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Za'id
Dark Scholar

A 4-Victory Novice Contractor played by Unifel in The Illumination

Za'id is a scholar of the arcane who will risk their life to become the ultimate shadowmancer inventor and end death itself.

They are 24 years old, live in rooms above a bookshop, in Boston, and often appears as a white-haired and dark-skinned individual with tailored and dark clothes.

Za'id lives in The Illumination, a setting where videos of the supernatural go viral every day. Their journal has 5 entries. Their Questionnaire has 11 answers.

Attributes

Brawn

1 Charisma

3 Dexterity

3 Intellect

4 Perception

3

Abilities

3 Alertness

1 Animals

2 Athletics

3 Crafts

3 Culture

1 Drive

0 Firearms

3 Influence

4 Investigation

3 Medicine

3 Melee

4 Occult

0 Performance

4 Science

3 Stealth

0 Survival

2 Technology

2 Thievery

(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

(Za'id 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

(Za'id has no Battle Scars)

Body 6

Stress

8 Mind

Agitated

Distracted

Hurt

-1

Rattled

Injured

-1

Worried

Wounded

-2

Alarmed

Mauled

-3

Frantic

Maimed

-4

Delirious

X_X

Limits

Anguish

Betrayal

Failure

Traumas

(Za'id has no Traumas)

Inner Void

Whenever , regain one Source. Cooldown: one day

Circumstances

In The Illumination

Finances: Average

From Assets and Liabilities

You can live stably off your money. You have access to $2,500 (or equivalent currency) per Contract.

Lavaz Family Associate You enjoy the protection the Lavaz Mafia Family extends to its trusted associates. -2 Difficulty to all social tests made to get out of trouble with the police in San Francisco and its surrounding suburbs. The Lavaz family will also extend legal assistance with relation to anything you do for them, so long as you did not blatantly get yourself into trouble.

Polyglot: ASL, Latin, Archaic Hebrew

From Assets and Liabilities

You are fluent in three additional languages. You can speak, read, and write in the chosen languages. You may be given a roll to decipher some amount of meaning from a related language at GMs discretion.

Point of Contact: Dr. Isabella Fernández

Given by MesmerMara

You know someone in a specific industry or area of influence, and can lean on them for assistance. Once per Contract, and once per Downtime, you may call in a favor from Dr. Isabella Fernández. Your contact is not brainwashed or supernaturally compelled, and they may refuse to do things which are unreasonable or absurd. You may attempt to call in additional favors beyond the first one, but these are not guaranteed, and over-use of your contact may cause you to lose them, as well as create potential Loose Ends.

Lavaz Occult Stock

Given by baeowulf

As part of your relocation for them, the Lavaz Family has furnished an occult lab for you, complete with a few particularly unique oddities... You have 3 occult stock. Each time you would need to make a move to source an especially rare component for an occult ritual - the kind you couldn't order off Amazon or get at your local curios store - you may ask to spend your Stock instead. All items have a base cost of one, but some may cost two or more depending on how illegal they are to get (for example, an item currently held in the Smithsonian's vaults is likely to cost more stock than you can reasonably access). If you run out, you can ask Donna Lavaz for a particularly dangerous occult mission to procure more.

Conditions

From Assets and Liabilities

Vengeful An insult to or an attack on your person simply cannot be tolerated. Each time someone wrongs you or disrespects you in a major way, you must succeed a Self-Control roll to resist taking revenge.

Delusions of Grandeur You believe yourself to be the very best, one of the elite, superior to anyone else you meet. You must succeed a Self-Control roll in order to believe something or take an action which contradicts this delusion.

Cat-Eyes Your eyes catch the light in the dark like a cat or dog's, granting low-light vision. You suffer no penalty to rolls in low-light situations. You cannot see in pitch blackness.

Light Sleeper You are able to function with less sleep than most people. You need only four hours of sleep per night, and any supernatural attempts to put you to sleep are rolled at +1 Difficulty.

Nimble Fingers Your fingers are particularly long and slender. You receive a +2 dice bonus to any action that requires fine manual dexterity.

From The Illumination

Serpentkissed You have felt the touch of the twin serpents, and cannot bring yourself to be away from them. If the contractor rests without the Serpent Knife on their person, they do not recover Mind damage. Discarding or leaving the Serpent Knife behind requires a successful Self Control test. If the contractor attempts to destroy the Serpent Knife, they must suffer 3 mind damage and then succeed a Self Control roll - this can only be attempted once per day. The Serpent Knife can only be destroyed by plunging it into a beating heart, saying the phrase "I renounce you" in Greek three times, and then twisting the handle, which will snap off the blade and cause it to explode. Desroying the knife removes this condition.

Loose Ends

Lavaz Family Associate

Imminent Dangerous Given by baeowulf

You have made a commitment to the Lavaz Mafia family - you are working to prove your loyalty to them, and in time, become a full member. This comes with benefits - it also comes with obligations.

Serpent's Eye

Imminent Deadly Given by baeowulf

The agents of the serpent are watching you.

Ire of Morpheus

Distant Fateful Given by baeowulf

You have attracted the ire of the greek god Morpheus. He will not let this slight go unpunished.

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Advancement

Novice

4 Victories - 0 Failures

Remaining Exp: 4
(Earned: 198 - Spent: 194)

An itemized record of every Contract, advancement, and more

Journal

View Za'id's Encountered Contractors

Latest 1 of 5 entries

A New Friend

Questionnaire

Latest 3 of 11 answers

Moves

Za'id has made 2 Moves.

Only GMs who have permission to run Contracts and post World Events in The Illumination can post Moves for Za'id.

Assets And Liabilities

Assets

-0 Finances: Average

-3 Cat-Eyes

-3 Nimble Fingers

-3 Polyglot

Language: ASL, Latin, Archaic Hebrew

-6 Light Sleeper

Liabilities

+6 Vengeful

+6 Delusions of Grandeur