Emanuel Baxter
"People are much easier to break than they think they are."

A 6-Victory Novice Contractor played by BoringIndividual in The Tattered Curtain

Emanuel Baxter is a Sadistic Psychologist who will risk his life to Break the minds of people who think they are above such things just to prove that he can.

He is 29 years old, and often appears as A below average height man with ashy blonde hair, glasses, a grey suit, and a slilvery tie.

Emanuel Baxter lives in The Tattered Curtain, a setting where the barriers between universes are beginning to crumble.

Attributes

Brawn

1 Charisma

6 Dexterity

3 Intellect

4 Perception

3

Abilities

2 Alertness

0 Animals

2 Athletics

0 Brawl

0 Crafts

2 Culture

1 Drive

1 Firearms

4 Influence

2 Investigation

1 Medicine

1 Melee

0 Occult

0 Performance

1 Science

3 Stealth

0 Survival

0 Technology

0 Thievery

4 Insight

(TapClick for Combat reference)

Initiative: 0 dice

Movement: 0 feet

Dash: 0 feet

Perception + Alertness: 0 dice

At the start of Combat, roll Initiative: Dexterity + Perception Difficulty 6.

Each round of Combat represents 3 seconds of near-simultaneous action.

It's my Turn

You get one Movement and one Action on your turn every Round of Combat.

Movement

Movement is taken immediately before OR after your Action. It cannot be split.
You may Move (0) feet for free. Minimum 5 feet.
You may Dash up to an additional (0 feet).
- Dashing penalizes your Action -1 die per 5 feet.
All-out Sprint: instead of using free Movement or Dash, you may spend your Action and roll Brawn + Athletics ( dice) Difficulty 6. You move (0 + (Outcome x 5) Feet).

Actions

Attack with your weapon or hands.
Evade by rolling to Defend or Dodge. Your Outcome is "spent" to reduce the Outcome of any incoming attacks until your next Action.
Activate a Power or use an Ability as normal.
Hold your Action by declaring an Action and a triggering event. If the event occurs before your turn on the next Round, you perform the Action.

I'm being attacked

If you have not yet spent your Action this Round, you may use it as a Reaction.

Reactions

Dodge by rolling Dexterity + Athletics ( dice) Difficulty 6. Your Outcome is subtracted from the attacker's.
Defend with your weapon by rolling its attack roll. Your Outcome is subtracted from the attacker's. Availability depends on weapon match-up (tap/hover).
Clash with the attacker using the same roll you would use to Defend. The higher Outcome (not contested) is treated as the result of a successful, undefended attack roll against the loser.

Desperate Defense

If you have already used your Action, you may Exert your Mind to perform a Reaction. Your next Round's Action receives a -2 dice penalty. You cannot Clash as a Desperate Defense.

Will to Survive

Once per Contract, you may reduce the severity of an incoming Injury up to 4 Severity levels (to a minimum of Severity 4). You take a point of Mind damage, and the Battle Scar you suffer from this Injury always lingers after the Injury is healed, even with proper Stabilization.

If an attack's Outcome is positive after defense, it results in a new Injury with Severity = Outcome + Weapon damage - Armor

Injuries

(Emanuel Baxter is unharmed)

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Injuries Severity 4+ cause a Battle Scar and require Stabilization

Stabilization is the Injury's main treatment, and each Injury can only be successfully Stabilized once

Unstabilized Injuries worsen by 1 Severity level every half hour

Proper Stabilization

Requires an advanced first aid kit for Severity 4 Injuries, a field surgery kit for Severity 5 Injuries, and a surgery theater for Severity 6+ Injuries.

Roll Intellect + Medicine, Difficulty equal to Severity

An Outcome of 1 or greater will Stabilize the Injury and stop its degradation.
Complete success (Outcome 4+) puts the Injury on track to heal clean: its Battle Scar heals with it.
Failed attempts can be retried at +1 Difficulty per failure.
On a Botch, the Injury's Severity increases by 1.

Makeshift Stabilization

Attempt a major treatment using insufficient or improvised medical equipment.

Roll Intellect + Medicine, Difficulty > Severity

(Difficulty based on materials and tactics used)

Any positive Outcome (1+) will Stabilize the Injury and stop its degradation.
However, any Outcome less than 4 increases the Injury’s Severity by 1. Botches also worsen its Battle Scar.
Regardless of Outcome, any Battle Scars caused by the Injury will persist after it is fully healed.
Failed attempts can be retried at +1 Difficulty per failure.

Self-stabilization attempts are rolled at +1 Difficulty.

Battle Scars

Penalties from Battle Scars do not stack with Wound Penalty

Missing left middle finger

Body 6

Penalty

9 Mind

Miffed

Agitated

Distracted

Hurt

-1

Rattled

Injured

-1

Worried

Wounded

-2

Alarmed

Mauled

-3

Frantic

Maimed

-4

Delirious

X_X

Limits

Anguish

Failure

Near-Death Experience

Traumas

(Emanuel Baxter has no Traumas)

Source

Circumstances

Circumstances describe your situation.

Examples include enemies, wealth, notoriety, social status, contacts, fame, and imprisonment.

Because each Playgroup has its own setting, Circumstances record the Playgroup they were acquired in.

Conditions

From The Tattered Curtain

(Dr.)Emanuel Baxter Bad luck caused by Fire chicken peck Can give botches a 1-3 times per game, that can be endangering, but cannot kill on it's own

From Assets and Liabilities

Pathetic You are so pathetic, no one takes you seriously as a threat. Opponents must succeed a Difficulty 7 Mind roll in order to attack you instead of other opponents in combat. Only works if your Brawn rating is 1.

Beautiful You're quite the specimen! Rolls where your good looks could help are at -2 Difficulty, and social interactions should be role-played accordingly.

Clear Conscience You have a special knack for shrugging off traumatic experiences. Penalty does not apply to Trauma rolls you make, and you may Exert your Mind to automatically succeed.

Jaded Your emotions are deliberate and unshakable. You get +3 dice to resist any attempt to sway your emotions, and even if you are affected, you may Exert your Mind to cancel the effect. This includes the Fascinate and Emotion Control Effects.

Glass Jaw You are easily knocked out. Whenever you take an Injury that is Severity 4 or higher, or if you take any blow to your head, you pass out for the next Round. When you pass out, you drop what was in your hands, fall to the ground, cannot move, and cannot take any Actions.

Loose Ends

Dark Secret: I purposefully give bad advice to clients, trying to make their lives worse.

Distant Dangerous Given by a Liability

You have a secret which, if it got out, would lead to immediate and significant consequences for you.

Legacy Powers

Uncanny Understanding - 1 Gift Investigate Individual Power

User rolls Intelligence + influence to gain knowledge about a target who they just shook hands with.

Exert your Mind, choose a Sapient target within Arm's Reach and spend 2 Rounds examining them. At the end of the cast time roll Intellect + Influence ( dice) Difficulty 6. The quality of the information you receive depends on your Outcome, and the nature of the information depends on the Enhancements you have chosen.

The number of information-revealing Enhancements attached to this power is limited to 2 for Novice characters, 4 for Seasoned characters, and 7 for Veteran characters. You may still take any number of other, non-informational enhancements.

Enhancements

Diagnostic: Determine any medical or psychological afflictions they have, as well as their species and a general overview of their biology.
Lucifer: You learn a hidden desire of the target.
Concealed: Using this Effect is not obvious. Choose a Tell that occurs only when you use the Effect; if-- and only if-- someone suspects that a Effect was used, they must roll Perception + Alertness, Difficulty 8 to pick up on your Tell.
- Tell: A subtle quick wink

Drawbacks

Humanities: This Power can only be used on Humans.
Conditional: This Effect is only available when a certain condition is met. This condition must be severe enough that this Gift is unusable the majority of the time.
- Condition: The user must shake the targets hand to gain the information
Focus: Using this Effect requires a specific kind of item.
- Object: A pair of glasses

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Mind Shatter - 2 Gift Traumatize Power

The user stares at a target within 20 feet. As he stares, a space 1 foot in front of his face seems to solidify into a glass pane. This pane suddenly shatters, leaving shards broken glass in the air, and is it shatters, the targets mind will shatter as well. The pieces then merge back into the air, as if they were never there in the first place.

Choose a Sapient target within 20 feet and Exert your Mind. Your target must make a Trauma roll (Mind, Difficulty 8). If they fail, they acquire a new Trauma, chosen by the GM, and take 1 point of Mind damage. This Trauma may be removed by Powers or mundane therapy as per the normal rules.

Your target is aware that they are being attacked and can usually determine you are the one doing it. (Generally, this is folded into the Power's flavor and Description.)

If your target is incapacitated, they automatically fail their Trauma roll.

Enhancements

Induce Panic: Make a Difficulty 7 roll when you activate this Power and use the target's Trauma roll to resist. If your contested Outcome is positive, the target takes that much Mind damage. They receive a new Trauma if and only if you deal at least 3 Mind damage.
- Chosen Roll: Cha + influence
Right in the Childhood: The defender's Trauma roll is made at -3 dice.

Drawbacks

Focus: Using this Effect requires a specific kind of item.
- Object: A pair of glasses

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Doctors Orders - 1 Gift Mend Trauma Power

Baxter provides typical, mundane therapy to someone, curing a single trauma that they are afflicted with over a month. He then tells them something along the lines of "Heed my advice, or you'll end up spiraling back into your old struggles," and he means it. If the patient doesn't heed future advice issued by Baxter, their trauma will come back all at once.

Exert your Mind and treat a Living target for One Downtime. During treatment, your patient may choose to reveal one or more of their Traumas to you. You learn the details of these Traumas, including the circumstances of how they were acquired. When treatment is complete, Roll Charisma + Influence ( dice) Difficulty 7. If you are successful, you may remove one of the patient's revealed Traumas.

This Power has no Experience cost for you or the patient.

Treatment does not have to be non-stop, and can consist of several sessions.

Enhancements

Strict Regimen: Upon treatment, you may specify a clearly-defined behavior that the patient must adhere to. If they violate the rule, the treatment is immediately reversed.

Drawbacks

Humanities: This Power can only be used on Humans.

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Studied Charm - 2 Gift Mythic Charisma Power

Dr. Baxters understanding of people, professional inviting demeanor and confidence leave him a social Adonis. When he speaks, people listen. He's also very trustworthy...

Passive, always in effect. Your Charisma rating is increased by 1. You may Exert your Mind to automatically gain an Outcome of 5 on any roll that uses Charisma (cannot be used on combat rolls or Power activations).

A given Contractor may have a maximum of one Mythic Attribute. This Power can only be taken by Contractors who have purchased the fifth level of Charisma.

Enhancements

Hey, Listen!: You cannot be ignored or unheard when directly addressing an entity.

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Equipment

Max Encumbrance: 0 pounds.

On Person

Clothes
Wallet
A fountain pen
An engraved knife
A advanced model cell phone

In Bag

Pistol
Water bottle

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All firearms use Dexterity + Firearms ( dice) Difficulty 6

Firearms may be fired at targets at up to 3x the listed range at up to +3 Difficulty.

Firearm

Damage

Range

Handgun

50 feet

Rifle

400 feet

Shotgun

75 feet

Heavy Sniper Rifle

1500 feet

Weapon Type

Roll

Damage

Knife

Either Brawn or Dexterity plus either Melee or Brawl, Difficulty 6.

Club/Improvised Weapon

Brawn + Melee Difficulty 6

Sword/Axe

Brawn + Melee Difficulty 6

Thrusting Sword

Dexterity + Melee Difficulty 6

Great Sword/Giant Axe

Brawn + Melee Difficulty 6

Weapon

Roll

Damage

Range

Slingshot

Dexterity + Athletics Difficulty 8

150 feet

Sling

Dexterity + Athletics Difficulty 8

150 feet

Bow

Dexterity + Athletics Difficulty 8 Requires a Brawn rating of 3 or higher to use

150 feet

Crossbow

Dexterity + Firearms Difficulty 8

150 feet

Thrown Weapon damage is capped at your Brawn rating (0)

Weapon

Roll

Damage

Range

Improvised Thrown Weapon

Brawn + Athletics, Difficulty between 7 and 9 at GMs discretion

50 feet

Throwing Knife/Shuriken

Dexterity + Athletics Difficulty 6

50 feet

Throwing Axe/Javelin

Brawn + Athletics Difficulty 6

50 feet

Weapons in the Player's Guide

Trophies

Trophies are special objects and equipment.

Examples of Trophies include healing potions, scrolls, sci-fi technology, or any supernatural item that was not created with The Contract's Gift system.

Because Trophies may have GM-created systems, they also record the Playgroup they were acquired in.

Contractor Timeline

6 Victories - 1 Failure

Remaining Exp: 0 (Earned: 187 - Spent: 187)

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Journal
Emanuel Baxter has not written in his journal yet.

Moves

Emanuel Baxter has made 0 Moves.

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Biography

From Georgia

Assets And Liabilities

Assets

+1 Pathetic

+1 Acute Sense

Sharpened Sense: Sight

+1 Beautiful

+2 Clear Conscience

+5 Jaded

Liabilities

-1 Dark Secret

Secret: I purposefully give bad advice to clients, trying to make their lives worse.

-4 Glass Jaw

Emanuel Baxter "People are much easier to break than they think they are."

Emanuel Baxter is a Sadistic Psychologist who will risk his life to Break the minds of people who think they are above such things just to prove that he can.

Attributes

Brawn

1

Charisma

6

Dexterity

3

Intellect

4

Perception

3

Abilities

It's my Turn

I'm being attacked

Injuries

(Emanuel Baxter is unharmed)

Proper Stabilization

Makeshift Stabilization

Battle Scars

Body 6

9 Mind

Limits

Traumas

(Emanuel Baxter has no Traumas)

Source

Circumstances

Conditions

Loose Ends

Dark Secret: I purposefully give bad advice to clients, trying to make their lives worse.

Legacy Powers

Uncanny Understanding - 1 Gift Investigate Individual Power

Mind Shatter - 2 Gift Traumatize Power

Doctors Orders - 1 Gift Mend Trauma Power

Studied Charm - 2 Gift Mythic Charisma Power

Equipment

On Person

In Bag

Trophies

Contractor Timeline

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Moves

Biography

Assets And Liabilities

Assets

Liabilities

Emanuel Baxter
"People are much easier to break than they think they are."

Journal
Emanuel Baxter has not written in his journal yet.