Airknight Sivart

[tstoweschnell]

Hello all!

I'm hoping to join up using this character I created. Can you take a look and let me know what you think?

I had a few questions with regards to this character I wanted to ask:
1. I was hoping to add a +2 or +3 weapon to my character, but I couldn't find the stone price within the books, so I went with Psi-Weapon instead. How would I add a weapon in that way? Should I just stick with Psi-Weapon?

2. I didn't want to assume any challenge stones, but I wanted to give you the full back story I had envisioned. Based on what I've written, do you think there are any challenge bonus stones I could add?




CHARACTER NAME: Sivart of Air City
SECRET IDENTITY: Airknight Sivart
SPECIES: Alien,
GENDER: Male
HAIR: White
SKIN: Blue
EYES: Black
HEIGHT: 6' 4"
WEIGHT: 180 lb



[BIOGRAPHY]
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Born the third son of the King of Air City, Sivart was always the most ignored of the king's children. While his older brothers lead the armies of Air City, Sivart was left to protect the city. His brothers always disposed him because he was somehow able to beat them at every game they played growing up, but only just barely. Sivart never knew why this happened, but it gave him great confidence in himself.

In his defense of the city, he would lead the guard into battle and would somehow always just barely successfully succeed. After years of service, and many honors being bestowed upon his brothers, he was entrusted with Air City's greatest weapon, the Morning star of Glory.

However, this was not enough. Sivart wanted to prove himself to his father and guarding the city was never enough for him. He requested to leave his post as Guardian of Air City. His father denied his request. Sivart did not accept this, walking out on the family, job and city that he loved. One day, while battling a monster far away from home, he slipped off a cliff falling to what he thought was his death. When he awoke, he was in a tall field that turned out to be in the rural areas of Kansas, United States, Earth.

Now, Airknight Sivart walks the face of Earth, fighting evil the Air City way and trying to find out if there is a way for him to get home.

[APPEARANCE]
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Tall and slender, Sivart has very fair skin and long brown hair, often kept in a braid. The armor he wears is the traditional fighting apparel of an Airknight of Air City. It is light weight leather, bleached white, with light blue designs painted in many places. Feathers are attached at the shoulders, across the back and to the back of the helmet. Each feather is to signify a success in battle, of which Sivart has many. When going into a fight, Sivart will often add light blue paint to his face, a tradition of his city to signify their honor.

[AIR CITY FIGHTING STYLE]
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the Airknights of Air City fight using a very agile, quick-moving, almost dance like method. Strength can always be overcome by a reversal of forces and stealth evasion. Honor is a fight is not found simply in winning, but doing so with style, grace and art.

Total Stones : [15,1+4,2+24-4] = 40

[ABILITIES] [15w, 1r]
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INTELLIGENCE: 4 (2w)
STRENGTH: 2 (2r)
AGILITY: 5 (3w)
SPEED: 2 (2r)
DURABILITY: 5 (9w)

HEALTH: 5
ENERGY: 15
REGENERATION: 5

WEALTH: 0 (0w)


[ACTIONS] [4w, 2r]
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Close Combat 4 (2w)
-Agility Bonus or Weapon Modifier
-SPECIALTIES: Air City Fighting Style, Swords, Blunt Weapons,
Counter-Attack

Leadership 3 (1w)

Acrobatics 2 (2r)

Social Skills 3 (1w)
-SPECIALTIES: Royalty
Charm
Underdog


[MODIFIERS] [24w]
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Reflexive Dodge [+2] (3w)

Luck [+3] (12w)
-GOOD LUCK: +x stones to succeed by 1 stone.

The Morningstar of Glory (Mace) [+2] (9w)
- 2x Damage (+2)
- Armor Penetration (+3)


[CHALLENGES] [-4w]
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- Compulsion to Stick Up for Underdog (-1w)
- Displaced Royalty in a Lost Land (-1w)
- (Psychological) Urge to Feel Needed (-1w)
- Will abandon mission to search for Morningstar if disarmed (-1w)

[shazam]

To my knowledge the cost of a "Mega Close Combat Weapon" is MN, then you just add any advantages you think would make sense. So it would be cheaper to have a +3 Morning star than a Psi Weapon ability you can't upgrade, though you'll have to remember that since it's a weapon and theoretically can be stolen, disarmed, or destroyed it's liable to happen but I'd be surprised if a GM did that just to do that.

Here's a possible set up
Morningstar [+2] (6w)
- 2x Damage (+2)
- Armor Penetration (+3)

See equal to the cost of the morningstar but with a little bit more pop, not sure what other people will say but thinking that Morningstar should have something special about it.

As for challenges
- Compulsion to Stick Up for Underdog
- Displaced Royalty in a Lost Land
- (Psychological) Urge to Feel Needed

Finally I'm curious if your character is supposed to be a Sky knight why does he have no method of flying either of his own power or perhaps some sort of equipment?

[Dionon]

He needs challenges. Every character has to have at least one stone of challenges. Other than that, he seems like an alright character. I like the backstory.

[tstoweschnell]

This is great feedback

Dionon - Thanks for the feedback. I had some vague ideas in my head of what types of challenges to give, but I wasn't sure which would be best. Thanks!

Shazam - Thanks a ton!
First, I love those challenges. That's really what I was trying to get across in the story, so I think those three would go well!

As for the Morningstar, I like it more as a real-life weapon, but part of me, like you said, doesn't want to go chasing after it once an issue. I love the idea of a GM being able to use stealing the Morningstar as a plot point though. What if I added that as a challenge as well? "Becomes out-of-control angry without possession of the Morningstar" or "Will abandon mission to find Morningstar if disarmed"? Either way, I think I prefer your set up to the Psi-Weapon version.

As for being an Airknight, I had contemplated that. Part of me liked the idea that it was just a society obsessed with the air and that influenced his fighting style. Other than that, I had an idea to give him some air-like skills. I don't really want him to fly, but what about "float" or "lessen gravity's effect". I like the idea that. I would want any air-based skill to be helpful for a skick fighting style.

Maybe "Acrobatics" is my best choice. It's not exactly the same, but it's close to what I'm taking about. I mean, acrobats seem to cheat gravity, don't they? haha.

Thanks for the feedback, I'll incorporate it.

[Dionon]

Mar 29, 2012 23:34:33 GMT -5 shazam said:

To my knowledge the cost of a "Mega Close Combat Weapon" is MN, then you just add any advantages you think would make sense. So it would be cheaper to have a +3 Morning star than a Psi Weapon ability you can't upgrade, though you'll have to remember that since it's a weapon and theoretically can be stolen, disarmed, or destroyed it's liable to happen but I'd be surprised if a GM did that just to do that.

Here's a possible set up
Morningstar [+2] (6w)
- 2x Damage (+2)
- Armor Penetration (+3)

See equal to the cost of the morningstar but with a little bit more pop, not sure what other people will say but thinking that Morningstar should have something special about it.

The cost of a weapon in MURPG is MN +1 so that little set up you have there would be 9w not 6w as it would be

Morning Star [+2] (+1) (9w)
- 2x Damage (+2)
- Armor Penetration (+3)

[tstoweschnell]

Ok, so what if I drop the Armor Penetration and stick with the 2x Damage? If that brings it down to 6w or 7w, do you think I should buy Acrobatics with the leftover 2? Or do you think I'm better off just staying with the 9w weapon?

"Morning Star [+2] (+1) (6w)
- 2x Damage (+2)

Acrobatics 5 (3w)"

[Dionon]

That's up to you and personal flavor. Is it a mace or a spiked mace, that would determine in my mind whether it was Armor Penetrating or not.

[tstoweschnell]

I think that's a good point. In my mind, it's a spiked mace, so I guess I'll stick with the armor penetration. I'll make some adjustments to find space for at least a little acrobatics.

Thanks!

[shazam]

Wait are you sure Close Combat Weapons are MN+1 I thought that was Firearms cause I'm looking at pg 76 of the Core Rulebook right now and it says MN...well anyway, as for challenges...I'm not really sure how you or a GM would feel about it, I mean on the one hand it's clearly a psychological attachment to the weapon but going berserk...did Thor ever do that? Um...regardless you can do it, simply put (Psychological) Attachment to Weapon maybe say in the fluff that weapons from "Air City weapons are spiritually connected to the wielder so losing it is like losing a piece of yourself and some warriors have been driven to madness being separated from them" See you got a bit of fluff and it explains your challenge...which should probably replace the last challenge on your list maybe call it "Spiritually connected to morningstar" (3w).

As for Acrobatics...yeah acrobatics is probably one of the most versatile actions I've seen for this system and it gives you a lot of movement granted you can't fly or teleport but who cares when you can survive a 5 story fall without a scratch.

[Dionon]

Avengers Handbook sets the price for Weapons. Ranged and Close Combat Weapons are Modifier Number + 1

[shazam]

Oh...well that makes sense