[Character] Weregild - The Viking of Vengeance!

JimLotFP · June 28, 2007

[b]Weregild - Patrik Österlund[/b]

[b][u]VAL[/u]   [u]CHA[/u]   [u]Cost[/u]   [u]Total[/u]   [u]Roll[/u]      [u]Notes[/u][/b]
20    STR     10   20      13-       HTH Damage 4d6  END [2]
21    DEX     33   21      13-       OCV 7 DCV 7
25    CON     30   25      14-
25    BODY    30   25      14-
13    INT     3   13      12-       PER Roll 12-
21    EGO     22   21      13-       ECV: 7
40    PRE     10   40      17-       PRE Attack: 8d6
10    COM     0   10      11-
10    PD      6   10/17             10/17 PD (0/7 rPD)
10    ED      5   10/17             10/17 ED (0/7 rED)
5    SPD     19   5                 Phases:  3, 5, 8, 10, 12
9    REC     0   9
50    END     0   50
48    STUN    0   48
9    RUN      6   9"                END [2]
2    SWIM     0   2"                END [1]
4    LEAP     0   4"                4" forward, 2" upward

[b]CHA Cost: 174[/b]

[b][u]Cost[/u]   [u]POWERS[/u][/b]
46     [b][i]Hammer of Retribution[/i][/b]: (Total: 115 Active Cost, 46 Real Cost) HA +8d6 (40 Active Points); OAF Unbreakable (-1), Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/2) (Real Cost: 16) [b]plus[/b] HA +9d6 (45 Active Points); Limited Power Only Against Portals While In Direct Pursuit of a Murderer (-2), OAF Unbreakable (-1), Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/2) (Real Cost: 10) [b]plus[/b] +5 with Hammer of Retribution (Real Cost: 10) [b]plus[/b] Missile Deflection (Any Ranged Attack) (20 Active Points); OAF (-1) (Real Cost: 10) - END=8
33     [b][i]Fire Cloak[/i][/b]: (Total: 92 Active Cost, 33 Real Cost) HKA 1d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Armor Piercing (+1/2), Affects Desolidified Any form of Desolidification (+1/2), Persistent (+1/2), Damage Shield (+1/2) (52 Active Points); No STR Bonus (-1/2), OIF (-1/2), -2 Decreased STUN Multiplier (-1/2), No Knockback (-1/4) (Real Cost: 19) [b]plus[/b] Sight Group Images 1" radius, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (15 Active Points); Only To Create Light (-1), OIF (-1/2), Linked (HKA; -1/2) (Real Cost: 5) [b]plus[/b] +20 PRE (20 Active Points); Only For Intimidation Based PRE Rolls (-1), OIF (-1/2), Linked (HKA; -1/2) (Real Cost: 7) [b]plus[/b] +1 with DCV (5 Active Points); OIF (-1/2), Linked (HKA; -1/2) (Real Cost: 2) - END=0
30     [b][i]The Dead Cry Out For Vengance![/i][/b]: Entangle 3d6, 3 DEF, Cannot Be Escaped With Teleportation (+1/4), Takes No Damage From Attacks Limited Group (+1/4), Works Against EGO, Not STR (+1/4), Affects Desolidified Any form of Desolidification (+1/2), Indirect (Any origin, any direction; +3/4), BOECV (Mental Defense applies; +1) (120 Active Points); Only Effective Against an Unpunished Murderer When There Is Proof Of His Crime (-1), Eye Contact Required (-1/2), Limited Class Of Minds Human Minds (-1/2), Mental Defense Adds To EGO (-1/2), Cannot Form Barriers (-1/4), Visible (-1/4) - END=12
15     [b][i]Staring Through the Eyes of the Dying[/i][/b]: (Total: 90 Active Cost, 15 Real Cost) Retrocognitive Clairsentience (Hearing, Sight And Touch Groups) (60 Active Points); Retrocognition Only (-1), Only to Experience Last Moments of a Murder Victim's Life (-1), Corpse of the Deceased Must Be Present (-1), Side Effects: Takes the same BODY damage as killing blow against victim (12 BODY max), Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (-1), No Range (-1/2), Concentration (0 DCV; -1/2) (Real Cost: 10) [b]plus[/b] Telepathy 4d6 (Human and Additional Class of Minds classes of minds) (30 Active Points); Only to Experience Last Moments of a Murder Victim's Life (-1), Corpse of the Deceased Must be Present (-1), Receive Only (-1/2), No Range (-1/2), Stops Working If Mentalist Is Stunned (-1/2), Linked (Clairsentience; -1/2), Concentration (0 DCV; -1/2), Does Not Provide Mental Awareness (-1/4) (Real Cost: 5) - END=9
14     [b][i]Chainmail[/i][/b]: Armor (7 PD/7 ED) (21 Active Points); OIF (-1/2) - END=0
11     [b][i]I Know This Area Better Than You[/i][/b]: Teleportation 20" (40 Active Points); Only To Get In Front Of Fleeing Target (-1), Can Only Be Used If Target Is Not Looking At Origination Point, Destination Point, Or Intervening Space (-1), Must Pass Through Intervening Space (-1/4), no Noncombat movement (-1/4) - END=4
10     [b][i]Sign of the Hammer[/i][/b]: Drain COM 1d6, Delayed Return Rate (points return at the rate of 5 per Year; +2 1/2) (35 Active Points); OAF (-1), Extra Time (Full Phase, -1/2), Concentration (0 DCV; -1/2), rPD Applies (-1/2) - END=3
4     [b][i]Judgement Passed[/i][/b]: Healing 1 BODY, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Persistent (+1/2) (20 Active Points); Only Heals Damage Done By Staring Through the Eyes of the Dying, and Only After The Murderer is Branded By Sign of the Hammer Or Confirmed Dead (-2), Extra Time (Regeneration-Only) 1 Minute (-1 1/2), Self Only (-1/2) - END=0

[b]POWERS Cost: 163[/b]


[b][u]Cost[/u]   [u]SKILLS[/u][/b]
4      Language:  English (idiomatic)
3      Interrogation 17-
3      Climbing 13-
3      Streetwise 17-
0      Language:  Swedish (idiomatic) (4 Active Points)
0      Acting 8-
0      Concealment 8-
0      Conversation 8-
0      Deduction 8-
0      Paramedics 8-
0      Persuasion 8-
0      Shadowing 8-
0      Stealth 8-

[b]SKILLS Cost: 13[/b]


[b][u]Value[/u]  [u]DISADVANTAGES[/u][/b]
20     Psychological Limitation:  Code vs Murder (Common, Total)
20     Psychological Limitation:  Obsessed with Bringing Murderers to Justice (Common, Total)
20     Vulnerability:  2 x STUN Heat/Fire (Common)
15     Social Limitation:  Secret ID: Patrik Österlund (Frequently, Major)
15     Social Limitation:  Homeless (Frequently, Major)
15     Psychological Limitation:  Paranoid: Believes Everyone is a Possible Murderer (Common, Strong)
15     Psychological Limitation:  Believes in the Norse gods (Uncommon, Total)
10     Hunted:  Norse Gods 11- (Mo Pow, Watching)
10     Psychological Limitation:  Justice, not Law (Uncommon, Strong)
5     Enraged:  Confronted with Unpunished Murderer (Uncommon), go 8-, recover 14-
5     Psychological Limitation:  Resentful of Heroes that Don't Suffer for their Powers (Uncommon, Moderate)

[b]DISADVANTAGES Points: 150[/b]

Base Pts: 200
Exp Required: 0
Total Exp Available: 0
Exp Unspent: 0
Total Character Cost: 350

Background/History: Patrik Österlund was a man from Northern Sweden who had moved to the USA in order to become employed with a large corporation and get better tax benefits; as an accountant he was acutely aware of how money could work for or against him. He fell in love, married, had kids, and became a naturalized citizen.

One summer day while he was at work, his home was burglarized - while his family was home. He came home to discover his home ransacked and his wife and four children dead. As he cradled his wife's body and cursed the gods, he was visited by a Valkyrie, sent by the Norse god of revenge (and survivor of Ragnarök), Váli. Österlund was offered the opportunity to be given the power and the tools to identify his family's murderers and bring them to justice... and in exchange, he must agree to then continue identifying and tracking down murderers in the name of justice. Of course he agreed, and experienced his terrible power for the first time.

At first, Patrik was able to balance his normal life and his new responsibilities. But in time, the strain of feeling all those murders, seeing too many unlikely people turn out to be vicious killers. He could no longer deal with a normal life. He quit his job, and now lives on the streets... always looking out for the next killer he can bring to justice.

Personality/Motivation: Patrik is tired. He hates what he does, he hates what it does to him, and he hates being suspicious of everyone around him. But he can not deny that what he does is important. He can not deny that what he does is *good*.

He remembers what he felt when he experienced his family's deaths. He remembers feeling their relief when their murderers were caught. He remembers that every murdered human being has loved ones that grieve for them and cry out for justice.

As Weregild, Patrik will give it to them.

The one thing he will not do is become a murderer himself. If a murderer is killed by accident while fleeing, or in self defense if they are fighting, fine. But Patrik knows all too well what it feels like to be killed in cold blood, and he will not be one to commit such an act. Not now, not ever, no matter what the gods on high think about it. And they hate it. Blood for blood, they say. To Hel with them.

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Powers/Tactics: Weregild's powers are as horrific as they are fantastic, and it is no wonder that he is weary of the responsibility that goes with them.

Staring Through the Eyes of the Dying - By concentrating near a person's body (including at graveside), he can see, hear, and feel what they experienced as they were killed. The terror they felt, the pain as their bodies were violated by rope, blade, or bullet. Their wounds become his wounds, and as his body bleeds as the victim's body bled, the hunt for the killer begins.

The Dead Cry Out For Vengeance - When a murderer is in sight, Weregild can summon the spirits of his victims to fly to him and surround him, rooting him to the spot in sheer and abject terror.

So relentless is his pursuit of the guilty, and so keen is his awareness of his surroundings, that he can anticipate where murderers are running, and take shortcuts to cut off their escape.

When he has finally caught a murderer, he brands them with The Sign of the Hammer. He has a Thor's Hammer pendant which burns when pressed to the flesh of a murderer. As Weregild's reputation grows, this mark will increasingly be universally known as the mark of a murderer.

When Judgement has been passed - either the marking with the Sign of the Hammer or the death of the murderer, the spirits of the murdered visit Weregild and their joy heals any wounds he took on by using Staring Through the Eyes of the Dying.

He has weapons and armor to aid him in his quest:

His suit of chain mail is a mundane suit of armor, but made of the best modern materials and design.

His Hammer of Retribution is a fearsome magical weapon, capable of delivering mighty blows, and mightier blows still to any door between him and his prey. It is made of indestructible minerals forged by the same Svartalfheimr that forged Mjolnir in ages long past, and can block any attack aimed at Weregild.

His Fire Cloak is a normal looking (and awfully ruddy) cloak until it is commanded to ignite, which gives Weregild an even more threatening visage. Weregild himself is not affected by the flames as long as he is wearing the cloak. The thing also helps obscure his features whether ignited or not, and makes it easier for him to evade attack.

Appearance: Patrik Österlund is an unkempt urban outdoorsman who keeps as clean as he possibly can... but of course true cleanliness is near impossible.

As Weregild, he wears his cloak which obscures his features - even moreso when it is alight! Wearing his chainmail and carrying his war hammer, he is a most fearsome and impressive foe... and may the gods have mercy on the one he seeks.

Killer Shrike · June 28, 2007