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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WarShrike" data-source="post: 3926498" data-attributes="member: 54955">Ok, character concept #2. Oh, and once again, unsure what these specific merits do, but they sounded real nice.Name: BiggsConcept: Ex-Marine Vampire Hunter[SBLOCK=Appearance]At 5' 4", Biggs isn't the most intimidating sight on the streets. That said, he doesn't get harrassed by the street scum either. With his customary camo pants, combat boots, long black leather overcoat, and crew cut, people tend to think he's either a skinhead or one of those gun worshiping revolutionary wackos. He has an calm and alert demeanor, and an inquisitive gaze that puts people at ease, yet informs them that he's always ready for whatever may come.[/SBLOCK][SBLOCK=Backstory]Biggs was an average youth, born into a military family, all he wanted growing up was to serve his country and do his part, as had his parents and older brother. He enlisted at age 19, but was assigned to the Army Reserve. Life went on for him, while he waited for a chance to prove himself. It took a few years, but eventually the Gulf War broke out and he was shipped off to the middle-east, and transfered into a Marine unit.One day, his squad was reported missing, not having returned from a night-time wide patrol duty. He was found beaten to within an inch of his life, left for dead, and the sole survivor of a massacre. When he'd been nursed back to consiousness, all he could do was rave about comming across a man in the dark, and of claws and teeth that tore his squad apart. The military concluded that the shock of surviving what had to have been an enemy abush, and watching his friends die horribly must have been too much for him, and he just lost it. Rather than letting this turn into a media circus and having people back home wondering what kinds of drugs the soldiers were using over here, Biggs was honorably discharged, with a light compensation. As far as the military was concerned, the matter was filed and forgotten.But for Biggs, it was like being reborn. He knew what he'd seen and knew what he had to do. He had to protect his countrymen from this threat. As a youth, he'd been obsessed with the military, so his knowledge of the horror genre was almost non-existant. Now that he knew vampires were real, he had to admit to himself that the other so called classic monsters might also. So began his schooling. He went to see every horror movie he could, and rented every B movie and classic horror video he could find. This wasn't entertainment, these were trainning ops. These lessons were often contradictory, and he had to find out what actually worked first hand. Of the few vamps he dusted over the next few months, he learned that garlic was useless, crosses were pretty iffy, silver only seemed to affect one vamp, so he had to wonder if it even had been a vampire. His sawed-off shotgun and 9mm automatic succeeded in bringing his foes down, eventually, but it was a long process. Then some more recent films suggested decapitation. He rather liked the idea as it worked for every other living thing that he knew of.An axe would be too unwieldy and difficult to conceal. Thus began a new chapter of his mission, reasearching fantasy and martial arts movies. He was instantly bored with modern films. Everything was speacial effects and bull****. The movies made it look like the protagonists knew what they were doing with those swords, but he knew better. He was fascinated with the old black and white oriental movies depicting ninjas and samurais. Here were people who seemed to know what they were doing, and if some old folks in bronze pijamas could do it, why couldn't he? He settled on the Katana/Wakizashi combo. Although using both at once was very difficult, slowly but surely, his skill improved. He didn't always use them in tandem, but he had to if he ever expected to get really good at it.Now, at 28 years of age, the mission continues. He's a Street-Samurai on the prowl, looking for his next victim, hoping he can one day purge the vampire menace from this city.[/SBLOCK][SBLOCK=Game Stats]BiggsEx-Marine Vampire HunterClan: GangrelAttribute: StaminaDisciplines: Animalism, Protean, ResillianceVirtue: JusticeVice: WrathHealth: ******* (7)Defense: ** (2)Size: ***** (5)Speed: *********** (11)Inits: ****** (6)Willpower: **** (4)MERITS:Ambidextrous ***Fast Reflexes *Fighting Style, Two Weapons **Quick Draw *ATTRIBUTES:STR: ***DEX: ***STA: **INT: **WIT: **RES: **PRES: **MANI: ***COMP: **SKILLS:ATHLETICS: *FIREARMS: * (SPECIALTY: MILITARY ISSUE)STEALTH: *WEAPONRY: ****COMPUTER: *INVESTIGATION: *ACCADEMICS: ** (SPECIALTY: HORROR FILMS)ANIMAL KEN: **EMPATHY: ** (SPECIALTY: MANIPULATION)INTIMIDATION: **PERSUASION: ***STREETWISE: **[/SBLOCK]***Edit: 3 Specialties it is, i'll leave em on the low dots. A description would be welcome Only, i'm just hoping Fighting Finesse = D&D Weapon Finesse.***</blockquote>

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