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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8933266" data-attributes="member: 30538">Señor Cagim<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-zp5jFXV/0/a0f16bb2/S/cigam2-S.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />This whole thing is a ridiculous misunderstanding. Yes, yes, the prisons are full of innocent people, but see, he will happily admit that he is no blushing innocent. But come on, this place should be for the bank robbers and kidnappers and murderers and would-be world conquerors, not for a self-admitted two bit flimflam artist who happens to have the ability to make people see things! (And hear them, and smell them, and taste them, and --) His sentence here is a complete overreaction!Well, it is and is not, really. While Raoul Gomez, aka Señor Cagim (pronounced with a soft "c", as sah-jeem) might have started his career engaged in some petty larceny, by the time he was brought to justice, he had swindled several senior citizens out of their life savings by posing as a spiritualist. On the other hand, it is fairly likely that he would never have been sent to Big Rock for these crimes if not for the fact that one of his victims was the aunt of a rather vindictive Senator, who used his clout to ensure that Raoul received an extremely harsh sentence after his trial.Currently three years into a ten year sentence, Raoul initially just wanted to keep his head down and serve his sentence without getting caught up in the factions of the prison. Unfortunately, his habit of telling self-aggrandizing lies, especially about his supposed mystical knowledge, resulted in him coming to the attention of Friar Dark. The Pythonian "generously" gave him a role in his plans for the big breakout that he was planning, and saw to it that he received access to many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, to work out the mystical side of the operation.Which would probably be nifty keen if he had the least idea of what he was doing with any of it! Nevertheless, the Friar is not one who takes a direct refusal well. On the other hand, he reacts even worse to being failed. So Raoul delved into the magical texts in hopes of finding something he could use to delay the inevitable, fighting off panic each time his attempts to duplicate the rituals described did nothing. Well, that only made sense, after all, given that they were in a null field, which should be suppressing any sort of weird effects.But then, just a couple of weeks ago, after one particularly harrowing nightmare -- something about the whole universe melting into roiling nuclear chaos -- Señor Cagim found himself trying to cast a spell one more time to have something to fill the midnight hours. He had the strangest feeling as he reviewed the texts, as though he was looking at the book with a completely new set of eyes. Still, he expected this would work out like every other time. And then suddenly the cold cell became incredibly warm, and the sent of brimstone filled his nostrils, and a deep voice said, "The bargain is made."Sweet mother of mercy! What has he gotten himself into now?Señor Cagim -- PL 7Abilities:STR 0 | STA 2 | AGL 2 | DEX 2 | FGT 4 | INT 3 | AWE 3 | PRE 4Powers:Visions: Illusion 7 (all senses), Independent, Resistible by Fortitude, Selective - 42 pointsAdvantages:Attractive, Defensive Roll 2, Improved Defense, Improvised Tools, Inspire 2, Ritualist, Taunt, Trance, Uncanny Dodge.Skills:Deception 7 (+11), Expertise: Crime 6 (+9), Expertise: Magic 5 (+9), Insight 7 (+10), Perception 5 (+9), Stealth 6 (+8).Offense:Initiative +2Unarmed +3 (Close Damage 0)Defense:Dodge 7, Parry 5, Fortitude 3, Toughness 7/2, Will 6Totals:Abilities 40 + Powers 42 + Advantages 10 + Skills 18 + Defenses 10 = 120 pointsOffensive PL: 7Defensive PL: 7Resistance PL: 5Skill PL: 6Complications:Desperation (Formerly Greed)--Motivation. In Over His Head Beyond Imagination.Note: Until recently, his Expertise: Magic was INT-based, and he had no Ritualist advantage.</blockquote>

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