -10%] [+5%]
Jumper (World) [Free] [Tunnel +40%] [+5%]

DISADVANTAGES [-50]
Enemy [-15] The Spiral Court, a medium sized group of supers [30], appears Quite Rarely (roll of 6 or less) [*1/2], wants him dead [*1]
Secret [-20] Ended human life on his world, must be kept from his superiors, current enemies already know it.
Nightmares [-3] Self Control=6


SKILLS [120] +6
Broadsword (A) DX+7=19 (28)
Two Handed Axe/Mace (A) DX+6=18 (24)
Staff (A) DX+2=14 (8)
Tactics (H) IQ+1=11 (8)
Armoury (Melee Weapons) TL3 (A) IQ+0=10 (2)
Cloak (A) DX+1=13 (4)
Meditation (H) Will+0=10 (4)
Autohypnosis (H) Will+1=11 (8)
Acrobatics (H) DX+2=14 (12)
Scrounging (E) Per+3=13 (8)
Intimidation (A) Will+1=12 (8)
Acting (A) IQ+1=11 (4)
Diplomacy (H) IQ-1=9 (2)

EQUIPMENT:
Warhammer (Fine), Sw+3imp (1,2*), ST12, 7 lbs, $100, *3=300
Greatsword (Fine), sw+4 cut (1,2)/thr+3 cr (2), 7 lbs $3200
Katana (Fine), sw+2 cut (1,2)/thr+2 imp (1)/(2-handed) sw+3 cut (1,2), ST10, 5 lbs, $2600
Quarterstaff (Fine), sw+2 cr (1,2)/thr+2 cr (1,2), parry +2, ST7, 4 lbs, $10 *3=30
=$6130
23lbs

Mail Hauberk; Body, groin; DR 4/2*; 25 lbs; $230
Mail Leggings; Legs; DR 4/2*; 14 lbs; $110
Mail Coif; Head; DR 4/2*; 4 lbs; $55
Leather Gloves; DR 2*; neg. weight; $30
Boots; DR 2*; 3 lbs; $80
Heavy Cloak; DB 2; 5lbs; $50
=$555
51 lbs

1 Man Tent; 5lbs; $50
Wineskin; 0.25lbs; $2
10' pole; 5lbs; $8
Backpack (Small); 3lbs; $60
=$120
13.25lbs


$13095 in everyday required possessions, as well as reserved for food and drink, and in the miscellanious category of things that one would not wish to keep complete track of at all times as to make this run in a smooth fashion.
(Surprisingly, with all this stuff, I still have 2.75 lbs of extradimensional space free.)

The Spiral Court:

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In all of human understanding, the Spiral is a thing unique to a single unstable plot of potential spacetime. The closest it can be represented with Euclidean geometry is the eponymous spiral (though in this case, it spirals infinitely towards its center, and infinitely outwards), and in three dimensions, it is more accurately described by a conical helix (similarly infinite in nature, but also infinite in height and depth). It is on this understanding by those who have perceived it, that it is called the Spiral.
The Spiral in and of itself, creates an attractive force (most strongly, it pulls on itself), and bends space severely. But it is just as much a psychic force, reaching deep into the very minds and bodies of those few sentient beings inhabiting its personal corner of the understandable multiverse, and in turn, they connect to it, creating a unique branch of psionics. In all of that universe’s history, only one civilization has ever even vaguely understood the Spiral, and they’re the ones who caused the whole problem on Earth-7Y0.
The Spiral Court is an organization that rose up in the absence of civilization. It was the hierarchy that was in charge in Jacobson‘s youth, and still is. They searched for powerful psychics among Earth-7Y0‘s limited population, and they found them, and brought them together as a singular group. From there, they attempted to utilize the combined energies to stabilize the collapsing world around them.
That‘s when they found the Tau. And with that ancient technology, they managed to hold together their little tiny chunk of rock. Barely, just barely, but the world was stable enough.

The Tau Glove:

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The Tau is not a modern invention. It‘s a forgotten thing, and for good reasons. Namely, the people that created the things is the aforementioned civilization that sent their whole world into a death spiral, and predecessor to Jacobson Brennan‘s. The Tau are poorly understood by Jacobson and the Spiral Court, except for what they clearly do: they allow a user more direct and controlled access to the Spiral, and more effective usage of their limited power (only those who already have access to the Spiral can properly use one), and by their very nature, they warp space around them, even while inactive.
The end of prior civilization on Earth-7Y0 can be directly linked to the widening usage of the Tau, but so far, this is something that has been ignored by the current inhabitants. (and on a linguistic sidenote, they are called Tau because of their association with the resurrection of their world, even if Theta would likely have been a better choice of name)

And now for Jacobson’s personal file. This concludes the first spoiler as well.

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Jacobson Brennan, 31, homo sapiens sapiens, former devout of the Spiral Court, native of Earth-7Y0. Wanted for gross negligence and ~1,000,000 counts of manslaughter.
Jacobson was born in a world quite literally torn apart at the seams, the only remnants of humanity living on a single tectonic plate, the largest remaining piece of their Earth. The only thing that held the atmosphere together was the Spiral‘s attractive force, and even then, it was slowly draining away, a slow death assured within a few generations, for all remaining life. Jacobson was recruited into the Spiral Court as a latent psychic, and through a rigorous training, they brought out his capacity to bend the space around him. When they gave him a Tau, and it was an eventuality, like with so many others, he worked with so many others, and as they gave all they could, the atmosphere was forced to remain with their little chunk of rock, bringing the loss of air down to something negligible, something that would keep humanity alive for centuries. Up until one of their best psychics disappeared.
Jacobson’s simple prowess with the Tau allowed him to warp spacetime in the local area, and it changed him from just an inept user of the Spiral, into an outright Jumper. He pushed his capacities farther than he should have, and he opened the first hole away from his own universe. And in going through it, he committed perhaps the greatest act of manslaughter in all history. His acts might not have killed anyone yet, but his refusal to go back to his world HAS. Many followed after his example, most to pursue him, while others tried to evacuate their world, to save their people. And with every human that left the universe, the faster the air ran out. Over a million died before they could be saved by those who had learned to jump. And all of it, is the fault of Jacobson Brennan.
This man is to be executed. At least, that is how the Spiral Court sees it.

Of course, Jacobson believes that his calling is for a higher purpose. 1 universe is little compared to 90% of all possible humanity, after all. However, his employment is infinitely aided by the fact that he doesn’t put the fact that he doomed his home on his resume.

[Talosian]

Unless you take positive or negative wealth, you start with wealth at the campaign standard TL (which is 8, so $20,000).

[ErhnamDJ]

Do I have a TL6 buddy joining me?

Aww, he has Daredevil. I was considering taking Daredevil.

Hmm...

[Ginnungagap]

That's a helpful thing to know then. I didn't know that little fact as a positive. I guess that puts me $10,000 back in the green.
Still wondering whether or not to change the price on my weapons, simply because he's a jumper and would have access to TL 7+ markets for such equipment.

[Talosian]

By raw, you do.

I had to multiply the cost of some of Seann's equipment by 2, 4, 8, etc.

I was pricey O_o

[Ginnungagap]

I'm talking about the difference quality of melee weapons that occurs at TL 7. Very Fine melee weapons drop to 1/5 of their previous price, and Fine becomes the base price. I'll have to recalculate then. This will take but a moment.

Calculations seem to be forcing a change my weapon quality, it seems. I can't afford Very Fine equipment at TL 6 prices.

[Totem]

Originally Posted by ErhnamDJ

Do I have a TL6 buddy joining me?

Aww, he has Daredevil. I was considering taking Daredevil.

Hmm...

I had been wondering whether Douglas actually had that already... And you have got 20 points to play with still I believe.

So, for that matter, does Talosian for upgrading Seann. Once I've got some numbers for those I'll open up the next section.

[Totem]

Originally Posted by Lamech

1) If you drop the points in surgery, first-aid, diagnosis, and physiology down to one and add some of those saved points to physician, you can then use the rules for "buying up from default"; surgery, first-aid, diagnosis and physiology all have a physician default which they'll be effectively at. You can end up with all of those skills much higher,

I'm still trying to get my head around this one, and I know that the spreadsheet I use won't handle it, so be cautious about it.

Originally Posted by Lamech

2) Drop all IQ skills above 1 cp down a couple of ranks, and add two IQ. You'll be more effective across the board and have more CP.

This will work unless you are aiming for a character who is actually skilled at medicine and so forth rather than being generally intelligent. So far I haven't called on relative skill levels, though it may come up at some point.

Originally Posted by Lamech

3) Take levels of the healer talent and drop the skills it helps.

This would be the easiest to arrange and probably the best for a medic as it emphasises the specific skill area rather than generalising.

Overall it depends on whether you're playing a character who is skilled at certain areas or generally amazing but happens to be impressive at medicine. Relative skill levels haven't come up yet, but may do.

Looking good though.

[Totem]

Originally Posted by Lamech

1) If I'm without magic I'm in trouble, but if I mathed right, haste can be maintained at 2 and shield at 1 for free indenfinitly. Which bumps it up to 11, and then retreat should bump it all the way up to 14 (13?), finally, the spell phase should be at 16, and that can block just about anything. But yes, sans magic I'm squishy as hell and with it one shot and I'm down. (As we've already seen.) If I had a few more points I would look into alertness and keen senses as well.

Can you confirm what your revised spell list is? You've mentioned a Shield, which I'm guessing is Missile Shield, but you also mentioned it being cumulative with Retreat which only works against melee attacks. A list just to clarify would be helpful.

[Lamech]

Originally Posted by Totem

Can you confirm what your revised spell list is? You've mentioned a Shield, which I'm guessing is Missile Shield, but you also mentioned it being cumulative with Retreat which only works against melee attacks. A list just to clarify would be helpful.

I'll update the whole sheet tonight. And shield and missiles shield are different spells.

I'm still trying to get my head around this one, and I know that the spreadsheet I use won't handle it, so be cautious about it.

First-aid, surgery ect. default to physician. (at -5ish) So if you pump a lot into physician all those others get raised too. The reason for the one cp is to actually have the skill instead of just a default. (It matters sometimes...)