DarkSirenSally/Blaine

The Enigmatic Blaine Gerard

Note: This version is slightly outdated, the B&B version is somewhat different. :O

Blaine appears to be a tall, fair, androgynous looking fellow, a "pretty boy" so to speak, with shoulder-length silver hair tied into a ponytail and cerulean blue eyes. Little do people know that "he" is actually a she in hiding! His combat concept is somewhat inspired by Final Fantasy dragoons; he is a spear wielder (both melee and thrown) and expert jumper, employing primarily dodge / hopping defenses, with defensive sorcery to supplement.

Bio thingy - About Blaine's life up till "he" hooks up with Amy ^^;

Dragon-Blooded Character Sheet

Name: Blaine Gerard, formerly Genevieve de Coeur; "The Spearman in the Blue Hat"

Player: Mieu

Aspect: Air

Concept: Androgynous spear-wielding knight-errant.

Nature: Survivor

Anima: Iconic valkyrie of wind, graceful yet mighty, armed with spear and shield -- Blaine's anima shows "his" true feminine nature. 5 motes to attune to the nearby winds for a scene, allowing Blaine to triple her leaping distance and take no damage from falls.

Bonus points (total: 125, unused: 0)

• Attributes: -8 bp
• Abilities: -29 bp
• Backgrounds: -12 bp
• Charms: -45 bp
• Merits: -3 bp
• Virtues: -12 bp
• Essence: -20 bp
• Flaws: +4 bp
• Extras: +5 bp (thanks J ^^)

Experience (total: 2, unused: 2)

Combat dice pools

• Melee:
  • Heaven's Pinion Spd 19, Acc 15, Dam 13L, Def 14, Rate 4
  • Exceptional Short Spear Spd 13, Acc 13, Dam 9L, Def 13, Rate 2
• Ranged (note Gem of Precision Sight):
  • Heaven's Pinion Spd 19, Acc 16, Dam 13L, Range 40, Rate 3
  • Exceptional Short Spear Spd 13, Acc 14, Dam 9L, Range 40, Rate 2 (Loyal Weapon)
  • Exceptional Throwing Knives Spd 8, Acc 13, Dam 7L, Range 15, Rate 3
• Soak:
  • Wind-Rider's Coat 7L/11B
  • Natural 1L/3B
• Dodge (includes Ess for Power Combat):
  • Wind-Rider's Coat 16
  • Natural 13

Attributes

Physical [1]

• Strength - 3 + 1 (4 bp) = 4
• Dexterity - 4
• Stamina - 3

Social [3]

• Charisma - 3
• Manipulation - 2
• Appearance - 2 + 1 (4 bp) = 3

Mental [2]

• Perception - 2
• Intelligence - 4
• Wits - 3

Abilities

a - aspect, f - favored, p - prodigy

Air (a)

• Linguistics - 2 (2 bp) = 2 (Riverspeak, Forest-tongue, Old Realm)
• Lore - 2 + 1 (1 bp) = 3
• Occult - 4 (4 bp) = 4
• Stealth - 1
• Thrown - 2 + 3 (3 bp) = 5
  • Specialty: In Midair - 2 (1 bp)

Earth

• Awareness - 3
• Craft
• Endurance - 2
• Martial Arts - 2 (4 bp)
• Resistance - 3

Fire

• Athletics (f) - 2 + 2 (2 bp) = 4
  • Specialty: Jumps - 2 (1 bp)
• Dodge (f) - 2 + 3 (3 bp) = 5
  • Specialty: Protecting Others - 1 (.5 bp)
• Melee (f) - 1 + 3 (3 bp) = 4
  • Specialty: Spears - 3 (1.5 bp)
• Presence - 2
• Socialize - 2

Water

• Brawl
• Bureaucracy
• Investigation
• Larceny - 1
• Sail

Wood

• Archery
• Medicine
• Performance (p) - 2 + 2 (2 bp) = 4 (Acting, Flute, Male Impersonation, Oration)
  • Specialty: Male Impersonation - 2 (1 bp)
• Ride
• Survival

Backgrounds

• Artifact (Wind-Rider's Coat) - 3 + 1 (2 bp) = 4
  
• Artifact (Heaven's Pinion, Enigmatic Blue Fedora) - 3 (3 bp) + 1 (2 bp) = 4
  
• Manse (Gem of Precision Sight) - 2 (2 bp)
  
  • All provided to Blaine by her former mentor, though they could possibly be considered stolen goods now that she's escaped her -- for now.

• Breeding - 3
  • Though an outcaste, it is not unlikely that Blaine's lineage contains Dynastic blood.

• Mentor (Fragrant Camilla) - 3
  • Fragrant Camilla is a Sidereal of Secrets of unknown affiliation. Haltan by birth, she is the one who took Blaine in and trained her in the arts of combat and magic. Blaine only remembers her vaguely, if ever, but retains all the knowledge she passed onto her during her training. (Note: I left Camilla's affiliations and motivations purposefully blank, so they may be used how the ST sees fit, if at all.)

• Resources - 3
  • Earned from years of mercenary jobs, having established himself as dependable and honest in her work.

• Sorcery - 3 (3 bp)
  • Camilla taught Blaine the basics of Terrestrial Circle Sorcery. This background indicates the spells she managed to master before her escape.

Charms

• Lore: Elemental Concentration Trance (5 bp)
• Occult: Terrestrial Circle Sorcery (5 bp)
• Thrown: Seeking Throw Technique
• Thrown: Loyal Weapon (5 bp)
• Thrown: Whirlwind Shield Form (5 bp)
• Endurance: Ox-Body Technique (5 bp)
• Athletics: Effortlessly Rising Flame
• Athletics: Falling Star Maneuver
• Athletics: Fiery Prowess
• Dodge: Threshold Warding Stance
• Dodge: Hopping Firecracker Evasion
• Dodge: Virtuous Negation Defense (5 bp)
• Dodge: Flickering Candle Meditation (5 bp)
• Dodge: Smoke Obscuring Effect (5 bp)
• Melee: Stoking Bonfire Style
• Performance: Memorable Performance Technique (5 bp)

Spells

• Burning Eyes of the Offender
• Personal Tempest
• Thunder Wolf's Howl

Merits

• Prodigy: Performance (3 bp)

Flaws

• Amnesia (+1 bp)
  • Has "memory holes" when recalling her time with Fragrant Camilla, partially due to Arcane Fate and partially due to a strange incense she continually kept burning in her presence. This amnesia may prove particularly vexing, if ever Camilla returns to make use of whatever designs she had trained Blaine to serve.

• Secrets (+1 bp)
  • Is a woman acting as a man.

• Sterile (+1 bp)
  • Blaine doesn't know this for sure, but she is now unable to have children, due to overuse of herbs to suppress her menstrual cycle.

• Unusual Appearance (+1 bp)
  • Blaine's appearance is quite androgynous, either a pretty boy or a tomboyish woman, but she leans towards the male in voice, dress and behavior. People may have a difficult time deciding which pronoun to use with her, but she always prefers the male.

Virtues

• Compassion - 2 + 1 (3 bp) = 3
• Conviction - 2 + 2 (6 bp) = 4
• Temperance - 2
• Valor - 3 + 1 (3 bp) = 4

Essence and Willpower

• Essence - 2 + 2 (20 bp) = 4
• Willpower - 4 (Conviction) + 4 (Valor) = 8
• Personal Essence - 4 (Essence) + 8 (Willpower) + 3 (Breeding) = 15
• Peripheral Essence - 16 (4 x Essence) + 8 (Willpower) + 8 (sum of two highest Virtues) + 5 (Breeding) - 16 (committed) = 21

Health Levels

• -0 x 1
• -1 x 3
• -2 x 3
• -4 x 1
• Incapacitated

Equipment

Wind-Rider's Coat (Artifact 4)

Soak 6L/8B / Mobility 0 / Fatigue 0
Commit 8

The winds favor the wearer of this lightweight, protective coat, silver-grey in shade with reinforcing plates of white and blue jade at the shoulders, neck and other vital areas. The interlocking plates resemble stylized clouds and eddies of wind, shifting silently and effortlessly with the natural movement of the body, so as not to hinder the mobility of its wearer. The coat falls down to knee length, fastened up the front with discreet, sturdy jade clasps that reach all the way up to the wide, pointed collar.

Powers:

• Adds +3 to Dodge rolls due to the lightness of body that the favorable winds convey.
• Adds +2 to Athletics rolls involving keeping one's balance.
• The winds cradle the wearer's body, seemingly allowing him to defy gravity. Vertical leaping distance is increased to (Strength x 3) + Athletics, double that for horizontal.
• When descending from mid-air, one may "ride the winds", gliding at a rate of (Stamina x 3) yards per turn in level flight, or up to (Stamina x 10) yards per turn in a dive.

Heaven's Pinion (Artifact 3)

(All stats include jade bonus)
Melee: Spd +12 / Acc +4 / Dam +9L / Def +3 / Rate 4
Ranged: Spd +12 / Acc +4 / Dam +9L / Range Ess*10 / Rate 3
Commit 6

A Dire Lance of blue jade with traces of moonsilver adorning the long, serrated blade. The blade itself is crafted in a shape reminiscent of a pinion feather, the sparse moonsilver picking out the details in pleasing contrast to the jade. At the base of the spearhead, where it connects to the shaft, sprout a pair of silver-edged azure wings wrought from the metal, cradling a socket for a single Hearthstone.

Powers:

• 1 Hearthstone slot (Gem of Precision Sight)
• Despite its size and length, the Pinion is particularly light and graceful, enough that it can be thrown with no penalty. The spear keeps the same accuracy, speed and damage as with melee, and gains a range equal to the Essence of the wielder x 10.
• The weapon can be instantly summoned to the hand of its attuned wielder as a free reflexive action, or stored Elsewhere for the cost of 1 mote. Besides making the weapon difficult to steal or lose, and easy to conceal, this allows it to be thrown multiple times in a turn.
• The Pinion can strike and harm dematerialized beings. When one such being comes within Ess*10 yards of the weapon, it resonates with a distinctive sonorous tone, sending shivers through the shaft of the spear. Within this area of effect, the dematerialized ghost or spirit is revealed to the sight of the attuned wielder.

Enigmatic Blue Fedora (Artifact 1)

Commit 2

This unusual hat is an attractive shade of cobalt blue with an adjustable brim. Strands of blue jade are subtly woven into the fabric of the hat, providing it a shimmering sheen. A deep black silken band encircles the crown of the hat, from which peeks out a single white feather from an albatross, pinned together by an oval brooch of contrasting red jade. When worn, the fedora conveys a strangely appealing sense of mystery to its wearer.

Powers:

• Adds +2 to Presence rolls involving persuasion.
• Adds +2 to Socialize rolls involving making a favorable impression.
• The hat never blows off from the head, even in the most violent of gales.

Gem of Precision Sight (Manse 2)

A smooth, flawless orb of blue topaz the hue of a clear, midday sky. This Hearthstone enhances the farsightedness of its bearer, allowing for greater precision in ranged attacks.

Powers:

• Adds +3 to ranged attack accuracy.
• Adds +1 to Perception for the purpose of seeing from a distance.

2 Exceptional Short Spears

Spd +6 / Acc +2 / Dam +5L / Def +2 / Rate 2

Typically worn in cross formation on a harness strapped to the back. Usually, these are Blaine's only apparent weapons.

4 Exceptional Throwing Knives

Melee: Spd +1 / Acc +2 / Dam +3L / Def -2 / Rate 4
Thrown: Acc +1 / Dam +3L / Rate 3 / Range 15

Two tucked into each sleeve and two into each boot.

Ivory Flute

A relatively simple but well-kept instrument of nostalgic value from before Blaine's Exaltation, stored in an oiled leather case hanging from her belt. A small message engraved into the bottom side of the flute and filled with golden ink reads "May your journey be fruitful and prosperous. -N" The words and particularly the initial are scribed in beautiful, near-flawless calligraphy.