Val CHA Cost Roll Notes 8 STR -2 11- Lift 75.8 kg; 1 1/2d6 HTH Damage [1] 14 DEX 12 12- OCV: 5/DCV: 5 13 CON 6 12- 10 BODY 0 11- 13 INT 3 12- PER Roll 12- 14 EGO 8 12- ECV: 5 8 PRE -2 11- PRE Attack: 1 1/2d6 10 COM 0 11- 3 PD 1 Total: 3 PD (0 rPD) 3 ED 0 Total: 3 ED (0 rED) 3 SPD 6 Phases: 4, 8, 12 5/8 REC 0 30 END 2 21 STUN 0 Total Characteristic Cost: 32 Movement: Running: 5"/10" Leaping: 1"/2" Swimming: 2"/4" Cost Powers & Skills 2 It's Time We Had A Break From It, It's Time We Had Some Leave: +3 REC; Activation Roll 11- (We've Been Eating Up Our Brains; -1), Linked (It's Time We Had A Break From It, It's Time We Had Some Leave; -1/2) 15 You See Me Now A Veteran Of A Thousand Psychic Wars: Multipower, 30-point reserve, all slots Activation Roll 14- (We've Been Eating Up Our Brains; -1/2), Increased Endurance Cost (x2 END; You Ask Me Why I'm Weary; -1/2) 1u 1) We've Been Living In The Flames: Ego Attack 3d6; Activation Roll 14- (We've Been Eating Up Our Brains; -1/2), Increased Endurance Cost (x2 END; You Ask Me Why I'm Weary; -1/2), END 6 2m 2) I've Been Living On The Edge So Long, Where The Winds Of Limbo Roar: Mental Illusions 6d6; Side Effects (Mental Illusions; -1/2), Activation Roll 14- (We've Been Eating Up Our Brains; -1/2), Increased Endurance Cost (x2 END; You Ask Me Why I'm Weary; -1/2), END 6 3m 3) You See Me Now A Veteran Of A Thousand Psychic Wars: Telepathy 6d6; Activation Roll 14- (We've Been Eating Up Our Brains; -1/2), Increased Endurance Cost (x2 END; You Ask Me Why I'm Weary; -1/2), END 6 2m 4) Veteran Of A Thousand Psychic Wars: +3 Overall; Costs Endurance (-1/2), Activation Roll 14- (We've Been Eating Up Our Brains; -1/2), Increased Endurance Cost (x2 END; You Ask Me Why I'm Weary; -1/2), END 6 11 Did I Hear You Say That This Is Victory?: RKA 1d6, Based On EGO Combat Value (Mental Defense applies; +1), Does BODY (+1), Autofire (5 shots; +1/2), Non-Standard Attack Power (+1); Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Takes Same Damage; -2), Skin Contact Required (-1), -2 Decreased STUN Multiplier (-1/2), 2 clips of 5 Charges (-1/2), Costs Endurance (-1/2), Limited Power Only in the Mind Zone (-1/2), END 7 16 Where The Tides Of Madness Swell And Men Sliding Into Hell: Mental Illusions 5d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Area Of Effect (8" Radius; +1 1/4); No Conscious Control (-2), Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Mental Illusions; -1), Linked Where The Tides Of Madness Swell And Men Sliding Into Hell; -1/4) 1 It's Time We Had A Break From It, It's Time We Had Some Leave: Rapid Healing; 3 Charges (-1 1/4), Linked (It's Time We Had A Break From It, It's Time We Had Some Leave; -1/2), Activation Roll 13-, Burnout (-1/2) 49 Where The Tides Of Madness Swell And Men Sliding Into Hell: Extra-Dimensional Movement (Mind Zone), Beta Level (SPD 4), Position Shift, Up to 1 Turn - I can't stand forever, Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/4); Activation Roll 14-, Burnout (We've Been Eating Up Our Brains; -1/4), END 2 13 Did I Hear You Say That This Is Victory?: Usable As Attack (+1) for up to 61 Active Points of Mind Zone; 1 Charge (-2), Skin Contact Required (-1), Costs Endurance (-1/2), END 6 7 It's Time We Had A Break From It, It's Time We Had Some Leave: Simulate Death (+4 to roll) Skills 3 You Blame Me For My Silence: Stealth 12- 3 You Blame Me For My Silence: Shadowing 12- 1 Veteran Of The Psychic Wars: WF: Psionic Weapons Total Powers & Skill Cost: 129 Total Cost: 161 75+ Disadvantages 5 Age: And I'm Young Enough To Look At, And Far Too Old To See 5 Distinctive Features: All The Scars Are On The Inside (Concealable; Noticed And Recognizable; Detectable By Psychic Senses) 10 Distinctive Features: Oh Please, Don't Let These Shakes Go On. (Concealable (With Effort), Noticed And Recognizable, Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses 0 Normal Characteristic Maxima 15 Physical Limitation: I'm Not Sure That There's Anything Left Of Me - Amnesiac: Most Of His Memory Is Missing Or Confused. (Frequently, Greatly Impairing) 15 Psychological Limitation: I Have Used Up All My Weapons, And I'm Helpless And Bereaved - Passive, Feels Helpless (Common, Strong) 15 Social Limitation: I Can't Say If We're Ever Gonna Be Free - Subject To Orders (Frequently, Major) 10 Vulnerability: Mental Attacks - My Energy Is Spent At Last, And My Armor Is Destroyed (Common) 11 Experience Points Total Disadvantage Points: 161
Background/History: Eric Buck is a broken shell of the psychic warrior he was a year ago. Because he has spent so much of that time fighting in the Mind Zone, and because of the traumatic nature of the psychic wounds inflicted in those innumerable battles, he no longer even remembers a life before. He can no longer enter the Mind Zone as deeply nor for as long at a time, but subjectively he has spent an entire lifetime at war.
Personality/Motivation: Eric Buck still obeys superior officers out of habit but it is becoming evident even to the mind-blind that his days as an effective combatant are nearly over, if not already ended.
Quote: You Ask Me Why I'm Weary Why I Can't Speak To You/You Blame Me For My Silence, Say It's Time I Changed And Grew/But The War's Still Going On
Powers/Tactics: Besides going mind to mind with other psionic soldiers, he was often used as an assassin due to his ability to force even non-mentalists onto the mental plane and there shred them literally to death with a lethal attack that would also leave him dangerously depleted. The ability to enter a healing trance after such an attack made it a viable tactic, but his ability to recover in trance is no longer as powerful either. He can probably manage it one more time....
Appearance: More than any other physical trait, what is noticed and remembered about this veteran of the psychic wars is the palsy. His experiences have left him not only shaken, but shaking.To those who see with a third eye, his appearance is ghastly. While still alive, his aura is the bleached out blue of an old corpse that has lost all trace of the former personality that animated it, with only a hint of opalescence, like a seashell, betraying his psychic potential.
Veteran of the Psychic Wars song by Blue Oyster Cult, lyrics by Eric Bloom and Michael Moorcock. ĘThe character sheet is by Lucius Alexander, copyright Palindromedary Enterprises.
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