Shadowchasers: Rock Star Edition - Character Writeups

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chemvaH qIj ghobtaH mughato',
ta' Degh luneHmo' chaH,
veng naQDaq Haw'taH mughato',
ghaH tlha'lI'mo' chemvaH.
chaHvaD 'Iwghargh nobta' yej
'ej qagh ror nobta' qum;
ro'qegh'Iwchab nobDI' QaS,
vengvo' chaH ghImmeH ghum.

Proceed. Qapla'!

Here's my character, tell me if there's anything that needs to be fixed Blue.

Name: Alexander Saturn
Class: Charismatic Hero 5
Occupation: Celebrity(Singer)
Size: Medium
Gender: Male

Strength: 10(+0) BAB: +2 XP: 15,000/21,000
Dexterity: 11(+0) Speed: 30' HP: (5d6 + 6)
Constitution: 10(+0) Init: +0 Grapple: +2
Intelligence: 13(+1) Reputation: +7
Wisdom: 13(+1) Wealth: 10
Charisma: 19(+4)

Base Armor Def Dex Size Nat Misc Total
Armor: 10 0 10



Base Mod Misc Total
Fort: 3 0 0 3
Ref: 3 0 0 3
Will: 1 0 0 1

Weapon Attack Damage Critical
Punch 2 1d3 19-20
Switchblade +2 1d4 19-20
Languages: English(R/W) Kiswalihi(R/W) Japanese(R/W)

Talents
Charm(+5 to all Charisma based checks on Males)

Fast-Talk(+5 to all Bluff, Diplomacy, or Gamble checks while trying to lie or cheat)

Favor(Ability to ask any source for a favor, and +5 to any check involving asking a favor, DC varies by Favor at GM’s discretion)

Skills(64/12pts, 8/4 max ranks)

Skills Ranks Mod Misc Total
Bluff 8 4 2 14
Diplomacy 8 4 2 14
Gather Information 8 4 2 14
Knowledge(Art) 8 1 0 9
Perform(Sing) 8 4 0 12
Profession(Singer) 8 1 2 11


Feats:
Deceptive
Renown
Trustworthy
Windfall(2)
Simple Weapons Proficiency

Equipment:
Switchblade
Lamborghini Diablo(Black)
Cell Phone(Motorola Razr)

Appearance: Alexander Saturn is known as one of the world’s sexiest men. Standing 5'11 at a lean 150 pounds, Alexander has a trim, toned figure, that accents his tight clothing perfectly. Impeccably dressed, Alexander has always been on the forefront of fashion, with personal connections to some of Italy’s most popular designers.

Alexander has short, black hair, with silver highlights through it. His eyes are a piercing sapphire blue, with a golden triangle birthmark in his right eye. He has tan skin, with a clean face of any facial hair.

Background: Alexander Saturn. The name is known worldwide, from Tokyo to Geneva. Quite possibly the most famous singer of all time, Alexander Saturn has a wild and decadent history that would put most musicians to shame.

Born in Zanzibar, he was born with the name Dominic Shalkora. He attended public school until 14, when he began to display a talent for singing. His father believed he had a great destiny ahead of him, and against his mother’s wishes, sent him to a music school in Vienna. It was there where he truly transformed his voice from that of a pubescent schoolboy into a mix between an Angel and the Devil himself. With an almost supernatural range of four octaves, he was top of his class and the most famous singer in Vienna. Even at age 17, his solo album was already on top of the Austrian charts.

At age 19, he left Vienna for Tokyo, to pursue his music career even further. His goal was to become the greatest singer on the Earth, and he was dedicated to it. He knew his native African name would never roll on the tongues of the people, so he changed it to a more attractive name, Alexander Saturn. He released his first album under the new title, “Saturn Rising”. It sold an astonishing 5,000,000 copies worldwide, and skyrocketed him to paramount levels of fame.

It was around this time that he met the 3 men who would compose with him the rock band that would shake the world for the next 11 years, Etyrnyty. Their names were Kitsuru Homoko, James Erwood, and Kyle VanPhoenix. They met at a concert in Tokyo, and instantly knew that together, they could conquer the earth.

They took to the studio the next week, where they recorded their debut album, “Etyrnyty”. With chart-toppers like “Stratosphere” and “Omega Denial”, they sold 12,000,000 copies. With each new album, they sold more astonishing numbers, broke more records, and blew out more stadiums than any rock band before. Etyrnyty was the band to end all bands.

But not all was glorious behind the scenes. Alexander had succumb to a hedonistic lifestyle, and a mixture of drugs, champagne, and other forms of excess caused him to have total heart failure one night in Paris. The paramedics arrived to find Alexander dead on the hotel floor, but thankfully, Adrenaline somehow brought him back. Kitsuru, Alex’s best friend, was deeply scared by this, and tried to convince Alexander to enter rehab.

But Alexander’s stubborn attitude was too much for that, and he left the same week for Tokyo, where he entered a 6 month spree of decadence. Finally, on July 11th, it all came crashing down when he overdid it again and succumbed to another heart attack. An hour later, he was found by Kitsuru, who had came to Tokyo to save his life. But he was too late, or so he thought. Adrenaline once again was Alex’s savior, and when he awakened, he found himself in a rehab clinic, with no chance of escape.

The next year of his life was spent in rehabilitation, where Alexander recovered from his addictions and was finally able to return to a clean lifestyle. He returned to Saturn Studios in Tokyo, Eternyty’s Recording Studio, where the group recorded their 9th album, “Return to Earth”. The album was heavily influenced by Alex’s jaunt in rehab, but was considered one of their greatest records nonetheless.

Now, Alexander Saturn has been called by the RPIAA to lead this group of musician’s in the world’s greatest tour, for charity purposes to the public, but in reality, a much darker motive is behind it...

Mitch Roland
Smart 3/Occultist 2 – Creative

Background
Born in Salford, Lancashire, Mitchell Roland was the son of a truck driver, Kenneth, and a homemaker, Maude – he has a brother and a sister, John and Gwendolyn, who are older and younger respectively. Mitch displayed a passion for music at an early age, learning the violin as a child and playing in a children’s orchestra in Manchester. As a teen however, his muse was captured by rock and roll, and he moved to London to join the Mod scene exploding in Great Britain. He picked up the guitar and made a living busking in front of tube stations and West End theatres, covering artists such as Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley while working in his own tunes from time to time. This was followed by a series of gigs in coffee houses, and it was here that he met Terrence (Terry) Jones, another Mod and struggling musician.

Together Mitch and Terry formed a band, Coelacanth, and with Mitch providing lead vocals and guitars and Terry playing percussion they cut two albums and released three singles – they achieved modest success, largely on the strength of Mitch’s catchy hooks. However, on the verge of a European tour, Mitch and Terry split, citing creative differences.

Forming a new band, Fresh Fish, on the skeleton of the old, Mitch proceeded with the tour; during the tour he penned a song, “Star Swan,” that would be recorded on the band’s return to England later that year. The song started off slowly but persistent radio play drove it to Number 2 on the British charts, and the young musician became a pop star.

Over the next several years Mitch and Fresh Fish would chart seven Top Ten hits, including two Number Ones (the art-rock ballad “Antiquarian Jane” and the raunchy metal anthem “Bang It Out”) and three Number Twos. After releasing a “Best of...” compilation album, Mitch began devoting more of his time to songwriting and poetry, publishing two books of verse that were well-received critically.

Mitch’s success as a musician was perhaps aided by his exotic stage persona. Referring to himself as the Wizard of Avalon, the Poet-Mage, and Childe Roland, the boy from Lancashire affected an otherworldly air of mystery about himself. He spent six months in the south of France studying with a guru whom he would only call, “The Socerer,” and claimed to be learning lost lore from the age of Merlin and Morgan la Fey. Both his songs and poetry reflect an interest in magic and the occult.

Mitch married Jane Rothschild but divorced five years later – they have a son, Charlemagne Peregrine. (“Charlie”). Mitch is close with both his ex-wife and his son.

Appearance
Mitch’s usual costume consists of some variation on the following: a colorful embroidered dashiki or fluffy peasant shirt, a silk or velvet frock coat and matching top hat, and flaring bell bottoms over boots or sandals. He wears various pendants, rings and bracelets and accents the outfit with a feather boa or long silk aviator’s scarf. His makeup includes eyeliner and glitter eye shadow as well as earthy lipsticks. In more relaxed settings such as the studio he wears the dashiki over a pair of old blue jeans.

Mitch’s dark brown hair is an unruly mane of corkscrew curls worn down to his shoulders. His face is quite youthful with large child-like brown eyes and full lips.

Strength 10/±0
Dexterity 10/±0
Constitution 10/±0
Intelligence 16/+3
Wisdom 12/+1
Charisma 16/+3 [includes +1 attribute bump at 4th level]

Hit Points 27

Move 30-ft

BAB +2 [Sma3 +1 + Occ2 +1]
- Melee +2 [BAB +2 + Str ±0]
-- Improvised weapon -2 [Dmg. 1 D/1-2 T/1d3 S/1d4 M/1d6 L bludgeoning/Crit. 20/Rng. 10-ft. max]
Ranged +2 [BAB +2 + Dex ±0]
-- Improvised weapon -2 [Dmg. 1 D/1-2 T/1d3 S/1d4 M/1d6 L bludgeoning/Crit. 20/Rng. 10-ft. max]

Defense 12 [Sma3 +1 + Occ2 +1]
- Touch 12 [Sma3 +1 + Occ2 +1]
- Flat-footed 12 [Sma3 +1 + Occ2 +1]

Fortitude +1 [Sma3 +1 + Occ2 ±0 + Con ±0]
Reflex +1 [Sma3 +1 + Occ2 ±0 + Dex ±0]
Will +5 [Sma3 +3 + Occ2 +1 + Wis +1]

Reputation +4 [Sma3 +1 + Occ2 ±0 + Renown +3]
Action Points 33
Wealth Yes
Allegiances Songwriting, Charlie

Background: Creative
Class skills: Craft (writing), Perform (sing), Perform (stringed instrument)
Wealth +2

Skills (* denotes class skills) -
Balance ±0 [Dex ±0]
Bluff +3 [Cha +3]
Climb ±0 [Str ±0]
Computer Use* +8 [5 ranks + Int +3]
Concentration* +8 [8 ranks + Con ±0]
Craft (structural)* +3 [Int +3]
Craft (visual art)* +3 [Int +3]
Craft (writing)* +14 [8 ranks + Int +3 + Creative competence bonus +1 + Creative +2]
Decipher Script* +13 [8 ranks + Int +3 + Sutdious +2]
Diplomacy +3 [Cha +3]
Disguise +5 [2 ranks + Cha +3]
Drive ±0 [Dex ±0]
Escape Artist ±0 [Dex ±0]
Forgery* +3 [Int +3]
Gamble +1 [Wis +1]
Gather Information +3 [Cha +3]
Hide ±0 [Dex ±0]
Intimidate +3 [Cha +3]
Jump ±0 [Str ±0]
Knowledge (arcane lore)* +17 [8 ranks + Int +3 + Savant +3 + Educated +2]
Knowledge (art)* +10 [5 ranks + Int +3 + Educated +2]
Knowledge (popular culture)* +6 [3 ranks + Int +3]
Knowledge (untrained)* +3 [Int +3]
Listen +1 [Wis +1]
Move Silently ±0 [Dex ±0]
Navigate* +3 [Int +3]
Perform (sing)* +13 [8 ranks + Cha +3 + Creative +2]
Perform (stringed instruments)* +8 [5 ranks + Cha +3]
Perform (all others) +3 [Cha +3]
Profession +7 [6 ranks + Wis +1]
Read/Write Languages* - English, French
Research* +11 [6 ranks + Int +3 + Studious +2]
Ride ±0 [Dex ±0]
Search +3 [Int +3]
Sense Motive +1 [Wis +1]
Speak Language* - English, French
Spot +1 [Wis +1]
Survival +1 [Wis +1]
Swim ±0 [Str ±0]
Treat Injury +1 [Wis +1]
Use Magic Device* +11 [8 ranks + Int +3]

Feats
Simple Weapons Proficiency
Educated
Studious
Creative
Renown

Talents
Savant – Knowledge (arcane lore)
Plan

Class abilities
Arcane skills
Spell resistance
Arcane research

Equipment and Encumbrance
Aluminum travel case (10-lb capacity) –
-- Notebook computer with wireless modem
-- Digital camera
-- Digital recorder
-- Printer
-- Chemical light sticks (5)
Cellular phone
Sea foam green Fender Jaguar with case and shoulder strap

Sorry for being so silent guys, I see Blue in RL allot so I was just ran my few questions past him there. I'll come back later and fill in the few blanks and drop some more details in.

He laughs easily, and with a thick Mid-west accent begins to speak, in a low and pleasantly gravelly voice.
“All right I know y'all read them interviews and well, lemme tell you the real story of my lifeat home, afore all this.

Middle of Nowhere, America. All my life in a town with only three streetlights, ever'body knows ever'body. My Pa had a little farmstead 3 miles down a dirt road (tweren't really much of a road) off the interstate. 16,000 acres of corn. I'll tell ya what, it was beautiful out there. Not much to do mind, for a young boy comin' into his own. But when I was eight years old, my daddy let me shoot one of his guns, and I was hooked. Most kids have an allowance of money, my daddy made mine an allowance of ammo. Seems that all I'd do, when I weren't fixin' up that old tractor, 'r any the other chores need doin' on a workin' farm was shoot. It was just me, pa, my brother and two farmhands. Farmhands, hell, Rob and David were family.Ma died givin' birth to me, Lord rest her soul in Heaven. No friends to speak of really, Pa handled my education so I didn't go to school. Now don't you make faces, Pa was a brilliant man, been through college twice with high marks ta boot.

I learned the truth on my 13th birthday. The truth about those miles and miles of corn. You'd see things, sometimes, when you were out there on your own. Outta the corner of yer eyes, movement. Something above or between the stalks on the very edges of your vision, just far enough away that you didn't believe it. The truth was, you weren't just seeing things, tricks of the lights and your eyes. There was a reasons Pa and the 'hands sealed the house up tight every night before sundown. There was always somebody awake, too. Usually in the attic, which was only half roofed, and had a door going out to the little balcony. Keepin' watch, I found out, eventually.

We only went into town a couple of times a month, t'get some of the neccesities.The year I was 15, there was supposed to be a concert. Biggest rock show to hit the nearest football stadium.And I couldn't go. No money for the ticketsa, despite what I saved up. So I went anyway, rode my little dirt bike all they way over to the next town. Started pourin' rain soon as I got there too. And I will tell you, hearing that echoing, wailing guitar comin' through them concrete walls and the rain and the thunder and the lightnin'.... whooo-ee. It changed my life.

I bought me a guitar next time I went into town. I ahd no udea what I was doin', and my "practicing" made all three of the hounds on the farm howl. But my brother Joey, and Pa too, he kept me doin it. He saw that I loved it. And it was real to me. I found out, that by playin' that music, all by my lonesome all night long on my watches, which i started doin' now that i was older, kept the thing sin the corn happy. Kept 'em away. And eventually, when I got good, and I mean, I could make the corn sing, they left. Never saw nothin' after. The farm felt, peaceful like. Too quiet. I left home come 20, with Pa's blessing, my guitar, and even Pa's gun which gave me. I found a litle place in the city, and started playin' on street corners. And... well, you done read the rest in Rolling Stone."

DANIEL BUADHN (pronounced Boon)
(Charismatic Hero 3/Personality 2)

Age: 53
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 175lb.
Reach: 5' (5x5)
Size & Type: Med. Humanoid
Occupation: Celebrity

STR: 10 (+0)
DEX: 11 (+0)
CON: 10 (+0)
INT: 14 (+2)
WIS: 14 (+2)
CHA: 16 (+3)

Hit Points: 37
Initiative: +0
BAB: +2
Wealth: +8
Reputation: +8
Action Points: 33
Wealth Bonus: +8

Defense: 12
Fort: +4
Ref: +4
Will: +3
Damage Threshold: 10

Skills
Bluff +13; Diplomacy +13; Disguise +11; Gather Information +11; Hide +3; Intimidate +9; Move Silently +3; Perform: Sing +12; Research +5; Search +6

Talents / Feats
Bonus Class Skill (Research); Dazzle (Will DC 16); Fast Talk (+3 to Bluff, Diplomacy & Gamble when lying); Unlimited Access (bonus 2); Deceptive; Personal Firearms Proficiency; Renown; Simple Weapons Proficiency; Trustworthy

Gear
Camera Bag (10lb. Cap.) (1lb.)
Formal Outfit - Designer (3lb.)
Camera - Digital (0.5lb.)
Multi-function PDA/Cell Phone (0.5lb.)
Cellular Modem (1lb.)
Notebook Computer (5lb.)
Portable video camera (2lb.)
Disguise kit (5lb.)

Daniel Buadhn was born in Cumbernauld, Scotland, on 09 December 1952. When he was 3 years old, his parents moved to Canada for his father's work. When Daniel was 12 years old, his parents moved again, this time to the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio.

In September 1970, Daniel went straight from High School to the Pittsburgh Institute of Art & Design. It was here that he met Chris Franz and Tonya Heyward who were also enrolled as Freshmen. Daniel was not very impressed by art school: "I think art school is a real racket, especially in this country. You run into a couple of good teachers and some interesting students but for the amount of money you spend, it's not worth it".

At the Pittsburgh Institute of Art & Design, Daniel studied a functional design program. He also took a conceptual art course. The staff were not sure about Daniel, particularly when he put on a performance in which he had his hair and moustache shaved off onstage to a pipe organ and accordion accompaniment while a stripperl displayed cue cards written in Russian. His professors were not impressed, and Daniel found himself out on the street. He had been in art school for one year.

After that he travelled around the United States. Back in Cleveland Daniel met a guy called Marc Tahoe and together they formed a duo called Bad Juju - and apt name since Daniel sang and Marc played the accordion, triangle and bagpipes. Bad Juju lasted from February 1971 until March 1972, during this year they played at the art school, a theatre and the local nightclubs, before moving to San Francisco where they busked on the streets and sometimes got jobs in restaurants. Their repertoire consisted mainly of old standards such as 'The Glory Of Love', 'April Showers' and the Frank Sinatra songbook. When spring came around, Marc went off to make underground movies and Daniel decided to move back to Cleveland to see his friends Chris and Tonya.

Daniel was leadsinger of The Headshotz. He also (co-) wrote most of their music and lyrics. Since 1981 he has been doing solo projects, which eventually resulted in the split of Headshotz in 1991.

Slaye M'Neow - Smart 5

Slaye M'Neow

Male
Birthplace: The Strip, U.S.A
Height: 6'11""
Weight: 134 lbs
Age: 36 (December 5, 1968)
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Long, Blonde
Classes: Smart 5
Occupation: Religious

XP: 10,001

Vision Type: Normal
Action Points: 7
Reputation: +2
Wealth: +4 (+2 starting, +2 Religious)

Speed: 30'

Initiative: +3 (+3 Dex)

STR 10 (0) (costs 2)
DEX 16 (+3) (costs 10)
CON 10 (0) (costs 2)
INT 16(+3) (costs 10)
WIS 11 (0) (costs 2)
CHA 10 (0) (costs 2)

4th level: +1 Wis

HP:
Massive Damage:

AC:
[15 Base, +3 Dex, +2 Defense Bonus]

Saves:
Fort +1 [1 base +0 Con]
Ref +4 [1 base +3 Dex, +2 Lightning Reflexes]
Will +3 [3 base +0 Wis]

Languages Known:
~ English

Attacks:
Base Attack: +2 [No Bonuses]
Melee: +2 [+2 base +0 Str] +1 damage
Ranged: +5 [+2 base +3 Dex]
Grapple: +2 [+2 base +0 Str]

Skills:
Smart 48+12+12+12+12 = 96
Computer Use 9 [6 ranks, +3 Int]
Decipher Script 10 [6 ranks, +3 Int, +1 Religious]
Demolitions 9 [6 ranks, +3 Int]
Disable Device 9 [6 ranks, +3 Int]
Investigate 11 [8 ranks, +3 Int]
Knowledge (arcane lore) 15 [7 ranks, +3 Int, +5 Talent]
Knowledge (art) 5 [2 ranks, +3 Int]
Knowledge (popular culture) 5 [2 ranks, +3 Int]
Knowledge (theology) 17 [8 ranks, +3 Int, +1 Religious, +5 Talent]
Knowledge (philopsophy) 11 [8 ranks, +3 Int]
Profession (musician) 8 [8 ranks, +0 Wis]
Repair 8 [5 ranks, +3 Int]
Research 11 [8 ranks, +3 Int]
Search 11 [8 ranks, +3 Int]
Sense Motive 9 [8 ranks, +0 Wis, Religious (class)]

Talent: Savant *2 (knowledge (theology)/(arcane lore)); Exploit Weakness (after 1 round of combat Int check (DC 15) to use Int as attack bonus)

Feats:
~ Simple Weapons (Smart Hero Class)
~ Personal Firearms Proficiency - Proficient in use of personal firearms
~ Advanced Firearms Proficiency - no -4 penalty to autofire
~ Lightning Reflexes (2nd Level) - +2 Reflex saves
~ Combat Expertise (4th level ) - -5 Attack/+5 Defence

Equipment:
Casual Clothes
Stage Clothes
Overcoat
Cell Phone
Portable Video Camera
Backpack
Chemical Light Sticks (5)
Compass
Flashlight, Battery Flood
Sleeping Bag


Appearance: 80s sleaze metal, long teased hair, tight clothes, subtle use of makeup

Background: religious metal/glam band (think Stryper), haven't had a successful album since Nirvana released Nevermind. Have continued to tour but gone from 40,000+ stadiums to 200+ clubs. Have recently recorded an album which has sold extremely well. The new album has the original members back together. After the current commitments are put to bed they will be touring the world on the strength of the new album and the revitalised back catalogue.