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=GURPS Hilarity=
<IXJac> What happened? Amaryllis de Sable was a young woman who caught Eli Caldwell’s eye in the post war mopup of the Nephandi.  She was a young fighter in the French Resistance, who’d been tortured by a German Nephandus (Nevaleinn)<br>
'''Base''': ST 10 [0] DX 10 [0] IQ 16 [120] HT 10 [0]
<IXJac> Merry (Amaryllis) de Sable – became Caldwell’s lover and eventually (scandal!) wife, and the woman who died to save him from Jodi Blake.<br>
: '''Will + 3''' [15]
<IXJac> Mari’s grandmother was raped by Caldwell as part of a magickal ritual, Mari is actually his granddaughter, and the reincarnated soul of Amaryllis de Sable.  When Caldwell realized this he had a bit of a BSOD.  Took it as a message from the Tellurian, and he’s been trying to atone ever since<br>
: '''Appearance: Beautiful''' [12]
<IXJac> I don't recall exactly what I had for that but it was more they died because of who Mari was, which is how Caldwell found out about the reincarnation of Amaryllis.<br>
 
<IXJac> Basically, Caldwell was screwing around with powerful umbrood and used Mari's grandmother as part of a ritual, then moved on.<br>
Subtotal: 147 pts
<IXJac> Except Mari's grandma - and then mother - now had the attention of a powerful umbrood<br>
 
<IXJac> A demon, essentially<br>
==Advantages==
<IXJac> So they had one of those weird Bostonian family spook stories<br>
:'''Animal Empathy''' [5]
<Gloria_S> righto<br>
:'''Avatar 5''' [75]
<IXJac> So Mari grew up with the women in her family being haunted<br>
:'''Awareness''' [15]
<IXJac> The Umbrood reincarnated Amaryllis' soul into Mari to lure Caldwell back and trap him in turn<br>
:'''Charisma + 1''' [5]
<IXJac> As I said, very convoluted. <br>
:'''Common Sense''' (wait what?) [10]
<IXJac> I had some vague idea of a trip down Mari's memory lane as an extended ghost story but never got around to it <br>
:'''Healer''' [30]
:'''Immune to Delirium''' [25]
:'''Intuition''' [15]
:'''Patron''' [15]
:'''Regeneration (Slow)''' [10]
:'''Spirit Empathy''' [10]
 
Subtotal: 215 pts
 
==Magery==
'''Arete 5''' [85]
: '''Entropy 1''' [20]
: '''Forces 4''' [65]
: '''Life 1''' [20]
: '''Prime 4''' [70]
: '''Spirit 1''' [20]
 
Subtotal: 280 + 10 (290) pts
 
===Magick Skills===
: '''Entropy (15)''' [2]
: '''Forces (15)''' [2]
: '''Life (15)''' [2]
: '''Prime (15)''' [2]
: '''Spirit (15)''' [2]
 
Subtotal: 10 pts
 
==Languages==
: '''English (Native)''' [0]
: '''Enochian (Native)''' [0]
: '''Latin (Accented)''' [4]
: '''Spanish (Accented)''' [4]
 
Subtotal: 8 pts
 
==Skills==
:'''Acting (15)''' [1]
:'''Alchemy (16)''' [8]
:'''Area Knowledge: Umbra (16)''' [1]
:'''Computer Operation/TL8 (16)''' [1]
:'''Criminology (15)''' [1]
:'''Diplomacy (16)''' [4]
:'''Electronics Operation/TL8 (15)''' [1]
:'''Electronics Repair/TL8 (15)''' [1]
:'''Engineer: Mechanical (14)''' [1]
:'''Fast-Talk (15)''' [1]
:'''Geology/TL3 (16)''' [4]
:'''Hidden Lore: Ghosts (15)''' [1]
:'''Hidden Lore: Vampires (15)''' [1]
:'''Law (14)''' [1]
:'''Mechanic: Car/TL8 (15)''' [1]
:'''Meditation (13)''' [1]
:'''Melee (13)''' [12]
:'''Occultism (15)''' [1]
:'''Psychology (14)''' [1]
:'''Research (15)''' [1]
:'''Survival: Umbra (15)''' [1]
 
Subtotal: 45 pts
 
==Disadvantages==
:'''Enemy (Ridiculously Powerful)''' [-40]
:'''Secret: Sacrificed Her Shadow For Power''' [-30]
:'''Secret: Non-Technocracy Mage''' [-30]
:'''Social Stigma (Minor)''' [-5]
 
Subtotal: -105 points
 
==Total==
147 + 215 + 290 + 8 + 45 - 105 = 600 pts

Latest revision as of 16:08, 15 December 2017

<IXJac> What happened? Amaryllis de Sable was a young woman who caught Eli Caldwell’s eye in the post war mopup of the Nephandi. She was a young fighter in the French Resistance, who’d been tortured by a German Nephandus (Nevaleinn)
<IXJac> Merry (Amaryllis) de Sable – became Caldwell’s lover and eventually (scandal!) wife, and the woman who died to save him from Jodi Blake.
<IXJac> Mari’s grandmother was raped by Caldwell as part of a magickal ritual, Mari is actually his granddaughter, and the reincarnated soul of Amaryllis de Sable. When Caldwell realized this he had a bit of a BSOD. Took it as a message from the Tellurian, and he’s been trying to atone ever since
<IXJac> I don't recall exactly what I had for that but it was more they died because of who Mari was, which is how Caldwell found out about the reincarnation of Amaryllis.
<IXJac> Basically, Caldwell was screwing around with powerful umbrood and used Mari's grandmother as part of a ritual, then moved on.
<IXJac> Except Mari's grandma - and then mother - now had the attention of a powerful umbrood
<IXJac> A demon, essentially
<IXJac> So they had one of those weird Bostonian family spook stories
<Gloria_S> righto
<IXJac> So Mari grew up with the women in her family being haunted
<IXJac> The Umbrood reincarnated Amaryllis' soul into Mari to lure Caldwell back and trap him in turn
<IXJac> As I said, very convoluted.
<IXJac> I had some vague idea of a trip down Mari's memory lane as an extended ghost story but never got around to it