Jul 27, 2008 Jun 27, 2010 12:53 AM NPC Islands of War Gwen Bystrom 20 April 23 Grey Electric Blue, Curly, Medium Freckled Right 61 128.0 0 Female Human 4 Cult of Profit As a young woman, Gwen started her own small bank on the Green Isle. She made a fair bit of money and then sold the business to a friend, spending everything she had to become a priestess in her religion. Along this path, she gained magical talent and a unique ability to funnel mana into herself at high speed from her surroundings. She believes strongly in her religion (Cult of Profit). She's now working as an adventurer, seeing this as the quickest way to spread the message of profit. Strangely enough, she leaves a trail of greater profitability where ever she goes, dispensing sound financial advice for a small fee ($5-$10). On the other hand, she does still seek personal profit via dungeon delving and doing missions for the League of Adventurers. Gwen recently had an unfortunate accident with a critical failure combined with a wild surge while casting Explosive Fireball. It went off on her left ear instead of her target. This completely blew her ear off, damaged her hearing, permanently curled her hair and turned it electric blue. She hasn't figured out why it changed her hair color and every attempt she's made to dye it back to black (including magic) has failed. She cannot even grow her ear back with magic; she's tried. She has a habit of making out with random guys she meets just about everywhere she goes. Her exotic hair color seems to be getting her extra attention (both good and bad) in this respect. In combat, Gwen will generally use spells first, but if pressed will use her staff, which she is no slouch with. Her tactics against single opponents vary by gender, but always begin with a defensive grip. Her favored attack against males is her Armed Grapple/Groin Knee Strike attack. Against women or when the afore-mentioned isn't possible, she uses Pressure-Point Strike against her opponent's weapon arm. After the initial attack, she often follows up with a Sweep or more Pressure Point Strikes. She normally seeks to disable her opponents quickly, so she can cast spells to support her comrades. Against multiple opponents, she'll hold her staff with a regular grip and attack with a Grand Disarm. If this doesn't scare her opponents off, she'll follow up with Whirlwind Attack. If they're unarmed, she uses Whirlwind Attack first. Gwen is currently actively training her staff skills, working on a new Combination move combining her Armed Grapple and a Knee Strike to the head. This would be used against female opponents. After that she's planning to go back to improving her magical abilities. 0 0 250 8 12 14 11 0 0 0 0 true true false Advantages Clerical Investment Social 5 B43 Advantage Energy Reserve (Magic) Physical, Exotic 45 3 Abilities Only -10 total P119 One Power -50 total P117 Slow Recharge -20 total P117 1/hour Slow Recharge -60 total P117 1/day Special Recharge -70 total P117 Special Recharge -80 total P117 1/s bleed Stunts Only -10 total P117 Pact (Vow) -5 total Nuisance Effect -5 total Glowing Brightly P119 She gains a bright blue aura when she draws from this reserve; this makes her very obvious Advantage Attribute Fatigue Magery Mental, Supernatural 250 1 1 No Foot Components 10 total No Facial Components 5 total No Gesture Components 10 total No Material Components 30 total No Speech Components 20 total Dance -40 total Dark-Aspected -50 total Day-Aspected -40 total Extra-Dimensional -40 total No Armor -45 total Musical -50 total Night-Aspected -40 total One College Only (@Hard College@) -40 total One College Only (@Average College@) -50 total One College Only (@Easy College@) -60 total Requires Talisman -30 total Requires Talisman in Hand -40 total Solitary -40 total Song -40 total Spells Require Consciousness -20 total Spells Require Sight -35 total Wild Magic -40 total Reduced Fatigue Cost 20 2 total Pact (Vow) -5 total Advantage Occult/Magical Mana Regeneration ER Only 0 total Magical -10 total Nuisance Effect -5 total Glowing Brightly Pact -5 total Vow While regenerating mana, bright blue motes of energy are visible moving toward her from her surroundings; this makes makes her very obvious Regeneration (Energy Reserve, Low Mana) Physical, Exotic Extreme 150 total B80 You recover 10 HP per second Fast 50 total B80 You recover 1 HP per minute Fatigue Only 0 total P70 Fatigue Recovery 100 total P70 Heals Radiation 40 total B80 Limited: @Advantage@ Only -40 total P70 Radiation Only -60 total B80 Regular 25 total B80 You recover 1 HP per hour Slow 10 total B80 You recover 1 HP per 12 hours Very Fast 100 total B80 You recover 1 HP per second B80 Advantage Regeneration (Energy Reserve, Normal Mana or Better) Physical, Exotic Builds on Fast Regeneration -50 total Extreme 150 total B80 You recover 10 HP per second Fast 50 total B80 You recover 1 HP per minute Fatigue Recovery 100 total P70 Heals Radiation 40 total B80 Limited: @Advantage@ Only -40 total P70 Only in Normal Mana or Better -15 total Radiation Only -60 total B80 Regular 25 total B80 You recover 1 HP per hour Slow 10 total B80 You recover 1 HP per 12 hours Very Fast 100 total B80 You recover 1 HP per second B80 Advantage Weapon Master Mental 20 B99 One weapon: Staff Advantage staff 1 1 staff 2 1 Disadvantages Absent-Mindedness Mental -15 B122 Disadvantage Dependency (Mana) Physical, Exotic Rarity: Rare -30 total B130 Rarity: Occasional -20 total B130 Rarity: Common -10 total B130 Rarity: Very Common -5 total B130 Illegal -5 total B130 Frequency: Constantly 5 B130 Lose 1 HP per minute without it Frequency: Hourly 4 B130 Lose 1 HP per 10 minutes after missing a hourly dose Frequency: Daily 3 B130 Lose 1 HP per hour after missing a daily dose Frequency: Weekly 2 B130 Lose 1 HP per six hours after missing a weekly dose Frequency: Monthly 1 B130 Lose 1 HP per day after missing a monthly dose Frequency: Seasonally 0.33333 B130 Lose 1 HP per 3 days after missing a seasonal dose Frequency: Yearly 0.1 B130 Lose 1 HP per 2 weeks after missing a yearly dose Aging 30 total B130 Age 2 years for each HP lost due to this dependency B130 Disadvantage Divine Curse (Hard of Hearing) Physical -10 B138 Caused by the same accident that blew her ear off Disadvantage hearing -4 Duty (League of Adventurers) Social FR: 6 -2 total FR: 9 -5 total FR: 12 -10 total FR: 15 -15 total Extremely Hazardous -5 total Involuntary -5 total Nonhazardous 5 total B133 Disadvantage Honesty Mental -10 9 B138 Disadvantage Illusory Physical, Supernatural -40 Disadvantage Lecherousness Mental -15 12 B142 Disadvantage Odious Personal Habit Physical -5 B22 Says "What?" quite a bit, because she can't hear very well; -1 Reaction Disadvantage Pacifism: Reluctant Killer Mental -5 B148 Disadvantage Secret (Illusion: Utter Rejection) Social -10 B152 Will become Social Stigma (Monster) and loss of Clerical Investment Disadvantage Supernatural Features (No Soul) Physical, Supernatural -5 B157 Disadvantage Vow (Always consider offers of payment) Physical -5 B161 Disadvantage Perks Changemaker Physical 1 Perk Grip Mastery (Staff) Physical 1 Infinite Money Pocket Physical 1 Perk Quirks Combs hair to cover ears Physical -1 Divine Curse (Electric Blue Hair) Physical -1 B132 Dye and bleach don't work. Nobody can change it in any way. Divine Curse (Missing Left Ear) Physical -1 Expression Mental 0 -1 B164 "If I had a copper piece for every time..." Quirk Obsession Mental 0 -1 B164 Returning her hair and ear to normal Quirk Techniques (Combinations) Combination (Armed Grapple (Staff)/Torso + Knee Strike (Brawling) Thrust/Groin) Physical 3 3 1 MA80 Skill 14 + 11 (No Grapple)/14 (Successful Grapple) Business Accounting IQ/H 1 B174 Business IQ -6 Skill Finance -4 Skill Mathematics Statistics -5 Skill Merchant -5 Economics IQ/H 1 B189 Business Social Sciences/Humanities IQ -6 Skill Finance -3 Skill Market Analysis -5 Skill Merchant -6 Finance IQ/H 1 B195 Business Skill Accounting -4 Skill Economics -3 Skill Merchant -6 Merchant IQ/A 1 B209 Business Social IQ -5 Skill Finance -6 Skill Market Analysis -4 Professional Skill Banker IQ/A 1 B215 Knowledge IQ -5 Combat Brawling DX/E 4 B182 Combat/Weapon Melee Combat Brawling 2 1 Innate Attack Beam DX/E 4 B201 Combat/Weapon Ranged Combat DX -4 Skill Innate Attack -2 Knee Strike A 1 thr Thrust C No No Skill Knee Strike 0 Skill Brawling -1 B232, MA76 Skill Brawling -1 Combat/Weapon Melee Combat Technique Magic Alchemy 4 IQ/VH 8 B174 Natural Science Occult/Magical Magic Charm IQ/H 4 Occult/Magical Thaumatology 12 Skill Thaumatology -6 Magic Creation IQ/H 4 Occult/Magical Thaumatology 12 Skill Thaumatology -6 Magic Divination IQ/H 1 Occult/Magical Thaumatology 12 Skill Thaumatology -6 Magic Illusion IQ/H 8 Occult/Magical Thaumatology 12 Skill Thaumatology -6 Magic Life IQ/H 2 Occult/Magical Thaumatology 12 Skill Thaumatology -6 Magic Meta IQ/H 2 Occult/Magical Thaumatology 12 Skill Thaumatology -6 Magic Protection IQ/H 2 Occult/Magical Thaumatology 12 Skill Thaumatology -6 Magic Summoning IQ/H 1 Occult/Magical Thaumatology 12 Skill Thaumatology -6 Magic Transmutation IQ/H 4 Occult/Magical Thaumatology 12 Skill Thaumatology -6 Meditation Will/H 2 B207 Esoteric Will -6 Skill Autohypnosis -4 Thaumatology IQ/VH 12 B225 Occult/Magical IQ -7 Misc Hidden Lore Demon Lore IQ/A 1 B199 Knowledge Occult/Magical Sex Appeal HT/A 2 B219 Social HT -3 Quarterstaff Arm Lock A 0 MA65 Skill Staff 0 Combat/Weapon Melee Combat Technique Staff Armed Grapple H 3 MA67 Skill Staff -2 Combat/Weapon Melee Combat Technique Staff Back Strike H 3 MA67 Skill Staff -2 Combat/Weapon Melee Combat Technique Staff Choke Hold H 0 MA69 Skill Staff -3 Combat/Weapon Melee Combat Technique Staff Disarming H 0 B230, MA70 Skill Staff 0 Combat/Weapon Melee Combat Technique Staff Feint H 0 B231, MA73 Skill Staff 0 Combat/Weapon Melee Combat Technique Staff Grand Disarm A 11 MA84 Skill Staff -11 Cinematic Techniques Combat/Weapon Melee Combat Pressure Points Staff IQ/H 4 B215 Esoteric weapon master trained by a master Pressure-Point Strike A 2 MA87 Skill Staff -2 Cinematic Techniques Combat/Weapon Melee Combat Pressure Secrets Pressure Points Staff DX/A 8 B208 Combat/Weapon Melee Combat DX -5 Skill Polearm -4 Skill Spear -2 Sweep H 4 B232, MA81 Skill Staff -3 Combat/Weapon Melee Combat Technique Whirlwind Attack H 6 B232, MA87 Skill Staff -5 Cinematic Techniques Combat/Weapon Melee Combat Targeted Attack (Grapple/Neck) H 3 MA68 Skill Armed Grapple -3 Technique Religious Exorcism Will/H 1 B193 Occult/Magical Will -6 Skill Religious Ritual -3 Skill Ritual Magic -3 Skill Theology -3 Public Speaking IQ/A 2 B216 Business Scholarly Social IQ -5 Skill Acting -5 Skill Performance -5 Skill Politics -5 Religious Ritual Cult of Profit IQ/H 1 B217 Occult/Magical Skill Ritual Magic Cult of Profit -6 Skill Theology Cult of Profit -4 Leather Belt 2 - 5 0.25 Shrinking Spell Book 4 1020 0.12 Thesis (320 pages), Codex Bound Spell Book 1 Spell: Armor 4 120 0.0 Common, 12 points Spell Spell: Battle Spell: Charm Spell: Common Spell: Protection 1 Spell: Barrier 4 1900 0.0 Uncommon, 38 points Spell Spell: Battle Spell: Creation Spell: Protection Spell: Uncommon 1 Spell: Burning Blast 4 200 0.0 Common, 20 points Spell Spell: Battle Spell: Common Spell: Creation Spell: Elemental Spell: Fire 1 Spell: Charm 4 220 0.0 Common, 22 points Spell Spell: Charm Spell: Common Spell: Mentalism 1 Spell: Color Spray 4 380 0.0 Common, 38 points Spell Spell: Battle Spell: Common Spell: Elemental Spell: Light Spell: Radiance Spell: Transmutation 1 Spell: Combat Teleport 4 10000 0.0 Rare, 40 points Spell Spell: Battle Spell: Rare Spell: Transmutation Spell: Transportation 1 Spell: Demishadow Magic 4 910 0.0 Common, 91 points Spell Spell: Battle Spell: Common Spell: Darkness Spell: Illusion 1 Spell: Demishadow Monsters 4 1780 0.0 Common, 178 points Spell Spell: Common Spell: Illusion 1 Spell: Explosive Fireball 4 270 0.0 Common, 27 points Spell Spell: Battle Spell: Common Spell: Creation Spell: Elemental Spell: Fire 1 Spell: Frostbite 4 110 0.0 Common, 11 points Spell Spell: Battle Spell: Common Spell: Elemental Spell: Ice Spell: Transmutation 1 Spell: Haste Other 4 370 0.0 Common, 37 points Spell Spell: Body Control Spell: Charm Spell: Common Spell: Time Spell: Transmutation 1 Spell: Haste Self 4 2000 0.0 Uncommon, 40 points Spell Spell: Charm Spell: Time Spell: Uncommon 1 Spell: Heal 4 350 0.0 Common, 35 points Spell Spell: Common Spell: Healing Spell: Life 1 Spell: Heal II 4 990 0.0 Common, 99 points Spell Spell: Common Spell: Healing Spell: Life 1 Spell: Heavy Stun 4 530 0.0 Common, 53 points Spell Spell: Body Control Spell: Common Spell: Life 1 Spell: Illusion Shell 4 3850 0.0 Uncommon, 77 points Spell Spell: Illusion Spell: Mentalism Spell: Uncommon 1 Spell: Lightning Bolt 4 110 0.0 Common, 11 points Spell Spell: Air Spell: Battle Spell: Common Spell: Creation Spell: Elemental Spell: Lightning Spell: Weather 1 Spell: Luck 4 60 0.0 Common, 6 points Spell Spell: Charm Spell: Common Spell: Wild 1 Spell: Mage Sight 4 30 0.0 Common, 3 points Spell Spell: Charm Spell: Common Spell: Divination 1 Spell: Mitosis 4 13250 0.0 Rare, 46 points Spell Spell: Creation Spell: Rare Spell: Transmutation 1 Spell: Negate Magic 4 880 0.0 Common, 88 points Spell Spell: Common Spell: Meta 1 Spell: Phantasmal Killer 4 1980 0.0 Common, 198 points Spell Spell: Common Spell: Illusion 1 Spell: Phantasmal Sight 4 130 0.0 Common, 13 points Spell Spell: Common Spell: Illusion 1 Spell: Phantasmal Sound 4 50 0.0 Common, 5 points Spell Spell: Common Spell: Illusion Spell: Sound 1 Spell: Phantasmal Sound 4 50 0.0 Common, 5 points Spell Spell: Common Spell: Illusion Spell: Sound 1 Spell: Phantasmal Trap 4 830 0.0 Common, 83 points Spell Spell: Common Spell: Guardian Spell: Illusion Spell: Protection 1 Spell: Phantom Steed 4 450 0.0 Common, 45 points Spell Spell: Common Spell: Illusion Spell: Summoning Spell: Transportation 1 Spell: Poetic Improvisation 4 20 0.0 Common, 2 points Spell Spell: Any College Spell: Common 1 Spell: Regenerate Self 4 23750 0.0 Rare, 95 points Spell Spell: Healing Spell: Life Spell: Rare 1 Spell: Shadow Magic 4 460 0.0 Common, 46 points Spell Spell: Battle Spell: Common Spell: Illusion 1 Spell: Shadow Monsters 4 1300 0.0 Common, 130 points Spell Spell: Common Spell: Illusion 1 Spell: Shield 4 300 0.0 Common, 30 points Spell Spell: Battle Spell: Charm Spell: Common Spell: Protection 1 Spell: Stun 4 180 0.0 Common, 18 points Spell Spell: Body Control Spell: Common Spell: Life 1 Spell: Super Luck 4 20000 0.0 Rare, 80 points Spell Spell: Charm Spell: Rare Spell: Wild 1 Spell: Teleport Self 4 2000 0.0 Uncommon, 40 points Spell Spell: Transmutation Spell: Transportation Spell: Uncommon 1 Spell: Tongues 4 80 0.0 Common, 8 points Spell Spell: Charm Spell: Common Spell: Communication Spell: Divination Spell: Mentalism 1 Quarterstaff 0 4 10 4.0 B273 sw+2 cr 7† Swung 1,2 +2 No DX -5 Skill Staff 0 Skill Polearm -4 Skill Spear -2 thr+2 cr 7† Thrust 1,2 +2 No DX -5 Skill Staff 0 Skill Polearm -4 Skill Spear -2 Melee Weapon Portrait 8.5 11 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Monochrome Single Normal