They are 21 years old, and often appears as a huge super-muscular dude with a friendly, midwestern accent.
Mark Collins lives in Maelstrom, a setting where videos of the supernatural go viral every day. Their journal has 12 entries.
3 Alertness
1 Animals
6 Athletics
6 Brawl
3 Crafts
0 Culture
2 Drive
0 Firearms
3 Influence
3 Investigation
0 Medicine
3 Melee
0 Occult
2 Performance
3 Science
2 Stealth
2 Survival
1 Technology
0 Thievery
Marks caught a few villians in his day, and one thing they always seem to have in common is they never shut up.
He's learned how to conversationally 'push their buttons' and make them talk.
So far, the most reliable way has been to talk about himself, to instigate their inevitable sense of competition.
It takes constant conversation, so when Mark mentions his relavent truths, their target does too.
Preferably in the form of a back and forth gloating/determination sort of thing.
Examples:
"I'm Mark Collins, fighter of injustice, protector of the weak. I'm here to stop you! " (flexes in superhero pose)
"It's too late, Mark!" (laughs maniacally) "You'll never find the bombs in time!" (Shows him live feed of the city.) "Watch your public failure with me! The world will know my name! ZOXOB!"
"If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in fear. They want you to know you're going to die. So they'll talk. They'll gloat. They'll watch you squirm. They'll put off the moment of murder like another man will put off a good cigar. So hope like hell your captor is an evil man. A good man will kill you with hardly a word."
Terry Pratchett
Exert your Mind (unless The target thinks they have the upper hand) and spend one minute to activate. Select a Sapient target within arm's reach. You must continuously interact with the individual in question in order to gather any information. At the end of your investigation, roll Brawn + Influence at Difficulty 6.
You learn all the following information about your target:
The quality and specificity of information gained depends on your Outcome. For any information you learn about your target, the corresponding information about you is shared with them.
Any information you gather is A spoken conversation and made publicly available. This also includes any information the target learns about you.
Together with Mark's grit power, Mark resembles bodybuilders that probably went a little too far.
His bones are 3x denser than a normal human, but even his skin seems highly resistant to damage, allowing him to rip, tear, and lift things far beyond human limits.
One of the first things to kick in with the genetic cocktail that is Mark Collins, his father convinced him to keep his hefty brawn a secret. In fact, he had quite the sheltered life alone with his dad on the farm in Iowa.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Brawn rating is increased by 1. You may Exert your Mind to automatically gain an Outcome of 5 on any roll that uses Brawn (cannot be used on combat rolls or Effect activations).
You also gain the following effects:
His knuckles have become hardened, and his biceps and triceps have doubled in size.
A fan of comic books, Mark knew he had to learn to fight. He tends to fight like classical superheroes, just because he hasn't been taught any different- leaning hard on brutal strength and speed rather than skill or finesse.
Mark's unique genetics kicked in at a young age, though it was nearly his late teenage years before he actually started practicing combat and fighting, visiting a community boxing club.
First thing he learned was how to not break them.
Second was how to not destroy the gloves.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in unarmed combat.
+2 dice to rolls for Attacking, Defending, and Clashing without a weapon. Unarmed attacks do +0 Bonus Damage Weapon Damage (instead of -1). The target's Armor is fully effective against this damage.
You also gain the following effects:
Upon exposure to air, some peculiar cells in Mark's bloodstream will revert into stem cells, and plug into the wounds, allowing them to heal over time.
'Shallower' wounds tend to heal slower than grievous injuries.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Any Injury you receive from a source other than Punches/kicks heals quickly, reducing its Severity by one level every 6 hours, starting once it becomes stabilized. You may also Exert your Mind and spend an Action to reduce the Severity of a single stabilized Injury by 1. Does not affect Injuries suffered as an activation cost for Effects.
Battle Scars caused by your Injuries are also healed when the Injuries that caused them regenerate.
Injuries you receive from Punches/kicks are increased in Severity by 1.
superman style hearing and seeing
Exert your Mind and spend an Action to activate.
Your senses are enhanced in the following way. Lasts for three hours.
Any heightened senses require you to maintain Concentration to use, and do not apply to any passive Perception checks.
The adrenaline boosts have had a visible impact on Mark's physique, as impressive as it was before- sliding from athlete, to full on bodybuilder.
His nerve system's don't seem to transfer pain like ours, deadening the sensation, but also producing vast quantities of adrenaline- enough to kill a man who didn't have the body Mark does.
His adrenal glands are also swolen and deformed, capable of much higher outputs than normal.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
Your Body and Mind Penalties are reduced to 0.
While Incapacitated, you may Exert your Mind to take a single action.
If you are Stunned, asleep, drugged, or otherwise made unconscious for any reason other than being Incapacitated, you may Exert your Mind to wake up. Any penalty which was caused by this condition is removed.
Certain cells in Mark's bloodstream are able to revert themselves into stem cells to patch wounds, repair neurons, and keep him functioning, albeit barely.
You gain the following benefits at all times.
If you would take an Injury that would kill you, you don’t die. Instead, you survive in an Incapacitated state. This state lasts for the next hour, at which point you fully return to life.
If, while you are unconscious, your wound level rises above your rating in Body + twice your Brawn, or if you take an Injury with Severity greater than twice your rating in Brawn, you die. After you return, the Injury that would have killed you, as well as any Injuries sustained while Incapacitated, are healed. Battle scars obtained during this time remain.
Possession of this Power grants the following Trauma at all times: Compulsion to follow things through and not flee or surrender.
Marks body is becoming more and more conditioned for excruciatingly hard impacts and sudden bursts of muscle tension.
His aim is nearly flawless, but it's very difficult for him to adjust his trajectory significantly without a lot of effort. He can't turn on a dime, reverse, or stop unless he has something to hold onto or kick off of, but he is very good at landing-
Despite the crater he leaves at impact of great height.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action to activate. Select a Location which is at most 75 feet away horizontally or 15 feet away vertically.
You jump to the chosen location. If the landing is precarious, the GM may call for a roll to land safely. You will never take fall damage from successfully landing a jump made with this Effect.
You may activate this Effect while in free-fall, as long as your target Location is a surface on which you can land. You are immune to fall damage.
Mark can throw big things better now- his hands and fingers have swollen still, almost like bricks.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are engaged in combat with thrown weapons.
+2 dice to all rolls utilizing thrown weapons.
Possession of this Power grants the following Battle Scar: Swollen fingers, -3 dice to actions requiring fine finger dexterity. Some actions, like turning a key, picking up something small, or using a gun with a covered trigger are simply impossible or would take some time at best.
You also gain the following effects:
Kevins freinds now have the ability to reveal their inner Pony OC. He hopes this allows his freinds to delve deeper into themselves and find their own inner pony.
Exert your Mind and spend an Action to activate.
You transform into A Horse for one hour or until you choose to end the Effect. You cannot transform into a flying creature. See the Extended System text for stats.
While transformed, you cannot use any equipment (including Artifacts and Consumables), and you do not have access to any of your Powers. The equipment you are wearing does not transform with you.
Injuries and Wound Level are carried over between forms. However, transforming can never kill you; you merely remain Incapacitated until your Injuries are sufficiently healed.
While transformed, you may speak and use any Influence or Communication Powers you posses.
While transformed, you are obviously unusual, unnatural, or alien, and the average person will take a special interest in you.
An appropriately named jacket, coming in a variety of colors and woven with kevlar fabrics this blend of modern technology and fantastical ability can take you from anywhere to Leon's own home base. Though he's loathe to hand these out to any but those he trusts beyond all else, their incredible value in getting out of a shit situation when all else fails is beyond measure.
Exert your Mind and spend 2 rounds to activate. If you are at The heartstone of the Imp's Bog in Russia, you may choose a target Location within your line of sight; otherwise, your target may only be The heartstone of the Imp's Bog in Russia.
You are transported directly to the chosen Location. You must wait an hour before activating this effect again.
After you finish activating this Effect, you cannot move quicker than a walk (max 15 feet per Round) for one minute and suffer a -1 dice penalty for an hour.
Upon eating said food, the consumer body will start to morph and almost mutate. Slowly bending and bubbling until they gain the mutation. The food itself is stored in these qi bubbles and is then shrunken and compressed. Upon squeezing the bubble, the food slowly expands and become a full bowl/dish of the food. The food generally looks extremely appetizing.
Can only be used on the consumer
Use up this Food based on ingredients , Exert your Mind, and spend eight hours to activate. Select a Living target within arm's reach. The target can easily Resist.
You may add one augmentation to your target. Each augmentation counts as a Battle Scar and can have exactly one of the following Effects:
The augmentations you provide are not outwardly visible nor obvious.
A Pill that smells like dried squid/cuttlefish/octopus. Taste like roasted really good Starfish. Upon consuming, The Qi in pill dissipates the pill slowly. The Qi may react with the body specially and instead of consuming the pill, the pill will force itself out of your mouth.
The consumer will feel their scar rearranging itself and it is very visible as it heals.
Use up this Golden Pill (unless you succeed on 1d10, Difficulty 7) and spend an hour to activate. Select a Battle Scar on yourself to treat.
The treated Battle Scar will heal over the course of the next week.
After you finish activating this Effect, you cannot move quicker than a walk (max 15 feet per Round) for one minute and suffer a -1 dice penalty for an hour.
A brown pill that smells oddly fragrant. Upon eating, it's taste ranges from a wide array of food, from bbq to ramen to sushi to cake, depends on the person favorite food.
This pill was made by Bu Fang using a mix of his knife skills and few Chinese medicine knowledge and Qi ability. He uses certain Chinese medicine like specific aged ginseng roots to slowly release the effects and chops the ingredients up then uses Qi to compress it into a pill.
The fragrance changes from person to person based on their favorite food as its ingredients contain a multitude of food variety.
Use up this Brown Pill Ball (unless you succeed on 1d10, Difficulty 7) and spend an Action to activate. Select a target within arm's reach.
For the next 24 hours, your target does not require any food, water, or sleep.
*TP vest from leon with a big letter on the front * Armored Clothes * Wallet * Keys *Taser *Pepper spray *handcuffs *lighter *binoculars *flares *bright flashlight *3 pocketknives
*2 days of food and water
*small shovel
*rope (80 yds, climbing rope)
*tent
*bedroll
*flashlight/floodlight
*laptop
*Portable radio
farm animal gps trackers (3) binoculars
duct tape 2 roll earpiece and radio/walkie talkie
compass
Silver plated brass knuckles, with an engraving from his ex-girlfriend.
Big Dufflebag (Like a 5ft dufflebag, looks extremely stuffed but he carries it like its nothing..) 10 feet of silver chain. 2 silver letter openers (knives) 5 road flares 6 long distance short wave radios sat phone 2-day battery night vision goggles (amplification) Scuba gear, gas mask, big first aid kit, 10 gallons of water (80lbs), 50 MRE (80lbs), 5 person tent, 1 full cold weather outfit, portable radiation/hazmat suit, laptop Steel chains (10ft) 2 premade bolas (pair of bowling balls with 5ft of chain linking them) $2500