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Chapter 4 by Leonine_Knight Leonine_Knight

Whose journey are we following?

Johann Teufelsdrache - A Monster Of A Man

I have used the Chronicles Of Darkness book Deviant: The Renegades to build Johann, though the plan is to take him through a freeform series with very little deference to the system's rules.


Attributes
Intelligence 2 - Wits 2 - Resolve 2 - Strength 4 (7) - Dexterity 2 - Stamina 2 - Presence 2 - Manipulation 2 - Composure 3
His powers give him a strength rating of seven but the book insist on not using that empowered rating for a handful of effects. I doubt that will ever become relevant but I've included the distinction regardless.


Skills
Crafts (Automotive Specialty) 1 - Investigation 1 - Occult 2 - Athletics 1 - Brawl 3 - Drive 1 - Firearms 1 - Larceny 1 - Survival 1 - Weaponry (Swords Specialty) 3 - Animal Ken 1 - Intimidation (Murderous Stare Specialty) 4 - Streetwise 1 - Subterfuge 1
If I recall, in medieval settings, the skills Drive and Firearms become Ride and Archery, respectively.

In terms of the build, Johann is a Chimeric Exomorph but this won't come into play at all because I'm not actually Deviant: The Renegades.


Variations & Scars
Gigantic (Two Dot Variation): While Gigantic, apply 8-Again to feats of Strength and Stamina, add the Size difference to traits derived from Strength or Stamina, and lift objects up to your Size, or wield objects half your Size, without a roll. Once per chapter, when Gigantic deactivates, heal your Size difference in damage taken.
Rapid Healing (Two Dot): Heal one bashing wound each turn, and all bashing damage and minor ailments at the end of a scene.
Inhuman Digestion (One Dot Variation): Safely consume and digest any material up to Durability 1. Bites deal lethal damage with 1 armour-piercing.
Conspicuous Appearance (Two Dot Scar): You must contest Wits + Subterfuge vs Wits + Composure to hide your unnatural features. Baseline humans who notice worsen impression and strip 10-Again from Social rolls.
Nightmares (Plus One Dot Deviation): Your sleep is restless and disorienting, and does not recover Willpower.
Relentless Variation (Zero Dot Deviation): The entangled Variations become Perpetual instead of Toggled, and cannot be deactivated.

Superhuman Attribute (Three Dot Variation): Choose an Attribute. Its rating increases to the higher of (Attribute + Magnitude) or (Magnitude + 3), to a maximum of 10, for all purposes except calculating supernatural derived traits or effects.
Strength: Lift any object up to (Scar Power × 5) in Size. Pierce half your Scar Power in Armor and Durability in close combat.
Murderous Urge (Three Dot Variation): Confrontations outside of cohorts and Loyalty Touchstones provoke Scar Resistance. On failure, escalate hostility to threats, threats to ****, and **** to deadly **** for the scene. You must, then, either take a life or be restrained for (6 - Scar Resistance) turns.
Relentless Variation (Zero Dot Deviation): The entangled Variations become Perpetual instead of Toggled, and cannot be deactivated.

If nothing in the above section made sense, don't worry because I'll explain it if and when it becomes relevant over the course of play.


Merits
Blood On My Hand (Three Dots): Once per scene, you can roll Resolve + Composure to recover Willpower when feeding what would be your Vice (Lustful).
Body As Weapon (Two Dots): Unarmed strikes add one point of bashing damage on a successful hit.
Iron Skin (Two Dots): Add general Armor equal to your dots in this Merit against bashing attacks. You can spend a point of Willpower to downgrade lethal damage to bashing equal to your dots in this merit.
Brute **** (Three Dots): Take 8-Again to an all-out attack. If it causes the target's Stamina in damage, inflict Knocked Down. Add the Crush and Bite grapple manoeuvre: inflict lethal damage equal to successes, and if the target can bleed, an additional point the next turn. A ten-feet running start allows unarmed attacks to Knock Down.


Advantages
Stability 5 - Size 7 - Willpower 5 - Health 9 - Speed 14 - Initiative 5 - Defence 3

What's next?

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