A character thread for Nessa Petulengro.  Usual rules apply.

Name: Nessa Petulengro
Concept: Ninja Assassin	
Caste: Night Caste		Experience			Solar Experience
Anima: Black Light		Current: 23			Current: 19
Supernal Ability: Dodge		Total: 460			Total: 488
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Physical	 		Social	 			Mental	
Strength 	- 3		Charisma	- 3		Perception	- 5 (M:1)
Dexterity	- 5 (M:1)	Manipulation	- 5 (M:1)	Intelligence	- 3
Stamina 	- 3		Appearance	- 3		Wits    	- 3
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Abilities
□Archery	- 0	 	■Athletics 	- 5 		■Awareness 	- 5
□Brawl 		- 1 		□Bureaucracy 	- 0 		□Craft 		- 0
■Dodge (Unarmed)- 5 		■Integrity 	- 5 		■Investigation 	- 3
■Larceny 	- 4 		□Linguistics 	- 1 	□Lore (Nobility, Occult)- 2
■Martial Arts (Unarmed, Form:Ebon-Shadow Style)	- 5 		□Medicine 	- 0
□Melee 		- 0 		□Occult (Path of Dreams)	- 5 		□Performance 	- 3
□Presence 	- 4 		□Resistance 	- 4 		□Ride 		- 0
□Sail 		- 0 		■Socialize (Disguised) - 5	■Stealth (Day) 	- 5
□Survival 	- 0 		■Thrown (Artifacts) - 5 	□ War 		- 0
■Martial Arts (Unarmed, Form: Snake Style)	- 5
■Martial Arts (Form: Violet Bier of Sorrows)	- 5
■Martial Arts (Form: Single Point Shining Into the Void Style)	- 5

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Merits
    Martial arts -4	Artifact (Silk Armor) -4	Artifact (Sky Cutter) -3
    Resources    -4	Mentor(Ninja Village) -2	Contacts: Black Blades-3
    Artifact (C4)-4	_____________________ - 	_____________________ -
Languages
    Riverspeak		High Realm			Old Realm
    Circle Sign		Village Cypher Codes (4)

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Willpower		Limit Break - 0			Limit Triggers		
  Current - 7						Betray an Oath of Loyalty
  Total	  - 7						Be Betrayed by an Oathsworn
							______________________
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Immortal Powers
  Path of Dreams-5 (Manip+Occult)	(Intangibility, Illusions, Solid, Independent Creation, Soul-touch, Emotion,
     Partner with Mind, Possession, Dreamriding)
  Elemental Mastery: Air -5  (Air Touch, Subtle 2, AoE 4 (Long), Mass Transit, Feed on Air)
  Mega Dexterity -1	Mega Manipulation -1		Mega Perception -1
Enhancements
  Enhanced Reflexes 	Dex	+1 Evasion
  Enhanced Hear/Touch	Per	+3 Awareness
  Catfooted		Dex	+3 Stealth
  CopyCat		App	+3 to Mimic (Can take stress to channel a teammate)
  Trickster		Man	+3 Presence, Performance, or Socialize to Trick
  Forgettable 		Man =5 (Man+Occult)/2 +MegaMan. People forget who you were after current scene, includes photographs

Cold Iron Hearthstone
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Intimacies					Intensity
Principle: My Word is My Bond			Defining
Tie: The Clan (Loyalty)				Defining
Tie: Qin'ai da Wangzi (Love)			Defining
Tie: Qin’ai da Wangzi (Partnership)		Defining (Unbreakable)
Principle: The Mission Must Be Accomplished	Major
Principle: Learning is Fun			Major (Unbreakable)
Tie: Orochi (Mortal Enemy)			Major
Tie: Qin'ai da Wangzi (Loyalty)			Major
Tie: Emerald Strider (Friendship)		Minor
Tie: Raina Sandserpant (Friendship)		Minor
Principle: Don't Forget the God Emperor		Minor (Unbreakable)
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Essence
   Essence: 5
   Anima Banner: Black Light / Indistinct Blob (Ebon Shadow)
   Personal Motes:    25/25
      Committed:        #
   Peripheral Motes:  52/61
      Committed:        9 (Sky Cutter 5, Silk Armor 4)
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Weapon Name		Withering	Decisive	W.Damage* 	Overwhelm
Unarmed			15 + misc	11 + misc	11b+Thresh/Misc	   OW 1
Night Wind (Sky-Cutter)	11+range+misc	11 + misc	15L+Thresh/Misc	   OW 4	
Throrose		11+range+misc	11 + misc	13+Thresh/Misc	OW 3 (Thrown, Short, Conceilable, Poisoned)
Arrow Frog Venom	3 init per round, lethal in crash, duration 5 rounds, when poisoned they have -2 penalty

*Range accuracy is 5/4/3/0 (Close/Short/Medium/Long), My weapons don't do Extreme Range
*Withering Damage = Str + weapon's Damage (+ threshold successes) + misc
*Decisive Damage = Current Initiative total
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				Health and Defense
Natural Soak: 3		Armored Soak: 5		Total Soak: 8		Hardness: 4
Parry: 6                Evasion: 7 (8 Unarmed)	Guile: 5 (6 Disguised) (7 Trickster)	
Rush: 10                Resolve: 4              Disengage: 13 (14 Unarmed)
Join Battle: 8 + 3 Successes     Stealth Join Battle: 13 (14 Day) + 3 Successes
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Artifacts and Evocations
-Explosive Putty
-Silken Armor (Venom Suit)
-Nightwind
-Throrose (3 to attune)
-Cloak of Night (3 to attune) - reflexive reroll up to (essence) failures on a stealth roll.
^Use of stealth with this on also hides from fate.
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Charms

  Dodge (pg 299)
Reed in the Wind
Dust Motes Whirling
Reflexive Sidestep Technique
Leaping Dodge Method
Drifting Leaf Elusion
Shadow Over Water
Drifting Shadow Focus
Rumor of Form
Fourfold Shiver Binding
Searing Quicksilver Flight
Force Stealing Feint
Seven Shadow Evasion
Flow Like Blood
Vaporous Division
Hundred Shadow Ways
Safety Between Heartbeats
Thousand Steps' Stillness
Unbowed Willow Meditation
Way of Whispers Technique

  Ebon Shadow Style Martial Arts (pg 441)
Nothing But Shadows
Seven Points of Weakness Strike
Ebon Shadow Form
Elusive Flicker Evasion
Shadow Body Dissolution
Shadow Stepping Motion
Throat-Slitting Shadow Atemi
Umbra Noose Execution

  Snake Style Martial Arts (pg 427)
Serpentine Evasion
Striking Cobra Technique
Snake Style
Armor-Penetrating Fang Strike

  Violet Bier of Sorrows Martial Arts (Custom)
Secrets of Future Strife
Flight of Mercury
Joy in Adversity Stance
Blade of the Battle Maiden
Violet Bier of Sorrows Form
Life-Severing Blow
Metal Storm
Conclusion-Pursuing Approach

  Single Point Shining Into the Void Style
Gathering Light Concentration
Shining Starfall Execution

  Occult (pg 354)
Spirit-Detecting Glance
Spirit-Cutting Attack
Ghost-Eating Technique

  Awareness (pg 267)
Sensory Acuity Prana
Surprise Anticipation Method
Keen Hearing and Touch Technique
Unsurpassed Hearing and Touch Method
Studied Ear Espial
Eyeless Harbinger Awareness
Dedicated Unerring Ear
Knowing Beyond Silence
Living Pulse Perception
Roused Dragon Detection
Keen Sight Technique
Awakening Eye
Unsurpassed Sight Discipline
Unswerving Eye Method
Inner Focus
Blink
Eye of the Unconquered Sun

Earth Sings of Danger - Customer Awareness Charm (Prereq Unsurpassed Hearing and Touch Method)
5m Scene Length Reflexive
Gain Tremor Sense out to medium range. Long range if underground or dealing with solid stonework. It will give
1 non-charm success to detect anyone who is touching the earth or touching stonework that you can sense.

Whispered Secrets of the Heart
No Motes, Permanent
When someone with any level of intimacy towards Nessa (positive or negative) speaks her name, Nessa is able
to hear the conversation from that point forward. She must commit motes until she wishes to stop hearing the
conversation. This has unlimited range. This happens whether the person wants to speak to her or not. This
builds off of Dedicated Unerring Ear.

  Stealth (pg 403)
Perfect Shadow Stillness
Invisible Statue Spirit
Easily-Overlooked Presence Method
Blinding Battle Feint
Stalking Wolf Attitude
Hidden Snake Recoil
Killing Shroud Technique (Supplemental document)
Shadow-Striking Way (Supplemental document)

  Larceny (pg 315)
Seasoned Criminal Method
Lock Opening Touch

  Socialize (pg 393)
Mastery of Small Manners
Motive-Discerning Technique
Quicksilver Falcon’s Eye

  Integrity (pg 303>
Destiny-Manifesting Method (Dodge)
Destiny-Manifesting Method (Martial Arts)
Phoenix Renewal Tactic

  Evocations
Venom Suit
Reweave Clothing - 3 motes - Simple action - Add 3 noncharm dice to disguise checks
Blend in Shadow - 5 motes - Simple action - Duration: 1 Scene - double 9's to stealth while in shadows.
Instant Tools - Passive - Lock Opening Touch is reduced in motes by your essence level (4m).

C4 (Explosive Putty)
Voiceless Rupture - 2 additional motes reserved - The explosion becomes an implosion, concentrating debris at
the center of the blast and cancelling any light and sound created from the blast.

Things to get:
Path of Dreams 6: Arch-Master Of Dreams (9 specialties required - all 9 gained)
Path of Dreams cost: current level x 8

Next:


Full Charm Sheet: https://docs.google.com/docume...ODpYsMeT92wg_-4/edit
LAST UPDATED: 9/28/19

This message was last edited by the player at 01:19, Sun 22 Dec 2019.

A PDF version of Nessa's character sheet can be found at:

https://drive.google.com/open?...Tr0uoTW5rY3VFcWhXeVU
This message was last edited by the player at 22:00, Wed 09 Nov 2016.

It was a dark night, though there were no storms present. Mist rose up from the ground, shrouding the streets of the town of Root. Occasional torch light could be seen flickering as the town garrison made their nightly rounds. The streets were almost preternaturally quiet. Even the taverns had closed. Only the infrequent clatter of stealthy figures making their ways across the rooftops disturbed the silence.

Three dark forms lumbered their way out of the mist. Two slim, cloaked figures carried a large body between them. Had the streets been busier the trio could have been confused for two beleaguered souls taking their drunken friend home for the evening. But as the streets were empty, the pair was not even trying to pretend that the body they carried was still alive. They carried the body more like a bundle of dead weight than a concerned friend. Yet even under the load, one of the figures was glancing around nervously.

“You know,” the male figure spoke as he casually shifted to balance the load. “A lesser man might have problems carrying a body which is slowly stiffening from death. Good thing we’re blessed, right?”

“Silence,” the female figure hissed. “We still have some distance to cover and we must not be noticed.”

The male smiled, his feline eyes flicking around. “Right… that is why you would choose not to continue on that train of thought. That we might not see someone prying, at a time like this.”

At this the female figure said nothing.

His point made, he paused before continuing. “Well, no matter. It’s just weight.”

The pair lapsed into silence. Their footsteps, heavy under the weight, were muffled by the mild fog enveloping the streets. “You think me to be a monster,” Nessa said softly. “I have seen it. I have seen the way some of the others look at me. Even my (proverbial? Hypothetical?) master looks at me oddly when he believes I am not paying attention. It is fine and well that I gather the information, but nobody dares think about the means. As if any of us can claim to be bloodless and pure.”

Rikuto listened carefully, humming in thought. “I believe your fears are merely phantoms. I can only speak truly for myself, but I do not believe any of us reserve these thoughts for you. In my eyes…” There was a noticeable pause here, as he tried to gather his thoughts, and lowered his tone. “I know little of you. However… from what I have seen of you your trade is merely a means to an end; an end we most certainly need. Not every threat or contact will present itself in a manner we can handle... publicly. You are trusted, in this Circle, to choose the right path for your own and our interests, and...” He sighed, defeated. “I can only repeat what you already know. . . . Our worlds are far and near at times.”

The pair silently navigated the city streets for a while before Nessa spoke again. “It is… difficult here. Being in this group. In my village it is easier. Ninja are as tools, wielded at the hand of our Kage. Any contract with a client is investigated and considered by wiser heads. As the hand I merely have to think about how the task is accomplished. These decisions over when and who to kill… in the village it would be years before I would have to decide such things. In the field these are the decisions of Chunin, not a Genin such as myself. I believe the choices I have made would be considered justifiable in my village, else I would not have made them. However, it is difficult sometimes to bear the looks of others who have not had to wield a blade with such a bloody hand.”

(To Be Continued in a later post.)

Nessa looked around, taking a scene of decadent revelry. The group had attended the arena that night, with Nessa taking her usual role as Handmaiden to Qin'ai. The festivities at the arena had wrapped up and the nobility had moved to a set of after-festivities set up at various locations. These parties were quite regular, and as much a chance to tour the homes of the wealthy and influential as anything else. Nessa did her best to stick to the edges of gatherings, staying within calling distance of her master but otherwise out of the way... as an attendant properly should.

Still, even the most obedient of servants must make a run to the food table every now and again. Especially after having just brought a few plates full to one's master and the current circle of people he was flirting with.

"...but perhaps you grow bored of hearing it from me. Excuse me, good lady. Would you mind giving my students and I a moment of your time?"

"What?" Nessa looked around, bringing her hand to her throat in a gesture of gentle surprise. An older woman with the look of an upper crust servant was in the act of standing up. At the table she'd been sitting at sat a pair of girls in their early teens. The young ladies were clearly noble by their garb. The older servant curtseyed, an act Nessa half-heartedly returned while taking in the trio.

"Good evening, fair lady. My name is Sur-Pai of house V'Neef. These are the ladies Ichi and Ni. We have been invited to take in the festivities as an opportunity for education." Sur-Pai continued on, but Nessa began to filter the words out as she took in the situation for herself. The two girls were clearly excited to be out at a party for possibly the first time of their lives, and also just as clearly wishing they could be anywhere but chained to this teacher. The smaller one, Ni, looked particularly put upon. Nessa recalled her own days immersed in study when she'd have rather been at play. She gave the girls a sympathetic smile.

The older woman had stopped talking. What was it she wanted? Oh, yes. Something about an etiquette lesson. Nessa nodded politely, an evil idea taking root in her mind. "Good evening to you, good woman. My name is Nessa Petulengro. As it happens, I do recall a discussion of etiquette which the young ladies may benefit from. You see, I happened to be attending my master when he was asked a very similar question by someone giving a lesson in manners to two young men."

"Now then," Nessa said as she was silently invited to seat herself  at the table with the trio. "Two young men, perhaps a bit older than the young ladies here, were being instructed in the ways of the court. The instructor had posed them a situation. 'Imagine that you are at a party with a young lady,' he'd said. 'You find yourself in need of the bathroom. What is the best way to excuse yourself from the lady's company?'

"The first of the two young men immediately spoke up. 'Just a minute, I have to go pee.'

"Well, of course that wouldn't do. 'Such language would be rude and impolite,' the instructor said. 'Perhaps you should think on it some more before you try again.' Then the man gestured at the other boy. 'What would you do?'

"The boy took a moment to think before he spoke. 'I'm sorry, but I need to go to the bathroom. I'll be right back.'

"At this the instructor frowned. 'That would be... adequate... were you at an informal gathering or even at low court. But it would not do to speak the word bathroom while in High Society.' Then the instructor noticed my master, who had been listening to  all of this with a somewhat bored expression, and turned to him. 'My lord, would you grace us with the proper wording for such a situation?'

"Now you must understand that my master had simply been nearby while attending other business. He was of such a noble standing that it was frankly a little insulting for a servant to have addressed him so. But my master has never cared to be strictly formal unless he is required to be, which added a somewhat ironic tone to this conversation. My master nodded to the instructor with a tolerant smile. 'Were I in such a circumstance, I would respond thusly: Darling, may I please be excused for a moment? I have to shake hands with a very dear friend of mine, whom I hope to introduce you to after dinner.' "

Nessa smiled gently at the shocked servant, much like Qin'ai had smiled at the male instructor, before sinking in the final knife. "And that, young ladies, is a lesson worth remembering. Proper etiquette and good manners are the social framework of the court, but a frame does not stand without purpose. Should you want to excel in society, you must understand how to frame your words correctly without tying their true meaning down to such rigid structures."

Nessa glanced from the paling white face of the school marm to the reddened faces of the two girls, both of whom were biting their lips to stifle their laughter. "Please excuse me, but I feel myself growing a bit faint. I believe some strengthening victuals are in order. I hope all of you have a most enjoyable evening." She stood, curtseyed a goodbye, and continued on her way. Behind her, one of the girls let out a muffled snort. Nessa silently tsk'd. Such unladylike behavior.


(Note: The tutor servant's name Sur-Pai comes from the Mandarin Chinese word 挫败 which means to foil, frustrate, or defeat.)
This message was last edited by the player at 22:42, Sun 28 Feb 2016.

Posted here until or if a forum for OMEGA is put up. I will be slowly converting this from Nessa to Jen.

Name: Generation (Jen)
Concept: Multi-bodied, Multi-Powered Superheroine
Experience
Current: 13
Total: 13
Cool Points: 6
Total Cool Points: 6
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Physical	 		Social	 			Mental	
Strength 	- 1		Charisma	- 1		Perception	- 5
Dexterity(Mega2)- 5		Manipulation	- 1		Intelligence	- 1
Stamina 	- 5		Appearance	- 5		Wits (Mega 1)  	- 5
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Abilities
□Archery	- 0	 	■Athletics 	- 5 		■Awareness 	- 5
□Brawl 		- 0 		□Bureaucracy 	- 0 		□Craft 		- 0
■Dodge (Clones)	- 5 		■Integrity 	- 0 		□Investigation 	- 0
□Larceny 	- 0 		□Linguistics 	- 0 		□Lore 		- 0
■Martial Arts (in Sailor Senshi DPC Form)	- 5		□Medicine 	- 0
□Melee 		- 0 		□Occult 	- 0 		■Performance 	- 0
■Presence 	- 0 		□Resistance 	- 2 		□Ride 		- 0
□Sail 		- 0 		■Socialize	- 0		■Stealth(Clone) - 1
□Survival 	- 0 		□Thrown  	- 0 		□War 		- 0
■Firearms (Pistols) - 5		□Drive		- 0		□Pilot		- 0

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Merits
    Resources	 -4	Backing (Government)  -4	Allies: PHENOM(3) -5
    Ally:MG Koko -1	Contacts (Underworld) -3	Secret Identity	  -1
    ____________ - 	_____________________ - 	_________________ -

Powers
    Dreaming Pearl Courtesan Martial Arts (Senshi Powers)
    Clone        -3
			3 Clones (Skills and DPC charms)
			3 Battlegroups
    Power Cores  -5
	Fire (Temperature Control): Subtle (1), Selective Power, Ice Objects
	Body (Kinetic Absorption): Subtle (1), Expanded Battery, Hold the Charge
	Light (Light Control): Subtle (1), Subtle (2), Programmed Illusions
	Metal (Matter Manipulation- Flexium): Quick Change (Swift), Fine Manipulation,
					     Evocation: Heavenly Guardian Defense
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Willpower		Limit Break - 0			Limit Triggers		
  Current - 5						Lose a Power Core
  Total	  - 5						At Fault for Loss of Innocent Life
							Facing 'Quarter'
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Intimacies					Intensity
Principle: the Strong protect the Weak		Defining
Principle: Never Forget to have fun		Defining
Tie: "Quarter" - Brother/Sister			Defining
Tie: "Quarter" - Nemesis			Major
Tie: "Sailor Doom" - Sailor Leader		Minor
Principle: Modeling is Fun			Minor
Principle: Fear of Cockroaches			Minor
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Essence
   Essence: 2
   Personal Motes:    50/50
      Committed:        -
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Weapon Name		Withering	W.Damage* 	Overwhelm	Notes
Unarmed (M)		14+misc		8b+Thresh/Misc	   OW 1
Desert Eagle Pistol (M)	11+range/aim	13L+Thresh/Misc	   OW 1		Powerful (+2 dmg)
Desert Eagle Pistol (A)	12+range/aim	16L+Thresh/Misc	   OW 4		Automatic (Hold Aim, -1/round)
Sniper Rifle (M)	10+range/aim	15L+Thresh/Misc	   OW 1		Uses Perception
Sniper Rifle (A)	11+range/aim	18L+Thresh/Misc	   OW 5		instead of Dex
War Fan/Whip (M)	14+charm/misc	8b+Thresh/Misc	   OW 1		Charm Wdmg +4/Ddmg +1
War Fan/Whip (A)	15+charm/misc	11b+Thresh/Misc	   OW 3		Charm Wdmg +5/Ddmg +1
Improvised Weapon (A)	15+charm/misc	11*+Thresh/Misc	   OW 4		*=Disarming/Grapple/Piercing/Shield

*Withering Attack (Melee) = Dex + Martial Arts + Weapon Accuracy (+ Specialty)
*Withering Damage (Melee) = Str + Weapon Damage (+ threshold successes) + misc
*Withering Attack (Range) = Dex/Per + Firearms + Aim + Range Accuracy (+ Specialty)
*Withering Damage (Range) = 4 + Weapon Damage (+ threshold successes) + misc
*Range Accuracy (Pistols) = 4/3/2
*Range Accuracy (S Rifle) = -2/4/2/0/-2
*Decisive Attack = Dex/Per + Martial Arts/Firearms (+ Specialty)
*Decisive Damage = Current Initiative total
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				Health and Defense
Armor			Armor Soak	Hardness	Notes
Sailor Suit (DPC Style)	5 (+5 w/charm)	4/10(1st, +3m)	Charm: 1 soak per mote
Kinetic Absorption	15 Wsoak	5 Dsoak		Battery: 50 point max

Natural Soak: 5		Hardness: 4*	Total Soak: 5 / 10+5 (DPC) / 20/5 Kinetic
Parry: 6 (7 DPC)	Evasion: 6 (7 Clone)+1/2charm	Guile: 1	Resolve: 3
Rush: 10		Disengage: 10 +1/2suc (Charm)	Join Battle: 10 +3 success
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Artifacts and Evocations

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Charms

  Dreaming Pearl Courtesan Style (pg 456)
(Demure Carp Feint)
(Elegant Weapon Repertoire)
(Pearlescent Filigree Defense)
(Dreaming Pearl Courtesan Form)
(Flurry of August Leaves)
(Vindictive Concubine's Pillow Book)
(Fragrant Petal Fascination Kata)
(Seven Storms Escape Prana)
(Invoking the Chimera Coils)

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To Get

Strength 2,3
Charisma 2,3 (4)
Manipulation 2,3 (4)
Intelligence 2,3
Mega Strength 1
Mega Stamina 1,2
Mega Appearance 1,2
Mega Manipulation 1
 -Trickster
Mega Perception 1,2
 -Firearm Accuracy Enhancement
 -Trick Shot
Mega Wits 2
Artifact Pistol/Sniper Rifle
Awareness (Threat?)
Integrity 1,2,3,4
Performance 1,2,3,4
Performance (Light Core)
Presence 1,2,3,4
Socialize 1,2,3,4
Stealth 2,3,4,5
Firearms (Sniper)
Dreaming Pearl Courtesan Martial Arts Charms
Power Enhancement
 -Fire:
 -Metal: Protection of Celestial Bliss
 -Body:
 -Light:

LAST UPDATED: 8/3/17 

This message was last edited by the player at 02:10, Fri 04 Aug 2017.