Mista J

Oct 10 2008, 09:49 PM

Five is cool TUC, now I gotta round up 5 SBers.

Of course your in M.O.D.

But that brings up the question... Whose side are you on TUC?

(see character bios for more info)

• Con Artist:
  Being skilled in deceiving people can be just as useful on the battlefield as it is in other situations. Kassom's skills as an actor and his "street" knowledge of psychology means he can mess with people's perceptions quite effectively. Whether its playing dead, acting like he isn't hurt, or simply pulling off a bluff, Kassom's sense of subtlety, timing, and drama give him an edge when it comes to "pulling on people's strings".
  
• Survivalist:
  Growing up in the desert, watching the wholesale slaughter of your home town, and being on the run for your entire life give a person some survival skills that are hard to come by. If there's one thing Kassom Sercha knows how to do well, it's make it out alive... even if only barely. There's something in this boy that just refuses to let his spark be snuffed out; like the old adage about cats, he seems to have at least nine lives.
  
• Kinzoku Powers:
  (I didn't know if Powers were considered separate from Skills, so I decided to list them somewhat generically. See character bios for further details)
  - Metal Manipulation:
  A standard ability of any Kinzoku is the ability to manipulate metal, whether in its refined or raw state, to their will. This is accomplished simply by the Kinzoku, or its host, touching the metal once. From then on, the Kinzoku is able to control the metal as though it were merely an extension of their mind; with barely a thought the metal melts, morphs, takes shape, all to match the desires of its "owner". However, every Kinzoku has a limit to how much they can control - how much is "theirs", part of their personal cache. Ilaelis' limit is rather low compared to other Kinzoku: roughly one eighth of a displacement ton, four and a half cubic feet of metal. Of course, toting all this metal around can be rather unwieldy, but Kinzoku have some resourceful solutions for this dilemma. When their cache is small portions of it can be stored inside their host's bodies and, when needed, emerge as a liquid metal "sweat". With larger loads most Kinzoku choose to have the metal "shadow" them underground, a curious technique wherein the metal rests in a liquid pool below ground level and follows the Kinzoku (or their host, as needs must) wherever they go. Ilaelis, valuing speed and freedom of movement, prefers to avoid having a cache any larger than what he can make into daggers for Kassom's use or store safely beneath his host's skin. Usually this equates to no more than twelve or fourteen pounds of metal on his person at any one time, and when he does need to acquire extra he usually discards it once its usefulness has ended.
  - Earth Manipulation:
  Terrain can be a scout's dearest ally, a lesson Ilaelis has long since taken to heart. Just as others of his kind have learned to "ghost" through metal surfaces he has developed the ability to mold and manipulate the ground - whether that ground be rock, dirt, clay, sand, or even cement. The only force applied to make this happen is his own demonic will working on the minor amounts of metallic minerals inherent in dirt, present in sand, and abundant in stone. This ability is immensely useful for traveling unseen and for launching sneak attacks. While underground he is capable of moving at intense speeds, rising up near 90 mph when he truly pushes himself. While underground, should Ilaelis find pockets of raw metal he can use it to replenish his personal cache.

• Throwing Knives:
  Kassom wears two belts that each sheath thirteen five-inch throwing knives; add in the two that he keeps tucked in each of his boots and one in each sleeve, and he carries around an impressive arsenal of thirty-two blades. While these small blades can be used to block and parry in a sword fight the defense they provide is minimal at best, as they're not really intended for that sort of thing. Even so, they are sharp and quite deadly, making no sound when thrown and fully capable of piercing light armor. Ilaelis uses the metal of these blades to create his metallic skin, and can also mold new knives for Kassom's use on the fly from any metal he's accumulated. As the knives are bound to Ilaelis' will he is able to manipulate them even at great distances, granting Kassom's already deadly aim an unnatural accuracy and allowing the blades to be easily recovered (by Ilaelis morphing them into liquid metal, leaving not a trace besides the victim's blood.)

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• Strong perceptions & awareness
  
• Fast, agile, & evasive
  
• Extremely resourceful

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• Low physical defense (body armor can block punches, but not swords or bullets; metal skin is paper-thin everywhere except the forearms)
  
• Low-moderate physical strength (he's not going to win any arm wrestling matches)
  
• Knows almost nothing about technology, and just enough about magic to distrust it