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Rico D. Shaw

A 7-Victory Novice Contractor played by Ltyinkwint in Maelstrom

Rico D. Shaw is a recovered cancer patient who will risk his life to become the ultimate shapeshifter and grant all of humanity complete control over their bodies.

He is 34 years old, lives in Chicago, and often appears as a burly man wearing a gray jacket and sunglasses.

Rico D. Shaw lives in Maelstrom, a setting where videos of the supernatural go viral every day. His journal, Rico's Notes, has 5 entries.

Attributes

Brawn

6 Charisma

2 Dexterity

3 Intellect

3 Perception

3

Abilities

4 Alertness

0 Animals

4 Athletics

0 Crafts

0 Culture

0 Drive

0 Firearms

0 Influence

0 Investigation

3 Medicine

0 Melee

0 Occult

0 Performance

0 Science

4 Stealth

0 Survival

0 Technology

0 Thievery

5 Brawl

(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 Free Move (0) feet. 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 or React more than once to a given Action.

Will to Survive

Once per Contract, you may reduce the severity of an incoming Injury up to 5 Severity levels (to a minimum of Severity 5). You also take a point of Mind Damage and suffer a Battle Scar as normal.

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

Injuries

(Rico D. Shaw is unharmed)

(TapClick for Severe Injury reference)

Injuries Severity 4+ cause a Battle Scar or Equipment destruction and always 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 surgery setup 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.
Outcome 4+ puts the Injury on track to heal clean: its Battle Scar heals with it.
On a Botch, the Injury's Severity increases by 1.
Failed or Botched attempts may be re-attempted at +1 Difficulty per failure.

Makeshift Stabilization

Attempt a major treatment using insufficient or improvised medical equipment.

Roll Intellect + Medicine, Difficulty > Severity

(Difficulty based on materials and tactics used)

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 if it caused one.
Regardless of Outcome, any Battle Scars caused by the Injury will persist after it is fully healed.
Failed or Botched attempts may be retried at +1 Difficulty per failure.

Self-stabilization attempts are rolled at +1 Difficulty.

Battle Scars

Dice penalties from Battle Scars do not stack with Stress

(Rico D. Shaw has no Battle Scars)

Body 8

Stress

6 Mind

Annoyed

Bruised

Hurt

-1

Rattled

Injured

-1

Worried

Wounded

-2

Alarmed

Mauled

-3

Frantic

Maimed

-4

Delirious

X_X

Limits

Anguish

Failure

Near-Death Experience

Traumas

(Rico D. Shaw has no Traumas)

Biomass

Whenever , regain one Source. Cooldown: one day

Circumstances

In Maelstrom

Respected Expert: Wrestling

From Assets and Liabilities

You are highly respected and influential within a given field or industry. Just about anyone in _____ will know of you and respect your status and ability within that field. Social rolls made against anyone in your chosen field receive +2 dice.

Conditions

From Assets and Liabilities

Jack of All Trades You are naturally capable of most things, even without any training. When making a roll which utilizes a Primary Ability that you don’t possess, you do not suffer the standard +1 Difficulty penalty, and you receive +1 dice to the roll.

From Maelstrom

Wormwood You have been exposed to the Wormwood Gas If killed, you will rise as a mindless, flesh eating zombie within a minute. You do not suffer penalties, & can only be killed by a called shot to the head. You will attack all living things around you until destroyed.

Loose Ends

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Advancement

Novice

7 Victories - 1 Failure

Remaining Exp: 1
(Earned: 194 - Spent: 193)

An itemized record of every Contract, advancement, and more

Journal: Rico's Notes

View Rico D. Shaw's Encountered Contractors

Latest 1 of 5 entries

Month 490: Limited Research

Questionnaire

Latest 0 of 0 answers

Moves

Rico D. Shaw has made 0 Moves.

Only GMs who have permission to run Contracts and post World Events in Maelstrom can post Moves for Rico D. Shaw.

Biography

Rico was a war veteran who participated as a combat medic, but discovered that they had cancer. They managed to barely recover, but the near death experience startled Rico, who decided to train their body as well as they could in order to be as healthy as they could be. Fate wasn't kind though, as the illness resurfaced, but Rico managed survive and recover still.

The ironic feeling of their own body trying to kill them has set Rico on the path of gaining complete control over his body, and sharing this ability with the rest of humanity.

They are currently a professional athlete that participates in modern pankration.

Avid cheese fan.

Assets And Liabilities

Assets

-3 Respected Expert

Field: Wrestling

-12 Jack of All Trades