Pale Inventor
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| The Pale Inventor brainstorming | |
| Pale Inventor | |
| Player: @Nerathul | |
| Origin: | Science |
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| Archetype: | Blaster |
| Security Level: | 50 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Richard C. Lazarus |
| Known Aliases: | Pale, Dante Lazarus |
| Species: | Human; Modified |
| Age: | 27 |
| Height: | 5'11 |
| Weight: | 100pound |
| Eye Color: | None |
| Hair Color: | Black |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Techno-Mage, NoA headmaster |
| Place of Birth: | New york |
| Base of Operations: | Yonkers New york |
| Marital Status: | Divorced |
| Known Relatives: | Deceased |
| Known Powers | |
| Mechanical understanding | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Magic | |
| Equipment | |
| Techno-magic devices | |
| Headmaster of the Novus ordo Arcanium | |
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Story so far
Origins
Richard C. Lazarus spent a quiet childhood in Yonkers new york.Born from a middle class couple without other children he became impassioned with the study of science when fairly young. Being labeled as a nerd he never went out a lot with most others and was rather solitary.
When he finally finished high school he decided to leave Yonkers for Paragon where he hoped to study less conventional sciences... Needing money very badly he found a night job as a Lab tech in one of paragon's many research lab. Not the job he dreamed of but it was enough for now.
However the First Rikti war broke out and things didn't turn good. In the first few days of the war, A hero grappling against one of the Rikti crashed inside the lab. Sending the employee running away in fear...
What no one noticed was that Richard wasn't amongst them... The shock of the crash had send one of the shelf flying down, which toppled over onto on the poor lab tech... Nobody spared a thought to help him as the chemicals started pouring down from shattered containers...
Rebirth
Spending three days trapped underneath the metal shelf as the mutagenic chemicals warped his body into a inhuman husk, as the pain finally lessened he crawled out of his prison, The experience had blinded him and he could barely feel anything anymore... As he laid on his back staring at the ceiling with his empty eyes a sudden realization hit him. He could see something glowing in the darkness! He wanted to call it but he couldn't talk. Wishing he could see what it was, He was surprised when the thing approached as he willed it!
He could now see the strange text that he had seen from far away. He didn't understood it, but it made him come to a realization... What if everything was like this? a formula, or perhaps maybe even a plan! As he realized that other information went flying to him. Most of which he didn't understand however he saw what he wanted, The building's floor plan. It even included the rubble and his location.
Using his new-found understanding he managed to leave the building, strangely he had not eaten, drank or sleep in what must had been days. As he made his way out his new-found senses sent him many warnings, From what he could understand a Rikti was going for him. He needed a weapon looking around for one, He was most surprised when the weapon he found was none other than the universe itself! The universe is a machine that could be controlled through will alone to do whatever he wished! It function like a computer all you have to do is understand the OS and alter it's code.
Ordering the universe to strike down his foe, it did so. The Rikti exploding into tiny bits but as it happened, The now pale inventor fell to the ground in pain. This use of magic was blatant and violated the consensus and so this was his punishment!
He was then picked up by one of the evac team which mistook him for a hero and carried him to one of the refuge where he stayed for a while.
New life
Life was hard on the following years, having lost visual and olfactory senses was quite hard for the 19 years old man. His family had been killed in the Rikti onslaught and his girl friend deserted him due to his otherworldly appearance... Even normal act such as sleeping and eating had be disrupted by the mutation.
He now only feed on liquids and only needed to sleep for a long period of time once a week (which he choose Friday) he no longer had a mouth yet he could still talk! it took him a while to find out he had new organs at the base of his neck that did the job. He now breathes through gills on his shoulders.
Even if he still had the power that he had on his awakening, it had lessened. Only getting at it's full potential when his interest was at it's peak. Often he would receive messages and thoughts from another entity, he didn't know (yet) what it was but he was compelled to obey the voice...
After a year of convalescence he was found by a group who called themselves the Technocratic union, they explained the phenomenal power of the human ind and what Awakening truly meant. In a sense he was a mage, able to shape the world through his beliefs and will alone. However he did not agree with the Union,s view of the universe, they sought to destroy anything paranormal to create a world that would be Stable, predictable and safe.
After two years of tutoring he decided to strike out on his own, they tried to stop him but failed and paid a heavy price...
Now
The Pale inventor (receiving this name for his new appearance) Has recently founded the Novus ordo arcanium, a Super group working on the development and control of techno-magic items and abilities. While He is not a super, his understanding of the universe's mechanics allow him to use magic which he combines with his technological devices. While not an active hero, he works with the city in order to obtain their help to establish the order. He is currently using the name of Dante Lazarus instead of his real name, saying that he is no longer "Richard"...
Character traits
Otherworldly is very suitable to describe Dante, He stands at 6 feet but only a hundred pounds, his face lacks any familiar trait; The mouth and eyes are gone. The nose is only vestigial and not functioning.
His body is a pure white color with the exception of his arms which are an ebony black tone. With a silky, Cold and rubbery skin all over his body. The only hair he seem to posses are the cranial and facial hair of black color. Brows are hairless much like the rest of his body. None of which grows and stay in the way they are manipulated into like if he had hairstyling gel.
Personality wise Dante is rather different than before. While he is very friendly to those he knows and hold dear, he is generally distant, Rude and condescending to strangers. He like to keep tab on everything that happens and will be defiant and uncooperative with anyone not being watched that contacts him.
His voice is Loud, clear and serious sometimes bordering on cold and distant.
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Gears, Abilities and resources
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Equipment
- Web grenades;
The Pale's inventor personal web grenades do not shoot actual webbing instead it shoots a large number of strings magically enhanced via transmutation to get the desired stickyness. They are also guided by the user's will. Much like many of his gadget a non awakened would not be able to use this item.
- Smoke grenades
Magically enchanted, these grenades w ill envelop anyone in the area in a thick impenetrable darkness completely blinding them.
- Caltrops
Standard caltrops except stepping on them will make the limb go completly numb.
- Targeting drone
Created as a substitute to his blindness the drone will give him the location of enemies around. however using it makes it hard to concentrate on the plans and code of his new vision. hence why he avoid using it when out of combat.
- Plasma Cannons
A pair of wrist-mounted cannons, shooting balls of plasma guided through magnetic fields and willpowered magic.
misc: Rocket boots, jet pack and the Order's communicator
Abilities
- Magic: The application of one's will over the universe. his Paradigm is that everything is a machine including reality all one need is to understand it's interface and use it. When it doesn't do what you want just tinker with it
- Mechanical understanding: Can understand the functioning and Schematic of any device if he focus on it. Does not work on programs
- Resistant Skin: Pale's skin is naturally to slashing, piercing and burning(chemical or normal) wounds
- Water Breathing: Pale's "Gills" act as universal filters, it decompose what ever enters it and send it to the appropriate organs. Water(H2O) can be processed in his body into Oxygen(O2)
Allies, Enemies, Contacts
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The Trusted
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The Unsure
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- "Pale's a great boss, a generous friend, and a capable practitioner of his own mix of engineering and the arcane. Now if only he made more noise when I try to sneak off somewhere in the base to be alone with Silver..." - Walker Gray
Metagaming
Aura is Clear gold, metallic, shiny and bright. Signifying "Spiritual energy and power activated and awakened; an inspired person"
Medical Scans would detect him as being a gravely mutated human, The interior organs are however far from humans...
Telepaths: The part of his mind and thoughts of after the Rikti wars are almost incomprehensible, filled with Schematics, formula and coded information (actually rot-13...) The memories before that are much like any humans, they are undefended. Said memories seems to be getting "corrupted" by pale's new vision of the world.
Notes
Character and Supergroup are inspired by the Old world of darkness game Mage: the ascention.
Player is extremely tell friendly, and ignore ALL game mechanics when RPing. So no level, archetypes or powerset will be considered. Why? because creativity and competence are skills that are a lot harder to have than grinding to level 50.
Themesongs:
- Countdown to insanity By H-BLOCKX (Origins)
- Pompeii by E.S Posthumus
Pale's oWoD character sheet can be viewed here:[2]
