A Continent of Banalities

A character for my con scenario "Cupid's Henchemen", statted with a simplified version of ICONS.  Prowess 8 Coordination 3 Strength 5 Intellect 4 Awareness 4 Willpower 5 Stamina: 10 Determination: 2 Powers The God-Slaying Blade 8 This weapon can wound practically any entity you can think of. The damage it deals is Gwerro's Strength+1. It is unclear if it would work as well in another person’s hands. The Bronze Which Shields the Heart 5 This beautiful breastplate reduces all harm directed against Gwerro. Harm not specifically directed against him is unaffected.  Background There was a time when the relationship between humanity and the gods was one of mutual resentment. The gods saw humanity as ingrates and fools who could not fathom their grand and benevolent plans. Humans saw the gods as imperious and cruel masters, demanding extortionate offerings in exchange for not visiting disaster upon them.  The one who complained the loudest was a young warchief named Gwerro. ...

Dennis was a punk, until he heard Possessed. Now he’s a metal punk. He dropped out of high school as many predicted, and works at the Snap-E-Mart, corralling shopping carts and stocking shelves.  Dennis is interested in the occult, but hasn’t moved far beyond Time-Life’s Mysteries of the Unknown series. He loves regaling Deidre with half-digested factoids about UFOs and Satanism, not least because it annoys her. Musically, they’re very good at playing off each other, and Dennis’ caveman riffs and Deirdre’s wild explosive experimentation provide a kind of counterpoint to each other. Dennis isn’t effusive with his praise, but he has a deep admiration for Deidre’s playing.  Dennis has a fondness for ‘getting up peoples’ noses’ (as his dad would say). He’s got an ongoing vendetta with the high school football team, even after he dropped out. This has earned him some bruises, as well as legend status for getting a sheep with a pentagram spraypainted on it into the locker room. His ...

This is a fun departure. Bonded by Youth is a game about teenagers in 1989. They're not meeting aliens or finding pirate treasure though. Just being teens. I have decided that I'll stat up a nascent death metal band. Lead guitarist, rhythm guitarist, bassist/vocalist, and drummer.   Deirdre Fleming (age 14), lead guitarist Deidre is perhaps the last person you’d imagine as the lead guitarist of a death metal band. That just shows how narrow your imagination is, doesn’t it? Deidre is a brilliant student, a nerd according to most of her peers, and her favorite musical album is Scream Bloody Gore by Death. Slayer’s Show No Mercy might be a close second.  When Deidre’s parents finally caved and bought her an electric guitar, they had maybe pictured her as a teenage Joan Armatrading or Suzanne Vega. She’s learned a few of those kinds of songs to appease them, but her heart’s very much elsewhere.  Literature is often her inspiration for lyrics, and her most successful song in h...

Cousin is another Realmswalker character. Essence: The Last Genus: Scion Title: The Mighty Anima: Amethyst Allegiance: None ADVENTURE QUALITIES Caution: 1 Daring: 2 Mercy:  1 Wrath: 2 DRAMA QUALITIES Cool: 2 Heart: 1 Faith: 2 Scorn: 1 MYSTERY QUALITIES Discipline: 1 Greed: 2 Eerie: 1 Honor: 2 ADVENTURE ASPECTS Long Limbed and Sharp Clawed +2: Close / External / Versatile (7) Cousin can climb along most walls and ceilings, as well as stretch his body or contort it to pass through areas too tight for others. Finally, his fingers are equally suited to disarming traps and rending flesh. Survival Instincts +2: Self / External / Specific (3) Excels at foraging and finding shelter in wild environments. DRAMA ASPECTS  Thing in the Dark +2 Nearby/Internal/Specific (6) Cousin thrive in low light, and have the vision (and amber eyes) of a cat.  MYSTERY ASPECTS  Scent Tracker +2: Nearby / Internal / Versatile (8) Can distinguish between recent people and substances in the area, ...

Here's a character for Realmswalker. It's an rpg (in ashcan form) that seems to draw inspiration from Magic: The Gathering and Everway. Gillquayle is an entity about as old as thinking creatures. It is born of sapient mortals’ sense of wonder, filtered through their inherent materialism. Clouds have a silver lining. There is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The gates of Heaven are pearly. Marvels are tangible things, and wanting to possess them is not avarice but nature. Wizards who know the halcyon lore sometimes invoke Gillquayle’s name to get their fondest desire, but it is neither god nor demon, and no one’s servant.  That being said, Gillquayle plays the part of treasure master to Grand Mammon, Archduke of Lucre. Gillfoyle sees this as somewhere between an honorary position and a hobby. It lets Mammon play the lord, but is largely a free agent. In a sense, Gillquayle is the reason Mammon exists.  When not receiving riches for Mammon, Gillquayle haunts the multiver...

  The last FiveEvil character for now. Name: Xavier Sanz Habit: Always fiddling with something. Flaw: Still needing to prove something Belief: Audacity is the true mark of spiritual aristocracy Relationship: Enki, I went to university with him when Hector was a pup.  1st Description: Generational Capitalist. +4 to Deception and Persuasion 2nd Description: Hobby Occultist. +2 to Knowledge/Recall and Insight.  STRENGTH 9 (-1) Athletics  Intimidation INTELLECT 12 (+1) Investigation Knowledge/Recall +3 CONSTITUTION 8 (-1) Grit  Survival WISDOM 16 (+3) Insight +5 Perception DEXTERITY 11 (0) Agility Stealth CHARISMA 13 (+1) Deception +5 Persuasion +5 HIT POINTS: 9 Xavier is 85 years old, but he looks at least a decade younger. He attributes this to adaptability and moderate exercise. To his inner circle he would add that he performs certain rituals to contain and replenish his vril.  Xavier’s father (Xavier Sr.) was a textile merchant who threw in with Francisco ...