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« on: November 07, 2010, 02:21:13 PM »
Perry Columbus (Were-Form) Chest Deep
High Aspect: Were-Hawk Reporter
Trouble: Hunting for Truth in all the wrong places...
Other Aspects: A Hawk or a Dove?, Stabbing at the Toes of Giants, Zen and the Art of Movement, The Mighty Pen, Romantic Quagmire
Stress:
Physical: OOO
Social: OOOO
Mental: OOO
Skills (Human Form):
Great (+4): Athletics, Investigation
Good (+3): Alertness, Contacts, Presence
Fair (+2): Empathy, Rapport, Scholarship, Stealth
Average (+1): Conviction, Endurance, Fists, Lore, Resources
Skills (Hawk Form):
Superb (+5): Alertness, Athletics
Great (+4): Survival, Stealth
Good (+3): Fists, Intimidation
Fair (+2): Burglary, Endurance
Average (+1): Deceit, Investigation
Supernatural Stunts:
Beast Change [-1]
Echoes of the Beast [-1]
Human Form [+1]; affecting:
Wings [-1]
Claws [-1]
Diminutive Size [-1]
Inhuman Speed [-2]
Mortal Stunts:
I Know Just the Guy (Contacts): When youre looking to gather some information from your network of contacts, you have unerring instincts for finding the right person, fast. When using the Gathering Information trapping, your efforts are at a +1 and are 1 time increment faster.
Adjusted Refresh: 1
Appearance & Age: A spare man in his late 20s, Perry has the build of an avid runner and athlete. He has a thin face with well-defined features that could only be described as hawkish. At 28, Perry looks as fit as he was in college thanks in part to his rigorous parkour training. His face is often calm and unreadable, although a certain gleam creeps into his eyes whenever he is working on a story with some legs. Perry favors tracksuits and athletic wear, so that he can take to the skies as quickly as necessary, although he does have more formal wear for when his work requires it.
Perry Columbus Aspects
High Aspect: Were-Hawk Reporter - A hedge mage with a knack for divination and shapeshifting, Perry learned from his mother how to tap into primordial forces and take to the sky. From his father he learned discipline and how to stick his nose exactly where it doesn't belong. All that plus his skill with a pen makes Perry an exemplary muckraker.
Invoke: Whenever either Perry's mystical nature or his chosen profession come into play.
Compel: Whenever his duties make Perry's life more difficult, whether that means helping his mother at her New Age crystal shop or dealing with an angry editor who's furious about Perry's latest column.
Trouble: Hunting for Truth in all the wrong places... - Mom's free will plus Dad's determination make Perry the paragon of investigative journalism. No story is too deep for him to follow, no lead too risky not to follow up on. Perry is willing step on the toes of kings and gods alike if it means rooting out the Truth.
Invoke: Whenever Perry sets out looking for a story and while uncovering the facts behind it.
Compel: Whenever the story is way over Perry's head and the people involved start to view him as a problem.
Other Aspects:
A Hawk or a Dove? - Perry's Dad was career military; His mom ran a feng shui parlor and read palms. The marriage didn't much longer than it took for Perry to be born and he's gone his whole life trying to walk the balance between hawk and dove.
Invoke: Whenever Perry has to make a fight-or-flight response.
Compel: Whenever Perry makes the wrong choice. Fighting when he should run or attempting to talk through a situation of imminent violence.
Stabbing at the Toes of Giants - Perry has all but weaponized his zeal for fact-finding and journalistic ethos, leaving officials quaking at the threat of one of his investigations. Even though his column is syndicated, Perry has pissed-off people at all levels of government and the Accords. No one likes their secrets getting out, whether they're from the Nevernever or the mundane world.
Invoke: Whenever Perry is standing up to someone (or something) more powerful than he.
Compel: Whenever one of those giants tries to squash him, figuratively or literally.
Zen and the Art of Movement - Perry never got into his mother's myriad of New Age hippie beliefs, but he did take to Zen and the practice of meditation. Years later he discovered the art of parkour, the practice of which leaves him with a sense of calm like no meditation ever has. Now not a day goes by without Perry's "meditations" on the street.
Invoke: Whenever freerunning or escaping through obstacles.
Compel: Whenever Perry becomes so lost in thought that he ignores what's going on around him, like one of his girlfriends in trouble or a breaking story on corruption in city hall.
The Mighty Pen - A talented and unique writer, a pen in Perry's hand speaks louder than a microphone. Unfortunately, this means that there is little that Perry won't write about and his column is often the first tool in Perry's arsenal that he'll use to solve a problem.
Invoke: Whenever Perry is using his column to influence public perception of a high-profile individual among his readers.
Compel: Whenever one of Perry's columns comes back to haunt him and the high-profilers he wrote about use their clout to make his life miserable.
Side Note: Perry's syndicated column is actually named The Mighty Pen: When the sword just doesn't cut it.. He writes mostly editorial/opinion pieces as well as hard news for one of the major dailies. However, through use of a pseudonym he writes for a few of the local yellow rags, reporting on the actual goings-on of beings from the Nevernever. These writings are something of an open secret and he's made more than a few enemies in the supernatural world with his columns.
Romantic Quagmire - While his professional life is booming along on a clear arc to success, Perry's romantic life is anything but. The one thing his parents can agree on is that he needs to settle down with one woman. Perry goes for women in power with Type A personalities, so it's rarely his choice whom he sees and when. Most people can avoid their exes when the relationship ends. If Perry wanted to try that, he'd have to leave the country.
Invoke: Whenever Perry has a girlfriend in a place of power that might be able to help.
Compel: Whenever Perry has an ex-girlfriend in a place of power that would be able to help, but probably won't. At least not easily.
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