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Title: Kirk Fjordsson
Post by: Sichr on <03-20-11/0805:19>

Name: Kirk Fjordson
Alias: LochKid
Race: Human
Sex: twice a week at least
Nationality: Norway
Lifestyle: Low - 1 month
Karma Spent:
Physical Description: Long, almost white blonde hair tied to ponytail. Under high forehead you see frozen reflections of yourselves, mirorring in protective covers of his cybereyes. Nose dominates hatchet face with sensitive lips and firm chin. Tall figure with long arms and symetric shoulders. Dark leather clothes, decorated with steel pins and some chains. On the left shoulder he had a small bag, he is obviously used to travel light. On the right shoulder...electric guitar... something about his posture suggests thunderstorm on the glacier.
Personality/background Magical tradition: Norse...
An orphant found on the coast of frozen Glomfjord coast beneath the Svartisen glacier. Conditions of my birth remains great secret, even to myself. Old seal hunter, who raised me, told me nothing more then I must had been protected by spirits and that my life is the most prescious gift I could ever get, so there is no way to waste it by entertainment and and carelessness. He oftenly taught me that with his fists and kicks, especialy whe he got drunk.
Then, one day, my own rage break out and Ive burned the old man. burned the house, and burned this memories out of my soul. For he was not evil. He was just afraid of me. Like anybody else. Except good old Olaf. He came by right before neighbors decide that they will take the risk of the wrath of spirits and burn me to death. Olaf`s power saved me that night, and he had taken me to his boat and sail away from that village. I was six years old then, and it is like a dream now.
He taught me a lot, and provide me a shelter, food andsome of my needs. When he finds out my passion for the guitar players, as I`ve saw and heard many of his collection of ancient deathmetal videos and tracks, he bought me one. Old, wooden thing, with no electricity in it. I was trained even in other arts. I`ve spent some years visiting holy places an the elders. I`ve spent some time even with the group called themselves Winternight, but, by Odin, they were bunch of lunatics. After their cause was revealed, I was one of many Godes who hunt them down and make them perish, because they are....were...like some other religions say...heretics. I`ve slaed 3 of them, with the help of my berserker warrior and my spells. I hunt them in the real world and in the realm of Aesirs...and I came to love that feeling. No man, no beast and no woman is safe from now. Because I`m a hunter.
I also seek arcana mysteries now, for that is the next step of my jurney. Once I found a way to Asgaard and learn the name of a true hero, and learn the mystery of runes, I will be prepared,. I`m not certain what for, but I know it will come...

Attributes

Body	Agility	Reaction	Strength
2	2	3	2
Charisma	Intuition	Logic	Willpower
5	3	3	5
Edge	Magic	Essence	Initiative
2	6(5)	5	5 / 1IP

Positive Qualities
Adrenaline surge
Guts
Inspired
Perceptive (Level 2)

Negative Qualities
Spirit Bane (Earth)
Sinner (Norway)
Combat monster
Records on file (Saeder-Krupp)

Active Skills

Counterspelling	3
Summoning(Guardian spirits)	4(6)
Assensing	3
Astral combat	4
Banishing	3
Spellcasting	5
Leadership	3
Artisan (Guitar)	1(3)

Knowledge Skills

Club music	3
Biology	2
Magic background	2
Magical Threats	2
World Religions (Norse Cult)	3(5)

Language Skills

Norwegian	N
English	3
Spanish	3

Spells/b]

Levitate

Increase reflexes

Influence

Detect individual

Detect life extended

Manabolt

Ball Lightning

Mana Barrier

Heal

Cyber/Bioware(20600¥)

Cyberware	Essence	Cost	Notes
Cybereyes r. 4	0,5	1500¥
Thermographic vision	i	1000¥
Vision enhancement 3	i	4500¥
Low-Light vision	i	1000¥
Flare compensation	i	750¥
Protective covers	i	100
Vision magnification	i	1000¥
Cyberears r. 4	0,5	1500¥
Audio enhancement 3	i	4500¥
Select sound filter 4	i	2000
Spatial recognizer	i	750¥
Damper	i	750¥

Gear (24250¥)

Chameleon suit	8000¥
Thermal damping 3	1500¥
Clothing (Chic)	1000¥
Low lifestyle (one month)	2000¥
Fake SIN r.4	4000¥
Microsensor: Olfactory sensor 6	3000¥
Electric Guitar :)	300¥
Novatech Airware	1250¥
Nanopaste trodes	100¥

Programs/b]

OS: Iris Orb	3/3	1000¥
Browse	3	150¥
Edit	3	150¥
Empathy sensor SW	3	600¥
Wildlife spotter sensor SW	3	600¥
Facial recognition sensor SW	3	600¥

Contacts

Contact		C/L
Olaf the Fixer		3/3

Build Point totals:  400= 170(Stats) + 65(Magic) + 27(Spells)+ 108(Skills) + 15(Magician) + +35-35 (Qual.) + 9 (Res) + 6 (contact)

Title: Re: Kirk Fjordsson
Post by: Glyph on <03-20-11/1539:40>

Magician counts as a quality, unless you are playing with a GM who house rules otherwise.

Title: Re: Kirk Fjordsson
Post by: nakano on <03-20-11/1858:53>

Maybe its just me, but dump stats of Body, Quickness and Agililty on a Norse Tradition had me thinking Trickster mentor for Loki rather than combat monster.  I would personally dump the ware and the 6th point of magic in favor of more body(2 points) and see about trimming the points needed to increase agility perhaps.                                   

Title: Re: Kirk Fjordsson
Post by: Glyph on <03-21-11/0007:40>

Body and Reaction, at the very least, should be higher for a combat-oriented mage, and you should think about getting at least one defensive spell such as combat sense or improved invisibility.  Hard-maxing your Magic is not really worth it, just to get a bit of senseware.  Skill-wise, almost nothing but awakened skills.  You need, at the minimum, perception and either gymnastics or dodge, simply as essential skills.  The background is very good, but the nuts and bolts need to be tweaked a bit, so the character is more survivable.

Title: Re: Kirk Fjordsson
Post by: Sichr on <03-21-11/0609:27>

About that magician quality...lucky me.
About that combat ... Well I have 9 dices for astral combat. its not to much, I know, but it would improve with karma. Im not interested in real world combat more than I have to.
I need at least two sustaining focuses. I hope I will earn the money and karma befere I got hit.
Atack spells works at LOS, so with my eyes, I should levitate 2 miles behind frontline and cast manabolt on anything I see and provide cover to allies. Combat monster doesnt have to mean, that he is standing in the frontline. That means, that Im the last who is leaving the battlefield.
And more to the combat...Have you seen force 5 Guardian spirit in the action? I have. Beautifull.

Title: Re: Kirk Fjordsson
Post by: Sichr on <03-21-11/0650:56>

I knew I should have done better, It was my first attempt for magician (Another one is Cara Yuki, also in Character C&C Board)
But.
Kirk was done.
Accepted for the game (PbP Rocky Dino danger hour)
And is in game now. I cannot change what had been done during the play. So wish me luck, or better balance with my next character.