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Desdemona Jordan
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live."

A 4-Victory Novice Contractor played by rusty_shackleford in Tokamak

Desdemona Jordan is a American writer and journalist who will risk her life to become the ultimate darling of Vanity Fair readers everywhere and document and observe the rupture of reality that the ignition of the Tokamak has brought forth.

She is 58 years old, lives in Auckland, New Zealand, and often appears as a physically slight woman with steel gray hair and an unobtrusive, low-key demeanor.

Desdemona Jordan lives in Tokamak, a setting where the fae have been forcibly returned to earth following a nuclear physics experiment. Her journal has 2 entries.

Attributes

Brawn

1 Charisma

3 Dexterity

3 Intellect

4 Perception

4

Abilities

4 Alertness

0 Animals

1 Athletics

0 Brawl

0 Crafts

4 Culture

0 Drive

0 Firearms

4 Influence

2 Investigation

0 Medicine

1 Melee

1 Occult

1 Performance

1 Science

4 Stealth

0 Survival

2 Technology

0 Thievery

(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

(Desdemona Jordan 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

(Desdemona Jordan 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

Anguish

Atrocities

Murder

Traumas

(Desdemona Jordan has no Traumas)

Source

Whenever , regain one Source. Cooldown: one day

Circumstances

In Tokamak

Average Finances

From Assets and Liabilities

You can live stably off your money. You have access to $2,500 (or equivalent currency) per Contract.

Conditions

From Assets and Liabilities

Anosmia You have no sense of smell, and your sense of taste is extremely limited. All Perception rolls which depend on smell fail automatically, and any Perception rolls which involve smell in some way (such as tasting things) are at +2 Difficulty.

Pathetic You are so pathetic, no one takes you seriously as a threat. Opponents must succeed a Difficulty 7 Mind roll in order to attack you instead of other opponents in combat. Only works if your Brawn rating is 1.

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

Loose Ends

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Contractor Timeline

4 Victories - 1 Failure

Remaining Exp: 5 (Earned: 175 - Spent: 170)

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

Journal

Latest 1 of 2 entries

A dream deferred

Questionnaire

Latest 0 of 0 answers

Moves

Desdemona Jordan has made 0 Moves.

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Biography

Desdemona Jordan is an American writer and journalist. Her low-key demeanor and diminutive stature give her the ability to simply escape notice even in extremely dangerous situations, which she has used to develop a successful career covering wars, coups, rebellions, assassinations, music festivals, and everything in between. But the rupturing of reality that the tokamak has brought forth may be her most important beat yet, and she relocated to Auckland shortly after the Fall of Australia to that end.

Assets And Liabilities

Assets

-0 Finances: Average

-3 Pathetic

-6 Focused

Liabilities

+3 Anosmia