Braydz/Jade
Jade
Born to a whore in the back-alleys of Nexus, Jade fell in with a thieve's guild at the age of six, helping run pick-pocket scams and running errands. As she got older, it was obvious she had a knack for shady business. She was given more and more challenging tasks, and always came back successful. When she realized she was making a name for herself she formally broke with the guild on good terms (she'd give their fences first crack at what she acquired) and went free-lance.
Just shorter than average height with a lithe figure, Jade has skin like bronze porcelain. She takes her alias from her brilliant jade-green eyes. Her hair is black shot through with crimson, burgundy, maroon, and violet. Jade knows she's the best at what she does, and won't take a job if it isn't a challenge. She says what she thinks but knows she's not a fabulous negotiator. She's black ops, not public relations. She takes her "work clothes" and tools with her just about where-ever she goes in a large, canvas satchel. Even when working in a team, Jade tends towards the solo tasks, and never suffers a partner when she's doing what she does best.
Name: Irene Ivanka Machtruga, alias "Jade"
Caste: Night
Nature: Thrill-Seeker
Anima: Stalking Panther
Concept: Master Thief
XP Spent: ???
Attributes
Strength 3, Dexterity 5, Stamina 3
Charisma 2, Manipulation 2, Appearance 3
Perception 3, Intelligence 2, Wits 4
Abilities
Archery 2, Athletics 3, Awareness 2, Crafts (Improvised) 1, Dodge 4, Endurance 1, Investigation 2, Larceny 5 (Breaking & Entering +2), Linguistics 2, Lore 2, Martial Arts 5 (Jade Panther Style +1), Medicine 1, Melee 1, Occult 1, Presence 1, Resistance 2, Ride 2, Sail 1, Stealth 5, Thrown 3
Backgrounds: Contacts 1, Familiar 3, Influence 2, Resources 3
Virtues: Compassion 3, Conviction 2, Temperance 2, Valor 2
Virtue Flaw: Tireless Compassion (Compassion)
Willpower: 5
Health: -0, -1 X2, -2 X2, -4, Incap.
Permanent Essence: 3
Essence Pool: 14/27(35)
Charms:
- Athletics
- Graceful Crane Stance
- Spider-Foot Style
- Lightning Speed
- Dodge
- Reed in the Wind
- Shadows Over Water
- Reflexive Side-step
- Larceny
- Seasoned Criminal Method
- Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise
- Martial Arts
- Striking Cobra Technique
- Stealth
- Easily Overlooked Presence
- Mental Invisibility Technique
Comboes: Striking Spider Style (Striking Cobra Technique + Spider-Foot Style)
Artifacts: Soul-Steel Short Power Bow, "Belladonna" (acquired in-game)
Equipment: house-breaker's harness, grappling hook, 25 ft. silk rope, lock-picks, small kit of hand-tools in a leather pouch-roll, canvas satchel, throwing knives X6, short bow (12 broadhead, 12 frog-crotch), wind-fire wheels, hook swords, 7-section staff, chain shirt
Combat:
Base initiative: 9
Soak: 4B/4L/3A (chain shirt)
Dodge: 9
Attacks:
Belladonna: Spd 9(+0), Acc 9/11(+2, +4 vs. living target), Dmg 7L(+4, broadhead), Rate 2, Range 250
7-Section Staff: Spd 12(+3), Acc 8(-2), Dmg 5L(+2L), Def 12(+2)
Hook Swords: Spd 9(+0), Acc 9(-1), Dmg 6L(+3L), Def 13(+3)
Wind-Fire Wheels: Spd 9(+0), Acc 8(-2), Dmg 3L(+0L), Def 12(+2)
Expanded Backgrounds
Contacts: Jade's main contact in Nexus is a fence she only knows by his street name, Fence. He works for her former guild and has done business with her for years. He runs a store dealing in jewelry and delicate craftwork as a front.
Familiar: Obsidian, Obi for short, is an obnoxious black short-hair house-cat. He just about doesn't care if Jade lives or dies, so long as he gets his beauty sleep in the sun and fed on time. He always knows best and it pisses off Jade to no end.
Influence: Jade's made quite a name for herself among certain groups, and can usually find what she needs wherever she is. (It's more Fame than Influence, really.)
Resources: Over the years, Jade has made quite a bundle in stolen and smuggled goods. She owns a small townhouse in the outskirts of Nexus. Her cover is that she's some wealthy merchant's daughter that wanted out of the house, and was wanted out of the house. She loves to go out shopping for clothes and nice things, and has a weakness for jewelry that compliments her eyes. She has a housekeeper, Gloria, who cleans and cooks for her, returning to her own family early in the evening. She doesn't know where her employer's money really comes from.
Notes
Jade was my first Exalted character. Arguably I could've made her better than I did, but whatever. My first try.
The long-term, regular game she started in ended before it was finished. This's her by the end of that game. I've lost track of how much XP she had, sorry.
Jade-Panther Style was an MA style that she was working on creating, before any other canon MA styles or charms existed. We were experimenting with a house-rule that said you had to buy an additional MA style as a specialty before you could take any charms. You didn't get a bonus for the specialty, it just reflected the time spent learning it.
"Tireless Compassion" meant that when she experienced Limit Break, she would create and execute a plan to relieve the suffering she was witnessing when her Limit broke. She would devote all her energy to the planning and execution of this. She would forgo sleeping and eating until either the plan was executed or a number of weeks equal to her Compassion had passed. It would take physically restraining her to keep her from her task, and magic to get her to think of or do anything else.
