Cortex Steampunk Game 1 Characters

[WritesNaughtyStories]

Saha Sky Eyes

Origin: Outlandish (Raised by Natives)

• Step up Glory or Power twice, or step up each once.

• Add a Distinction (Recommended: Daring, Trouble Magnet, Shameless Flirt).

• Step up a Resource.

• Step up a Relationship, Asset, or Resource.

Values

• d4 Honor (statement)
• d4 Glory (statement)
• d4 Passion (statement)
• d4 Justice (statement)
• d8 Power (Is required to fight oppressive power)
• d4 Truth (statement)

Relationships

• d4 Millicent Gearheart (Millie)
• d4 Millicent Fisher (Missy)
• d4 Viscount Edmund Blackwood
• d4 Kojo Amankona
• d4 Alicia von Vulf
• d6 Ashborn

Distinctions/Traits

• d4 Trait Name (description and SFX)

Abilities/Powers

• d4 Ability (effect, descriptor(s), limits, and SFX)

Signature Assets

• d4 Signature Asset (die rating, effect, descriptor(s), limits, and SFX)

Resources

• 2d4 Hearthkeeper (specialty 1, specialty 2)

Spoiler

 

Edited 54 minutes ago by WritesNaughtyStories

[Chiyako]

Alicia von Vulf
Origin: Prodigy (Scientific genius on the run!)

Values

• d4 Honor (Lies are locks and shields but to promise something is to give truth to that thing at a future date.)
• d4 Glory (It is only occasionally useful to stand out, but sometimes it is necessary.)
• d4 Passion (Love, affection, and lust are strange weaknesses of mine which both confuse, perplex, and excite me all the same.)
• d4 Justice (Rarely is the law of man fair and often is it necessary to carry out the law by one's own hands.)
• d4 Power (Knowledge is power and power is a very useful, often necessary tool.)
• d8 Truth (Truth is knowledge and knowledge is the most important thing in this world.)

Relationships

• d4 Aldert Helsink (Worrisome. He must not find me. I should be safe here, but that is never a guarantee with nobility. I must prepare for his finding me. I will not go quietly.)
  • Current heir to the Helsink noble clan. A large man in peak physical condition, only a little older than Alicia. He doesn't take 'no' lightly and tends to get his way one way or another. Of decent intelligence. Courageous, albeit with some hesitation when it comes to monsters. He was raised to believe the von Vulfs as monsters. Taught skills to bring low the last 'Vampire' of the east. He has people at his disposal. While he seeks justice for the death of his grandfather and the debilitating injuries of his father, he is an honorable man who keeps his word, and not as evil as those who raised him. It is unknown what he might do if he actually managed to locate Alicia, although she has no intention of finding out.
• d4 Edmund Blackwood (Dangerous! A man of unending lust and a seeker of women's hearts! It is a weakness of mine. I must be careful around him.)
• d4 Kojo/Carlo Amankona (Relatable? Strange rumors follow this man. But then I would know all about the dangerous effects of strange rumors, wouldn't I? We might be kin, in a way.)
• d4 Millicent 'Missy' Fisher (Unknown. Is she an academic? A trickster? The paranormal is a fascinating area of study, but how much of it is real? How much of her is real? My curiosity grows.)
• d4 Millicent 'Millie' Gerenhart (Talented. A fellow academic mind that has drawn my interest, albeit in an area I am not completely familiar with, but then this only enhances the curiosity.)
• d4 Saha Sky Eyes (Mysterious. A woman who seems somehow out of place. I cannot get a good read on her. There are mysteries here which I intend to explore.)

Distinctions/Traits

• d4 Trait Name (description and SFX)

Abilities/Powers

• d4 Ability (effect, descriptor(s), limits, and SFX)

Signature Assets

• d4 Signature Asset (die rating, effect, descriptor(s), limits, and SFX)

Resources

• 2d4 Resource (specialty 1, specialty 2)

Spoiler

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Chiyako

[AsBloodTurnsEverCold]

Spoiler

Kojo - Carlo Amankona

Origin: Prodigy 

Values

• d4 Honor ("Promises are the only chains you put on yourself. They are not to be broken.") 
• d6 Glory ("This tale will become a Ballad that lasts the ages.")
• d4 Passion ("Life, like any performance, is meant to be enjoyed to its fullest.")
• d4 Justice ("Even evil may receive a Requiem. Ready for yours?")
• d4 Power ("I live every day with this horrid aria. You are nothing compared. Listen.")
• d6 Truth ("You don't need to hear Truth's melody. You dance to its tune anyway.") 

Relationships

• d4 Alicia Von Vulf
• d4 Millicent Gearheart
• d4 Millicent Fisher
• d4 Edmond Blackwood
• d4 Saha Sky Eyes
• d4 Kirsa Autenrieth
  (She's been...helpful. I don't know why she has such faith in me. I've tried to get her to leave me be but she refuses and follows me. I trust her but how much?) 
  • A hard-nosed German aristocrat from an old and and very entrenched house, current operator of the Autenreith Talent Agency, and...cultist. She bought and holds Kojo's contract years ago after an incident at one of his concerts and helped control the rumors around it. She ensures he still has shows to play while vehemently refusing to release him out of "a great respect" effectively making sure he is stuck under her employ no matter what he does. She happily plays the part of a dutiful and well connected sponsor while furthering the cults own ends for The Other Theory.

Distinctions/Traits

• d4 Virtuoso [Music] (You are at the top of the class when it comes to musical performance. Roll when music might help or hinder a situation.) 
  d4: Earn a Plot Point when your need to preform draws more trouble instead. 

Abilities/Powers

• The Other Theory

When you preform, and are taken fully by the music you preform with an otherworldly touch. Mysterious melodies that can bring bring men to their knees, eldritch cadence that confuses and mesmerizes, a cacophonous beauty that demands captivity, and ghostly backing and imagery that can bring terror and joy in equal measure. You preform with a passion from the beyond even if no others recognize it. Their minds are touched by The Invisible World. 

Effect: Influence. You may roll The Other Theory to influence or pacify others. 

Descriptors: Music, Eldritch, Performance, Psychic.  

Limits: Ineffective against those who truly reject the music, those of assured faith, or to those who the sound is too drowned out. 

• SFX:

Spend a Plot Point to plant suggestions in the listener's heads dependent on song subject. 

Spend a Plot Point to and pacify a crowd. 

Add a d6 to Trouble to stay focused and influence specific listeners. 

Signature Assets

• d4

Resources

• 2d4 Agency Director Kirsa Autenrieth (Wealth, Deception) - Money talks, and so do hearts touched by The Music. A little request and she'll get you what you need even if for a price. 

Edited 32 minutes ago by AsBloodTurnsEverCold

[WickedCadrach]

Millicent ‘Missy’ Fisher

Background: Outlandish

Values

• d4 Honor (Caveat emptor. Contracts are like gravity: they’ll break your knees the second you forget they can.)
• d6 Glory (Everyone who’s brushed me aside is going to see how wrong they were.)
• d4 Passion (If I’m not having a good time, what’s the point of any of it?)
• d4 Justice (When we’re both holding iron, we can talk about what’s fair.)
• d6 Power (Everything in this room, it’s all mine—even you. Show me I’m wrong.)
• d4 Truth (Truth is a cold bed and a flat beer. People don’t want the truth.)

Relationships

• d4 Millie Gearhart (Clever and pretty? I can use her.)
• d4 Kojo Amankona (I know him from my dreams…)
• d6 Alicia von Vulf (She needs a protector… just like I did.)
• d4 Saha Sky Eyes (When she looks at me, nothing feels certain.)
• d4 Edmund Blackwood (He is unsettling as he is exciting)
• d4 Jane Montgomery (She drinks my lies like wine)
  • Daughter of Automaton Heiress, Adelaide Montgomery, Jane lives a privileged life. However, her controlling mother and the expectations of high society have left her anxious and adrift in a sea of contending voices. Private aura readings and spiritual healing sessions with Missy have given her a place to vent her fears.

Distinctions/Traits

• d4 Velvet Voice (Your voice, sultry, soothing, or commanding, makes others lean in close. Roll when your words seduce or sway.)
  • d4: Earn a Plot Point when your alluring voice draws unwanted attention.

Abilities/Powers

• d4 Ability (effect, descriptor(s), limits, and SFX)

Signature Assets

• d4 Signature Asset (die rating, effect, descriptor(s), limits, and SFX)

Resources

• 2d4 Automaton Heiress Adelaide Montgomery (Wealth, Connections) – Rich and eccentric, she eagerly drinks in spiritualism that validates how special she is. Believes she was Cleopatra in a past life.

Portrait

Spoiler

 

Edited 7 hours ago by WickedCadrach

[StarlitSiren]

Millicent Gerenhart/ Millie Gearhart

Background: Privileged

 

Values

d4 Honor             ("People can't be trusted. Sooner or later, they all let you down.")

d4 Glory               ("We're all just cogs in a machine. Best to accept that.")

d4 Passion           ("No one understands me. I want someone to... it doesn't matter. Back to work.")

d4 Justice             ("The law's just a suggestion when some people can afford to ignore it.")

d8 Power              ("If I have the time and the resources, I can fix anything. I can fix this.")

d4 Truth               ("Perspective matters. Not everything's about truth")

 

Relationships

d4 Name (statement)

 

Distinctions/Traits

TINKERER: Steam, brass, and clockwork are your passion. Roll when mechanical knowledge or invention is in your favor.

d4: Earn a Plot Point when you Choose to stop everything to admire or fiddle with a gadget.

d8: Spend a Plot Point to Reveal a small but useful device you were “working on.”

d12: Spend a Plot Point to Reroll a die when using, repairing, or improvising with technology.

 

Abilities/Powers

d4 Ability (effect, descriptor(s), limits, and SFX)

 

Signature Assets

d4 Signature Asset (die rating, effect, descriptor(s), limits, and SFX)

 

Resources

2d6 Gearhart Repairs: A small home by the train station Millie resides in, with a workshop trading in repairs, tinkering, and sometimes commissions for the townsfolk. It's well stocked with tools, and is the place she feels most comfortable (Machining and repairs, Safe space)

Sent you this so far if you can tell me if i've done everything I should have so far! that's based on the origin

[MagnificentBastard]

Name: Viscount Edmund Blackwood 

Aliases: Edmund "The Seducer"/Magister of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn/Knight of the Rosicrucian Order

Background: Wealthy

Values:
D4 Honor    (Dishonour will not trouble me when I am dead, why should it trouble me when alive?)
D6 Glory      (All glory begins with daring)
D4 Passion (Lust is a thing of the blood. It heeds neither head nor heart)
D4 Justice  (Never mistake law for justice.)
D6 Power    (The power of my will is the only power that matters)
D4 Truth      (Truth exists, lies are invented)

Relationships:

D4 Alicia von Vulf (I wonder if the stories are true? Could she be a kindred spirit?)
D4 Kojo Amankona (I can always use a good musician.)
D4 Millicent "Millie" Gearhart (Beautiful and sexually repressed... Always a delight.)
D4 Millicent "Missy" Fisher.  (Brilliant, devious and beautiful, such fun)
D4 Saha Sky Eyes (In a few years she might be someone worth my time)
D4 TIAL-V (My trusted servant) 

TIAL-V

Short for Ti-6Al-4V this automaton serves as Edmund's butler, servant and confident.

Edited 56 minutes ago by MagnificentBastard