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249 posts. Alias of Rednal.


Full Name

Atsuko

Classes/Levels

PL 10 | Toughness: 2 (10) - Penalties: 0 | Dodge: 6, Parry: 0, Fortitude: 2, Will: 10 | Initiative: +4, Perception: +12 | Hero Points: 2 |

About Atsuko, the Conduit

Atsuko - PL 10

Appearance

Strength 0, Stamina 2, Agility 4, Dexterity 4, Fighting 0, Intellect 4, Awareness 8, Presence 8

Advantages
Languages 1

Skills
Deception 2 (+10), Insight 1 (+9), Intimidation 1 (+9), Perception 4 (+12), Persuasion 2 (+10)

Powers
Alien Powers
. . Alien Will: Damage 10 (eldritch, DC 25; Alternate Resistance: Will, Increased Range 2: perception, Subtle 2: undetectable; Limited to Minds)
. . Eldritch Tendrils: Burst Area Move Object 7 (eldritch, 3 tons; Burst Area: 30 feet radius sphere, DC 17, Precise, Selective; Limited: 2 square feet of Darkness)
. . Non-Euclidean Passage: Teleport 7 (0.5 miles in a move action, carrying 50 lbs.; Accurate, Change Direction, Change Velocity, Extended: 120 miles in 2 move actions)
. . Pnakotic Manuscript: Variable 4 (eldritch)
. . Unbreakable Will: Immunity 30 (Will Effects) [Default array choice]
. . Unspeakable Presence: Perception Area Affliction 8 (eldritch, 1st degree: Impaired, 2nd degree: Disabled, 3rd degree: Paralyzed, Resisted by: Fortitude, DC 18; Perception Area: DC 18 - Visual, Selective, Subtle: subtle)
Dimensional Concealment: Concealment 10 (dimensions, All Senses; Concentration, Passive)
Dimensional Shield: Protection 8 (dimensions, +8 Toughness; Sustained)
Eldritch Body: Regeneration 5 (eldritch, Every 2 rounds; Noticeable: Body Horror)
Eldritch Life: Immunity 11 (eldritch, Aging, Life Support)
Eldritch Sight: Senses 8 (eldritch, Counters All Concealment: Visual, Darkvision, Direction Sense)
Immortal Body: Immortality 5 (Return after 1 day)

Offense
Initiative +4
Alien Will: Damage 10 (DC Will 25)
Eldritch Tendrils: Burst Area Move Object 7 (DC 17)
Grab, +0 (DC Spec 10)
Throw, +4 (DC 15)
Unarmed, +0 (DC 15)

Complications
Motivation: Acceptance: Atsuko's powers are, to put it bluntly, weird. She knows that many people - especially if influenced by the media - would quickly label her a freak. She has a strong desire to be accepted by her friends, and is often reluctant to accept publicity unless she's absolutely certain it will be positive.
Weakness: Atsuko's powers are ineffective on anyone who brandishes the Elder Sign (a complicated star-like symbol) against her, though they must be actively and intentionally wanting to protect themselves from her. If they cease brandishing or concentrating, she can affect them again. The fact that this works is a rather critical detail about the true nature of her abilities...

Languages
English, Japanese

Defense
Dodge 6, Parry 0, Fortitude 2, Toughness 10, Will 10

Power Points
Abilities 60 + Powers 84 + Advantages 1 + Skills 5 (10 ranks) + Defenses 4 = 154

Unspent: 1

Fluff:
As the daughter of Japanese immigrants to the Eden City area, Atsuko has always been a little bit odd... but recent events in Eden City have been pretty strange even by her standards (and that's saying something). While it's not clear how she developed her powers - and if she knows, she's not telling anyone - her very existence has recently become very strange indeed...

Atsuko's main form of offense is her Alien Will - by bringing her mental prowess to bear, Atsuko can hammer at the minds of others and cause damage in a way that armor and dodging ability can't easily stop. Perhaps more to the point, they might not even know she's doing it, because the power itself is effectively undetectable. It's also worth noting that the willpower here may not necessarily be Atsuko's...

Her Dimensional Concealment is a different kind of power, one that allows her to completely avoid being noticed by most things - she temporarily exists in a set of higher dimensions while it's active, and can't be "reached" by senses that only apply to lower levels of reality. It's quite comprehensive, but she has to focus to maintain it, and she has to return to normal dimensions in order to do more than move around.

Atsuko's Dimensional Shield is a protective effect, primarily representing the way that space can warp around her and help to protect her from harm. It's not absolute, but is quite thorough. That's important, because while she's agile, her body isn't nearly as strong as that of many truly superhuman individuals, and she prefers to stay back and attack from a distance (when she needs to attack at all).

For the times she's actually hurt, her Eldritch Body repairs damage at a fairly rapid pace, allowing her to recover from many conditions and injuries. The problem? It's pretty freaky to watch, and she might momentarily have more body parts than she should while she's healing. She can't control or stop it, and it's one of the things that truly bothers her about her abilities.

It gets worse. Even death is outside of her grasp, for her body is determinedly immortal. In fact, in just one day, she can recover from death. It doesn't really matter where she is, either, because her Eldritch Life enables her to survive in almost any conditions.

On the bright side, her Eldritch Sight means she tends to see things as they really are - up to and including seeing in complete darkness and straight through visual concealment. It's a permanent power she can't shut off, so there's no risk of not having it when it would be relevant. (She might now, however, realize when people are trying to hide...)

When she needs to manipulate things, her Eldritch Tendrils can rise out of any patch of darkness to grab and manipulate objects - useful for clearing a lot of stuff in a hurry, and especially for dragging civilians out of the way. It's important to note that the patch of darkness must of be a decent size (typically two square feet, at least), and distinctly darker than the areas around it - shadows that barely exist do not qualify. She has no idea why this is.

Finally, distance is relative when you look at things from a dimensional standpoint, and her highly-accurate Non-Euclidean Passage means she can get in and out of all sorts of places like the barriers weren't even there. That's what happens when the shortest distance between two points is actually a curve. Or an arc. Or possibly a squiggle. It's... not very easy to describe the directions she can move in, because they have no frame of reference that normal people can comprehend. Even Atsuko doesn't fully understand what she's doing, but she can quickly move quite a long ways with what she interprets as a single step. (She usually closes her eyes when she does this. The visual feedback is... weird.)

Of course, in the Internet Age, no hero can remain secret for long... and Atsuko knows that it's ultimately hopeless to try. She doesn't want to admit it, but by using her powers, she's tacitly acknowledging that she will be found out... and all too many people will have a reflexive reaction, condemning her as evil simply because she's so strange.

Atsuko hopes to 'go public' in truly dramatic fashion, presenting herself as a hero whose powers, though strange and frightening, are being put to use firmly for the sake of helping others. Failing that, she hopes to make friends who the public will like, and sort of ride along with their goodwill.

Fortunately, she's rather talented at deception and persuasion - and she's not too shabby at noticing what's going on around her, either. As a long-term goal, she hopes to get financing of some kind (maybe from the government, maybe from individuals, who knows?) to pay the bills and allow her to use her powers full-time. If all else fails on the bills front, she plans to allow her powers to be studied... but will charge whoever wants to experiment on her.

She respects, but has cautiously stayed away from, major groups like the Avengers and the Justice League. One thing she's noticed is that people in those groups tend to have strong feelings on various matters, while her own personality is on the mild side. She knows it would be far easier on her if she simply avoided using her powers as best she could, but the simple truth of the matter is that she thinks helping others is the right thing to do. Her greatest fear is being misunderstood by others - she's not looking for their praise, precisely, but she doesn't want to be hated and feared just for existing.

Atsuko is most friendly to people who are willing to accept her for who she is and not simply try to control her (or worse, eliminate her as a threat). While she's willing to face superhuman threats and use her powers to stop them, she's less willing to confront civilians - indeed, she's more likely to run than talk back to people who yell at her or tell her to go away.