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Nikola Luisawicz

A 3-Victory Newbie Contractor played by lesbianspacepirate in Maelstrom

Nikola Luisawicz is a eccentric academic who will risk their life to become the ultimate (al)chemist and implement a true, nonentropic global system of renewable energy.

They are 35 years old, live in Malden, Massachussets, and often appears as a lanky person in a singed lab coat that's seen better days, with platinum blonde hair that sticks up with little rhyme or reason.

Nikola Luisawicz lives in Maelstrom, a setting where videos of the supernatural go viral every day.

Attributes

Brawn

2 Charisma

3 Dexterity

3 Intellect

5 Perception

1

Abilities

1 Alertness

0 Animals

3 Athletics

0 Brawl

2 Crafts

1 Culture

1 Drive

3 Firearms

1 Influence

2 Investigation

2 Medicine

0 Melee

0 Occult

0 Performance

2 Science

2 Stealth

0 Survival

3 Technology

0 Thievery

4 Chemistry

4 Electrical Engineering

(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

(Nikola Luisawicz is unharmed)

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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

Broken Leg (Your movement speed is reduced by half.)

Body 6

Stress

9 Mind

Miffed

Agitated

Distracted

Hurt

-1

Rattled

Injured

-1

Worried

Wounded

-2

Alarmed

Mauled

-3

Frantic

Maimed

-4

Delirious

X_X

Limits

Atrocities

Anguish

Climate Grief

Traumas

Traumatized Poor Work-Life Balance: While working on a major project or Contract, you must succeed on a Self-Control roll to be able to sleep unassisted before it's finished.

Spark

Circumstances

In Maelstrom

Additional Citizenship: United States/Czech Republic

From Assets and Liabilities

You maintain full legal status in a specific country or nation. You have official citizenship in the chosen country, in addition to your home country, and are entitled to any benefits that citizenship there entails.

Respected Expert: academia (sciences)

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

From Assets and Liabilities

Additional Language: English You are fluent in an additional language You can speak, read, and write in the chosen language. You may be given a roll to decipher some amount of meaning from a related language at the GMs discretion.

Oblivious You frequently fail to notice the soul shattering horrors that drive others mad. As long as your Perception rating is 1, all Trauma rolls and defensive Mind rolls are made at -2 Difficulty. Does not affect any Trauma rolls made as an additional cost to Gift activation.

Imbued After accepting your first Invitation to a Contract, you are Imbued, altering you in several ways. After completing a Contract, your learning and conditioning improves rapidly. However, you require the Contracts to advance. You have an indomitable Will to Survive. You may Exert your Mind to improve the Outcome of your Actions. You are highly receptive to therapy and may "cure" one of your Traumas with counseling on a Downtime.

Disorder You have a mental or emotional disorder which is chronic and hard to treat. Fidget Brain - Whenever faced with switches, levers, doohickeys, or big ominous red buttons, roll Self-Control not to mess with them. Additionally, when caught off guard, roll Self-Control to determine whether your hands are currently free, or if you're currently fiddling with a useless trinket.

From Maelstrom

Wormwood You have been exposed to Wormwood gas If you die, you return to life as a mindless, flesheating zombie in a few Rounds. You count as Undead, recover all previous injuries, & you will not stop attacking until you receive a called shot to the head dealing at least a Severity 4+ wound or receive an appropriate Battle Scar. You mindlessly attack any living thing you can see. You have "0" Mind but suffer no penalties for it. The GM may direct your character or allow you to do so. The GM will decide if any Gifts you have are still functional as an Undead.

Eaten The Firebird One time you may reroll at minus -1 difficulty a botch during a contract as the major imbalance of luck inside you shifts outward on a botch allowi mg you to retry and perfect your action.

Loose Ends

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3 Victories - 1 Failure

Remaining Exp: 1 (Earned: 170 - Spent: 169)

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Biography

First language: Czech

Assets And Liabilities

Assets

-1 Additional Language

Language: English

-3 Respected Expert

Field: academia (sciences)

-3 Additional Citizenship

Country: United States/Czech Republic

-0 Imbued

-3 Oblivious

Liabilities

+3 Traumatized

Trauma: Poor Work-Life Balance: While working on a major project or Contract, you must succeed on a Self-Control roll to be able to sleep unassisted before it's finished.

+6 Disorder

Permanent Trauma: Fidget Brain - Whenever faced with switches, levers, doohickeys, or big ominous red buttons, roll Self-Control not to mess with them. Additionally, when caught off guard, roll Self-Control to determine whether your hands are currently free, or if you're currently fiddling with a useless trinket.