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82 posts. Alias of SnowHeart.


Race

Ysoki Technomancer (2) | HP 14/14, SP 10/10, RP 5/5 | F+0 R+3 W+3 | KAC 15, EAC 14 | Init +7 | Perception +0 (darkvision)

Gender

Male

Size

Small

Alignment

CN

Deity

Weydan

Languages

Common, Ysoki, Akitonian, Aklo, Eoxian, Goblin, Vesk

Strength 9
Dexterity 16
Constitution 10
Intelligence 18
Wisdom 10
Charisma 10

About Reskk

Stat Block:

Resk
Male Ysoki Technomancer 2
CN Small ysoki (humandoid (ysoki))
Init +7; Senses Perception +0 (darkvision 60')
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Defense
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KAC 15; EAC 14
hp 14; stamina 10; resolve 5
Fort +0, Ref +3, Will +3
Defensive Abilities --
Weaknesses --
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee
* Knife, Survival -0 (1d4 S)
Ranged
* Azimuth laser pistol +4 (1d4 F, Crit 1d4 Burn)
* Grenade, Frag -4 (1d6 P, 15' radius)
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Statistics
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Str 9, Dex 16, Con 10, Int 18, Wis 10, Cha 10
Base Atk +1
Feats light armor, basic melee, small arms, improved initiative
Theme Outlaw
Skills Acrobatics +3, Athletics -1, *Computers +9, *Engineering +11, *Life Science +9, *Mysticism +5, Perception +0, *Physical Science +9, *Piloting +8, *Profession (Archaeologist) +8, *Sleight of Hand +9, Stealth +6, Survival +2
* = Class Skill
SQ darkvision 60'
Other Gear Azimuth Laser Pistol; Survival Knife; Frag Grenades (x2); Second Skin light armor; Computer (tier 1, miniaturized twice, hardened); Personal Comm Unit; Tool Kit (Engineering); Took Kit (Hacking); Healing Serum (Mk 1); Everyday Clothing; Formal Clothing; 47 Credits
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Spells (CL 1)
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0 Level (4/day) - Daze, Detect Magic, Energy Ray, Token Spell, Transfer Charge
1 Level (3/day) - Grease, Overheat, Supercharge Weapon
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Class Abilities
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- Magic Hack As a standard action, you can get a general sense of what information is stored on drives or other digital storage media. You must pass your hand in the air near the data source, but don’t have to touch it or connect to it. The information you get is very general, such as “financial records,” “military records,” or “spells.” Getting detailed information requires interfacing with the data more directly. If you attempt a quick scan on a creature that stores its memories in a digital medium—to get a sense of the memories stored in a robot, for example—the target can attempt a Will save to negate the scan and prevent you from trying against it again for 24 hours.
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Special Abilities
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- Cheek Pouches Store 1 cubic foot of items weighing up to 1 bulk and transfer single object as swift action.
- Moxie Stand from prone as swift action; when off-kilter, no penalties or flat-footed; when tumbling through space of opponent at least one size category larger, +5 racial bonus to check
- Scrounger +2 racial bonus to engineering, stealth and survival
- Theme Bonuses: DC of Culture Checks about underworld reduced by 5; Sleight of Hand checks receive +1 insight bonus
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Leveling Notes
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1st Level
Ability Point Buy: Int=6; Dex=3; Str=1
Skill Points Spent: Computers, Engineering, Life Science, Mysticism, Physical Science, Piloting, Sleight of Hand, Stealth
Feat: Improved Initiative

Narrative Background; an internal monologue as Resk left Akiton:

This is it. I'm free. Done with them. Done with this place. I'm never coming back.

Too bad about Bena. Is it? She'd always treated me nicely, except for that whole "no, you can't leave"-thing. Given that I couldn't really fight when I joined the Scrap Kings, yeah, I guess I owed her. So, yeah, too bad, but those are the breaks. You've got to watch out for number one. If you don't...

Well, if you don't, you wind up like dad. Too bad, dad. We'll get together again someday. I'm glad I told him I was still alive. Might have drunk himself to death if I didn't. Well, if he even noticed I was gone... and he might still drink himself to death. No, think positive. Now that I'm off this rock, I'm going to get rich. I'll send some creds back to support him, then eventually get him off that dunghole, sober him up, and he can be a granddad to my own pups. Just like in Three Vesk and a Lashunta. Boy, that last episode was too funny. Does this ship have a vid library? Need to find where that is.

Hmm. Not sure about these folks I'm traveling with, though. What the hell is he wearing? Uck! Rags. Crawl out of a garbage compactor, bub?

Ten Minute Background:

Five Essential Things
1. Grew up on Akiton; father was a failure of a junk merchant and mother was killed in an accident when he was a pup; Fell in with a criminal gang as an adolescent, seeing it as a path out of the abject poverty that his father lived in; Though he wasn't a particularly good scrapper, the gang appreciated his intelligence and ability to pick out particularly valuable or technologically advanced pieces of loot
2. He is a vid junkie, enjoying the escapism from his previous life of poverty and depression; he abhores alcohol and is completely sober, despising it for what it did to his father; he loves beautiful clothes and grooms himself obsessively, seeing it as a sign of wealth and sophistication
3. He took an unorthodox approach to technology, seeing it not merely as pathways of electrons and code, but as a way to influence and manipulate the fabric of the universe; over time, this developed into his ability to manipulate and shape "magical" effects, something which he knows is just a better understanding of the science of the universe
4. He eventually grew bored with being a common criminal. When the gang leader refused to let him leave, Resk betrayed her, contacting a more powerful gang and letting them know how his own gang had been infringing on their terrority. When the fight came, Resk was nowhere to be found. As far as Resk knows, his old gang has been wiped out.
5. He has left Akiton in search of wealth but, secretly, is also longing for friendship and a family; he has no guilt about betraying his gang but does feel bad about leaving his father behind and plans to send credits back to home once he is rich

Two Goals
1. Become "fantastically wealthy", though this is relative to how he grew up in poverty. For Resk, it will mean never having to worry where his next meal is coming from, having someplace to call home, and nice clothes... clothes will be important.
2. Build a family. Resk comes across as gruff and mercenary, but much like his concept of wealth, he wants what he didn't have as a pup: a stable and loving family like he sees in the vids.

Two Secrets
1. He never tells anyone that he betrayed his old gang. Even if someone else might not judge him harshly for backstabbing a bunch of criminals, he sees it as betraying a family of choice. And those who betray their families would betray anyone.
2. Bena managed to survive, albeit with horrible scars and needing cybernetic replacements for much of her body. If/when she finds out who betrayed her, Resk is in trouble.

Three People (Or sentient beings)
1. Bena "Long Claws" - Bena was the leader of the gang that Resk was a member of and then betrayed. All things considered, she'd always treated Resk well but also saw him as too important to let go. She never imagined he would betray her and the gang. If she survived Resk's betrayal, she's probably nursing a huge grudge.
2. Ketch "Empty Pouches" - Resk's father, an alcoholic and failed junk merchant. Though he was unable to provide for Resk and frequently too deep in his flasks to nurture his son, Ketch does love the boy and despondant over his having joined a gang and subsequent disappearance. Resk has sent messages back to his father, though, letting him know he is still alive and will send credits as soon as he is able.
3. Oraeus - A damaya lashunta technomancer and merchant, Oraeus did some blackmarket dealings with Resk's old gang and helped guide Resk in the development of his technomancer abilities.

Three memories
1. His mother's death and his father being so deep in his flask that he was effectively abandoned, driving him to join a gang in order to survive
2. Betraying the gang by sending anonymous tips to the rival gang leader; it took months to arrange in such a fashion that it couldn't be directly traced back to Resk yet was severe enough that a violent reprisal was all but certain, yet timed such that Resk could escape. Though he has some guilt over what happened, he is also proud of how he planned it.
3. Booking passage on the ship that left Akiton and looking back on the planet "for the last time". He has vowed to never return to the failed planet.