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sdfds68:
Here's the fan wiki entry for Arlen Bales: http://thedemoncycle.wikia.com/wiki/Arlen_Bales

Personally I'm not very fond of that entry, but if you've never read the books that's probably the fastest way to get his character history. There's also this book review isn't focused on Arlen specifically but has what I think is a better summary of the character in the third paragraph: https://bookbanter.wordpress.com/2012/07/13/the-warded-man-by-peter-v-brett-del-rey-2009/

It doesn't mention his powers, but I think I can summarize them as of the latest novel.

(click to show/hide)-Improved strength, speed, toughness and healing (probably supernatural levels for everything but speed, which I would put down as inhuman)

-Able to turn into mist (and back) and move around. Heals pretty much any wound after becoming solid.

-Is capable of hurting and killing demons with his bare hands (Considered a big deal because demons are mostly immune to normal sources of damage, like axes to the face or being thrown off of cliffs)

-Extremely skilled at drawing 'wards.' For him it's essentially a variation on spellcasting. Each ward takes power from a demon and does something specific with that power. Most people just stick them on houses to keep demons out because they can't give the wards power on their own, but Arlen, being full of power he stole from demons by covering himself in wards and killing them bare handed (and possibly by eating their corpses, too), can do things like draw wards in midair to shoot fireballs.

-Using up his own energy to power wards, or being very badly hurt, makes him become less super (Heals slower, not as strong, can't draw wards in mid-air) and more like a normal person. Gets power back by using the wards on his body to suck power out of demons and into him, causing said demons serious injury or death in the process. Punch a demon, heal a wound!
(click to show/hide)-Basically a kung-fu master, skilled archer, horse rider, wilderness survivalist and speech maker. These are probably skills or stunts.

-Has a horse, also covered in demon killing wards, that also has super equine strength, toughness, etc. Possibly too much trouble to stat.

-Puts wards on weapons so anyone with those weapons can use them to fight demons, and teaches people how to make these wards so they can fight for themselves. Is spreading your powers around a power? Or is that just something people can do?

citadel97501:

--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on December 18, 2014, 03:45:56 AM ---Aliyah Saab (Submerged)
The White Council is kind of an awful organization in a lot of ways. It's an unelected shadow government which claims the right to execute anyone, no matter their age or nationality, who breaks rules which it doesn't tell the public about. That's why Aliyah isn't a Warden.

But although she can't in good conscience be a Warden, she still wants to do Warden-esque things. So she's working as a crime scene investigator for her local police department. She seems very good at her job, and her co-workers love her...but the truth is, she knows jack-all about crime scene investigation. She's faking it with divination spells. Most of her equipment is broken, since she's a notable hexer even for a wizard, and she wouldn't know how to use it even if it was functional.

So far, she's been able to save lives and solve crimes without revealing herself. She's even taken care of some magical problems for the city, without anybody noticing. But she's not sure how much longer she can keep this up.

High Concept: CSI Wizard
Trouble Aspect: Huge Fraud
Other Aspects: Bane Of Technology, Critic Of The Council, Very Popular
Skills:
Superb: Lore
Great: Contacts, Deceit, Discipline
Good: Athletics, Conviction, Empathy
Fair: Alertness, Rapport, Resources
Average: Guns, Endurance, Presence
Stunts:
Police Network (Contacts): +2 to Contacts among police officers.
Faking It (Deceit): +2 to Deceit when pretending to be qualified for her job or covering up magical incidents.
Powers:
Evocation [-3]
Thaumaturgy [-3]
The Sight [-1]
Soulgaze [-0]
Wizard's Constitution [-0]
Magic:
Evocation (Fire, Earth, Spirit): +1 spirit power
Thaumaturgy: +1 divination control
Foci: gun (+1 offensive spirit power and control)
Enchanted Items: 4 potion slots (power 5, 1 use/session)
Total Refresh Cost:
-9
Refresh Total:
1
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Thank you this is awesome...

Taran:

--- Quote ----Puts wards on weapons so anyone with those weapons can use them to fight demons, and teaches people how to make these wards so they can fight for themselves. Is spreading your powers around a power? Or is that just something people can do?
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That sounds like regular enchanted items with, maybe, Soulfire as the source so that it reduces toughness or acts as a catch for demons.  I'm not sure how he could 'teach' it to others, though.  That could be its own power - or it could just be a potion slot that he checks off his character sheet for others to declare later...  Getting that ability permanently just sounds like having him teach it to you is a narrative justification to spend refresh on Holy Touch.

Theogony_IX:

--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on December 16, 2014, 10:35:35 PM ---As for the various uber-powerful character suggestions...

I don't know enough about the Lord Ruler, Taborlin the Great, John Uskglass
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Oh man, you're missing out on some truly legendary storytelling there.  I'm not going to say, "How could you not have . . ." cos' everyone's time constraints are different, but The Kingkiller Chronicles especially are worth prioritizing if you're ever looking for a new story to pick up.  The first two books in the trilogy are currently out, and by all accounts, the final book should be out in a year and a half to two years.

PirateJack:
I'm giving John Uskglass a go because Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is one of my favourite books. The Raven King is definitely one of the more enigmatic figures in that setting.

EDIT: And here's my attempt at John Uskglass. Power Level is In a Submarine. He could possibly go higher, but all of his Thaumaturgy Specialisations make up for that. Strange and Norrell magic is all about the ritual and the majority of magicians in the setting are at Submerged or Snorkelling so he's rather more out of their league than most.

(click to show/hide)Name: John Uskglass, aka The Nameless Slave, The Raven King, The Magician King of Northern England
Power Level: In A Submarine
High Concept: The Raven King
Trouble: The Line Between Benevolence and Tyranny
Other Aspects:
The Nameless Slave
Raised by King Oberon
Magician King of Northern England
Giver of Prophecy
Alliance with the Trees, Hills, Streams and Skies

Skills:
+6 – Lore
+5 – Discipline, Conviction
+4 – Presence, Scholarship
+3 – Contacts, Resources
+2 – Empathy, Rapport
+1 – All Skills Default to Average

Powers:
Thaumaturgy [-3] (Specialisation +1)
Refinement [-10] (Specialisations +19 and +1 Focus Item)
Demesne [-1] (England)
Prophecy [-1]
World Walking [-2]

Stunts:
Ruler of a Feckless Race – Fairies are a lazy and unambitious race in general, but you know how to lead them. +2 to Presence when commanding your fairy army.
All Northerners Are My Men – As the rightful King of Northern England you hold power (though in absence) over those who were born there. +2 to Contacts when determining the identity of a Northerner.
I Have Seen This – Your Divination is second to none. +2 to Alertness for the purposes of Initiative.

Specialisations:
Divination Complexity/Control +4
Transformation Complexity/Control +3
Psychomancy Complexity/Control +2
Necromancy Complexity/Control +1

Enchanted Items:
Rose & Silver Pearl – Strength 8 Transformation Item that gives Supernatural Recovery for a scene.

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