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<blockquote data-quote="drothgery" data-source="post: 5727931" data-attributes="member: 360"><p><strong>The Spellslinger</strong></p><p></p><p>[sblock=background]Susan Roland was the daughter of a couple of performers in Las Vegas who never let on to anyone save their daughter that the secret to their show's success was subtle application of real magic. <em>Subtle</em> was important -- if you talked fast, you could convince a skilled stage magician that the trick was actually possible. And Susan was good at it -- she'd been helping her parents set up their acts since she was a child, and was naturally giften in binding spells to objects the way the senior Rolands did. She was also very bright; enough to earn a scholarship to an elite college back east, and even though she wanted nothing more than to follow in her parents' footsteps, they had encouraged her to take it.</p><p> </p><p>But when Susan -- by then a college freshman -- got a call from the police telling her that her parents had been murdered, she flew home right away. The next few weeks made it clear the police were not getting anywhere solving the crime, and she decided to take matters into her own hands. She'd seen the telltales that meant a normal person had not been responsible. There were sigils that neither she nor her parents would ever draw, and some things that would have been of no value to anyone save a true spellcaster were missing. Her college was very understanding about granting her a leave of absense while she dealt with her parents' deaths, if less about giving her credit for classes she'd been unable to make the finals for.</p><p> </p><p>It was easy enough to buy a gun in Nevada. The rites to enchant it to be more accurate than it should be came naturally. Without practice, the range instructor said she was good; she got better quickly. A thought to some defense led to enchanting a jacket, and another to carrying her guns and ammo where the government might frown upon the idea led her to build a little bit of an extradimensional space into the pockets. Books on investigation techniques and talking to cops combined with her knowledge of the arcane put her on the trail -- at least better than the police had been.</p><p> </p><p>Perhaps fortunately, she ran into another hero before she found her parents' murderers who'd also been on the trail. Raven recognized her talent, and helped her learn to focus less on vengeance and more on justice. Without her help, she would likely never have found thier killer -- and if she had, the sorceress would not have been brought back to justice alive. They'd needed to bring in a third to do that; Raven's skills weren't up to facing the sorceress' magic directly, and neither were Susan's enchanted items. Eldrich had helped them close the circle. Both served as mentors to her in years to come.</p><p> </p><p>In the 'real' world, she'd gone back to school, and finished her degree. She'd spent a semester in Europe, and the summer after it, tracking down arcane lore and talking to any real spellcasters that were willing to talk to her. She'd gone to graduate school in Freedom City, mostly to be closer to Raven and refine her investigative technieques. But nearly a decade after she'd begun down a hero's path, she decided she really did want to get back to the life she'd intended on before her parents died, at least a little. She took an adjuct proffesor's job in Emerald City, far enough from home to avoid bad memories, and started her act there as well. In a sense she was three people - the professor Dr. Susan Roland, PhD (History), the stage magician Susan the Magnificent, and her super hero alter ego of The Spellslinger.</p><p>[/sblock][sblock=picture]</p><p><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachments/talking-talk/50162d1319692376-recruitment-emerald-city-knights-spellslinger.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>[/sblock][sblock=character sheet]</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>The Spellslinger</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>PL10</strong></span></p><p><em>The woman in black fled across the desert, and the Spellslinger followed</em></p><p><strong>Name:</strong> The Spellslinger </p><p><strong>Player:</strong> drothgery </p><p><strong>Alternate Identity:</strong> Susan Roland </p><p><strong>Type of Alternate Identity:</strong> Secret </p><p><strong>Gender:</strong> Female </p><p><strong>Age:</strong> 31</p><p><strong>Height:</strong> 5' 7" </p><p><strong>Weight:</strong> 135 lbs </p><p><strong>Eyes:</strong> blue </p><p><strong>Hair:</strong> red </p><p><strong>Group Affiliation:</strong> </p><p><strong>Base of Operations:</strong> Emerald City </p><p> </p><p><strong>Abilities</strong></p><p>Strength 0, Stamina 2, Agility 5, Dexterity 5, Fighting 2, Intellect 4, Awareness 4, Presence 2</p><p> </p><p><strong>Powers</strong></p><p><strong>Arcane sharpshooter [whether it's the enchanted guns or the magic bullets she fires, the Spellslinger can find the right attack to take down just about anything]: </strong></p><p>Magic bullets: Blast 5 [magic; multiattack; accurate 3, penetrating 5, variable descriptor 2, extended range 2, easily removeable -10]</p><p>(17 points)</p><p><strong>Arcane jacket [both protective and providing a space to store guns and ammo that the TSA doesn't know about, her jacket is one of the Spellslinger's better creations]: </strong></p><p>Protective wards: Protection 3 [magic; removeable], Magic pockets: Feature 1 [as per M&M2e dimensional pocket]</p><p>(3 points)</p><p><strong>Artificer's Training [since she was a child, the Spellslinger has always been a natural at binding spells to things]: </strong></p><p>Master Artificer: Enhanced Trait 3 [Enchance Expertise: Magic by +6; Limited: Only related to constructing and/or analyzing magical devices (-1), Permanent]</p><p>(2 points)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Equipment</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Advantages</strong></p><p>Power Attack, Defensive Roll 5, Precise Attack 2 [ranged, both], Quick Draw, Uncanny Dodge, Artificer, Languages 3 [Russian, French, German, Latin], Move-by Action</p><p> </p><p><strong>Skills</strong></p><p>Acrobatics 8 (+13), Athletics (+0), Deception 8 (+10), Expertise: History 10 (+14), Expertise: Magic 10 (+14), Insight 10 (+14), Intimidation (+2), Investigation 8 (+12), Perception 10 (+14), Persuasion 8 (+10), Ranged Combat: pistols 4 (+9), Sleight of Hand 8 (+13), Stealth 6 (+11)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Offense</strong></p><p>Initiative +5</p><p>Arcane Sharpshooter +15, Damage 5</p><p> </p><p><strong>Defense</strong></p><p>Dodge 10, Parry 6</p><p>Toughness 10 (Def Roll 5), Fortitude 6, Will 11</p><p> </p><p><strong>Power Points</strong></p><p><strong>Abilities 48 + Powers 22 + Advantages 15 + Skills 45 + Defenses 20 = Total 150</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Complications</strong></p><p>Sometimes she does not have the right bullets on hand for her opponent, and will need to make more (in game mechanics terms, she can't use the correct descriptor to overcome defenses, or gain penetrating)</p><p>Susan Roland has a real life and real jobs as a part-time proffesor and a stage magician; she has only told Eldrich and Raven of both of her identities</p><p>Although with the help of Raven and Eldrich she was able to capture her parents' killer and get her imprisoned, Susan never found the things the sorceress stole, and has only Eldrich's guesses as to what she was really after</p><p>Her Artificer ability is unique and can make her a target to some people and groups</p><p> </p><p><strong>Design Notes</strong></p><p>Her only attack power is her enchanted guns; she uses the variable descriptor property to attack weaknesses. She's also quite capable of creating one-shot magical devices via the Artificer Advantage and her Expertise: Magic skills, either given time to prepare or by jury-rigging.</p><p>Possible scratch-built devices include</p><p>- Cloak of Flying (Flight 5) (10 points, so DC 25 to jury-rig)</p><p>- Improvised enchanted weapon [baseball bat, kitchen knife, etc] Damage 5 Accurate 5 (10 points, so DC 25 to jury-rig) -> +12 to hit, 5 dmg</p><p>[/sblock][sblock=conversation snippet]SPELLSLINGER: You knew!</p><p> </p><p>ELDRICH: I knew someone like you could exist, if the right lines crossed. It has happened at least once before. Did I know that the Order of Haephestus was actively working to create someone with your power? Not until too late.</p><p> </p><p>SPELLSLINGER: But how?</p><p> </p><p>ELDRICH: Arranging for children to be adopted by the right families. Arranging for the right pople to meet.</p><p> </p><p>SPELLSLINGER: You're making my family seem like someone's genetic engineering project run in slow motion. </p><p> </p><p>ELDRICH: I'm sorry, but it was. And the Woman in Black knew much of this before I did, though she did not know how close to completion that project was.[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drothgery, post: 5727931, member: 360"] [b]The Spellslinger[/b] [sblock=background]Susan Roland was the daughter of a couple of performers in Las Vegas who never let on to anyone save their daughter that the secret to their show's success was subtle application of real magic. [I]Subtle[/I] was important -- if you talked fast, you could convince a skilled stage magician that the trick was actually possible. And Susan was good at it -- she'd been helping her parents set up their acts since she was a child, and was naturally giften in binding spells to objects the way the senior Rolands did. She was also very bright; enough to earn a scholarship to an elite college back east, and even though she wanted nothing more than to follow in her parents' footsteps, they had encouraged her to take it. But when Susan -- by then a college freshman -- got a call from the police telling her that her parents had been murdered, she flew home right away. The next few weeks made it clear the police were not getting anywhere solving the crime, and she decided to take matters into her own hands. She'd seen the telltales that meant a normal person had not been responsible. There were sigils that neither she nor her parents would ever draw, and some things that would have been of no value to anyone save a true spellcaster were missing. Her college was very understanding about granting her a leave of absense while she dealt with her parents' deaths, if less about giving her credit for classes she'd been unable to make the finals for. It was easy enough to buy a gun in Nevada. The rites to enchant it to be more accurate than it should be came naturally. Without practice, the range instructor said she was good; she got better quickly. A thought to some defense led to enchanting a jacket, and another to carrying her guns and ammo where the government might frown upon the idea led her to build a little bit of an extradimensional space into the pockets. Books on investigation techniques and talking to cops combined with her knowledge of the arcane put her on the trail -- at least better than the police had been. Perhaps fortunately, she ran into another hero before she found her parents' murderers who'd also been on the trail. Raven recognized her talent, and helped her learn to focus less on vengeance and more on justice. Without her help, she would likely never have found thier killer -- and if she had, the sorceress would not have been brought back to justice alive. They'd needed to bring in a third to do that; Raven's skills weren't up to facing the sorceress' magic directly, and neither were Susan's enchanted items. Eldrich had helped them close the circle. Both served as mentors to her in years to come. In the 'real' world, she'd gone back to school, and finished her degree. She'd spent a semester in Europe, and the summer after it, tracking down arcane lore and talking to any real spellcasters that were willing to talk to her. She'd gone to graduate school in Freedom City, mostly to be closer to Raven and refine her investigative technieques. But nearly a decade after she'd begun down a hero's path, she decided she really did want to get back to the life she'd intended on before her parents died, at least a little. She took an adjuct proffesor's job in Emerald City, far enough from home to avoid bad memories, and started her act there as well. In a sense she was three people - the professor Dr. Susan Roland, PhD (History), the stage magician Susan the Magnificent, and her super hero alter ego of The Spellslinger. [/sblock][sblock=picture] [IMG]http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachments/talking-talk/50162d1319692376-recruitment-emerald-city-knights-spellslinger.png[/IMG] [/sblock][sblock=character sheet] [SIZE=5][B]The Spellslinger[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B]PL10[/B][/SIZE] [I]The woman in black fled across the desert, and the Spellslinger followed[/I] [B]Name:[/B] The Spellslinger [B]Player:[/B] drothgery [B]Alternate Identity:[/B] Susan Roland [B]Type of Alternate Identity:[/B] Secret [B]Gender:[/B] Female [B]Age:[/B] 31 [B]Height:[/B] 5' 7" [B]Weight:[/B] 135 lbs [B]Eyes:[/B] blue [B]Hair:[/B] red [B]Group Affiliation:[/B] [B]Base of Operations:[/B] Emerald City [B]Abilities[/B] Strength 0, Stamina 2, Agility 5, Dexterity 5, Fighting 2, Intellect 4, Awareness 4, Presence 2 [B]Powers[/B] [B]Arcane sharpshooter [whether it's the enchanted guns or the magic bullets she fires, the Spellslinger can find the right attack to take down just about anything]: [/B] Magic bullets: Blast 5 [magic; multiattack; accurate 3, penetrating 5, variable descriptor 2, extended range 2, easily removeable -10] (17 points) [B]Arcane jacket [both protective and providing a space to store guns and ammo that the TSA doesn't know about, her jacket is one of the Spellslinger's better creations]: [/B] Protective wards: Protection 3 [magic; removeable], Magic pockets: Feature 1 [as per M&M2e dimensional pocket] (3 points) [B]Artificer's Training [since she was a child, the Spellslinger has always been a natural at binding spells to things]: [/B] Master Artificer: Enhanced Trait 3 [Enchance Expertise: Magic by +6; Limited: Only related to constructing and/or analyzing magical devices (-1), Permanent] (2 points) [B]Equipment[/B] [B]Advantages[/B] Power Attack, Defensive Roll 5, Precise Attack 2 [ranged, both], Quick Draw, Uncanny Dodge, Artificer, Languages 3 [Russian, French, German, Latin], Move-by Action [B]Skills[/B] Acrobatics 8 (+13), Athletics (+0), Deception 8 (+10), Expertise: History 10 (+14), Expertise: Magic 10 (+14), Insight 10 (+14), Intimidation (+2), Investigation 8 (+12), Perception 10 (+14), Persuasion 8 (+10), Ranged Combat: pistols 4 (+9), Sleight of Hand 8 (+13), Stealth 6 (+11) [B]Offense[/B] Initiative +5 Arcane Sharpshooter +15, Damage 5 [B]Defense[/B] Dodge 10, Parry 6 Toughness 10 (Def Roll 5), Fortitude 6, Will 11 [B]Power Points[/B] [B]Abilities 48 + Powers 22 + Advantages 15 + Skills 45 + Defenses 20 = Total 150[/B] [B]Complications[/B] Sometimes she does not have the right bullets on hand for her opponent, and will need to make more (in game mechanics terms, she can't use the correct descriptor to overcome defenses, or gain penetrating) Susan Roland has a real life and real jobs as a part-time proffesor and a stage magician; she has only told Eldrich and Raven of both of her identities Although with the help of Raven and Eldrich she was able to capture her parents' killer and get her imprisoned, Susan never found the things the sorceress stole, and has only Eldrich's guesses as to what she was really after Her Artificer ability is unique and can make her a target to some people and groups [B]Design Notes[/B] Her only attack power is her enchanted guns; she uses the variable descriptor property to attack weaknesses. She's also quite capable of creating one-shot magical devices via the Artificer Advantage and her Expertise: Magic skills, either given time to prepare or by jury-rigging. Possible scratch-built devices include - Cloak of Flying (Flight 5) (10 points, so DC 25 to jury-rig) - Improvised enchanted weapon [baseball bat, kitchen knife, etc] Damage 5 Accurate 5 (10 points, so DC 25 to jury-rig) -> +12 to hit, 5 dmg [/sblock][sblock=conversation snippet]SPELLSLINGER: You knew! ELDRICH: I knew someone like you could exist, if the right lines crossed. It has happened at least once before. Did I know that the Order of Haephestus was actively working to create someone with your power? Not until too late. SPELLSLINGER: But how? ELDRICH: Arranging for children to be adopted by the right families. Arranging for the right pople to meet. SPELLSLINGER: You're making my family seem like someone's genetic engineering project run in slow motion. ELDRICH: I'm sorry, but it was. And the Woman in Black knew much of this before I did, though she did not know how close to completion that project was.[/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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