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Mike Carson
Sometimes you have to get your hands dirty.

A 10-Victory Seasoned Contractor played by EvilRicktator in Maelstrom

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Mike Carson is a arcane mechanic who will risk his life to become the ultimate Rune Mage and use his power to stop the suffering of children.

He is 31 years old, lives in an inherited house in Lawrence, KS, and often appears as a wiry man in a dark work shirt, cargo pants and boots.

Mike Carson lives in Maelstrom, a setting where videos of the supernatural go viral every day. His journal has 20 entries. His Questionnaire has 25 answers.

Attributes

Brawn

3 Charisma

2 Dexterity

5 Intellect

3 Perception

2

Abilities

4 Alertness

0 Animals

3 Athletics

4 Crafts

2 Culture

4 Drive

0 Firearms

3 Influence

3 Investigation

0 Medicine

6 Melee

2 Occult

0 Performance

0 Science

0 Stealth

0 Survival

1 Technology

0 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

(Mike Carson 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

(Mike Carson has no Battle Scars)

Body 7

Stress

6 Mind

Bruised

Hurt

-1

Rattled

Injured

-1

Worried

Wounded

-2

Alarmed

Mauled

-3

Frantic

Maimed

-4

Delirious

X_X

Limits

Anguish

Atrocities

Murder

Traumas

Augment: 4k Night Vision Binoculars Night Vision on/off, up to 10x optical zoom up to 8x digital zoom, 1 hr 4k video record and playback

Augment: Pouch Mike has a hidden fold of skin in his right upper thigh that allows him to store items.

Empowered Runemarks

Whenever , regain one Source. Cooldown: one hour

Circumstances

In Maelstrom

Augment Payment

Given by carsick

$4000 amount remaining of original $10,000

Database: Secret Magical Section of the Vancouver Public Library

Given by athanasynt

You have access to a specific database of non-public information. (Library of books with magical effects/on the occult) As long as you have internet access or cell service, you may search for relevant information in your database. GMs may require you to make a roll and/or spend a significant amount of time for particularly complex or nuanced information requests, at their discretion.

Confidant: Henry Fargo - Apprentice Mechanic

From Assets and Liabilities

You have a trusted person– a lover, close friend, or family member– whom you can confide in without fear of them revealing your secrets. You may use your confidant in place of a therapist to treat your Traumas.

Finances: Comfortable

From Assets and Liabilities

Your finances are in-order, and you can afford to spare some for your Contracting. You have access to $30,000 (or equivalent currency) per Contract.

Respected Expert: Mechanic Mike

Given by Ricterx

You are highly respected and influential within a given field or industry. Just about anyone in Auto Repair 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.

Illuminated: Debated

Given by Protean

There is some publicly-accessible evidence of your supernatural nature. Rumors of your capabilities circulate online, and some people believe them. You find it easier to get publicity, often to a fault. You may be stalked by internet sleuths, and your actions, contacts, and public appearances are highly scrutinized.

Conditions

From Assets and Liabilities

Less Than Human: Child Abusers (those who involve themselves in causing harm to children) There is some particular class of person that you consider wholly deplorable and undeserving of compassion. If you have the Limits Murder, Atrocities, and/or Life-Saver, they do not apply to your chosen class of person.

Imbued After accepting your first Invitation to a Contract, you are Imbued, altering you in several ways. After completing a Contract, your learning and conditioning improves rapidly. However, you require the Contracts to advance. You have an indomitable Will to Survive. You may Exert your Mind to improve the Outcome of your Actions. You are highly receptive to therapy and may "cure" one of your Traumas with counseling on a Downtime.

Seen Things Your exposure to unspeakable horrors has hardened you. You are at -1 Difficulty to all Trauma rolls. Requires Seasoned status (10 victories).

Loose Ends

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Advancement

Seasoned

10 Victories - 0 Failures

Remaining Exp: 0
(Earned: 253 - Spent: 253)

An itemized record of every Contract, advancement, and more

Journal

View Mike Carson's Encountered Contractors

Latest 3 of 20 entries

I wasn't wrong...

Zen and the art of Motorcycle construction

Changes

Questionnaire

Latest 3 of 25 answers

Moves

Mike Carson has made 2 Moves.

Only GMs who have permission to run Contracts and post World Events in Maelstrom can post Moves for Mike Carson.

Biography

Mike Carson is a mechanic from Lawrence, KS, who took over his uncle's garage after his death and is learning the secrets his uncle never properly shared with him, a family history as runecasters. After a less than impressive childhood and a troubled adolescence in New York, his mother's brother George Caird got him out of the city and away from a bad crowd he was falling in with. He's all but written off by his parents, and one of his twin sisters (Marie, a Lawyer) though his other sister, Sarah (a Psychiatrist) has kept in touch. Mike has only begun to unlock his uncle's book of runes and discover the family lineage of their use that his mother was never aware of.

It's several months into contracting now, and Mike has been evaluating his priorities. He's allied himself with fellow contractor Isaac Laven and been given control of the machine shop aboard the Lucky Bastard, Laven's cargo ship turned mercenary vessel. He's hired an apprentice, Henry Fargo to run the shop in his absence as well as secure a steady supply of wrecked or junked classic cars that Mike can repair for resale when he's in town, providing additional support for the shop and Mike's activities. Henry is "read in" on Mike's extranormal abilities and can be trusted with information about his activities.

Assets And Liabilities

Assets

-3 Confidant

Confidant name: Henry Fargo - Apprentice Mechanic

-15 Gifted

-3 Less Than Human

Type of being: Child Abusers (those who involve themselves in causing harm to children)

-0 Seen Things

-0 Imbued

-6 Finances: Comfortable