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<blockquote data-quote="Mimic" data-source="post: 2294795" data-attributes="member: 13569"><p>Ask and ye shall recieve, like Keia I am using a past character from a game that ended way too early, I had to change his flaw (since you didn't want disturbing) and retooled his powers.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[code]</p><p>SHADOW</p><p>Concept/Archetype: Alternate form - shadow</p><p>Quote: Be afraid of the dark, because one day I might be in it.</p><p>Real Name: Brian Mathews</p><p>Gender: Male</p><p>Age: 19</p><p>Height: 6'0"</p><p>Weight: 186</p><p>Hair: black hair</p><p>Eyes: Black eyes (no pupils)</p><p>Ethnicity: Caucasian</p><p>Birthplace: L.A. Californa</p><p></p><p>[B]ABILITIES[/B]</p><p>STR 15 +2</p><p>DEX 18 +4</p><p>CON 11 0</p><p>INT 12 +1</p><p>WIS 16 +3</p><p>CHA 10 0</p><p></p><p></p><p>[B]SAVES[/B]</p><p>DMG 0</p><p>FORT 0</p><p>REF +4</p><p>WILL +3</p><p></p><p>[B]MOVEMENT[/B]</p><p>INIT +4</p><p>BASE SPD 30/60/120</p><p></p><p>[B]COMBAT[/B]</p><p>BASE DEF 3</p><p>DEF 18</p><p>FLAT 13</p><p>MENTAL 16</p><p></p><p>BASE ATT 3</p><p>MELEE +7</p><p>RANGED +7</p><p>MENTAL +6</p><p></p><p></p><p>[B]SKILLS[/B]</p><p>Acrobatics* [6/2]</p><p>Balance [6/2]</p><p>Computers* [2/1]</p><p>Drive* [5/1]</p><p>Escape Artist [7/3]</p><p>Gather Info [2/2]</p><p>Hide [6/2]</p><p>Search [2/1]</p><p>Sense Motive [4/1]</p><p>Sleight/Hand* [5/1]</p><p>Spot [4/1]</p><p>Taunt [5/5]</p><p></p><p>[B]FEATS[/B]</p><p> Attack Finesse (use dex mod. for melee attacks)</p><p> Darkvision (Super) (can see in total darkness)</p><p> See Invisible (Super) (can see invisible targets)</p><p> Dodge (+1 def, or +2 def to one opponent)</p><p> Evasion (use ref save instead of dmg save)</p><p> </p><p> [B]POWERS[/B]</p><p> alternate form - Shadow [+8]</p><p> Extra: Regeneration [+8]</p><p> Extra: Regrowth</p><p> Extra: Posession [+8]</p><p> Extra: Animation [+8]</p><p> Flaw: Only Shadows</p><p></p><p>[B]WEAKNESS[/B]</p><p> Bright light drains shadow form</p><p> </p><p>[B]COST[/B]</p><p>abilities [22]</p><p>base att [9]</p><p>base def [6]</p><p>skills [11]</p><p>feats [10]</p><p>powers [72]</p><p>weakness [-10]</p><p>total [120]</p><p>unspent [0]</p><p>[/code]</p><p></p><p>Appearance</p><p>Brian is average height and weight for someone in his late teens. He is caucasion but due to his mutant ability, Brian's skin seems to shift and move as a dark substance moves and flows across his body in a random pattern, this dark substance doesn't seem to affect, nor obsure anything but this and his totally black eyes tends to make people uncomfortable.</p><p></p><p>History</p><p></p><p>When I was kid I always knew that I was different, I never liked being out in the light and I tended to stay in the shadows as much at possible. I don't know why but it seemed safer some how, I guess it had something to do with my skin, you see my skin was dark, really dark, and considering my parents were from Irish decent it tended to get me into fights when I was in school. But you deal with the hand that life gives you and move on.</p><p></p><p>As I grew older I got into more and more fights, the funny looking kid hiding in the shadows always seemed to be someone to pick on, of course everyone thinks that, so I was getting pretty good at fighting and I won more than I lost, I wasn't very strong but man I was fast, you don't get hurt if you don't get hit ya know.</p><p></p><p>By the end of Jr. high I was working a different angle, I still stayed in the shadows (bright light hurt my eyes) but I was working the punk rebel without a cause deal. Yea, I know, not very original but hey when you got the multi-coloured hair, dog collar, leather jacket, shades and various other trinkets on, it tends to cut back on the fighting. My parents weren't to thrilled with my attire change but once the phone calls from school dropped off I think they saw it as the lesser of two evils, at least they stopped nagging me so much about it.</p><p></p><p>Thanks to my new threads and to the fact that I could beat up at least half of the guys in my school, high school went pretty well, I got into the occasional fight but kept a B- average, made a couple of what you could call friends or at least a couple of other students that I hung out with and I even went on a couple of dates. Regardless I thought that maybe my life was starting to become normal, of course you know what was coming...</p><p></p><p>His name was John Malone, he transfered to our school at the beginning of our 12th grade. It was rumored that the reason he came to our school was because he got kicked out of every other one around and he had a very bad rep. For once the rumors didn't do him justice, he was bad to the bone and I was his prime whipping boy, he made my life hell. he made a lot of student's lives hell but he seemed to delight in really giving it to me.</p><p></p><p>As fate would have it, we were in the same gym class and that's when he really loved to taunt me, one day I just couldn't take it any more and I flipped him the bird and told him where to go and gave him explict instructions on how to get there. Wow, was that the wrong thing to do. After school was done John and his pals gave me a pretty nasty beating, guess they were making an example of me, I was bleeding and barely awake, they had backed me into a darkened corner and I honestly believed that they were going to kill me. </p><p></p><p>That's when it happened, it felt a wave of warmth flow throw me and I literally melded with the darkness, let it never be said that I don't take an advantage when one is presented to me, ok maybe it was just reflex but the next thing I knew I jumped out at him, thinking that I could tackle him or something but instead of jumping onto him I jumped into him, the next thing I know is I'm in control of his body. Well this freaked out his buddies and they took off running, now I would like to say I was calm and cool about it all but if I did I'd be lying. Anyways one second I'm looking through the world from John's point of view and then I'm 5 feet away and we are staring at each other, we stayed like that for a moment and then John drops like a sack of potatoes, feinted dead away. I figure leaving would be a pretty good thing.</p><p></p><p>Now someone must have seen what happened or John squealed or something because the next day, really early I would like to add, some members from the NAA came a knocking on our door, explaining that I was some kind of mutant and that I should use my powers for the government and the betterment of all mankind, ya'know the "be all I can be" speech. Now the speech itself was less then impressive but what choice did I have really, there was no way I would gain any kind of normal life at school so I figured why not, it sounded kind of interesting. The fact that it was co-ed, well sort of, made the choice a little easier.</p><p></p><p>And so I was wisked away to a so called "mutant training facility", personally I liked to call it my little slice of hell, actually it wasn't that bad, food was ok, some of the teachers were nice, the others? Well they weren't so nice, but you learned pretty quick which was which and again it was co-ed so two big thumbs up for that. It took about a year but they trained me on how to use my powers, to call them up when ever I wanted, finished up my high school education, no high school drop outs in this man's army plus they made me an officer, can you believe that? Man they must be getting desperate or something</p><p></p><p>Powers:</p><p>Brian's mutant ability somehow taps into a dark matter dimension, he can use this to turn himself into a two dimensional shadow, he also has some limited control of the dark matter, being able to animate shadows around him. He can also take control of someone by merging his body into the thiers.</p><p></p><p>Personality:</p><p>Brian is a typical teenager, he dyes his hair and wears various punk and leather items for a defense mechanism more then any other reason. He can be brash and has a nasty sarcastic steak but once he makes a friend he will do almost anything for that person.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mimic, post: 2294795, member: 13569"] Ask and ye shall recieve, like Keia I am using a past character from a game that ended way too early, I had to change his flaw (since you didn't want disturbing) and retooled his powers. [code] SHADOW Concept/Archetype: Alternate form - shadow Quote: Be afraid of the dark, because one day I might be in it. Real Name: Brian Mathews Gender: Male Age: 19 Height: 6'0" Weight: 186 Hair: black hair Eyes: Black eyes (no pupils) Ethnicity: Caucasian Birthplace: L.A. Californa [B]ABILITIES[/B] STR 15 +2 DEX 18 +4 CON 11 0 INT 12 +1 WIS 16 +3 CHA 10 0 [B]SAVES[/B] DMG 0 FORT 0 REF +4 WILL +3 [B]MOVEMENT[/B] INIT +4 BASE SPD 30/60/120 [B]COMBAT[/B] BASE DEF 3 DEF 18 FLAT 13 MENTAL 16 BASE ATT 3 MELEE +7 RANGED +7 MENTAL +6 [B]SKILLS[/B] Acrobatics* [6/2] Balance [6/2] Computers* [2/1] Drive* [5/1] Escape Artist [7/3] Gather Info [2/2] Hide [6/2] Search [2/1] Sense Motive [4/1] Sleight/Hand* [5/1] Spot [4/1] Taunt [5/5] [B]FEATS[/B] Attack Finesse (use dex mod. for melee attacks) Darkvision (Super) (can see in total darkness) See Invisible (Super) (can see invisible targets) Dodge (+1 def, or +2 def to one opponent) Evasion (use ref save instead of dmg save) [B]POWERS[/B] alternate form - Shadow [+8] Extra: Regeneration [+8] Extra: Regrowth Extra: Posession [+8] Extra: Animation [+8] Flaw: Only Shadows [B]WEAKNESS[/B] Bright light drains shadow form [B]COST[/B] abilities [22] base att [9] base def [6] skills [11] feats [10] powers [72] weakness [-10] total [120] unspent [0] [/code] Appearance Brian is average height and weight for someone in his late teens. He is caucasion but due to his mutant ability, Brian's skin seems to shift and move as a dark substance moves and flows across his body in a random pattern, this dark substance doesn't seem to affect, nor obsure anything but this and his totally black eyes tends to make people uncomfortable. History When I was kid I always knew that I was different, I never liked being out in the light and I tended to stay in the shadows as much at possible. I don't know why but it seemed safer some how, I guess it had something to do with my skin, you see my skin was dark, really dark, and considering my parents were from Irish decent it tended to get me into fights when I was in school. But you deal with the hand that life gives you and move on. As I grew older I got into more and more fights, the funny looking kid hiding in the shadows always seemed to be someone to pick on, of course everyone thinks that, so I was getting pretty good at fighting and I won more than I lost, I wasn't very strong but man I was fast, you don't get hurt if you don't get hit ya know. By the end of Jr. high I was working a different angle, I still stayed in the shadows (bright light hurt my eyes) but I was working the punk rebel without a cause deal. Yea, I know, not very original but hey when you got the multi-coloured hair, dog collar, leather jacket, shades and various other trinkets on, it tends to cut back on the fighting. My parents weren't to thrilled with my attire change but once the phone calls from school dropped off I think they saw it as the lesser of two evils, at least they stopped nagging me so much about it. Thanks to my new threads and to the fact that I could beat up at least half of the guys in my school, high school went pretty well, I got into the occasional fight but kept a B- average, made a couple of what you could call friends or at least a couple of other students that I hung out with and I even went on a couple of dates. Regardless I thought that maybe my life was starting to become normal, of course you know what was coming... His name was John Malone, he transfered to our school at the beginning of our 12th grade. It was rumored that the reason he came to our school was because he got kicked out of every other one around and he had a very bad rep. For once the rumors didn't do him justice, he was bad to the bone and I was his prime whipping boy, he made my life hell. he made a lot of student's lives hell but he seemed to delight in really giving it to me. As fate would have it, we were in the same gym class and that's when he really loved to taunt me, one day I just couldn't take it any more and I flipped him the bird and told him where to go and gave him explict instructions on how to get there. Wow, was that the wrong thing to do. After school was done John and his pals gave me a pretty nasty beating, guess they were making an example of me, I was bleeding and barely awake, they had backed me into a darkened corner and I honestly believed that they were going to kill me. That's when it happened, it felt a wave of warmth flow throw me and I literally melded with the darkness, let it never be said that I don't take an advantage when one is presented to me, ok maybe it was just reflex but the next thing I knew I jumped out at him, thinking that I could tackle him or something but instead of jumping onto him I jumped into him, the next thing I know is I'm in control of his body. Well this freaked out his buddies and they took off running, now I would like to say I was calm and cool about it all but if I did I'd be lying. Anyways one second I'm looking through the world from John's point of view and then I'm 5 feet away and we are staring at each other, we stayed like that for a moment and then John drops like a sack of potatoes, feinted dead away. I figure leaving would be a pretty good thing. Now someone must have seen what happened or John squealed or something because the next day, really early I would like to add, some members from the NAA came a knocking on our door, explaining that I was some kind of mutant and that I should use my powers for the government and the betterment of all mankind, ya'know the "be all I can be" speech. Now the speech itself was less then impressive but what choice did I have really, there was no way I would gain any kind of normal life at school so I figured why not, it sounded kind of interesting. The fact that it was co-ed, well sort of, made the choice a little easier. And so I was wisked away to a so called "mutant training facility", personally I liked to call it my little slice of hell, actually it wasn't that bad, food was ok, some of the teachers were nice, the others? Well they weren't so nice, but you learned pretty quick which was which and again it was co-ed so two big thumbs up for that. It took about a year but they trained me on how to use my powers, to call them up when ever I wanted, finished up my high school education, no high school drop outs in this man's army plus they made me an officer, can you believe that? Man they must be getting desperate or something Powers: Brian's mutant ability somehow taps into a dark matter dimension, he can use this to turn himself into a two dimensional shadow, he also has some limited control of the dark matter, being able to animate shadows around him. He can also take control of someone by merging his body into the thiers. Personality: Brian is a typical teenager, he dyes his hair and wears various punk and leather items for a defense mechanism more then any other reason. He can be brash and has a nasty sarcastic steak but once he makes a friend he will do almost anything for that person. [/QUOTE]
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