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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voda Vosa" data-source="post: 5011877" data-attributes="member: 51271">Sheng Tsung the Red Snake Sorceror[sblock=Sheng Tsung's history]Sheng TsungSheng came from a secret monastic community in the high peeks of china's mountains. He has trained all his life in the monasteries of his town, learning the the ways of Fire, giver and taker of life. By studied the movement of Fire, the elders of the town created a new martial art, Dire Flame. The users of this powerful technique could incinerate their foes in a flurry of punches, kicks, uppercuts and finally, engulfing them in real flames.Sheng mastered the technique with ease, but it was not enough. Power-lust possessed him, and he leaved his village, searching for ancient knowledge. His grand grand father once told him about the five scrolls of arcane wisdom. The man that could gather the five scrolls would become immortal, and the most powerful man in the world. There was no best prize to gain for the young Sheng. He journey all througout china, searching for the scrolls. He had to fight his way through beasts and evil men who opposed him. One by one he found the scrolls, each unlocking a new secret of the arcane. Sheng grew confident and greedy, and cared nothing about the others: if they get on his way, they'll be eliminated without mercy. He became Sheng Tsung, the Sorceror.In his way to secure the third scroll, in a cave deep into a rainy forest of the south of china, Sheng came across and elderly man, sitting on the entrance of the cave. Chuckling to himself, Sheng tried to push the old man aside to get into the cave. With lightning reflexes, the old man took Sheng by the wrists, and send him flying backwards, hitting the solid trunk of a big tree. Surprised and enraged, the sorceror used his Dire Flame technique against the old man, and caught him surprised. The flame burned the man badly, but he was not done yet. The two warriors fought all day long, both using their techniques and stances. Eventually, the sorceror emerged victorious over the old fighter. "... Good... Now the curse is yours." said the man, and gave Sheng. Disregarding the elder words, Sheng entered the cave, and took the scroll of Escence. But something happened when Sheng touched the scroll. His vision blurred, and he fall to the ground, unconsious. Eventually, he woke up, straged about the blackout. Disregarding, he used the scroll and absorbed it's knowledge. Using it's new found scroll, he focused and concentrated his Chi. Performing the moves of the technique, Sheng could absorb the life force of living creatures, and restore his own.A smile crossed his face, moments before he heard something. The voice of the old man! Sheng turned quickly and run outside to see the elder man. But he was gone. The forest was gone, and a huge structure, made of wood and steel crossed that patch of forest. A railroad. Farther away, Sheng spotted grey towers, and smoke rising like a cloud over the towers. Modern cities."Ha ha ha, I'm into your mind, into your soul, look for me no further, you'll not find what is too close to be perceived." The old man's voice sounded inside his head. The sorceror could not believe what had happened to him. The old man was another warrior who seek the scrolls for himself. When he found it, the scroll bound him to the cave, for centuries. As time passed, many warriors came to the cave, and he woke up from his slumber and slew them all, and absorbed their life and strengths; perhaps Sheng, possessing a scroll himself, was able to brake the enchantment. Countless souls tormented the old man every day, driving him almost crazy. Now that Sheng assassinated him, his soul trapped by the scroll and locked inside Sheng's mind. Sheng learned that the scrolls were cursed items, created by a powerful an evil sorcerer of the Ming dynasty, now deceased. The old man told Sheng that he was not the only curse Sheng was to endure. Sheng was tainted with evil, and if he died while in that state, his soul will be trapped by the scroll, forever. The old sage however had the solution: He had redeem himself, locate all five scrolls, and destroy them altogether; freeing himself, and the other souls trapped by the scroll of Essence.Sheng got the message, and nows searchs the world for the missing scrolls. [/sblock][sblock=Red Snake Sorceror's Intro]The rain has been falling heavily since midnight on Florida. The night was pitch dark, and there was no moon in the clouds covered sky. A man stands alone resting his back against a brick wall. His features were obscured by his wet black long hair, that fell over his face. But this man was not alone.“I sense the power of the scroll nearby…” said the voice in Sheng’s head. The old warrior the Snake Sorceror had killed that day in the clouded peaks of China has ever since been speaking to him. His soul was trapped inside Sheng Tsung. ”Across the street, in that shop, quickly, it’s moving away.”“Yes Wang Chi” replied the sorceror.As the sorcerer was crossing the street, a woman’s scream ripped the silence of the night. “That came from the alley back there, a woman in pain”“Oh… Yes, indeed” Sheng replied, and kept walking towards the shop.“Stop, go to the alley now, or it will be too late for her.”“And why should I care? The scroll is near, I won’t lose this opportunity”“Do I have to go over all of what I’ve explained to you? Turn back”Sighing, Sheng turns back and heads to the alley “Yes, Wang Chi.”In the dark alley, a pair of tall thugs have cornered a woman, and taken away her purse. She is leaning against the wall, slowly dropping to the floor, in the middle of sobs and cries. “One more shout like that and I’ll put a hole in that pretty face of yours.” Says one of the criminals, pointing a gun at her. The girl just manages to say “No please…” “Come one baby, strip for us.” Says the one holding the purse.“No please…” she repeats. “Do it! Or I’ll paint the wall with your brains” menaces the thug with the gun, pointing it at her head.The rain continued to fall. In the entrance of the alley, stood Sheng Tsung, the Snake Sorceror.  “The woman said no” he said. The thugs turned quickly to see his dark frame. Only his eyes glowed in a pale green color. In that moment, a lightning from the storm stroke nearby, flashing the sceene with sudden light. After the flash, Sheng was gone.“What the hell was that?” said the gun thug, turning back to the girl. “Well, we have no time now love, so I’ll just shoot you.” Before he pulled the trigger, he heard a “CRACK” from behind. Surprised he turned, to see the sorcerer, holding his partner’s head, which was unnaturally twisted.“What?! Leave him now!” the thief said pointing at Sheng with his gun.“Your wish is my command” replied the sorcerer, dropping the other thug. The man fell to the ground with his neck broken, and his eyes white. “Tommy!” the criminal said, lowering his gaze to look at his friend for a moment. “You bastard…” when the man raised his gaze again, Sheng was not there. A cold sweat drop rolled from his head to his chin. “You’ll meet him soon.” He heard from his left side. Sheng jumped in the air, and delivered a flying kick in the nasty fellow’s head, that leaved him spinning, and tumbling backwards. The sorceror took the stance of the snake this time, and approached quicky to his prey. With his outstretched fingers, he pierced the man’s body like a snake biting it’s prey. Lifeless, the thug dropped to the ground.In the mean time, the shocked woman couldn’t but hold her mouth with his hand, and crawl back from that terrible places, from that terrible man. Sheng walk to her, picking up her purse. He offered it to the woman saying “Your purse my lady.” And the woman passed out. “So much for gratitude.” Thought Sheng. “You must take her to a hospital, she might be injured.” Wang Chi suggested“But the scroll must be near, it couldn’t get much far away.” Sheng replied, but received no answer. “Yes Wang Chi” he finally said, picked up the woman, and walked into the night.[/sblock]F: Amazing(50)A: Remarkable(30)S: Good(10)E: Remarkable(30)R: Good(10)I: Excellent(20)P: Incredible(40)Health: 120Karma: 7040 Drain 30 Fire Gen 20 Extra Attacks20 Energy touch10 Invisibility[sblock=Powers]Health-Drain Touch: The touch of a characterwith this Power transfers a Power rankamount of Health from the target to the hero.Previous damage is healed in an equalamount, up to the maximum Health of thecharacter. Drained Health above that point islost. Characters drained to 0 Health mustmake an Endurance FEAT to avoid dying. ifthey do so, the attack has no further effect.Reversing this process, directing one's ownHealth into others, is a Power Stunt.Fire Generation: The hero with this Powermay project flame with Power rank rangeand damage, using Agility to hit. Damage istaken on the Energy table. Like icegeneration, creation of large amounts offlame may damage the surrounding area ina fashion that leads to loss of Karma. Thehero may choose to inflict less damagewith his flame, or have a lesser effect thanrolled on the Universal table. The herobegins play with the ability to use flame asa missile weapon (fire balls or a jet of fire),plus one Power Stunt. Other stunts may bedeveloped.• Create a flaming shield. This wall offire surrounds up to one area. Anyonepassing through it takes Power rankdamage from fire. This may be useddefensively or to restrain criminals whoare not wild about getting singed.• Body transformation into fire at - 2CS.This body transformation grants BodyArmor at the lower rank, as well asFlight at that rank.• Create flaming images at Power rank -1CS. These images include duplicatesof the flaming form, as well as firewritingin the sky.• Control other forms of fire at - 2CS.• Absorb fire and heat at Power ranklevel and range (example for absorbingcold).• Project heat at Power rank -1CS. Theheat projected causes discomfort anda -1CS on all FEATs in the area ofeffect.Extra Attacks: This Power is always +1CSbetter than the starting Fighting ability. Usethis Power instead of Fighting to makemultiple attacks. There is no penalty forfailing with this roll, but the individual maymake only one effective attack in that round.Invisibility: The hero with this Power canmake his body invisible to normal sight.This Power does not negate location byother senses, or nor does it initially negatelocation by heat or ultraviolet sources. Thehero still has mass and substance (coatingthe hero with dust or paint reveals the trueform, as does fog or rain). The hero mayremain invisible as long as desired, and thePower rank has no effect on whether thehero becomes invisible under normalcircumstances.Energy Touch: The hero with this Powermay inflict damage and effects from theEnergy column of the Battle Effects table,with a Bullseye regarded as a possibleStun. The hero may always choose to inflictless damage than is rolled, or to reduce theeffects of the damage. The touch can becarried through conductive material, andmay affect multiple targets in this fashion. Ifthe hero is standing on a steel girder facingoff three goons from HYDRA, and uses theEnergy Touch on the girder (a conductivematerial), all three get shocked. The herowith this Power gains Resistance toElectricity as a Bonus Power.[/sblock][sblock=Talents]Oriental Weapons: This a special categorythat grants the character a +1CS toFighting or Agility when using the followingweapons: Shuriken, crossbows, sais (treatas swords), and oriental swords anddaggers (including the katana and the kris).Martial Arts D: This meditative form ofmartial arts searches out the weak spots ofthe opponent's defenses and strikes againstthem. The practitioner of this form of attackmay ignore the effects of Body Armor(though not force fields) for determiningStun and Slam results. The attack by thecharacter with this Talent does not have toinflict damage to force a check for possibleStun and Slam. The disadvantage is thatthe target of this attack must be studied fortwo rounds before the effects may bebrought into play. The character with thisTalent does not have to attack thecharacter, only watch him in battle for tworounds previous to attacking.Occult Lore: The character with this Talenthas a knowledge of magical societies,antiquities, runes, and a generalunderstanding of forgotten lore. Thecharacter gains a +1CS to Reason FEATsinvolving items of a magical nature.Mystic Background: In the Marvel Universe,all humankind has the potential fordeveloping magical Powers. This "Talent"shows that the character has somebackground with magical forces. Heroesmay have derived their powers from theseforces if they choose this Talent. Acharacter with this Talent may have MagicalPowers, with the approval of the Judge. Ifthe Judge allows magical playercharacters, then any of the initial Powerscreated may be spells, and should benoted as deriving from Personal, Universal,or Dimensional energies.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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