Surah(pronounced Sue-rah)

[psistrike]

This is a character that literally came to me in a dream.

SURAH

Secret I.D.- Susan Huntington (refuses to use this name anymore)
Species- Half-human/half unknown subrace of humans
Gender- Female
Eyes- Purple with silver irises
Hair- Brown
Height- 5'8"
Weight- 128#

Abilities

Intelligence: 5
Strength: 4
Agility: 5
Speed: 5
Durability: 5

Health: 5
Energy: 15

Actions

Acrobatics: 6
[Agility Bonus]

Close Combat: 6
[Agility Bonus or Weapon Modifier]
-Martial Arts(many)
-Hand-to-Hand
-Wrestling
-Streetfighting
-Fighting using Acrobatics
-Multi-style

Ranged Combat: 3
[Weapon Modifier]
-Bow and Arrow
-Throwing Knife
-Thrown Objects

Hunting/Tracking: 4
-Stalk
-Follow Trail
-Set Up/Spot Ambush
-Set Up/Spot Traps

Social Skills: 4
-Streetwise
-Persuasion,Charm
-Linguistics
-Eastern Language/Cultures

Technology: 2
[Intelligence Bonus]

Thieving: 4
[Agility Bonus]
-Move Silently
-Shadowing
-Evasion
-Hiding

Wall-Crawling(Climbing version): 3
[Agility Bonus]

Modifiers

Accelerated Healing Factor

Reflexive Dodge: [+4]

Enhanced Vision: [4] (Infrared,See Auras and Magical Forces)

Wealth: [1]

Challenges

+2 Stones- Half unknown subrace of humans
+2 Stones- Looking non-human (Purple eyes with silver irises)
+2 Stones- Temper
+3 Stones- Haunted past(See background)
+5 Stones- Deadly Enemies (Huntington family and their organization)
+3 Stones- Compulsion to protect innocents and children
+1 Stones- Deadly Enemy(Own Grandson)

Story
Susan Huntington was born to a rich family with a loving mother and an emotionless father in 1959. Raised to be polite, charming, and taught many languages from the age of 2 her life was good until one tragic day.
Her mother Mary (True name is Marah) came down with a deadly disease of unknown origin and died within a week, only two weeks after little Susan's 4th birthday.(OOC: Unknown to Surah but suspected by her is that her own father used dark magic to inflict a supernatural curse upon his wife to kill her so he could study her body and find out the secret of her race's long life.)
From there things only got worse when she found out her human relatives including her own father and two half-brothers were into dark magic. They locked her in a small room with two stairways down to basement areas. One leading to an illusion of her own dead mother which insulted and berated her and the other leading to an illusion of her loving grandfather which would call her an abomination and worse.
This continued for years until the 12th anniversary of her mother's death when she was 16 they were at church and she finally snapped. Her father had been suppressing her superhuman abilities she inherited from her mother for years but her rage of all that had happened to her finally broke the spell and her powers activated.
She easily escaped by leaping and fighting past her half-brothers and then leaping through a stained-glass window. She ran as fast as she could until she colasped from exhaustion.
She has been traveling since then and has met many people over the years. She met and fought alongside Wolverine in Japan against the Silver Samurai, met Nick Fury who tried to recruite her for S.H.I.E.L.D. but she refused, fought Daredevil when there was a misunderstanding (It was stalemate because she refused to kill someone who protects innocents like her.), and many other adventures.
(OOC: If you use her for you own campaign then she can have met anyone you wish her to have.)
Her father and other human relatives setup an organization to capture and study Surah called Mystic.(OOC: The factor that gives Surah's mother's race as well as any child of 1/2 to 1/4th of their race a longer lifespan can only be studied when they are alive.) She has been on the run all over the world from them and has fought them many times.
She once settled down for five years to raised her daughter but was forced to give her up when she was 4 to protect her from her grandfather and his relatives.(OOC: This didn't work because five years ago Surah's father found her daughter and had her killed so he could take her son to study. Too bad for him that 1/8th children only have a normal Healing Factor and not an Accelerated Healing Factor which gives them their long lives.)
Surah has recently learned that she has an 8 year old grandson and tried to see him. It ended badly though when her grandson attack her using magic and said she was evil and killed his mother. Now she has a new mission, to reveal the truth of his mother's death to her grandson and get him away from the coruptive influence of his grandfather and uncles.

Design Notes:

This came to me in a dream including the fight with her grandson.I filled in the details from what I sensed in my dreams.
In my dreams she kept leaping from buildings and warehouses 50 to 100 feet. She was a very skilled fighter and acrobat, able to fight Daredevil to a standstill and to take out five ninjas at once.
She has survived over the years off of the money she made from odd jobs as well as by hunting for her food herself. She has also developed superhuman climbing skills from years of training.
She still physically appears to be around 21-23 years old and is above peak human in all physical abilities.

[psistrike]

I'm going to leave this character up until Wednesday and if I don't get at least one comment on her by then will remove her so this thread won't take up space.I just want one comment,good or bad as long as you don't out and insult me or the character.If there is no interest in this character then there is no point in me leaving this thread on these boards to take up space anymore.

[i3ullseye]

No, leave it up. it is hurting nothing by being here. I think many characters are well done but may not generate a flurry of discussion. This doesn't mean it should be taken down.

[psistrike]

Okay I'll leave the character up since you asked so nicely.Did you have any comments about her though? This character and her history literally came to me in a dream which I still remember some of after over 1 month.

[i3ullseye]

Well, to add the character to an existing campaign means to accept this sub-race of human as also existing, and that might be a challnge for some campaigns. But the character as built is cool.

[psistrike]

Thanks for the comment Bullseye. ;D And her mother's race exist in a large and unknown valley in Tibet.

[blindjustice]

Yes, please leave it up. I think she's kinda cool. Thing is (anyone reading this please note) I look at all the characters as I can, and am already planning on using a few (Marble comes to mind) in my adventure.

I don't always comment on them. In fact, I rarley do, but I do puruse them for adventure and NPC ideas, and will use bits and pieces from what i find.

Hmmm, maybe I should post come comments from now on, especially if a posting inspired me in some way. Maybe I should post something of my own....hmmmm...

Anyway, I like the character.

Later!

[psistrike]

Thanks blindjustice for the comment.You really should comment on a character someone else put up if you like it or they will never know.Some people(me for example)if we feel that we are being ignore because people look at the character but no one comments think that we've wasted our time and should just remove said character.
I won't do so in the future unless my character gets something like 40 or more views with no comments then I will be tempted to remove the character.

[blindjustice]

Point taken. I need to be more active in these boards sometimes I think. Participation is what makes these things go. Kudos to Bulleye for putting this site together.

Least we want to do is take it for granted, not support it, and have it be gone one day.

[Rushlock]

First Impression: You must be on a fantasy kick

Review:

The story is pretty original, and leaves room to expand. I feel she'd be good as an NPC for players to run into, and end up helping her somehow in her quest.

Only thing I'd question is her +4 Dodge, as that's pretty insane. Just look at people who have lesser Dodge, and compare them to her.

[psistrike]

Actually as I said at the beginning of the write-up I said this character and her story came to me in a very vivid dream.Her +4 Reflexive Dodge comes from the fact that in the dream she could dodge 6 highly skilled ninjas at one time with ease in my dream and also fought several demons summoned by her corrupt relatives on several occasions without being touch by them.