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Dr. Amanda Knox
planting seeds of change

A Newbie Contractor played by k3nnedy_writes in Maelstrom

Dr. Amanda Knox is a eccentric botanist and environmentalist who will risk her life to study the effects of the supernatural on plantlife, expand her own collection, and to help wild ecosystems flourish.

She is 29 years old, and often appears as a lank woman with a pale appearance, wearing glasses and short purple dyed hair. When not wearing a labcoat she can be seen wearing a cargo jacket.

Dr. Amanda Knox lives in Maelstrom, a setting where videos of the supernatural go viral every day.

Attributes

Brawn

2 Charisma

3 Dexterity

2 Intellect

4 Perception

3

Abilities

1 Alertness

0 Animals

1 Athletics

1 Brawl

1 Crafts

1 Culture

1 Drive

0 Firearms

3 Influence

3 Investigation

1 Medicine

0 Melee

0 Occult

1 Performance

4 Science

0 Stealth

2 Survival

2 Technology

0 Thievery

4 Botany

(TapClick for Combat reference)

Initiative: 0 dice

Movement: 0 feet

Dash: 0 feet

Perception + Alertness: 0 dice

At the start of Combat, roll Initiative: Dexterity + Perception Difficulty 6.

Each Round of Combat represents 3 seconds of near-simultaneous action.

It's my Turn

You get one Movement and one Action on your turn every Round of Combat.

Movement

Movement is taken immediately before OR after your Action. It cannot be split.
You may Free Move (0) feet. Minimum 5 feet.
You may Dash up to an additional (0 feet).
- Dashing penalizes your Action -1 die per 5 feet.
All-out Sprint: instead of using free Movement or Dash, you may spend your Action and roll Brawn + Athletics ( dice) Difficulty 6. You move (0 + (Outcome x 5) Feet).

Actions

Attack with your weapon or hands.
Evade by rolling to Defend or Dodge. Your Outcome is "spent" to reduce the Outcome of any incoming attacks until your next Action.
Activate a Power or use an Ability as normal.
Hold your Action by declaring an Action and a triggering event. If the event occurs before your turn on the next Round, you perform the Action.

I'm being attacked

If you have not yet spent your Action this Round, you may use it as a Reaction.

Reactions

Dodge by rolling Dexterity + Athletics ( dice) Difficulty 6. Your Outcome is subtracted from the attacker's.
Defend with your weapon by rolling its attack roll. Your Outcome is subtracted from the attacker's. Availability depends on weapon match-up (tap/hover).
Clash with the attacker using the same roll you would use to Defend. The higher Outcome (not contested) is treated as the result of a successful, undefended attack roll against the loser.

Desperate Defense

If you have already used your Action, you may Exert your Mind to perform a Reaction. Your next Round's Action receives a -2 dice penalty. You cannot Clash as a Desperate Defense.

Will to Survive

Once per Contract, you may reduce the severity of an incoming Injury up to 4 Severity levels (to a minimum of Severity 4). You take a point of Mind damage and suffer a Major Battle Scar that lingers after the Injury is healed, even with proper Stabilization.

If an attack's Outcome is positive after defense, it results in a new Injury with Severity = Outcome + Weapon damage - Armor

Injuries

(Dr. Amanda Knox is unharmed)

(TapClick for Severe Injury reference)

Injuries Severity 4+ cause a Battle Scar and require Stabilization

Stabilization is the Injury's main treatment, and each Injury can only be successfully Stabilized once

Unstabilized Injuries worsen by 1 Severity level every half hour

Proper Stabilization

Requires an advanced first aid kit for Severity 4 Injuries, a field surgery kit for Severity 5 Injuries, and a surgery theater for Severity 6+ Injuries.

Roll Intellect + Medicine, Difficulty equal to Severity

An Outcome of 1 or greater will Stabilize the Injury and stop its degradation.
Complete success (Outcome 4+) puts the Injury on track to heal clean: its Battle Scar heals with it.
Failed attempts can be retried at +1 Difficulty per failure.
On a Botch, the Injury's Severity increases by 1.

Makeshift Stabilization

Attempt a major treatment using insufficient or improvised medical equipment.

Roll Intellect + Medicine, Difficulty > Severity

(Difficulty based on materials and tactics used)

Any positive Outcome (1+) will Stabilize the Injury and stop its degradation.
However, any Outcome less than 4 increases the Injury’s Severity by 1. Botches also worsen its Battle Scar.
Regardless of Outcome, any Battle Scars caused by the Injury will persist after it is fully healed.
Failed attempts can be retried at +1 Difficulty per failure.

Self-stabilization attempts are rolled at +1 Difficulty.

Battle Scars

Dice penalties from Battle Scars do not stack with Stress

(Dr. Amanda Knox has no Battle Scars)

Body 6

Stress

8 Mind

Agitated

Distracted

Hurt

-1

Rattled

Injured

-1

Worried

Wounded

-2

Alarmed

Mauled

-3

Frantic

Maimed

-4

Delirious

X_X

Limits

Atrocities

Murder

Anguish

Traumas

(Dr. Amanda Knox has no Traumas)

Circumstances

Circumstances describe your situation.

Examples include enemies, wealth, notoriety, social status, contacts, fame, and imprisonment.

Because each Playgroup has its own setting, Circumstances record the Playgroup they were acquired in.

In Maelstrom

Respected Expert: botany

From Assets and Liabilities

You are highly respected and influential within a given field or industry. Just about anyone in _____ will know of you and respect your status and ability within that field. Social rolls made against anyone in your chosen field receive +2 dice.

Conditions

Conditions describe your state of being.

Examples of Conditions include curses, diseases, and impactful personality quirks.

Conditions are granted by Assets and Liabilities or by GMs based on the events of Contracts and Downtime activities like Moves, and Loose Ends.

Because Conditions may have GM-created systems, they also record the Playgroup they were acquired in.

From Assets and Liabilities

Focused You are able to remain focused despite your circumstances and surroundings. Any Mind Penalty you have is reduced by 2.

Loose Ends

Loose Ends will cause problems for you if you don't tie them up.

Examples of Loose Ends include enemies, debts, evidence, and promises.

All Loose Ends have a Cutoff that counts down each time you attend a Contract. When it hits zero, the Threat of your Loose End manifests, causing issues for your Contractor.

You cannot see the current values of your Loose Ends' Cutoffs, but you can take initiative and make Moves on your Downtimes to deal with them before time runs out.

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Contractor Timeline

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Remaining Exp: 0 (Earned: 150 - Spent: 150)

An itemized record of every Contract, Reward, Experience change, Condition, Circumstance, and Move

Journal
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Questionnaire

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Moves

Dr. Amanda Knox has made 0 Moves.

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Biography

Basics

Dr. Amanda Knox is a doctor in botany with a fascination with the supernatural and exotic. She is renowned in the field for her studies on supernaturally-imbued plants, and she is also active in environmental advocacy. Amanda prefers using her first name as opposed to Dr. Knox to differentiate between herself and her parents.

Early Years

Amanda was born to a small family in the suburbs of Chicago. Her parents were both university professors teaching anthropology and physics. Due to this, Amanda spent much of her childhood visiting university and new very early on that they wanted to go into academia, despite not being particularly interested in their parents subjects of choice. At 13 her family took a vacation to Bolivia, at which point Amanda became infatuated with the rainforest and it's plants. From that point on they began keeping a variety of exotic plants, though at that point her "collection" was at a minimum.

Education and Career

Amanda received their undergraduate at the university in Chicago where her parents taught. They received an undergraduate degree in biology with a minor in public speaking. During her time in undergrad, she had a non-violent encounter with a ghost, who's presence appeared to cause the death of one of their plants. When her closest friend at the time didn't believe them, they swore to themselves that they would do research on the supernatural to provide proof for those still skeptical of their existence and to better understand what happened.

Amanda went to a graduate school in New York to study botany and conduct her own research for the first time. She began designing ways to experiment with elements of the supernatural and see the affect it would have on plant life. During this time, she ran across an environmental group who had been protesting on campus and they were soon recruited.

In the two to three years since she achieved her Ph.D. Amanda made a name for herself as one of a few botanists studying the supernatural. While some members of the scientific community praised them for the advancement, many deniers of the supernatural consider them to be a sham. During this time, Amanda would also take part in a number of activist protests and activities to fight for environmental change and replant trees. Unlike the other advocates however, Amanda Knox's focus in environmentalism is in plants and helping them grow rather than animals or large scale environmental change. It is rumored among peers that Amanda wants to see a world where plants take over.

Amanda has yet to stick to one particular professorship or research position, instead for now mainly working out of her own greenhouse and jumping from position to position, relying on prize money and funds from her parents. Outside of advocacy and work life, Amanda leads a mostly secluded life, happily tending to their plants and keeping an eye out for new specimens.

Assets And Liabilities

Assets

-6 Focused

-3 Respected Expert

Field: botany

-3 Ambidextrous